This story happened around 2006 and is an old story from when I was in college.
There were four people in our dormitory at that time. Xiaole and I had the best relationship. We both have similar hobbies and good family conditions. We are both from the city and have a little more experience.
Da Zhuang and Xiao Feng come from rural areas. Their family conditions are average, but they study very well. They both come from major provinces that take the college entrance examination. You know how competitive the major provinces that take the college entrance examination are. Although we have the same major, their scores in the entrance exam are higher than those of other provinces. Xiaole and I are about 60 points higher.
is the oldest, but naive, and doesn't like to talk much. He looks like an honest person at first glance.
Xiaofeng, on the other hand, is very sociable and likes to make friends with capable people. He often gets together to drink with others. He is the type that just raises a glass and does it. In fact, he is quite good at drinking, but every time he gets drunk, the three of us have to carry him back. . He also wanted to make money. When he was a freshman, he sold some things in the dormitory and dreamed of getting rich all day long.
Although our personalities grew up in different environments, it does not prevent us from becoming friends. We all get along well.
The junior year of junior year had just started. Xiaole, Da Zhuang and I returned to the dormitory first. Xiaofeng was the last one to return to school. As soon as he entered the dormitory, he excitedly showed off to us. It turned out that he met an older sister when he came back by train. Said to be the deputy general manager of Regent Hotel . This Regent Hotel is a very famous five-star hotel in the local area.
Xiaofeng told us how much he had a great chat with the vice president, and finally left each other's phone numbers. The vice president told him that he was most willing to make friends with young and energetic college students. Their hotel always has parties for VIPs. If there is a party, As for the party, I hope Xiaofeng can contact a few more classmates to have a fun time there, just to cheer up and build up the atmosphere, and go there to eat, drink and play.
Xiaofeng spoke with great energy. It was obvious that he was a little excited and felt that he had made acquaintance with a capable person.
We just listened happily and didn't take it seriously. Even if that person was really the vice president of a five-star hotel, he was just chatting casually on the train.
Unexpectedly, just a few days after school started, Xiaofeng actually received a phone invitation from the eldest sister, saying that there was a party on the weekend, and asked Xiaofeng to call a few more people to come and support her.
I just thought about the person I met once on the train. He was also a vice president. I contacted him right away just a few days later. This was too enthusiastic. There couldn't be anything fishy.
told Xiaofeng my concerns. What I meant was that the four of us in the dormitory could go there. If I asked someone else, it would be an unreliable situation, and that would be very embarrassing. Xiao Le also felt that this was more appropriate. Da Zhuang had no objection and said he just wanted to see it.
Although he was reluctant, Xiaofeng finally followed my suggestion and did not call more classmates.
The four of us took a taxi to the Regent Hotel. After getting off the bus, Xiaofeng called the vice president, and the call was connected within a few seconds.
"Hey, sister, we're at the Regent Hotel."
"Oh, Xiaofeng, you're here. It's like this. I'm not in the hotel now. The party was suddenly canceled due to changes in guests' schedules. But it's okay. I'm here. There is a small party in our hotel near the hotel. You and your classmates are going south, and I will go out to pick you up."
Xiaole and I looked at each other suspiciously. It seems that we both thought the same thing. , there is indeed something fishy about this party!
We walked a few hundred meters south and saw a pretty good-looking lady coming towards us and waving to Xiaofeng. She was the vice president.
This eldest sister is very enthusiastic and eloquent. She said how friendly she felt when seeing college students. She said that we are all the pillars of the motherland. She praised us so highly that it made me suffer from embarrassment. .
then took us around a corner and entered a quite old residential area. She also saw our doubts and quickly explained that this was her own house. People from the hotel were here to get together today and keep in touch.
Looking at the dim and dilapidated corridor, I wondered if I should find an excuse to run away, but after thinking about the four of us, I realized that even if the other party had malicious intentions, they would not dare to do anything to us.
