889 Posted September 7, 2022 at 03:55 AM Report Share Posted September 7, 2022 at 03:55 AM A fun thread from years ago, with posters confessing the crazy jobs they had to take to get by in China. https://www.chinese-forums.com/forums/topic/11373-crazy-jobs-or-paid-experiences-people-have-had-in-china-like-impersonating-someone/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Posted September 7, 2022 at 09:07 AM Report Share Posted September 7, 2022 at 09:07 AM Mostly discussion on the ethics of impersonating a VIP from a foreign investment company. I think that line of work only existed for a very short period of time and has completely dried up now, or are there still people doing this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vellocet Posted September 7, 2022 at 09:52 AM Report Share Posted September 7, 2022 at 09:52 AM My prediction: a few fun stories followed by people getting really performatively angry that - oh heavens! - there might be some laowai doing work that wasn't allowed by their visa category. Yup, right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
889 Posted September 7, 2022 at 11:29 AM Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2022 at 11:29 AM You want the other old thread instead, the one I can't find, about 老外 getting paid for just standing around and looking like 老外? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian US Posted October 24, 2022 at 10:52 PM Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 at 10:52 PM I had a Westerner classmate from a country I forget, but his Chinese was really good and I totally forgot about him when I left China in 2014. Come 2018 being sent back for work, I'm riding the high-speed train to Huangshan and there he was on a travel show playing over the drop-down TVs all over the train. Can't find his Linkedin, but he did a travel show for about two years before going back to teaching or to his home country. Was kinda surreal taking a late-night train and assuming his face is probably on every single high-speed rail across the country. I am not Chinese TV famous for the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Posted October 25, 2022 at 07:33 AM Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 at 07:33 AM When I first studied in Beijing (2002-2003), many of us white students did some modeling or extra-ing when the occasion arised. A 学长 of mine who had been to BLCU the previous year, a handsome guy, apparently had his picture on a HUGE billboard on I think Xizhimen. I don't remember if I saw it myself, but I did think it was cool. I was an extra in a series called 啼笑因缘, with 胡兵. Never saw it, but it was an interesting enough experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted October 26, 2022 at 05:39 AM Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 at 05:39 AM I filmed one clothing commercial that involved me riding a horse and turning to look back in a sultry fashion. Never thought about it again until I got a call from an old classmate who'd nearly died laughing when it came on TV in the hotel he was in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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