Candidates calculate cash cow contest
Those responsible for this week's notorious love news were poor in passion but rich in figures, with lovebirds losing attention in favor of cash cows.
In China, a pack of millionaires placed a nationwide booty call and greedy girls gathered in response to a "love seeking tour" labeled as a high-level matchmaking program aimed at finding true love. On the other side of the world, Facebook tycoon Mark Zuckerberg, one of the youngest and still available millionaires, tied the knot with his sweetheart. However, as if in a calculated payback for the low profile of the backyard wedding, the media turned the lovely tale of young couple gets married into a cold analysis of financial calculation.
Under the pretext of the desire for marriage and the protection only millions of yuan can assure, the exclusive club for single Chinese business millionaires looking for wives has similar contours to any high-priced KTV program or VIP sex-for-money session.
The 11 business magnates had no time to lose with love matters so they didn't even bother to show up for the reunion; instead they named representatives that will tour the country and they should stop in Beijing soon.
Girls hunting for a millionaire, who signed up and paid heavily for the much talked about finishing schools and university courses to sharpen up their dame skills, can finally put their knowledge to use. They can also start re-calibrating their hymens and sharpening their accounting skills because the tycoons demand the "high-caliber mothers of the second generation of the rich" be virgins and able to manage "immense wealth."
Most Web users who commented on the news, mocked the fact that businessmen are looking for virgins and noticed that hymen reconstruction is a piece of cake in China. Candidates are likely to bypass other smaller challenges at the contest: a cosmetic surgeon will examine their physical appearance to make sure their beauty is natural; they'll also meet a psychological expert, a physiognomist/astrologist and a scholar to be evaluated on personality, horoscope and general knowledge.
The final round includes a sincerity test; reports didn't specify if judges will add a polygraph to the entire charade, which sounds like a mix of matchmaking from the Middle Ages combined with a modern luxury sex-business.
Event organizers and tycoon representatives are charlatans taking advantage of how twisted Chinese society has become, as well as rich men and weak women's desperation to get married. It's impossible to guarantee the contest will match couples successfully.
Compared to Chinese tycoons, Facebook mogul Mark Zuckerberg's love tale and supposed prenuptial agreement is as romantic as it gets when millions mix with love. He married his long-time sweetheart Melissa Chan, an American girl of Chinese descent who started dating the CEO when he was penniless and anti-social nine years ago. Unsurprisingly, Zuckerberg announced the good news on Facebook and got at least 700 million "Likes" on the wedding post. It all seemed romantic and innocent, until media scoops revealed that by waiting until the day after cashing in his fortune, Zuckerberg conveniently protected his billions from California's communal property law. If, against all odds, Zuckerberg, the billionaire, and Chan, the plebeian of Chinese blood last together, lets just hope they can serve up some inspiration for this side of the world, where money sometimes rules over love.
By Anita Wilde
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