We entered the house. There were no decorations in the house. Except for a few balloons, there was no sign of a party. The living room was not small. There was a table with several plates of sugar and melon seeds on it.
There were about 10 people in the room, both men and women, mostly middle-aged people. Immediately the eldest sister began to introduce us. This is the director of the hotel's reception department. This is Xiao Wu from the hotel's labor department... The hotel is not open. I already ran away from the party. Seeing the cunning looks and poor acting skills of this group of people when they looked at each other, I had already confirmed in my heart that the identities of these guys were all fake.
Then we sat down, and the eldest sister said: "You guys just chat and have fun and exchange feelings. I'll go to the hotel and come back later." The "director" started to entertain us and asked us questions. , what major should I study, and is there a future? Xiaofeng obviously didn’t feel anything was wrong, and he had a great time chatting with them.
I started to look around, and suddenly a poster on the wall caught my attention. It was a pyramid-shaped table, with each level marked with a level. When I saw this, I basically understood that this was a pyramid scheme. Pyramid, good guy, he ran into a MLM organization.
The reason why I understand this is because I also experienced it when I was a child. At that time, I remember that my mother was deceived into buying several thousand yuan of health care products by a colleague with whom I had a good relationship. She took me to an early MLM conference. At that time, the lecturer gave a passionate and spit-spitting speech. We had witnessed these grand scenes since we were children. Fortunately, my mother couldn't hide her face at the time and didn't go offline, so she didn't harm anyone else. She only lost a few thousand yuan to her family, which was considered a huge sum of money at the time. In the end, those health products turned out to be useless. The product, my mother was so angry that she threw it away.
I pulled Xiao Le and asked him to look at the picture on the wall. After seeing it, Xiao Le was stunned for a moment and understood. I whispered to him that we should not expose it and find an excuse to leave. Xiao Le gave it to him. I gave an OK look.
Xiaofeng is really good at chatting, but his communication is just nonsense. He tells people about the messy things in school, and spits fly everywhere. Later, I felt that the "director" was a little impatient, and he couldn't get to the point. Finally, the eldest sister came back, and the "vice president" was still very good, and she could get the conversation into order with just a few words.
"Is it easy to find a job after graduating from your major? How much did graduates earn in previous years?"
's words are quite powerful. He starts with a question, then starts to talk about value, and then links the value of life to money. , and then introduced her MLM model, and talked about how innovative and excellent this business model is. She has won international marketing awards in foreign countries, and how individuals can realize the value of life in her business model. Top salesmen will become winners in life. Lying down Counting money and the like, the people around were also very "excited". The eldest sister continued talking for more than an hour without drinking any water, which pushed her emotions to a climax. She was really eloquent.
What left me speechless was that Xiaofeng didn't feel anything was wrong. He seemed to be opening the door to a new world and echoed every word. I bet he was here to talk about cross talk. If we hadn't come together, I would have suspected that he was a pyramid scheme. 's undercover. I glanced at Da Zhuang again, what a good guy, his eyes also shone, looking very yearning.
I felt that if we didn't leave, these two people would be brainwashed. I told everyone: "We have classes for a few nights. It's time to go back. It's really nice to meet you. I feel that I gained a lot today. Let's meet up another day."
Xiao Feng: "There are no classes tonight?"
I immediately wanted to kick him, "Xiao Le and I have elective courses. We can't ask for leave. The elective teacher is very strict." Then I quickly gave Xiao Feng a hard look and told him to Stop talking.
Xiao Le immediately echoed: "That's right, if you don't go back quickly, you won't make the trip."
Da Zhuang also looked like he didn't want to leave. I was also convinced, but he got up after being pulled by me.
The eldest sister seemed to be unable to keep us, then she rolled her eyes and suddenly asked the person next to her: "Hey, where is Xiaofang?" "It seems to be in the back room, Xiaofang, come out!"
