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.
"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:
"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
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