What do small Chinese companies do to look like they have broken into the international market? They hire white actors to attend their business meetings. Sometimes they hire them just so that they will be seen in the company of 'foreigners', and sometimes they pretend to have a foreign girlfriend!
Chinese companies are willing to pay high prices for white-faced foreigners to join them as fake employees or business partners. This trend has been called by many names, like 'White Guy Window Dressing' or 'White Guy in a Tie' for events. Sometimes it is simply referred to as a "Face Job."
An ad posted by a company called Rent-A-Laowai (Chinese for "foreigner"), reads as follows: "Occasionally companies want a foreign face to go to meetings and conferences or to go to dinners and lunches and smile at the clients and shake people's hands. There are job opportunities for girls who are pretty and for men who can look good in a suit."
The requirements for these jobs are simple: Be white and do not speak any Chinese. In fact, rarely speak at all.
Also, pretend like you just got off of an airplane yesterday.
Those who apply are mostly unemployed actors or models, part-time English teachers or other foreigners looking to earn a few extra bucks.
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