At this time, A little girl walked out of the back room. She was as graceful as a dragon. She looked innocent and a little charming. She seemed to be about 18 or 9 years old. At that time, several of us were staring at the girl in a daze and swallowed unconsciously.
"This is our salesperson Xiaofang. Xiaofang, you should be slightly younger than Xiaofeng and the others, but you are basically the same age. These brothers are all standard college students. Haven't you always envied other college students the most?" ? Please leave each other’s phone numbers and communicate more, so that if they go back to school, you can send them off for me, and I won’t go back.”
This is another big trick, even the beauty trap is used. ! Why do I feel that when the eldest sister introduced Xiaofang, she felt very much like Mama Sang. After
went out, he found that Xiaofang was not very outgoing and talkative, but her speaking voice was really nice. Every time she said something, her voice seemed to speak directly to her heart.
Xiaofeng started chatting with others again, and I was surprised that even Da Zhuang, who usually doesn't like to talk, started to make an effort to interrupt. Xiao Le is usually very good at chatting up girls, but today he was quiet and seemed to be very sensible.
Beautiful girls all have a kind of charming charm, but I thought it was a pity that such a young and beautiful girl fell into a pyramid scheme.
Finally, Xiaofeng asked Xiaofang for his mobile phone number and QQ number, and Dazhuang quickly added them. Xiaole and I said we would add them when we get back, and we said goodbye to Xiaofang.
On the way back, Xiaole and I started to educate them about what MLM is, and told them clearly that this is a typical MLM organization and it is illegal. They simply use college students to attract people and engage in MLM.
Da Zhuang was quietly analyzing what we said, but Xiao Feng didn't believe it directly, saying that they are all vice presidents, and their business vision is much better than that of us college students. These are all commodities, and the commodities still have value. What can we cheat? .
I told him that the identity of the vice president must be fake. He just tricked us into coming here. He also said that there was a party in a five-star hotel, but in the end, it was all brought to us in a shabby community. It was obviously intentional. He was selling health care products. It is a tool of MLM. The ex-factory price may be only a dozen yuan, but it can be sold to you for thousands of yuan.
Xiaofeng continued to speak for the elder sister, and I continued to reason with him. As he continued to talk, I felt like playing the piano to a cow. MLM is really powerful. I only brainwashed Xiaofeng for an hour. I didn’t listen to my earnest persuasion. Can I still harm him?
Finally returned to the dormitory, Xiaole and I persuaded Xiaofeng again, and he finally listened.
I asked him to stop contacting the elder sister. Xiaofeng finally agreed, and then suddenly said: "What about Xiaofang? Do you want to save her? Do you want her QQ account?" I said: "We don't want it. You should stop contacting her. We can't help her. She may have been an internal member and has been brainwashed. It's better not to contact her. We can't control it. "
I thought this matter would just go away, but it happened. A few days later, Xiaofeng suddenly came to borrow money from me, and he borrowed thousands of dollars at a time. I asked him what he was doing, and he said it was for business. The living expenses were less than 1,000, and there was really no money to lend him.
later learned from his classmates that it turned out that Xiaofeng had always been in contact with the MLM gang. It seemed that he had gone there several times secretly. He not only asked classmates to borrow money but also recruited them to join the gang, and several classmates had already fallen into it.
Xiao Le and I quickly discussed it with Da Zhuang. To our surprise, Da Zhuang also joined! Da Zhuang admitted that he and Xiao Feng went to a few more conferences with more people, and had already paid to join the group! How good it is to promote this thing to us!
Xiao Le and I were also speechless. We tried to persuade him a few words, but it felt like he was determined, so Xiao Le and I decided to let it go. They will only have long memories if they are deceived.
Suddenly one day after Xiao Le and I returned to the dormitory after class, we heard a noise in the room. As soon as we opened the door, we saw Xiao Feng and Da Zhuang fighting, "Xiao Fang is my girlfriend! Can you leave?" She stays away! "Xiao Fang and you are just a business partner! I am her boyfriend!" Xiao Le and I quickly pulled the two away and asked why, only to find out that these two guys were jealous of Xiao Fang. Woke up.
