The Pickup Game is an inside look at the emergence of the 'pickup' indust ry - a busin ess where self-styled seducti on coaches trav el the worl d, charging a small fortune to teach men skill s they claim wi ll guarantee success with women. For the i nstructors who are success ful, it is a high ly lu crative o ccupa tion, with m any compani es earning m illions of doll ars a year. It i s also an ind ustry ri fe w ith contr oversy and scandal. Several teacher s hav e be en deported from countri es fo r their contentious method ologies and pickup businesses are of ten the subject of fierce p ublic cri ticism. Despite t his, men the world over collect ively spend hund reds o f millions of d ollars to attend seminars, downl oad online cour ses and have one-o n-one co aching sessions with instructors th ey feel c an give them the dating life of their dreams. In the minds o f students, many of t hese in structors b ecome more than just t eachers. They become idols. From t he glossy exteri or, where courses are package d as
精彩剧情/对白:“那便这 样,明惠王府这里呢,已经 在准备认亲 的事情了,咱们把时间定在三日后。既 然清子和萧然的 事情已经定了呢,我觉得,就不必非要那么低调的处理这个事情了。将明惠王 府认了这 个干女儿的事情,也对外,但是不必太高 调便是,让京城这些人呢,心里都有个数。”
“你知不知道,如果依着林庄本来的笔试顺序,你 应该是对上别饶,而那个实力最差的才会对上全意,若是依着林庄原本的安排,我们必然是 会赢的,也不会浪 费这个机会到全意这里,是 你非要强求,和全意对上,这才有了这 样的结果,而你林冲,肯 定是要为你自己的行为付出 代价的!”
“好,既然你非要追 问,那我就说得清楚点,你妈妈也不是第一次出 轨了,几周之前, 我的朋友就在酒店里遇到过 她和别人一起,我那时候睁一只眼闭一只眼,但是这种事情多了,我自 然就防备了,准备好 了离婚协议,今天又被我碰见,我马上跟她离婚维护我自己的面子,有 什么不对吗?
“是啊,我那时候就是钻牛角尖,刚处对象的时候,我娘死活不同意,我也是倔脾气,以为邹岗岭可以托付,不惜跟我娘闹翻就是为了嫁他,后来过得不好也 不愿意跟 我娘说, 就是为了争那口气,哎,现在想想,自己真是太傻了,还让 三个闺女跟着我吃苦受罪。”
“据我猜测,你父母心里大概是知道一些东西,只是他们不愿意相信,或者说在自欺 欺人,毕竟发生这种事,如果不是有确凿的证据放在他们面前,做 父母的当然是首先偏帮自己的孩子,人之常情嘛,他们在心理上更愿意相信自己的孩子是善良的。”