A Chinese Man Was Arrested for Dreaming of Wealth on Social Networks (6 Photos)

A man in China bragged on social media that his grandmother in the US doted on him so much that she gave him $25 million. He even showed a screenshot of his account to all the unbelieving Thomases. It turned out that he was lying. No wonder, many people do that online.





A convertible as a symbol of success is also popular in China

What happened to him after that is much more interesting.

You can't pretend to be richer than you are

He was detained by the police! A man surnamed Tian was accused of fabricating a story about receiving a 180 million yuan cash gift from his grandmother for his birthday.

But he simply posted photos of luxury cars, jewelry, and antiques on his Douyin account, all of which he allegedly bought with gifts from his grandmother.



His account with HIS cars and cars, it's just a photo from the Internet

Of course, you can't fool the Chinese with chaff, so they started asking him for proof. And the man posted a screenshot of his alleged savings - 2.4 billion yuan. True, he also thought of posting a photo of officials of the People's Liberation Army of China, allegedly among them is his close relative.

In general, he posted everything expensive that he liked on Douyin without embarrassment. He didn't even particularly care that they believed him, he just fantasized about "if only I were that rich."

But by the way, he was arrested not for a photo hinting that he has an official relative, but for... lying on the Internet!





I recently wrote that such bloggers are mercilessly banned

Yes, yes, he was accused of wanting to gain subscribers with such lies in order to monetize it all and post referral links. In general, bloggers in China live very well, the audience in the country is very large and REALLY likes to buy products on the Internet that are promoted by someone personally, and not just by an advertising banner.

China and its fight

China is stepping up the fight against the demonstration of wealth on social networks, which leads to bans and deletions of accounts of bloggers and celebrities who have gone too far.



I recently wrote about this girl. But here I agree with China's decision, but where is the limit!?

Last year, a retired official from the Shenzhen Transportation Bureau was expelled from the Communist Party and had his illicit assets confiscated after his granddaughter bragged about her family's wealth online.

And a woman known by the pseudonym beijinianyu claimed in March last year that her family had more than "100 million yuan in savings" and was free to "live in any country she wanted." Her IP address showed she was posting from Australia.

She also shared photos of her grandfather, joking that his expression resembled that of a "corrupt official."



China cracks down on ostentatious wealth to stop the poor from thinking they're too poor

Her grandfather was later identified as Zhong Gengqi, the former director of the Shenzhen Freight Bureau who retired in 2007. And Zhong was investigated even though he'd been out of business for a long time. And they found a history of multiple violations and illegal business activities and bribery.

So yeah, rich kids in China have to think twice before posting anything online. But still..



There is another trend in China, city girls pretend to be poor villagers to sell natural products "from their village"

I can't agree with the arrest of the guy who invented things with an inheritance from his grandmother. Now it's forbidden to have fictitious accounts? When I was a child, I had a page on behalf of a super-rich Bratz doll. But that's just a fantasy, I didn't even have such a doll. So it turns out that you can't create a page with your dreams and share them with others.

I can't agree with the Chinese authorities in this case, it's too much.