[雙語]以感情名義設下的金錢陷阱

Most Chinese college students aren`t exactly flush with cash, and plenty of them would jump at the opportunity to earn 10,000 yuan a month – simply by attracting customers to buy wine in a bar.
在中國，大部分大學生手頭都不怎么寬裕，他們中很多人都會欣然接受一個月入萬元的工作機會。而該工作僅僅只是要吸引顧客去酒吧消費買酒喝。

But Fengling (pseudonym), 21, a self-proclaimed "pub hustler," would tell them that it`s a job filled with deception, deceit and hurt feelings.
但一位自稱是“吧托”的21歲女孩風鈴（化名）想告訴這些大學生的是，這是一份充滿欺騙、謊言以及情感傷害的工作。

Fengling was a graduate student at a college in Zhengzhou, where she worked as a pub hustler. As a pub hustler, she earned a nice salary through cheating or seducing strangers to buy wine in the pubs that hired her.
風鈴是鄭州某大學的研究生，她是當地的一名“吧托”。作為“吧托”，風鈴通過騙誘陌生人來自己工作的酒吧消費，賺取豐厚的收入。

Recently, Fengling contacted reporters from Orient Today, telling them of her experience in a bid to warn others to stay away from what otherwise might seem like a cushy gig.
近日，風鈴與河南《今日東方》的記者取得了聯(lián)系，并向記者講述了自己的經歷，以提醒大家遠離“吧托”這種看上去似乎能輕松賺大錢的職業(yè)。

Internet appointments
網上約會

In fact, Fengling did not have to chat with her "customers" in person in the very beginning; instead, many young boys, dubbed "keyboard players" would contact the customers via the Internet initially.
事實上，風鈴在最開始時并不用親自和自己的“顧客”聊天，起先會有很多被稱為“鍵盤手”的年輕男孩在網上聯(lián)系顧客。

Generally speaking, these keyboard players were also under control of the pub owner, and they were tasked to look for rich and middle-aged unmarried men and entice them to go on a date with the pub hustlers.
一般來講，這些鍵盤手也受控于酒吧老板。他們負責搜尋富有的中年未婚男性并引誘他們與“吧托”約會。

Romantic temptations
愛情誘惑

In this way, the keyboard player would ask for a date with the stranger under the name of "Fengling," setting up a specific place and time and reporting it to the pub owner. Finally, the owner would send Fengling to meet with the stranger.
通過這種方式，鍵盤手會以“風鈴”的名義邀請陌生人赴約，并設定約會的具體地點和時間，然后告知酒吧老板。最后，酒吧老板會派風鈴去見那位陌生人。

Fengling would appear cute and coquettish, chatting up the man during a nice evening stroll. Suggesting dinner, she would invariably bring the man to her employer`s establishment.
風鈴會打扮得漂亮妖嬈，在夜里美好的漫步途中，與顧客搭訕，之后就提議共進晚餐且每次都會將顧客帶到老板的酒吧中。

Dinners with Fengling were invariably lavish affairs.
與風鈴吃飯總歸是件破費的事。

Unsurprisingly, Fengling`s dates only rarely declined her dinner and drink suggestions.
約會對象很少拒絕與風鈴吃飯喝酒，這是意料之中的事。

The cheating continues
騙局進行時

Depending on how wealthy the man seemed, the deception would only deepen further. In the middle of dinner Fengling would receive a call from her "roommate," telling her she`d lost her house keys – "can I come by the restaurant and pick up your set?" Of course Fengling would acquiesce – and invite the roommate to join her and her date in another few bottles of wine.
通過判斷顧客的富有程度，騙局會進一步展開。晚餐吃到一半時，風鈴會接到“室友”打來的電話，對方稱丟了房門鑰匙并詢問風鈴是否能去餐廳找她。風鈴當然會勉強答應，并邀請室友和自己以及約會對象一起喝上幾杯。

The dates would end with a drunk, almost broke victim that Fengling would pop into a cab and send home.
約會結束時，風鈴則會叫一輛出租車把幾乎分文不剩的酒醉顧客送回家。

Not an isolated case
無獨有偶

Fengling is not the only student to have worked in this decidedly dishonest – though not technically illegal – field.
風鈴并不是唯一一個從事這項帶有明顯欺騙性，但理論上又不違法的工作的大學生。

Even pub staff have admitted to using beautiful girls to dupe their male customers.
就連酒吧工作人員也承認他們利用漂亮女孩兒來欺騙男顧客的手段。

Likewise Li Chenjun, an employee at Beijing`s CN Club, said that fierce competition between bars leads to a veritable arms race in who can employ the most beautiful female face.
同樣，北京CN酒吧員工李晨?。ㄒ糇g）也表示酒吧之間的激烈競爭催生了一場名副其實的爭奪賽，看誰能聘請到最漂亮的女孩。

Wang Hongcai, an education professor at Xiamen University, told the Global Times that most students became pub hustlers because they feel they have no other way to earn an equivalent salary – a small fortune for most students.
廈門大學教育學教授王洪才在接受《環(huán)球時報》采訪時稱，很多大學生從事“吧托”這一行是因為他們覺得沒有其它任何方式可以賺到這么多錢，這些錢對于大多數學生來說著實不是一筆小數目。

"People all took these students pub hustlers for cheaters, but I think it`s a true sign of desperation," Wang said.
王洪才說：“人們都認為這些學生‘吧托’是騙子，但我認為這是他們不顧一切的真實寫照。”