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Chinese billionaire called 'con man' for deceiving New York's homeless
The Week ^ | 6-26-2014 | MEGHAN DEMARIA

Posted on 06/26/2014 8:48:19 AM PDT by Citizen Zed

Chen Guangbiao, a recycling entrepreneur and founder of Jiangsu Huangpu Renewable Resources Limited Company, took hundreds of homeless New Yorkers, who were shelter residents at the New York City Rescue Mission, to elite Central Park restaurant The Loeb Boathouse on Wednesday. He treated them to lunch and even serenaded them with a rendition of "We are the World."

However, things quickly went downhill when Guangbiao waved wads of cash in front of the guests but refused to give them any. The Associated Press reports that shelter officials urged Chen not to give the homeless cash, as many of them are being treated for addictions.

When the homeless found out they wouldn't be receiving the money in front of them, they began yelling. Other homeless residents outside the restaurant joined in as well, calling Guangbiao a "liar" and a "con man."

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1 posted on 06/26/2014 8:48:19 AM PDT by Citizen Zed
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To: Citizen Zed

Lol. Reminds me of that movie, “Dinner with the Schmucks” I believe.


2 posted on 06/26/2014 8:51:33 AM PDT by dware (3 prohibited topics in mixed company: politics, religion and operating systems...)
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To: Citizen Zed

I think a different Billionaire should throw a party in the Park like this every week.


3 posted on 06/26/2014 8:54:22 AM PDT by Nachum (Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
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To: Citizen Zed

So he had the money but the Shelter did not want him to give it to the people but to give it to them, like the government the Shelter felt that they could do a better job spending the money than the people who were told they would get it.


4 posted on 06/26/2014 8:59:31 AM PDT by 20yearvet (they yell for more tests as long as its your money)
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To: Citizen Zed

what did he lie about? did he not pay for their lunches? when someone invites me to lunch, i do not assume he/she is going to give me cash... perhaps he should not have waved it at them...


5 posted on 06/26/2014 9:00:29 AM PDT by latina4dubya (when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
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To: Citizen Zed

sounds like what Mullah Obama is doing at the US border. But I digress....


6 posted on 06/26/2014 9:14:35 AM PDT by llevrok (Straight. Since 1950.)
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To: Citizen Zed

I thought if we just solve “hunger” and give them some economic help, that their problems would all disappear.


7 posted on 06/26/2014 9:14:36 AM PDT by Fido969 (What's sad is most)
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homeless residents outside the restaurant joined in as well, calling Guangbiao a "liar" and a "con man."

Well, there goes his reputation in the homeless community.

8 posted on 06/26/2014 9:15:33 AM PDT by Fido969 (What's sad is most)
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To: Citizen Zed

LOL we all predicted this would be a hilarious disaster.


9 posted on 06/26/2014 9:16:19 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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To: Citizen Zed

For listening to him sing “We are the World”, free lunch was not enough. They earned the cash.


10 posted on 06/26/2014 9:20:40 AM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: Chewbarkah; Slings and Arrows; GeronL
For listening to him sing “We are the World”, free lunch was not enough. They earned the cash.


11 posted on 06/26/2014 11:17:37 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
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