silver_surfer
07-24-2015, 12:47 PM
Published on 23 Jul 2015
Online chatrooms have become a booming business in China, with millions of users willing to pay for conversation.The website, 9158.com, is the largest video chatroom site in the country with 15 million active users.The site employs 40,000 "performers", who earn their money by performing online and chatting with the users. Da Xia is a full-time performer and she makes $30,000 a year, when users chat with her or pay for her with virtual gifts. Al Jazeera's Scott Heidler reports from Hangzhou,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd2cWQaQjoU
Online chatrooms have become a booming business in China, with millions of users willing to pay for conversation.The website, 9158.com, is the largest video chatroom site in the country with 15 million active users.The site employs 40,000 "performers", who earn their money by performing online and chatting with the users. Da Xia is a full-time performer and she makes $30,000 a year, when users chat with her or pay for her with virtual gifts. Al Jazeera's Scott Heidler reports from Hangzhou,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd2cWQaQjoU