We persuaded them. After they both calmed down, Xiao Le suddenly said: "You two, there is really no need to quarrel over Xiaofang. She just wants to do MLM to make money, so she just took advantage of it." It’s just you two. Are you both offline? Let me show you how she hooked up with me.”
Then Xiaole pulled out the chat history between QQ and Xiaofang on his mobile phone and showed it to us, good guy, then. It's called a blast, Xiao Le is indeed a master of love, and it's full of naked love words. Xiaofeng and Dazhuang both fell silent after seeing it.
"Her main purpose has always been to get me to engage in pyramid schemes. I found it very interesting and kept hanging on to her, but she never gave up." Xiao Le said slyly.
Good guy, this Xiaole actually did something behind the scenes. I suddenly thought, something is wrong! "Didn't we want Xiaofang's QQ? When did you secretly add it?"
"Oh, well... didn't Xiaofeng install QQ on my computer? I saw it and added it. Please give Xiaofang some advice. ." Xiao Le said sheepishly, scratching his head. Xiaofeng immediately rolled his eyes at him, "I'll delete it right away, delete it right away." Then Xiaole deleted Xiaofang. I was really speechless for Xiaole. This was because he wanted to sneak into Chencang's life.
Then Xiaofeng and Dazhuang were silent for a long time. They must have been deeply hurt. I think we should let them be quiet and reflect.
Then I secretly opened QQ on my mobile phone and silently deleted Xiaofang’s friends.
what? I also added friends? Please, Xiaofang is really beautiful. Even a man will be moved! How did you get your QQ number? I only have a few QQ accounts, but I am so stupid that I can memorize it after she said it once!
Since then, the atmosphere in the dormitory has been a little weird. Except for Xiao Le and me, who were still normal, everyone else was a little distant from each other. Xiao Feng and Da Zhuang rarely spoke actively. But fortunately, Da Zhuang completely severed contact with Xiao Fang after that. The reason why a sociable person like him went to MLM was because of Xiao Fang's temptation. Only Xiao Feng seemed to have not left MLM.
After reaching senior year, everyone was busy with their own affairs, including internships and make-up exams. No one could take care of the other. After graduation, they went their separate ways without getting together properly.
Not long after I started working, the squad leader once told me that Xiaofeng was arrested for pyramid schemes. I was shocked. It turned out that after graduation, he deceived several classmates into doing pyramid schemes on the pretext of finding a job. It was the kind of pyramid schemes that imprisoned people for their freedom. MLM organization. Later, someone escaped and reported it. In the end, the police uncovered the MLM organization. Xiaofeng actually became a cadre in the organization and was sentenced to more than two years.
Xiao Le and Da Zhuang and I couldn’t help but sigh. It can be said that MLM has really ruined Xiao Feng’s future.
Until one day two years ago, Xiaofeng got my contact information from someone unknown, and added me on WeChat. We started chatting well, recalling the happy time in college, but during the conversation, Xiaofeng suddenly changed the topic.
I am also speechless. I didn’t expect that Xiaofeng still didn’t learn a lesson after he was released from prison, and he is still doing this. MLM is really ruining people’s lives!
I had to politely refuse.
Done!
End~
Postscript Beware! MLM is still with us
MLM is a Ponzi scheme and an illegal and criminal activity. Although the country has stepped up its crackdown in recent years, MLM has also kept pace with the times and evolved into various new forms. Hidden.From the early days of physical pyramid selling, to recent years, mutual aid communities, 1040 categories, new financial management, virtual currency, micro-business, franchising, etc. are still active in our lives, but as long as you keep your eyes open, remember: Don’t do it Do not participate in any unreliable investments that promise high returns, do not participate in any activities that pay "entry fees" and make money by "pulling people's heads", and control your unrealistic greed. In this way, you will not be poisoned by pyramid schemes.
