A survey of network MLM groups in Nanping, Fujian Province: money and money into public games

Han Yanming Editor's note/Dare to win the Fujian people have always been a model of Chinese businessmen, here is also the birth of a number of prestigious industrial clusters, and many industries invisible champion. However, in today's Fujian Nanping has become a deformed hot land.　　Here, in order to consumer rebate for the guise of e-commerce MLM activities rampant, the ancient "Ponzi scheme" also let a wave of people willingly jumped in. What makes many people who have suspected a scam lucky? Where are the illegal fundraising and MLM platforms that wear the electric-commercial cloak?　　"China business newspaper" reporter specially went to Nanping to carry on the thorough interview investigation.　　Playing "Shopping rebate" banner of rebate sites have fallen, countless people's wealth dream shattered.　　June 6, Fujian Nanping under the jurisdiction of Wuyishan million Business E-commerce Co., Ltd. under the "Million Business Network" issued a bulletin said the company closed.　　June 12, Zhejiang Jinhua government announced that the Zhejiang billion E-commerce Co., Ltd. and its "million Home shopping" site for the suspected organization of the crime of leading MLM, has been investigated and closed by relevant departments. Known as the "shopping rebate" model, the originator of the "million shopping" site was closed, so that the only glimmer of hope for participants into despair. "Before everyone talked about the rebate shopping mode is all laugh, now everyone began to criticisms."　　"A number of people in Nanping, Fujian province, told the China Business News reporter, in fact, we all know that this is a scam, but self-confidence is not the last one." "Money to make money" into a public game June 10, the reporter in Wuyi Mountain Peng Resort Hotel met dozens of from all over the country million business network agents, alliances. They told reporters: "The Web site from May 26 to stop playing money to us, June 3, said to convene a meeting of agents, and in the 5th meeting site, million business network chairman slipped away." "A few days ago there are hundreds of people here, and now there are only dozens of left, we also went to the Wuyishan government to find." "Xie, an agent from Hubei Xiangyang, said that more than 10 people were living in the hotel with his victims from the same place, and the victims he knew had lost up to 200,000 yuan." According to the hotel attendant said: "These days, the hotel is full of million business network agents or members."　　"Wuyi Mountain local businessman told a reporter, million business network accident, we are not surprised, everybody play when all know this is just a game." Million Business network model is actually copying the originator of the "million shopping" model, from the Recruit agents and the Federation began, to the pattern design itself.　　However, is called ancestors shopping because of suspected organization, the leadership of MLM activities crime has been filed for investigation. "At first it is real consumption shopping, and limit the amount of consumption, more than 30,000 yuan to the site approval." By then, the website began to imply that agents and union merchants made false orders.　　"The Wuyi Mountain businessman told the reporter, the so-called false single means no transaction directly to the website, waiting for rebate, this directly evolved into a naked" money and money "game. "In fact, the participants knew it was a bureau,A game, just don't want to believe that you are the last one. We say ' spermatogonial eat opium ', is the game that the wise man plays. Even if a member is pulling friends and relatives, direct explanation: This is a game, the willing to take the bait.　　"said Mr. Cai, Shaowu. The snowball is getting bigger. The reason why illegal fund-raising in nanping is so prevalent is related to the premature local involvement in such activities. It is understood that in the second half of 2010, "million Home shopping" was first established, there are local agents to join. Before the crash, a lot of people were making money.　　In this way, the profit-making effect coupled with the imitation of local people, resulting in the snowball rolling more and more, but also attracted a lot of overseas to come to gold.　　Nanping Area Popular Rebate website, not only has been investigated "hundred rebate Net", "Business Alliance", "million shopping", "million commercial network", there are "enjoy the Treasure", "return to this one", and so on, most of which are copied from the "Million home shopping" started.　　According to Nanping locals, many of the founders of these sites are nanping in the region, some in the field to register a company, and then come back to development, there are many sites directly registered in Nanping and its subordinate counties and cities.　　People familiar with the situation told reporters that in Nanping, only one or two of the people who eat at a table have not been consumed in these sites, if the family is the unit, this coverage will be higher, even local officials have a lot of participation. "Most people have greedy hearts.　　Mr. CAI said that because franchisees have a commission, many people for the rapid recovery costs or money, but also encouraged friends and relatives to participate, including some retired elderly. According to the introduction, a local dozens of-scale factory, the boss through his sister to engage in the purchase of employees. When the "Business alliance" collapsed, the workers began to strike, the boss had to go to Wenzhou to report.　　