Chinese social media praises the ingenuity of mystery woman who recieved £700 for each handset
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A QUICK THINKING Chinese woman came up with a unique solution to her house buying problem when she asked each of her 20 boyfriends to purchase her an iPhone 7 which she traded in to buy her first home.
Chinese social media has been buzzing with the story of the the woman dubbed ‘Xiaoli' with many people praising her ingenuity.
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The woman known as Xiaoli, from Shenzhen in China, convinced her 20 boyfriends to each buy her an iPhone 7, the Metro reported.
After making 115,010 Chine yuan (NZD$23,800) selling the phones, she used the money to buy a house in the countryside.
Xiaoli allegedly sold each phone to the Hui Shou Bao website for around £700 each (NZD$1190), as confirmed by the BBC.
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"Everyone in the office is talking about this now," wrote Proud Qiaoba, "Who knows what her boyfriends think now this news has become public."
Xiaoli is "not from a wealthy family," he added. "Her mum is a housewife and her dad is a migrant worker, and she is the oldest daughter.
"Her parents are getting old and she might be under a lot pressure hoping to buy them a house... But it's still unbelievable that she could use this method!"
As Proud Qiaoba's story gathered more and more interest, the hashtag "20 mobiles for a house" became the top trend on social network Weibo, with more than 13 million posts using the tag.
While some described 'Xiaoli' as shameless, many praised her resourcefulness.
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Some raised doubts that the story was true at all, and suggested it could have been concocted to generate publicity for the phone recycling site.
However, blogger Ruhua Xianyu, writing for the BBC, contacted Hui Shou Bao, which confirmed it had bought 20 iPhone 7s from a female client earlier this year, paying around £700 for each one.
When the BBC asked to be put in touch with the woman, a spokesperson for the site said: "Her day-to-day life has been affected (from the local media attention) and she doesn't want the media to continue covering this story, so she has turned down your interview request."
