The revelation of the Chinese-style business in the United States: intermediary fee to earn a calculation

How difficult it is to be an American's parents. "I want the child to have a foreign identity." The tree decided to let his wife go to Los Angeles to give birth to a second child. He is a private enterprise in Hangzhou entrepreneurs, native locals, business conditions are good, the only hope that their children do not like parents to accept the "brainwashing" of education. He wants to give his children more choices to get quality education resources. In his view, as long as the children get "American identity", they will become "free" together. Trees began to study the "to the United States and children," the various routines, and finally found that this is a very lucrative business, and behind it also has a strong business logic and a mixed bag of the real door faction. The logic of identity conversion Zhang is an Anhui-born girl, after graduating from university to stay in Beijing work, did not solve the problem of settling down. Young people like her, living and working under strict household registration system, are ruthlessly separated. "Insecurity" and "anxiety" enveloped their "identity". They have to think more about themselves and their offspring and start looking for ways to change their identities. Zhang's friends, the economic conditions and time allowed, have been successful through the "On-the-job Education MBA" channel to settle in Beijing, "to have a reliable network support", and this channel will soon not work. According to the latest "Beijing 2013 non-Beijing graduates settled policy interpretation", "Master not more than 27 years old." In Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, such as the first big cities, "identity conversion" competition is too intense. In this competition, in addition to the rich, but also have the right, someone, three indispensable. Luckily, Zhang's husband has solved the Beijing hukou through the "High-end talent introduction" policy, making their first child a natural "Beijing man". But soon Zhang and unexpectedly pregnant child, and they do not have health child policy conditions. According to the relevant policies of Beijing: The birth of unmarried children should be according to the statistical Department of the annual per capita disposable income of urban residents or rural residents of 1 time times the annual per capita incomes levy social support; married born child and unmarried born child, then according to 3~10 Times Levy. The statistics department announced 2012 Beijing urban residents per capita disposable income of 36,500 yuan, Zhang will face 21.9~73 million (husband and wife) of the cost of excess. "Even if the fine, it may not be able to get the Beijing hukou." She decided to give the second child an "identity transition" by giving birth abroad. Before 2008, Hong Kong was the best choice for families such as trees and Zhang. To have children in Hong Kong is also the logical source of the emergence and scale of "policy business". The "Chong Case", which took place in 2001, opened the door to a policy for mainland pregnant women to come to Hong Kong for children. Section 1th of the Basic Law of the HKSAR provides that "a Chinese citizen born in Hong Kong before or after the establishment of the HKSAR" may be judged to be a "Hong Kong permanent resident". At that time, Hong Kong had the lowest fertility rate in the world and there was concern that an ageing society would affect Hong Kong's overall competitiveness. "Having children in Hong Kong" can, to a certain extent, enhance the fertility rate in Hong Kong,Alleviating the ageing crisis. This is also to some extent won the SAR government affirmation. In 2003, the Hong Kong government, in order to further boost the economy and apply to the central government for the opening of the Hong Kong-Macau free line, will stay for 7 days. This policy, originally devised to solicit mainland residents to travel to Hong Kong, has opened the door to children in Hong Kong. Pregnant women from the mainland are eager to have children in Hong Kong. Some people are for the sake of child, some are for the curve of immigration, there are others to give children a better future. Due to geographical, linguistic and cultural convenience, mainland Chinese pregnant women have Hong Kong as the preferred place for overseas births. At this time, mainland Chinese residents to the United States, Canada have children have not formed a fiery market. In Hong Kong, growth soared 50 times times in 10 years--in 2001, the number of "double non" newborns in Hong Kong was only 620, up from 32600 in 2010, to 170,000 in 2011. Local residents in Hong Kong are increasingly disputing the growing denominator of public services, such as medical and education, as well as employment opportunities. A Hong Kong newspaper even has a "Hong Kong people, endure enough" large advertising, to express the mainland pregnant women "to Hong Kong to have children," the dissatisfaction stance. Corresponding to this is the mainland's relevant policies on the "double Non-Children" of "0 acceptance." In the September 2012, Shenzhen Public primary School issued a "do not accept Hong Kong and Macao students" policy, only to receive foreign, Taiwanese students. "Double-Non" parents want to give their children a mainland hukou, but the mainland's "principle of a single household registration system" requires them to renounce their Hong Kong identity, and the principle of right of abode in Hong Kong is "never lost". Under the laws of the HKSAR, the renunciation of Hong Kong resident status requires the renunciation of Chinese nationality. This makes the "double non" parents who want to drill the policy loophole become the sandwich layer of policy, cannot move. They must go back to their original point and change their nationality for their children. In April 2012, the new HKSAR government announced that both the public and private hospitals in Hong Kong were completely closed in 2013 and that both spouses were not "double non pregnant women" of Hong Kong residents. "0 