Guangzhou's first "pickup brother"

The popularity of the Internet makes the scale of women who do not go out for a long time increasingly large. As time goes on, most of these socially shy young people will become "leftover men and women". Based on this, some people have created a "pick-up camp", which can turn homeboys into confident and sunny people while they pursue love boldly. But who would have thought that the famous pick-up coach, who was originally an introvert himself, not only has a beautiful girlfriend but also has earned a staggering fortune of more than 2 million yuan through his pick-up skills!

Self-saving introvert turned Pick-up Godfather

Wei Jie, 30, was born to a doctor in Wuzhou, Guangxi province. After graduating from the health school in 2004, he took great pains to enter a big hospital in the city, but because of delays in paying expensive "job fees", did not pass the probation period, and he was thrown out by the employer.

In 2006, Wei Jie moved to Guangzhou on his own. Introverted by nature, he is very difficult to find a job, after several setbacks, only to enter a company to do marketing work. But shy of his character, even strangers will blush, where is the material for sales, consecutive month performance is zero, he had to automatically leave.

In March 2007, Wei Jie was employed by an IT company as a website editor with his self-taught computer skills. I never had to deal with strangers again, but the pay was low. Without money, he is even less willing to go out. Gradually, he became a typical "otaku". Wei Jie and a lovely girl with a pretty face in the company had a good relationship at work, but he was never shy to ask her out with him and could not muster the courage to express his love. It wasn't until six months later that Wei Jie saw the girl he had his eye on becoming someone else's girlfriend.

During a visit to his family in his hometown, Wei Jie attended a classmate reunion. He felt that all the students who did well in school were sociable. After getting drunk, the frustrated otaku decided to redeem himself.

Wei found a bunch of foreign books on pick-up and dating on the Internet and devoted himself to studying them in his spare time, hoping to transform himself from a "tech nerd" into a "sunshine guy". To change his wooden introverted personality, but also to have an early love, he decided to follow the book that advocated the pick-up methods to try!

On weekends, Wei Jie would go to public places such as streets, squares, and subway stations to chat with strangers. At first, because of his lack of experience, he made a lot embarrassed and was even laughed at and abused. Learning from his failures, Wei says the worst thing you can do when you start a conversation is to say something that will not interest or even annoy the other person. Therefore, in addition to being thick-skinned, there is a skill to chatting up strangers.

One day, Wei Jie had just left the company door when he noticed it was raining outside. At this time, a 20 - year - old MM holding an umbrella, ready to leave. He hurriedly says: "Hi, you are Lei's classmate?" That girl is surprised ground looks at him, saying: "Ah? You've got the wrong person!" Wei Jie continued to smile and said, "No! Everyone calls you Lei Feng!" Then he pointed to the umbrella. Beautiful MM UNDERSTOOD, HA HA laugh, nod to agree with HIM to hold AN umbrella in all. After two months of this practice, Wei found himself more confident and experienced in initiating conversations.

In early 2008, he applied for a transfer to the company's Marketing Department, hoping to practice his communication skills by doing business. Wei Jie, meanwhile, felt that something good should be shared. So in his spare time, he opened a pick-up bookstore on Taobao, specializing in such books. Unexpectedly, business is good after opening. To provide good after-sales service, Wei Jie read relevant books in bookstores and various technical posts circulated on the Internet day and night and set up QQ pick-up groups to exchange experience with experts. Gradually, he answered customers' inquiries fluently and became the "godfather of pick-up" in the eyes of netizens.

Business advantages of original "Pick-up Camp"

In April 2008, Wei Jie won the heart of a girl in Guangzhou with his elegance and humor. The other side is not only young and beautiful, or a world 500 fortune enterprise white-collar, this makes friends and colleagues envy, everyone in succession to learn from him. By opening a Taobao bookstore, Wei was surprised to find that many young people online become "leftover men" because they are addicted to the Internet and shy of social interaction. The message made Wei Jie think: why not use his advantage and create a "pick-up class" to save the nerds?

His idea was unanimously approved by his friends. Wei Jie resigned from the IT company and decided to start a business together with a colleague from Guangzhou named Lao Yang. He first spent a month compiling his rich pick-up experience into a pick-up training textbook, and then set up a pick-up camp in Guangzhou on Douban.com to recruit pick-up students and members. Wei Jie's slogan is: Learn to talk to each other every day and create a better tomorrow! Unexpectedly, after the establishment of the training camp, not only did no one sign up but also many netizens. Seeing this, Wei Jie had no choice but to find some familiar net friends and conduct free training first.

On September 21, 2008, Wei Jie invited 10 students to his "training camp", a suite in a community near Tianhe City, Guangzhou, for the first training session. During the training, he takes students to the streets to demonstrate pick-up techniques. When he saw a tall girl coming from the opposite side, Wei Jie greeted her with a bright smile and exclaimed in surprise, "Sun Xiaorui, why are you here?" The other party surprised, say: "Sir, you have the wrong person." Wei Jie looked at each other carefully and exclaimed, "My God, you look so much like Sun Xiaorui, my high school classmate, that you are a twin sister!" The girl is dubious: "Really false?"

