Mainland Center / Reported by Zhang Jianing
Recently, an incident that shocked the outside world occurred in Shanghai. A man was so frightened that he regretted his marriage on the spot because his girlfriend’s family demanded tens of millions of dowry gifts.
▲The man went to his girlfriend’s house to propose marriage, but was frightened by the elder’s request. (Schematic diagram / flipped from Pixabay)
According to Lu media reports, a man who claimed to be “Shanghai Yan Gongzi” mentioned in the article that he and his ex-girlfriend lived together abroad for several years. After returning to Shanghai, because he wanted to marry the woman back home, his heart began to Calculate the salary matters.
Unexpectedly, when he came to propose marriage, the parents of his ex-girlfriend actually asked that the dowry gift should be 18.88 million RMB (approximately NT$85.14 million) in cash and that his house should be transferred to the woman’s name. The value of the house and cash is 63.88 million yuan (approximately NT$287 million).
Not only that, the woman’s parents also asked him to buy a luxury house in Shanghai for them to use when visiting relatives, and the guests attending the wedding were required to pack 100,000 yuan (regarding NT$450,000) in red envelopes each. Finally decided to give up the relationship for many years.
After the news was exposed, heated discussions were sparked on the Internet, and even the local government was involved in the investigation. According to mainland media reports, the relevant unit stated that following checking the entry and exit data, it was initially determined that the article was fabricated out of thin air, and whether it is true still needs to be further clarified.
