Chinese woman gets 20 iPhone7 from 20 boyfriends, sells them and buys a house
Xiaoli,
a woman from the city of Shenzhen in southern China, who is from a poor
home and the oldest child in her family asked each of her 20 boyfriends to
buy her a newly launched iPhone 7. The woman who is the breadwinner of her
family, got all 20 iPhone7 phones and then sold all of the phones to a mobile
phone recycling site called Hui Shou Bao for 120,000 Chinese yuan (about
£14,500), and used the money to put down a deposit on a house in the
countryside.
Her friend, Qiaoba shared the story online, wrote in her blog post that when Xiaoli showed her new house to their group of friends, they were all very surprised when she revealed how she had managed to obtain the money for the deposit.
Her friend, Qiaoba shared the story online, wrote in her blog post that when Xiaoli showed her new house to their group of friends, they were all very surprised when she revealed how she had managed to obtain the money for the deposit.
"Everyone in the
office is talking about this now," wrote Proud Qiaoba, "Who knows
what her boyfriends think now this news has become public." Proud Qiaoba
added that Xiaoli "is not from a wealthy family.
Her mum is a housewife and her dad is a migrant
worker, and she is the oldest daughter. Her parents are getting old and she
might be under a lot pressure hoping to buy them a house... But it's still
unbelievable that she could use this method!"
Many
people on China's microblogging site Sina Weibo were impressed at Xiaoli's
enterprise and ability in convincing her 20 boyfriends to each buy
her the phone which was only recently launched, on 16 September of
this year.
A hashtag #20 mobiles for a house' quickly began to trend on Weibo, and became the country's top trend. It has now been used in excess of 13 million times.
Many social media users, have expressed admiration for Xiaoli.
One said:
A hashtag #20 mobiles for a house' quickly began to trend on Weibo, and became the country's top trend. It has now been used in excess of 13 million times.
Many social media users, have expressed admiration for Xiaoli.
One said:
"I can't even find
one boyfriend. She can actually find 20 boyfriends at the same time and even
get them to buy her an iPhone 7.
Another
said:
"Just want to ask
her to teach me such skills."
Another said: she has "a bright
future."
While others condemned her:
'Little Bee' wrote that
Xiaoli was "the most shameless person".
BBC Trending reports that they approached Hui Shou Bao and a
company spokesperson confirmed that they had indeed bought 20 iPhones from a
female client at the beginning of October and paid 6,000 Chinese yuan (about
£725) for each one.
However, Xiaoli refused to speak with BBC Trending.
Source:BBC
However, Xiaoli refused to speak with BBC Trending.
Source:BBC
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