The case of a 38-year-old man living in Nanjing (China) pretending to be a "Red billion" to lure a series of young men to meet and have sex in a private apartment is shocking the Chinese public.
The incident attracted attention not only because the number of people involved was up to thousands, but also because of the painful question: why are many men so easily trapped by a man with an appearance and age that are difficult to hide?
According to 163, Mr. Jiao was not from Nanjing, but was from another locality, living alone in a rented apartment in Nanjing.
During a time surfing social networks, he accidentally discovered that when he pretended to be a woman on social networks, he easily started a conversation with strangers and was cared for, chatted, and even given gifts.
From then on, he bought a fried hairstyle, gray ribs, learned to do makeup and used a filter to turn himself into a "baddy" over 30 years old who was a bit experienced, seductive and knew how to pamper men.
With this trick, "Red billiards" has lured countless people - from students, fitness coaches, office staff to foreigners - to meet at their apartment.
The conditions are simple: each person must bring a gift - from fruit, rice, milk to half a box of unfinished cooking oil in the house.
Although he did not collect money directly from the audience, Mr. Jiao secretly installed cameras in the room, recorded all the meetings and then posted them on paid video platforms to make a profit.
The location of these secretly filmed videos is the rented apartment of "Hong Ty", the length of the videos ranges from a few minutes to more than ten minutes.
The video not only clearly recorded the faces of both sides but also recorded the entire process of sexual behavior, and was publicly posted on "Hong Bieu's" X account.
Many men have their identities exposed, fallen into crisis, and suffered a "social death" because they were discovered by friends and family.
However, the question raised by public opinion is why a 38-year-old man with a large figure, rough hands, gray skin, and clear skin and barrel skin can make thousands of men believe that they are women?
Sohu commented that in fact, many people were skeptical when meeting. But because "they have lost their jobs", out of curiosity, because they are afraid of refusing or simply because the "Red billionaire" is angry and demands to chase them away, many people have to stay, thinking that just chatting is not harmful.
A few, even though they have realized the truth when meeting "Red billiards", still accept "going to the end", being drawn by lust and ignoring the moral boundary.
Chinese media commented that this was a trap stretched from both sides.
Mr. Jiao, because of loneliness, "cast a net" to have someone to talk to. As for the other men, out of curiosity and desire, they accidentally fell into Jiao's trap.
One side is the emptiness in the soul, the other side is lack of self-control - both of which create a strange but not uncommon social tragedy in the digital age.
The incident also sets a warning bell about the psychological deviation of middle-aged people living alone, about the gullibility and blindness of young people in virtual space, and about the fragile line between real and fake - something that is increasingly erased by technology, filters and trust in the wrong place.
