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Chapter 324 What to do if they run away?

Zhang Zhe has seen many videos from the perspective of local men in Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia, as well as videos from Vietnam, which is next to Guangxi Province.

The videos all follow a similar formula: they all claim to have married a beautiful, virtuous, and capable woman—worth several thousand RMB—using local currency.

It gives the impression that Chinese men are like a game-changer when they go to Southeast Asia, just like white men from Europe and America are like women begging to marry them when they come to China.

The same treatment that white people enjoy in China can also be enjoyed by Chinese people in Southeast Asia.

Zhang Zhe had heard this claim when he first started working in Shenzhen. Later, he actually asked a colleague who had spent a year on a business trip in Laos, and the colleague replied:

"These are all old news. Ten years ago, this was indeed the case when people went to Southeast Asia, but now basically only Indonesian girls have a strong desire to marry into the country."

"But girls from better-off families in Indonesia are mostly Muslims. If you want to marry one, you have to convert to Islam and then you can't eat pork anymore."

"As for the girls from other Southeast Asian countries, they also use Douyin (TikTok) and know that the bride price in China is high, so they ask for more. Now, if you go there, you can't marry a pretty girl without 20 yuan."

"Even if you manage to marry one, it's not as wonderful as you imagine. Many local girls drop out of school after elementary school to go out and fool around. They start dating at thirteen or fourteen, and by seventeen or eighteen they're already experienced in many things. There are quite a few single mothers in their early twenties..."

After hearing his colleague's introduction, Zhang Zhe lost all interest in traveling to Southeast Asia.

"I'm not in Guangxi Province."

"It's not that I went to Southeast Asia to find a wife; it's that girls from there married me."

"Huh? Bro, where are you from? Did the matchmaking agency bring you here?" Zhang Zhe asked curiously.

[My brother has opened his eyes to the world!]

[These are usually scammers; they marry you and run away after a few days to cheat you out of your money.]

Why don't the matchmaking agencies here offer this service?

This guy sounds like he's from the countryside; he's been suppressing his feelings too much.

Is it still possible to feel repressed in Hunan Province? I heard that in Changsha, finding a foot massage parlor that doesn't have a third floor is as difficult as climbing to the sky.

"Yes, they help introduce people," the older brother replied. "It's a blind date, but I heard the success rate is quite high."

"Are these kinds of things common where you live?"

"Yes, quite a few. Someone from the village next to mine married a Lao woman. She's beautiful and very hardworking."

"Where are you from? Be more specific."

"I'm from Liuyang, from the southern part of the area."

"Why not look locally? I heard that the most expensive place for bride price in Hunan Province is Huaihua, which must be quite far from you, right?"

"You'd have to pay quite a bit to marry a foreign girl these days."

Zhang Zhe had been introduced to a girl from Hunan Province before, so he was quite knowledgeable about the local bride price.

Huaihua is said to have the highest bride price, and the engagement money and bride price are given in double amounts, with more than 200,000 yuan being common.

In other places, prices range from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands, but prices reaching hundreds of thousands are quite rare.

These days, it costs 200,000 yuan to marry a wife in Southeast Asia. If you only look at the money, there's not much difference.

Zhang Zhe had previously seen news online about people marrying foreign wives, mostly from Jiangxi Province, which seemed quite reasonable given the situation there.

After all, dowries of 600,000 yuan are common.

But when I got to Hunan Province, I felt it wasn't necessary.

“The bride price here is never less than 18 yuan.” The older brother told Zhang Zhe, “My cousin just got married last year. The bride price was 8 yuan, the three gold pieces plus the engagement ring cost more than 3 yuan, the renovation of the new house cost more than 20 yuan, and with the banquet, it was estimated to be more than 50 yuan.”

"But if you marry a foreign wife, it only costs 188,000 yuan. You can just get the marriage certificate and start living together without having a wedding."

【Wow, is 188,000 really that expensive?】

[After considering all costs, it's indeed cheaper to find someone overseas.] [How can you live with a foreign wife? There's no language barrier, and the customs are different.]

What's so different about it? Just think of it as marrying a girl from Guangxi province.

[Wait until they get married and then run back to their home country a couple of days later, then you'll understand why cheap things are never good.]

[Some girls are so anxious! Foreign wives might run away, so why can't domestic girls?]

[In China, girls will directly accuse you of rape and send you to jail.]

The chat room was a chaotic mess, with everyone arguing fiercely.

Zhang Zhe's eyes were blurry from looking at it, but he finally managed to find some useful information in the comments:

"Brother, you can't just think about saving money. What if she runs away after the wedding?"

"It's alright," the man replied calmly. "The matchmaking agency said they'll sign an agreement with us, and if the woman runs away, they'll refund our money."

“This…” Zhang Zhe turned to look at Attorney Yu, silently asking him, “Isn’t this illegal?”

This sounds a lot like European businessmen selling Black people to plantation owners in America.
This is wrong!

Yu Rui understood Zhang Zhe's meaning, shook his head to indicate that he didn't, and whispered to him:
"It's a bit like a betting agreement with a matchmaking agency. Unless the woman is forced, there shouldn't be a big problem."

"However, 99.9% of these kinds of things are scams. Our law firm has handled many such cases."

"The woman was an actress hired by the matchmaking agency from abroad. Once they had swindled enough money, such as 500 million, they would make a beautiful escape together and run away together."

"I see." Zhang Zhe nodded. That makes sense.

Five million evacuated? That's certainly enough to satisfy their hunger.

As for actresses, Southeast Asian women are very open about sex, and using their bodies to earn money through matchmaking agencies is incredibly easy for them.

The idea that "getting her body means getting her person" held by Chinese men is completely ineffective for them.

“Brother, I just asked a lawyer,” Zhang Zhe said to the camera. “The lawyer suggested that if you really want to do this, you should first deposit 2 yuan into a one-year fixed deposit.”

"Ah? Why?"

"He said that way, if the woman runs away and you call the police but they don't care, at least you'll have money to hire a lawyer."

[Haha, Brother Zhang, that's enough!]

So there are already cases like this, huh? These lawyers are going to score big!

[A woman like this is impossible to keep unless you actually "purify" her, but most men don't have that ability.]

Actually, finding a wife in Southeast Asia is okay, but those who actually marry you are almost always scammers.

“It’s okay if she runs away.” The older brother wasn’t worried at all: “We’ll sign a contract with the matchmaking agency. If she runs away before having a child, she’ll refund all my money.”

"Really? What if the matchmaking agency also disappears?"

"The matchmaking agency ran away too? Then...then..." The man stammered, finally managing to say, "Then call the police. They're scamming us."

“My lawyer said that the police generally don’t get involved because you signed an agreement and someone breached it, so you have to file a lawsuit yourself.”

"Huh?" The older brother's voice was full of disappointment, and he seemed to be whispering something to the person next to him.

At this moment, Zhang Zhe also gathered some useful information from the comments and told his older brother:

"Brother, quite a few people in the live stream have provided case studies, including those from Yongding County in Longyan, Fujian Province, Guiyang, and Linquan County in Central China..."

"Wait a minute, there's a guy here who's from Liuyang. Do you want to take a look? You might know him."

(End of this chapter)