Sunday 28 September 2014

Much Ado about iPhone 6: Girlfriend for Rent


A Chinese man Wei Chu-25, has offered to 'rent' his girlfriend out to other men for just £1 an hour, so that he can raise money to buy the latest model of iPhone.
He was photographed standing outside Songjiang University, Shanghai holding a 'Girlfriend Sharing' advertising board and invited interested passers-by to log on to a nearby wifi network in order to check out images of his girlfriend Xiao Ai-21. 

Wei, who claimed his girlfriend was a willing participants in  the scheme also insists 'no funny business' can take place on dates but focused around dinner and studying. His offer is broken into various pricing categories to cover all potential customers various lengths of time: £1 an hour, £5 per day and £50 per month.

'Service items include but are not restricted to: eating together, studying together, saving seats (in libraries/classrooms), three-person dates. Fees generated during dates should be split,' his placard read. 
Interested individuals were given a short biography of the man's girlfriend, including details on her height, weight and hobbies.
Wei Chu isn't the first to take to one extreme method of raising money to pay for the latest iPhone installment.
A Saudi Arabian man has asked his future brother-in-law for an iPhone 6 as a dowry for marrying his sister, according to the International Business Times. 
Also, while following the launch of the iPhone 5 last year, a Chinese couple were charged with human trafficking after admitting selling three of their newborn babies for £8,000 between 2008 and 2013 in order to pay for luxury items including an iPhone.

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Source: Shanghaiist

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