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Due West, online novel about sex tourism in Dongguan, now a movie

The book went viral and the movie could be a hit: 'Due West' lifts the lid on Hong Kong men seeking sex and solace in a Guangdong factory town
Sunday, 09 September, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko ... -dongguan-now-movie

"In mainland China, where everything can be fake, and even the food can be toxic, at least the sexual services are real."


A clutch of scantily clad young women sit giggling and striking sexy poses as their fancy two-tier sofa revolves.

Each wears a number. Their hope is that one of the group of men ogling them will pick them out for a night of passion.
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But their job is not just to please these men who have come all the way to the mainland for sex, but also to soothe their wounded egos and bolster their masculine pride.

As the men get ready to make their move, there is a shout.

"Cut!" It's director Mark Wu Yiu-fai, releasing the actors for a break. This is not a brothel, but a set for the movie Due West: My Sex Journey, a screen adaptation of an online erotic novel about a young Hong Kong man's adventures in seeking sex services, and more, in Dongguan, Guangdong.

While many know about the cross-border sex trade, it is rarely discussed. Books and movies, though, provide an insight into a dark facet of city life.

Hong Kong director Pang Ho-cheung did it with his 2003 comedy Men Suddenly in Black, which tells the story of a group of obedient married men organising a sex trip to mainland behind the backs of their wives and girlfriends. A decade later, Due West is another attempt.

And it seems Wu has got the mood just right. For one of those on set the scene is very familiar.

"This really looks like those places in Dongguan," says 38-year-old married Hongkonger "Simon", one of the movie's extras posing as customers on the set. Simon agrees to talk as long as his real name is not used.

"You know, tenderness is not to be found from your wife," he says. "A wife is not as good as a concubine; a concubine is not as good as a secret affair; and a secret affair is not as good as one that you desire, but who's beyond your reach. It is this excitement that makes men want to go to these places. In here, you can enjoy the lifestyle of a king that you will never have at home with your woman."

The story of Due West is based on a series of online stories written by a mysterious author calling himself Xiang Xi Murakami Haruki, who posted his tales within the popular internet community Golden Forum. Among them, Epic Prostitution Report: Dongguan Forest earned the most attention.

Divided into five chapters, the story is written in the first person and tells of a 25-year-old man's first "evil massage" experience in Dongguan.

Characterised by colloquialisms, jokes, frustration about his relationships, and an unusually sympathetic attitude towards the "masseur", the story went viral and caught the eyes of a publisher, who turned it and other, shorter pieces into the book Due West: My Sex Journey. Published at the start of the year, the book has sold more than 30,000 copies. China 3D Digital Entertainment, the company that produced 3D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy, bought the movie rights and turned the story into a 3D erotic comedy for release this month.

The original stories became so popular not just because they were hilarious, but also because they rang true. To Simon, Hong Kong men paying for sex on the mainland is "normal".

He had his first mainland sex service when he was 15 at a "hair salon". "A friend opened the salon and invited me to get my hair washed there," he recalls. "I thought it was weird. As my hair was washed, the girl massaged my head, shoulders and then all the way down. I was shocked. It was in 1989 and it cost me 20 yuan (HK$24)."

Today, Simon goes to Dongguan to enjoy "Guan style" services. He says that usually men go in a group of four to five, gathering in Sheung Shui station at between 3pm and 4pm to arrive before 6pm to pick girls. Customers are allowed to touch the girls and ask them to jump up and down to show they have not had breast augmentation surgery.

An encounter costs somewhere between 300 yuan and 1,100 yuan, depending on the venue, the kind of service, and whether a customer wants to spend the night. Girls also give customers a special bath. "Some want sex, but others only want to have a chat with a sweet, pretty girl and enjoy some tenderness from a woman," Simon says.

Some pricier hostess clubs apply room charges and miscellaneous service charges, DJ fees and drinks that can bring the bill up to 3,000 yuan to 4,000 yuan, excluding fees for the girls - which, Simon adds, is more expensive than Macau.

Simon says that some large venues offer 200 to 300 girls in skimpy or see-through outfits for customers to choose from. The girls gather in the lounge early on so customers can take time to browse. At other places, girls are lined up and brought into rooms for customers to select.

"Mostly the girls are in their 20s," he says. "They come from all over China, in various styles and physiques. You can definitely pick one you like." How often does he go? "That depends on whether my wife is checking on me." And how much has he spent over the years? "Probably enough to have bought a flat," Simon laughs. "But there's a chance that you get caught, not just by your wife. Police inspect these venues from time to time."

Despite all the hassles - and the risk of getting caught - some men cannot resist making the trip to Dongguan every now and then. "That's because you don't find this tenderness in reality… such as feeding you a piece of melon," says 34-year-old "John", another extra in Due West.