Among these workers, one of them directly spent 7500 yuan to make false orders. In addition, the entry of physical stores has blinded more people. It is understood that some brand stores, or even the hotel in order to recruit more members, but also with these consumer rebate site cooperation, and some brand entity shop even with a number of Web sites to cooperate.　　Eventually, these physical stores can only be brought into this vortex together. "More than 10 years in business, I have never seen such a lucrative business. A Shaowu motorcycle dealer said the money was risky and could not be earned.　　Once the site is closed, members of the neighborhood will come to you and your previous promises have not been honoured and will most likely be ruined. Such worries are justified. From Hubei Xiangyang million business network franchisee Zhou said: "I now go back to die, so afraid to go back."　　"She used to run a steaming hall in the local area, but also sold a lot of 2000-yuan cards through the merchant-net model," she said. Local governments indulge in growing soil "in recent years, illegal fund-raising and MLM activities in some cities are quite large, such as Guangxi Beihai, Guizhou Liupanshui, Yunnan Dehong, etc. "China Market Association direct Marketing Expert committee Secretary General Hu Yuanjiang bluntly, these areas are many remote areas, some enterprises use local information asymmetry, playing a national strategic planning, the banner of consumption investment theory, engaging in the activities of MLM such as consumption rebate, has certain deceptive nature.　　Although local supervisors and governments will also blow, they are relatively vague in their intensity and manner, thus condoning the spread of such events. "Million Home shopping" and other rebate Web site with a coat of e-commerce, they claim on the site is only to take out in the Federation of 5% or 10% of business consumption, the average to meet the conditions of members, and this publicity also to a certain extent to evade the industrial and commercial organs of the investigation and punishment.　　Because if strictly according to the official website, this model is sustainable, as long as there is real consumption, and only 5% or 10% to return, these rebate sites in the receipt of the Alliance Merchant's 15% or 16% as a promotional fee, there are 10% or 5% of gross profit. But that is not the case. Familiar with a variety of local rebate site Nanping Shaowu Cai Surname businessman told reporters: "The actual situation is, consumption, as long as more than 15% or 16% can return 100%, from the initial real consumption development to later directly make false list." "In the return cycle, it will take 500 days to enjoy 100% return, and if 15%, 75 days will be able to recover the cost, that is, the member to the site of the additional 15%." "This has largely encouraged consumers to speculate, and 75 days is not a long time."　　"said Mr. Cai. For this reason, many people start from 7500 yuan.　　Because the site is to spend the accumulation of 100 yuan before it can be mentioned, and the consumption of 7500 yuan just to ensure that Members have 100 yuan per day can be paid, the 75th day after more than 400 days, members can make money every day. The pattern was questioned from the outset. Including some online also reveal the truth about its scams and MLM, but some places where the business sector is not paying attention. For example, another popular in Nanping is called "return to this one Bai" site, someone through the internet to the local industry and Commerce Department wrote to reflect: Located in Chongqing Fuling District "Return to this one Bai" involving MLM. However, the Chongqing Municipal Bureau of Commerce and Industry said in a reply of April 18, 2012: "After a number of seminars on the full discussion that: ' Back to the "operation mode" belongs to the emerging E-commerce business model, from the existing data and have mastered the situation, did not find that its business model violates the laws and regulations of industrial and commercial administration, nor does it constitute illegal set behavior. "The endorsement of this Industry and Commerce Department has undoubtedly caused harm to the masses of unknown truth." In fact, the previous including ' million Home shopping ' was also checked by the local business and released, which is even more confusing.　　Shaowu, a member of a number of rebate websites, told reporters. According to industry sources, many local government departments are actually aware of the nature of these enterprises illegal fund-raising, but based on its size will bring more local consumption, the expectation of pulling local taxes. In practice, however, this is a very short-sighted view, and the consequences of its spread will hurt more business.　　Under the umbrella, the illegal behavior of individual people will also turn into a collective carnival. To this end, Fujian provinceBusiness Bureau has noted the dangers of network marketing, and specifically set up an anti-unfair competition Law enforcement branch, in various localities dedicated MLM reporting telephone. It is understood that from August 2011 to the end of December, Fujian province launched a crackdown on network marketing illegal crime special action, has been engaged in a network of MLM sites have been investigated.