More important, officials were reported to forgo their luxury items when they appeared in public. There is a serious dent in the flaunting of wealth, at least for one significant segment of our society.
But dealers of the Vacheron Constantin watch need not worry. They may lose one part of the target market, but it may well be made up by another part, i.e. business executives. In China, the business community gets its hint from the bureaucrats. You may dispute it: Well, they do not seem to have started the golf craze, have they?
There is one press report that can shed light on the dynamics of power in the area of hobby and recreation. It has popped up at a regular frequency. A corrupt official was uncovered and fell from grace. The lavish gifts he received while in the position of power were auctioned off. Most of the bric-a-bracs showered on him as antiques were found to be fake. Some were just worth the paper the calligraphy was put on.
But a funny thing happened during the auction. Bidders were so fascinated with these gifts they bumped them up in price by a huge margin, though not as high as they would have been if they were genuine, but much higher than for other kinds of counterfeit artifacts. If you pull the bidders aside and ask, you'll be shocked to know that the buying spree is for the next round of gift-giving.
Here is the reasoning: If that deposed official took it as a bribe, he must have believed in its authenticity and loved the "period" details. It's more likely another official will fall for the same thing.
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