Price list of "virtual lovers"
The seller chats with the buyer as a boyfriend.
Recently, there have been some special evaluation videos in bilibili and Weibo: unlike the evaluation of skin care products and cosmetics, these up owners and bloggers evaluate "virtual lovers". The reporter of Chengdu Business Daily-Red Star News saw that the video of a certain big V chatting with a "virtual lover" posted on Weibo was played more than 80,000 times, and many netizens responded to messages such as "My little brother is so gentle" and "This big brother is so nice" under the video.
You can have a "virtual boyfriend/girlfriend" for a while by spending tens of yuan in Taobao shop. In addition to not meeting each other, buyers can communicate with "virtual lovers" like ordinary couples through chat tools such as WeChat and QQ. These paid "virtual lovers" will be warm and attentive to you, wake you up early in the morning, sleep at night, play games with you and listen to your troubles … … How about this "service"? In this regard, psychological counselors said that excessive fascination with "virtual lovers" will lack contact with reality.
Who is selling it?
Gold medal, top card, town store, goddess and goddess are charged at different levels.
Emphasize "green chat"
Search for keywords such as "lover experience" and "boyfriend/girlfriend experience" on Taobao, and many shops will appear. The publicity pictures of these stores are mostly cartoon handsome guys/beautiful women, and many stores have monthly sales of more than 1000. The reporter clicked into these shops and found that "virtual lovers" were all blank on the product introduction page, and only the words "contact customer service when placing an order" were written.
The reporter randomly selected a store, contacted the customer service and said that he wanted to place an order for a "virtual boyfriend", and then he received the price list sent by the customer service. The price list shows that the choice of text and voice chat and even wheat chat are different charging standards, and even wheat charges are about twice as expensive as text and voice chat.
No matter what kind of chat mode, "virtual lovers" are divided into different levels, such as gold medal, top card, town shop, goddess and goddess, and the price varies from 10 yuan to 300 yuan according to the level of lovers, the length of companionship and the chat mode.
The store customer service told reporters that the gold medal level can only choose gender; The top card level is medium level, and it is better to chat and has a good voice. Town store level has strong comprehensive ability, good voice and high value; The goddess and goddess are the highest level in the store.
The reporter randomly consulted a number of stores, all of which were similar in grading and charging standards. In addition, many shops have launched monthly subscription services, and the monthly subscription services range from 1,800 yuan to 5,200 yuan according to the level of lovers.
The reporter noticed that these shops operating "virtual lovers" emphasized "green service" and "green chat" when communicating with customers, and said that those with special requirements and harshness should not shoot.
Who will buy it?
Curious, bored and happy … …
Someone placed an order for an unrequited girlfriend.
It can be seen from the product reviews that many buyers are full of affection for these "boyfriends" and "girlfriends". "My sister’s voice is so beautiful at night, and people are also interesting, much better than the object." "I love little brother Lin Bei so much that I will come back to be a repeat customer in the future!" Such comments abound.
Some people also have screenshots of their chats with "men/girlfriends". The reporter saw from the screenshots that "men/girlfriends" will shout "baby" to customers and say "the whole world likes you the most".
Zou Xiaoqiao, 21, recently had a half-hour relationship with a "virtual boyfriend". "I have heard of it before, and I am a little curious, but I am embarrassed to buy it." Zou Xiaoqiao has been single for 21 years and has never been in love. "In fact, I just want to see what is going on." Zou Xiaoqiao and his girlfriend talked about this matter, and the girlfriend bought a "virtual boyfriend" for her for half an hour online. Referring to the feeling of that half hour, Zou Xiaoqiao joked, "It’s really a superficial love. Let me give you a good comment before leaving."
Zou Xiaoqiao said that her "virtual boyfriend" has a nice voice. She asked her to sing a song for herself and read a poem. "There are some moments in the middle that are quite interesting. He will chat with you like a boyfriend and make you feel in love. But more often it is a bit embarrassing. " Zou Xiaoqiao, for example, said, "For example, when I said I was bored, he said how the fairy could be bored; I sent an expression pack, and he said that the expression pack of the little fairy is also very cute and so on, just at ‘ Compliment ’ 。”
Liu Kai (a pseudonym), 25, also bought an hour-long "virtual girlfriend" online. "When I was bored, I bought an hour’s service and asked her to play two games with me." Liu Kai said that "virtual girlfriend" gave him great satisfaction. "She always praised you and encouraged you. If you talk to her about something, she will listen patiently. "Liu Kai said that there will be a real affection for the" virtual girlfriend "in the trance, but it is just that moment." In fact, you know in your heart that people treat you like that because of work, but you just think it is good to have someone to accompany you when you are bored. "
Liu Kai said that he would not buy the service of "virtual girlfriend" in the future. "In fact, friends can accompany me. At that time, I bought this service for fun. It would be nice to experience it."
Journalist experience
Initiate the topic "routine feeling" actively.
After searching for related products, the reporter randomly selected a store to place an order and bought the "virtual boyfriend" service of 20 yuan Qian’s half-hour gold medal level. After taking the link, the reporter sent his micro-signal to the customer service, and the customer service said that it could be arranged within 5 minutes.
In less than five minutes, a WeChat account with a male avatar sent a friend application to the reporter, which read "Your little brother is here". After adding friends, the "virtual boyfriend" said, "Now I am your boyfriend, so I can talk about couples."
Then he began to chat with reporters as a boyfriend, using words such as "Baby", "What’s the baby doing", "I’m thinking about you" and "My heart beats when I talk to you". During the chat, the "boyfriend" will take the initiative to initiate the topic and use some cute expression packs appropriately. And the "boyfriend" will constantly praise each other in the chat, such as "You are excellent", "You are really nice" and "You are the cutest".
"Boyfriend" also told reporters that people who buy the "virtual lover" service have various requirements. "Some people will buy virtual frogs, or virtual hens and virtual ducks. After we add friends, we don’t have to say anything, and we have been making quacks or clucks and quacks." He added, "There is really everything."
After the experience, the feeling of "virtual lovers" to reporters is superficial. The other party will quickly enter the state of lovers and call you by nicknames between lovers, giving you everything you want, such as singing and playing games. However, the "routine feeling" is heavy, and the "earthy" love words are often used, so the communication lacks a sincere and natural feeling.
Psychologist:
Excessive fascination will lead to a lack of connection with reality.
Then why is the "virtual lover" service popular? Yu Mie, director and counselor of the Heart-to-Heart Youth Psychological Service Center in Wuhou District, Chengdu, said that there may be many reasons for this. "The first is curiosity, and the second is that there may be emotional needs in this area, such as the need for company. The third possibility is that his intimate relationship in reality is not so good. What he wants is not willing to spend time and energy to maintain in reality, while a virtual lover can give you what you want as long as you give money. "
Yu Mi said that intimate relationships in reality are very different from virtual lovers. "Virtual lovers give me whatever I want, while normal partners in reality need to know each other, contribute to each other and pay back. But virtual lovers don’t need those real and dedicated things, they just need to spend money and get a reward. "
Yu Mie said that if you indulge in the service of "virtual lovers", you may get farther and farther away from the real feelings. "They will feel that money can buy whatever I want anyway, so in the real feelings, you have to pay for each other, understand each other, and have empathy."
"The mentality is similar to playing games, especially people who are fascinated. Lack of contact with reality is also a way to escape from reality. " Yu Mi said.
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