MARRY FOR MONEY IN JINJIANG

Forget million yuan dowries, it takes a billion ($160 million) to sell off a rich man’s daughter in Fujian’s Jinjiang County.

Wu Duanbiao, chairman of ceramics firm Fujian Wanli Group gave his daughter a gigantic dowry that included four boxes of gold jewelry, shares and several homes for her lavish wedding.

Pictures of the eight-day banquet and dowry were posted online, causing equal amounts of envy and praise, for additionally donating 15 million yuan to charity.

The bridegroom, a civil servant surnamed Xu, was a classmate of his new wife at kindergarten.

This begs the question, is it worth moving to Jinjiang and seeking out a landed aristocrat’s daughter?

In early December, in the same county, Wu Jinbiao (吴金裱), chairman of Billion Industrial Holdings Ltd, spent more than 250 million yuan ($40 million) to marry off his daughter.

When the niece of Hengan Group’s CEO Xu Lianjie (许连捷) was married in November 2011, the dowry was a then record of 140 million yuan.

Hence, “Instead of robbing banks, one would be much better off marrying a Jinjiang bride,” has become the latest popular motto circulating on the Internet.

Pity there aren’t more billionaire’s daughters. We could all have one!

Source: Maydaily

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