The story was that a Chinese woman was such a smart dater that she got each of her 20 boyfriends to buy her an iPhone 7 which she then sold and used the money to buy a house. BBC first carried the story after which other major news outlets carried it.
A woman convinced 20 boyfriends to buy iPhones..then sold them to buy a house https://t.co/34R4A6nx1hpic.twitter.com/dzJWeHEmIs
— Vibe Magazine (@VibeMagazine) October 31, 2016
You know what’s better than 20 iphones? Selling 20 iPhones for roughly $17,703.95 and getting A HOUSE, people. https://t.co/1uJ5nSs3bPpic.twitter.com/JDuXtNr5Pg
— E! News (@enews) November 1, 2016
A Woman Got Her 20 Boyfriends to Buy Her New iPhones, Then Cashed Them In for a House https://t.co/vvV2NkIdFvpic.twitter.com/Es8pKYCaL7
— Cosmopolitan (@Cosmopolitan) November 1, 2016
This woman convinced her 20 boyfriends to buy her 20 iPhone 7s https://t.co/qioP13TGGX
— TIME (@TIME) November 1, 2016
And she’s been hailed as a champion dater.
when all 20 of the iphones your 20 boyfriends bought you are successfully sold and paid for pic.twitter.com/eFXeAXQaaE
— chicken thot pie (@such_A_frknlady) October 31, 2016
@unusualvox looooool wtf
— n (@futureslayy) November 1, 2016
But some people have been wondering in what part of the world the cost of buying a house will be the same as the cost of 20 iPhones…
20 iPhones? = 1 house? pic.twitter.com/T0Ce4nNotm
— Bamidele (@TimiBam) November 1, 2016
@Four_Pins 20 iPhones = 1 house ? pic.twitter.com/Jhqlutfc63
— brad litt (@c_pr0) October 31, 2016
The real question is where in the world does a house cost 20 iPhones? Wtf
— xanan (@hananaye) October 31, 2016
Well, don’t worry your head too much. Buzzfeed News is reporting that the source of the news is not to be trusted. According to them, the story was circulated by an internet user by the name of Proud Chopper who works for a phone recycling company, Huishoubao Tech.
The only problem is, only before the news went viral, Huishoubao posted a recruitment notice on a Chinese job application website looking for ‘event marketing personnel’, in which one requirement says potential applicants need to be ‘passionate about producing internet events’ and familiar with ‘methods of media manipulation’.
Looks like they found the perfect employee who succeeded in manipulating the world media into spreading the story they wanted. No wonder there was no photo of the said woman, or her house or any of her ‘boyfriends’.
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