"Of COURSE IS TRUE, HOW MANY YOUR QQ NUMBER, TURN HEAD I PASS HER PHOTO TO YOU SEE, ASSURE YOU EAT A SURPRISE! It's a big fate to meet someone who looks like you in a huge crowd." The girl hesitated but finally handed him her card.

After the initial success, Wei explained to the students, "In fact, I don't have Sun Xiaorui's name. I just made up this excuse to start a conversation with her to make the conversation less offensive. And if the girl finds out that I have deceived her, she will not be angry, for it was only a little lie which I took great pains to tell to get to know her." The students nodded.

Next, Wei Jie accosted a beautiful woman in her twenties in front of a cosmetics store with many beautiful customers, saying, "Hello! A friend of mine who is studying abroad in New York asked me to buy two boxes of facial masks for her. The salesman recommended the most expensive products. Can you give me some good advice?" The girl smiled and agreed. The two began to talk, and later even changed the topic from cosmetics to work and life. Wei Jie learned that the girl was from Chongqing and had just come to Guangzhou to work. The two exchanged phone numbers as they left.

After experiencing Wei Jie's superb pick-up skills, the students were so impressed that they immediately expressed their willingness to become lifetime members of the pick-up camp. The first business, let Wei Jie earned 8,000 yuan.

To spread the word, Wei took videos and photos of the training sessions and posted them on the Pick-up Camp website. Unexpectedly, this move attracted a lot of popularity. Seeing him start the pick-up training, many netizens began to follow him and support him. Seeing is believing, and those women who have stayed indoors for a long time due to love and career setbacks have come to sign up.

Book and speech "Pickup Guy" earn $2 million

In June 2009, a handsome guy in his 30s came to the camp. After a conversation, Wei Jie learned that his name is Yang Chen, a native of Changsha, with a master's degree in computer science from Guangzhou University and a monthly salary of 20,000 yuan. Can be such an image of an outstanding elite male, has been no female popularity, however. At THE SAME time, WEI Jie also found that there is a beautiful member named XU Mengru, similar to Yang Chen, beautiful people do not say, their income is considerable, but it is a senior long-term female not to go out.

Wei Jie had an idea: Why not combine the two women, who have been staying indoors for a long time, and let them collide? Then, he designed a scene -- one night, he and the old sheep respectively will not know each other Yang Chen and Xu Mengru to the bar. Later, he LET Yang Chen dressed as a "frivolous man", and approached Xu Mengru: "Beauty, tonight to your home or my home?" Under normal circumstances, when a woman hears this, she will probably say, "Fuck you." This often irritates the other person and leads to trouble. Therefore, the old sheep taught Xu Mengru counter-chat: "Go. You go to your house, I'll go to mine." Xu Mengru's witty answer, not only did not provoke Yang Chen but deeply attracted him. Later, through contact, this pair of otaku men do not go out for a long time the female became a sweet lover.

After the story spread, many students asked Wei Jie to design more such scenes. By the end of 2009, Wei Jie's camp had 110 members and more than 500 students. His monthly income is as high as 20,000 yuan!

A person's voice plays a crucial role in the conversation. However, Wei Jie found that there were a lot of "sissy" nerdy men in the camp, and they would scare a girl away with a chat-up! To this end, he specially invited a female broadcasting college student with a sweet voice to train the students' voices. After being introduced by a friend, Wei Jie invited Macci, who is engaged in personal image design in Guangzhou, to set up a "dress modeling class" for the pick-up camp. "Down and out" nerds have become fashionistas, and they are much more confident when chatting people up on the street.

After systematic training of language skills, voice, expression, and image temperament, the last and most important one is actual combat training. Every weekend, Wei Jie will lead the students out to the "street" three or five times. For these women who do not go out for a long time, since attending the training camp, the boring streets in the past have changed into an adventurous tropical jungle! When they meet the person they like, they are eager to try. From the initial "no harvest" to the final ease, the students gradually accumulated confidence in the actual combat. Wei Jie's training camp not only teaches students pick-up techniques but also helps them find charm, build confidence and broaden their social circle.

As more and more students sign up, the camp charges more and more: 880 yuan for regular members, who will learn pick-up skills, plus a VIP training camp and a platinum VIP private class. After "graduation," students can still take turns speaking on the camp's QQ group, talking about their recent pick-up experiences, dating stories, and sharing experiences, with Wei Jie commenting on them.

By April 2013, Wei Jie has successfully held more than 300 pick-up training camps, allowing more than 2,000 students to reap fruitful results on the road of love. Today, he teaches dating and is often invited to speak at colleges and universities, working to help stay-at-home college women overcome social barriers and develop relationships.

In the past five years, Wei Jie has published four professional books, including "Collecting the Energy of Love" and "Chinese People Need Pick-up Science", and has earned more than two million yuan from the "pick-up camp", a little-known market with huge potential, and has been praised as "the first pick-up artist in Guangzhou" by the media!