Finding a job related to your profession, being able to support yourself, pay your own expenses, move around on your own… As happens to many young people, even Zou Yaquia Chinese art student from Beijing, China was concerned how he would “survive” after graduation.
It was then that he decided to consider a challenge really overwhelming: survive in the city for three weeks without spending a single yuan. So he put his plan into action.
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The 23-year-old not only made it through the experience, he spent 21 days live a millionaire lifethe site reported Sixth tone.
Among other luxuries, he drank the best champagne at exclusive events, ate at VIP restaurants, frequented the city’s five-star hotels, tried on exclusive jewelry at auction, and even used an Ikea salesroom as his office.
How do I do it? Very simple. A fake Hermès bag, bright red lipstick, and a designer corduroy suit and jacketwere the keys. It happens that this trivial look socialite (“mingyuan” in Chinese) helped her pose as a member of the Chinese elite.
“Even though I’m poor, I was able to enter the world of the rich and get their stuff for free,” Zou told the site. “I wanted to break the rules”He added.
A “social experiment”
the young man logged the entire experience and then turned it into a performance art project that has since become one of the most talked about works in China in 2021.
The plan for his 21-day experiment was hatched during his senior year at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing as a I try to make people think.
By posing as a mingyuan, “infiltrating” fantasy hot spots, and living 100 percent off the freebies they provided, Zou sought to highlight just how divided Chinese society has been.
To achieve her goal, the young woman started preparing in January, visiting various establishments and making a list of places where you might find free room and board.
So, the artist moved on to the next stage and learned to look like a member of the Chinese elite. She has spent hours on social media studying how they dress, make up and behave. He looked convincingly and went out into the world.
The first stop was at airport lounge which he was able to enter with a counterfeit entry pass. To his relief, the gate agents examined the slip and let her in without further ado.
“I was very nervous and thought they were going to expel me,” Zou said Sixth tone-. But nothing happened.” Even though the pass was only valid for three hours, she he ended up staying in place for three days.
He slept on a semi-circular red sofa and ate “as much food as possible” from the three buffet diaries. The staff didn’t seem to care if guests overstayed, she said.
The experience continued outside the airport in high-end shops, art galleries and luxury spaces. One night she even attended auction with an invitation that a friend made him.
Between gorging on goose liver pâté and white chocolate sweets, he sampled several fine jewelry that later sold for millions of yuan.
The experiment ended in the atrium of a luxury hotel in Beijing. He spent his last night sleeping on an orange sofa surrounded by an artificial bamboo forest. In conversation with the medium, Zou recalled feeling as if the two security guards who were nearby were protecting her to keep her safe.
The final video of the experience was presented at the university. In addition, the young woman uploaded some of her posts on her social networks and on Weibo – a Chinese platform similar to Facebook – she told all about the experiment and joined the debate on economic inequality that she originated.
Source: Clarin
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