An anti-discrimination bout staged in China's cyberspace By Sophie Beach (EastSouthWestNorth Forum) Updated: 2005-09-12 09:57 The fight than quickly turned from the Internet masses opposing Yi Yeqing's
prejudicial attitudes into a fight between "old nobility" versus "nouveau
riche." With the common value of "respecting others," the "old nobility" and the
"masses" formed a temporary alliance against the arrogant "nouveau riche." And
NT wins because he used her own "wealth comparison" approach against her.
Yi Yeqing said that her family can spend "several thousand US dollars" in a
blink and they fly every 2 to 3 days, such as from Moscow in Europe to San
Francisco in the United States for tens of thousands of US dollars. NT comments:
"We don't pay for airline tickets when we travel. We fly in our own private
plane."
Yi Yeqing said that the red wine that she drank on New Year's Eve costs 1-2
thousand RMB. NT said that the a bottle French wine that he drank on New Year's
Eve costs US$13,000.
Within NT's arsenal, he also had taste in addition to wealth.
He said that the "nobility" would never call San Francisco by its shortened
colloquial name of Sanfan; instead, they always say San Francisco, and they
never go there anyway. They "also never go to Moscow, because there are no
nobles left after the Tsar died." NT goes to places that people don't think
usually think of -- salmon fishing in Alaska or safari hunting in the central
African grasslands.
He also "taught" Yi Yeqing: "Upper society only drinks champagne and a small
number of French red wines. Other than that, we only drink soda water or mineral
water." Yi Yeqing mentioned that she likes to make coffee at home or go to the
Garden Restaurant in the five-star Shanghai hotel to drink coffee. NT said, "Ms.
Yi even said that she drinks coffee! Heavens! We in the upper society do not
drink coffee. We only drink tea!" Then NT piled on, "We don't hold any prejudice
against anyone. We don't abuse poor people. We only despise a certain type of
people, and that is the kind like Ms. Yi who pretends that she is upper-class."
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