pairs of policies" completely shut down the "children to Hong Kong" policy Gate. Zhang Rongqui Catch the last bus, he felt the little daughter very lucky. Although the founder, operating a number of chain brand laundry, has a strong economic base and social status, but born in Hong Kong's little daughter let him feel with his rural origins have a ritual-like cutting. In the second half of 2012, he took his wife and two daughters together to start a new life in Los Angeles, USA. America became a new continent Zhang finally chose to go to Los Angeles to have children. Like trees, she found that in the United States, especially in Los Angeles, "to the United States and children," has formed a complete industrial chain, but also broken down into various small nodes, "intermediary", "consultation", "Agent" form of existence. This industry chain, in mainland China is a number of various intermediary structures, including a higher network visibility of the "home of the United States Treasure", "eugenic beauty", "Perfume Bay", these companies are mostly registered in the mainland to "business consulting" for the main businessCompanies and then opened offices in the country's main first-tier cities. In addition to the existence of the company in the name of intermediary agencies, there are many individuals through the network to provide advisory services, such as Taobao "to the United States and children," the business in the second half of last year began to increase gradually. Their service charge is basically about 1500 yuan each time. At first, the trees were going to find intermediaries. "Through the intermediary to do very normal, buy a house or anything, please intermediary to do." "Trees hope to save a lot of time costs through intermediaries," he said. But at the same time, he thinks the intermediary agency lets "go to the United States to have the son" this matter to become mysterious and iffy. Intermediaries will exaggerate their rhetoric about how difficult and dangerous it is to have children in the United States, and advertise their countless successes and strengths. Trees feel "because of fear, because of inferiority", many people will choose to believe intermediary agencies. Asymmetric information is one of the sources of business of intermediary agencies. According to the process, forest trees to the first for themselves and their wives to the United States visa. "Why Go to America?" "If the wives of the trees are not pregnant, they can confidently say to the visa officer:" Go on a trip. "But once pregnant," said the child, the immigration trend is very heavy, the visa officer will not let you live. Zhang that although there are loopholes in the policy, but in order to ensure that through the face sign, she must not take risks. Fortunately, before she was pregnant, she handled the B-2 U.S. tourist visa for a period of 1 years. In April 2006, the U.S. government allowed Chinese citizens to apply for a U.S. visa for "tourist purposes" for a period of 6 months. It is this system that allows pregnant women and intermediaries in the mainland to find space to operate. In the interpretation of the first of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution adopted by the United States in 1868, "All persons born or naturalized in the United States are citizens of the Union and of the States in which they reside." "Travel, shopping, having children ..." a woman in Wuhan said to the visa officer. "No, it should be a child, by the way travel, shopping." The visa officer said, "You have passed." "This case of forest-sharing comes from his circle of friends. This situation in Zhang seems to be extremely small probability of things, "I prepared a hukou, exit records, personal income certificates, bank bills, property certificate." "More nervous than Zhang in the face of the sign also prepared" (business) copy of Business license, family travel photo, family photo, etc. They want to make a good impression on the face, mainly to prove that "I have the ability to go to the United States to have children." "Fujian people are very difficult to sign now, Northeast people very good sign." "The people who go more and more, the qualification examination must look at the background, experience and strength." Zhang felt that the opening of a child in the United States would one day be blocked by a wide range of signs. Trees are optimists, and he feels that as long as they are "honest", visas are not as iffy as the agency claims. "All fear is an intermediary. "In the concept of trees, there is no law in the United States that forbids pregnant women to travel to the United States, and there is no rule that restricts pregnant women to have babies in the United States." U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency (U.S Customs And Border homeowner has made it clear in an official note that although there are no special regulations prohibiting pregnant foreigners from entering the United States, allowing or refusing to enter the GATT depends on the exercise of the discretion of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP) officials. The U.S. Embassy in Beijing has said publicly: "There is no law against foreign pregnant women to who (business, tourist visas) or other forms of visas to the United States." "We provide customs training." "" before and before departure, two mock drills. "Ella is a beijing-based sales consultant for a large agency. Having just finished a two-hour "customs training", she immediately began calling potential clients. "What should I say?" "We'll tell you when we sign." One months later, the Woods signed with the agency. Intermediary agencies to provide 127,000, 168,000, 255,000, 310,000, 356,000 yuan 5 different sets of packages. "Different prices and different services", including in Los Angeles, the food, housing, line, confinement care services, but the specifications are not the same. such as lodging problems, according to Ella, choose the most expensive package will stay in Los Angeles Rich district of Seoul, a private bathroom, with a living room, kitchen, kitchenware, washing machine, dryer