Guangzhou beauty to shell out RMB 800,000 to get impregnated

So fellas, here's the deal: She pays you RMB 300,000 before you start living together, and then, if through your industriousness you get her pregnant, you get the remaining RMB 500,000. This ain't a movie -- not even a bad one. This is the ad that Miss Zhu LiLi puts out in some Guangzhou newspapers. There may indeed be a sucker born every minute, and we think that a good proportion of these suckers will grow up to be men who believe that they need not work, and instead make a bundle living with a woman whose only desire is that you get her pregnant. And don't forget her promise that if the relationship goes well, there's more in it for you.

Well, tipped off by disgruntled men who fell for this scam, an intrepid reporter went undercover (article in Chinese) to figure out just what this was about. He claimed he was an ugly guy from out of town (that is, not from Guangzhou) and called Ms. Zhu up. They arranged for a meeting, and sure enough, she showed up and insisted they go to a nearby cafe called “點激情” which roughly translates to "order passion". The reporter knew that this was part of her scam, so he tried to get her to just sit outside and talk, but she would have nothing of it, so he followed her into this cafe, where he noticed a knowing smile flash on the waitress' face -- they were all in on it. Ms. Zhu began to order food and drinks left and right, aiming, as she usually does, to rack up a bill of several hundreds (and supposedly thousands, in certain cases) of yuan. Sensing that this one might take some coaxing, Zhu asked the reporter if he understood Cantonese, which he, lying, said he didn't. She then proceeded to call the boss and tell him that she had a dud on her hands. Then she went back to ordering food, but the reporter, not to be outdone, said he forgot his wallet, but that he'd call up some friends and get some money. He left the cafe, and needless to say, never went back ...

Of course, you don't have to go to Guangzhou to experience this scam firsthand. All you have to do is head down to Nanjing Dong Lu.