Can someone buy their dream home just by dating? A Chinese woman, Xiaoli, did something similar, whose story is once again creating a stir on social media.
Xiaoli turned love and relationships into a unique investment for her financial planning.
Masterplan of 20 boyfriends and 20 iPhones
Although this incident happened in 2016, due to its unique strategy it remains a topic of discussion on the internet even today. Xiaoli dated 20 men at once. She asked for the latest iPhone 7 at that time as a gift from each of her boyfriends. The surprising thing is that all 20 boyfriends agreed to gift her the phone. As soon as he collected 20 iPhones he sold them to a mobile recycling site (Hui Shou Bao) instead of using them.
How to buy a dream house?
By selling those 20 phones, Xiaoli got about 1.2 lakh Chinese Yuan (about 12 to 15 lakh Indian rupees at that time). Xiaoli used the money as a down payment to buy a luxurious house for herself. When Xiaoli showed her new house to her friends and told them about the source of the money, everyone was stunned.
Debate broke out on social media
The #20MobilesForAHouse hashtag became a top trend on China’s social media platform Weibo. This incident divided internet users into two groups. Many people praised Xiaoli, saying that she used her intelligence and resources to buy a house in a time of inflation. A large section of people termed it as emotional fraud and said that it is wrong to play with the emotions of 20 people in the name of love.