and other living facilities of the room, and the choice of the basic package will stay in Huashin Roland Gang two rooms, one hall apartment. Chinese business "I have seen the elders of Taiwan. "The Taiwanese veteran", Zhang, is the boss of her confinement center, the Taiwanese. This group of Taiwanese, mostly the first settlers, was the first founder of the Los Angeles Confinement Center. Many young Taiwanese couples began to have children in the United States in order to escape military service. "They are very open to the United States. "These Taiwanese families were initially staying with relatives, and then twos and threes gathered together to watch out for each other, gradually forming the embryonic form of the" Confinement center ". "There are a number of Chinese in the region, but also want to go to the confinement center to take confinement." "The confinement center has a stable demand. "No confinement center is registered. "Zhang very clear this, because the Americans do not have the concept of" confinement ", there is no" confinement center ", only" mother and child institutions. " However, the application for registration of a formal mother and child institutions, the need for a huge amount of money and later human investment. "The cost of human resources in the United States is high. "In addition to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam, South Korea, India and other countries and regions are also the main force to the United States and children." Especially Koreans. South Korea's elite and middle class chose American to allow their sons to evade military service, a strong attack on South Korean society. May 29, 2013, Korea's largest logistics enterprise group President Zhaoliang eldest daughter, the Korean Air Deputy president Zhaoxian in a Hawaiian hospital in the United States gave birth to a pair of twins. "The most formal confinement center in Los Angeles is Korean and most expensive," he said. According to Zhang, the confinement center only receives Koreans. At the same time, wealthy Chinese have started to invest in home ownership in the Chinese gathering areas such as Los Angeles and San Francisco. Some of them have businessThe minds of the people began to try to use the vacant mansion to run the confinement center. Most of the clients in the confinement centre are middle-class, including foreign executives, doctors, lawyers, accountants and professors. The population is stable, highly educated, pursues a higher quality of life, and pays close attention to the education of their children. Moreover, they have a sustained and stable consumption capacity. The confinement center soon multiply, slowly "industrialized". The first wave of excitement emerged 2008 years later. As a result of the financial crisis, Taiwan's visit to the United States, a sharp drop in tourists, some local confinement centers in Los Angeles were forced to scale down, or even closed down. The rest of the market began to target the needs of mainland China, has been working with intermediary agencies, and some even in mainland China, investment, equity intermediary agencies. The agency signed an "exclusive agency" agreement with a Los Angeles confinement center. All the clients in the confinement center are brought by intermediaries. "Trees think this is one of the most effective ways to broker price monopolies." But in Los Angeles, with his wife in the scheduled confinement center, he felt very desperate. "It's a hotel. It's not a villa at all. "The old facilities, the noisy environment, the food that can't be guaranteed, are unacceptable to him." And he contracted the intermediary agencies in the country, he found that any problems will be "buck." When he got off the plane, he was charged a 70-dollar pick-up charge. In order to give the wife a good environment for production, Trees decided to DIY, the Internet to find new confinement center. According to statistics, the Los Angeles Confinement Center has more than 150, accounting for the United States 88.6% of the number of confinement centers, mainly in the east of Los Angeles, Montreal Park, Whittil, Harbin, Lolangang and other areas, including Santa Dagang, Roland Hillock, the largest number of areas. The middle size of the confinement center is generally 5-8 house, provide for the production, the confinement period is often only two or three, some people even put some of their spare rooms rented. In Roland Hillock, next to the industrial city and the Puente Hills Mall, there is an apartment community called Peacock Garden. Since such properties cannot be sold separately in the United States, they belong to the same property company for lease management. There are nearly 1000 units available for rent, one room one hall one health, two bedroom one hall one health, two rooms two halls two wei ... It has been leased year-round as a confinement center. In the United States, confinement centers are in grey areas. The US government has not made a one-size-fits-all management of "residential business". If it conforms to the policy and is not disturbing, it can be used in industries such as private accounting and investment consultancy. Before she went to the United States to have children, Zhang's friends often showed her all kinds of reports about the confinement of the center and the repatriation of pregnant women. Zhang felt unreal, and she felt that there could be no such thing as a violation of freedom in a country like the United States. When she arrived in Los Angeles, she learned the truth about the seizure of the confinement center. "Mostly because the confinement center is in the white area, they report it, and then someone comes to check it out," he said. "In this case, the confinement center either secretly moved to another confinement center, or accept the punishment, and pay a fine for some time to open." AlsoSome people say that, in addition to the reporting of the harassment of the white man, it is partly because of peer competition, secretly reporting to each other. Ella's intermediary because of the seizure in the 2008 experience, so now mainly to operate the hotel-type confinement center. For them, the Peacock garden is a "relatively safe" place. Here the Chinese gathered, and it seems to have formed an industrial park. For intermediary organizations, the benefits of industrialization is "convenient management, low cost." Trees do not want to live in hotels. After comparing many confinement centers, he gave up a monthly rent of just three thousand or four thousand dollars for accommodation, and chose a month-long confinement center with a good reputation in the local area, with a monthly 6000 dollars. "Don't tell them [the agency] that you're staying with me." The confinement center reminds trees. Because their business depends on a large extent to the agency's source. Trees also found that the price of direct admission to the confinement center is much lower than that offered by intermediaries. And when he signed with an intermediary, he had no idea what kind of agreement was between the intermediary in China and the confinement center in Los Angeles. "You (intermediary) in the middle add money, how do we do word-of-mouth?" The confinement center has questioned the intermediary. "To what word of mouth!" Chinese people are not fooled! Zhang was surprised. She thinks this is "Chinese style" business model, "make a calculation." Even more unexpectedly, when he opened a contract with an intermediary, he found that it was a worthless contract, and that the problem was that he was coordinating. He has no responsibility. "Identity" relay 2008, the mainland to the United States and the number of children to 4200 people, 2010, 5000 people, 2012, more than 10,000 people. This is a set of data provided in September 2013 by the National Maternal and Child Service Management Association in the "All American Confinement center industry White Paper and the American Confinement Center Industrial Development Research Report". Zhang Rongqui to Los Angeles, the purchase of a set of 3-storey villas, the acquisition of 3 Mercedes-Benz, began to receive children to the United States customers. With the arrival of the first wave of Zhang Rongqui in the end of 2012, the new lease of several villas began to expand. "My clients are introduced by friends. "Zhang Rongqui's identity" brought him a very stable source of tourists. He often on the real-name certification microblog posted with different celebrities of the photo, Yu [micro bo], Pan Shiyi [Weibo], guoqing [Weibo], Cui ... These photos seem to show the level of his social circle, virtually to his personal operation of the confinement center to provide a guarantee. "A lot of people who are black there casually open a confinement center, may not find anyone at any time, the United States government can not find him, the Chinese government cannot find him." "Zhang feel such a confinement center there is too much security risks." It's easy to find me. I've done my laundry for ten or twenty years, and I've never owed a penny to anyone! "Zhang Rongqui want to carry out this business by word of mouth. "Some domestic introduction in the United States to transfer to others, suddenly ignore." The moms are in America and nobody cares. Zhang said he was adamant about not using this pattern., he was afraid to smash it, "I want to manage, make sure I can take responsibility." "First to Los Angeles, a lot of domestic friends consulting Zhang Rongqui to the United States to have children, at first he did not know that Los Angeles has formed from the confinement center to the hospital, doctors, and then to the" Yellow cattle "Certificate of the complete industrial chain. But in Huashin, Zhang Rongqui has certain popularity, when he wants to do this business, many Chinese doctors are willing to cooperate with him. Zhang Rongqui will introduce pregnant women to the United States to these Chinese doctors. The doctor's charge standard is: natural childbirth 25,000 yuan or so, caesarean section about 40,000 yuan. "Some agencies can get a 150-200-dollar rebate (from a doctor). "Trees and Zhang have chosen the doctors they trust, and they are reassured by the health care environment in the United States." It feels like the most transparent part of the whole process. Los Angeles has become a popular city for children in the United States, because of the Chinese people, the second is because the cost of production is much cheaper than in New York, there is another reason is that the United States after the birth of a variety of documents are also relatively convenient. If you find "ox" to do the card, excluding the fares, cost, labor costs is 300 U.S. dollars. The identity of "Mei Bao" is officially generated. Most parents will decide to live in the United States after their identity has been acquired, and others choose to continue living in the country. The treasures followed their parents back to China and began to wait for the "good life" of adulthood without any awareness. After the forest returned to find intermediary agency rights, he found that the door of intermediary agencies are often closed, "There are too many people to find them." "And Zhang began to do business. She registered as a company in Beijing and became one of the agents in China for a confinement center in Los Angeles, "I have no business acumen and just take their commissions." "There are countless people consulted," said the mother of Guangzhou and Shanghai, who had no problem with the North's mother. "Now, she can successfully handle nearly 20 pregnant women each month to have children in the United States." "A fee of 800 yuan per person is accepted for successful handling. Zhang, a lawyer who met in the United States, told her that she did not know how long the business of "going to America and having children" would last. Perhaps four or five years later, the passage will be as blocked as "having children in Hong Kong". "I suddenly don't want to go." "A pregnant woman sent a message to Zhang before she went to the United States and said she was beginning to wonder what the meaning of having a baby in the United States was, and no one in this frenetic business was willing to stop at the moment."