"You can never get that [from Hong Kong women]. Men are egoistic. We need to be respected, and these venues give us the respect that we need. It's true that I pay for it. It's a kind of service. It's fake. But it's worth it," John says.

"Men are afraid of being controlled. Many Hong Kong women suffer from the 'princess syndrome'. They want to tie their men down, but it never works," Simon says. "Xiang Xi's story strikes a chord with many of us."

The Immigration Department does not provide records of how many Hong Kong men cross the border, but last year the Lo Wu border crossing recorded more than 36 million trips by Hong Kong residents, while the Hung Hom control point recorded about 875,000.

Author Xiang Xi hired a prostitute for the first time in Dongguan when he was 25. He says that while he is not addicted to such services, he agrees men would rather pay for sex and fun and avoid the trouble of a girlfriend. He says that, unlike in the past, where it was mostly middle-aged men who sought prostitutes on the mainland, today more young men go there because of information on the internet.

"Just a few hundred dollars can get you the kind of experience that you can never get from your girlfriend," says 27-year-old Xiang Xi, who only agrees to answer questions via e-mail. "In mainland China, where everything can be fake, and even the food can be toxic, at least the sexual services are real."

Does this weigh on men's consciences? "Many don't consider visiting a prostitute to be cheating," Xiang Xi adds. "A sexual adventure does not necessarily involve emotions. And if you are not emotionally involved [with another woman], technically you are not cheating."

Matthew Yau Kwai-sang, the chairman of the Hong Kong Association of Sexuality Educators, Researchers and Therapists, has counselled many couples facing problems over infidelity - usually the husband's visits to prostitutes on the mainland.

There are a number of factors that can induce men to seek sex outside of relationships, Yau said, including work pressure and unsatisfactory sexual relationships at home. This in turn has boosted demand for sex workers.

Society's view of sex had also changed. Sex trips to the mainland are now a social activity. "For some men, it's entertainment. They don't tell their wives. It's like going fishing," Yau says.

Yau believes poor sex education and the lack of tolerance for changing gender roles contribute to these problems.

"People don't deal with their sexual relationships properly," he says. "Hong Kong women don't know how to handle these matters. Even if they are sexually incompatible with their men, they are not willing to acknowledge the issue and try to fix it. A lot of times women only discover their men have been hiring prostitutes when they contract sexually transmitted diseases."

And, Yau says, men still want to be household heroes, even though the realities of modern life may be different.

According to government statistics, the number of women earning HK$30,000 a month or more has risen 43 per cent from 115,800 in 2001 to 165,900 in 2010. At the same time, the number of men earning the same amount only increased by 14 per cent, from 262,700 in 2001 to 300,000.

"Gender roles are changing. It's relatively more common for men in the West to be the homemaker if their wives make more money than them," Yau says. "But here, men are unwilling to change, and such changes lower their self-esteem. Local TV dramas reinforce traditional gender roles. Men have no other models to follow. They have no way out."

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Reply #1 JackTheBat's post

If anyone knows a link to the "online novel," please list it.

Google is turning up nothing.  And my Mandarin is not good enough to decipher baidu.com results.
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QUOTE:
Originally posted by JackTheBat at 9-9-2012 13:29
The book went viral and the movie could be a hit: 'Due West' lifts the lid on Hong Kong men seeking sex and solace in a Guangdong factory town
Sunday, 09 September, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong- ...

I hope it doesn't become hit. Main reason it will draw too much attention to where LE will have to act.  If the movie gives specifics details, I am sure LE will do something about it. It has happened in the past with a large KTV in Dongguan.    How could prostitution be so opened when people thought it was illegal in China would be on the minds of the public. This is just my opinion SORRY.  Wives/GF's will check more on their husbands / BF going into China. They will be more suspicious, asking why are U going to Dongguan / Shenzhen so much.

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Reply #1 JackTheBat's post

Fuck. Good find.

Very true indeed.
So fucking true.


I like this:

Sex trips to the mainland are now a social activity. "For some men, it's entertainment. They don't tell their wives. It's like going fishing."



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Reply #4 hunter's post

I am in USA at the moment and I have to say I just miss that the whole idea of it being a social activity/male bonding.

Here everyone (in USA) is so concerned about being spotted by another guy. At every place the girls look out to make 'the coast is clear' in the hallways so the guy can sneak out. Plus from conversations with the girls and reading some of the forums, only middle-aged guys are 'socially permitted' to see wgs...because they are either divorced, too old to hit the bars/clubs, SO is out on long biz trips/vice versa, or wifey doesn't give them bjs. If the guy is young, he is expected to go to bars to fish for one night stands. Depressing really.
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Reply #5 doghead's post

In this part of the world, kid as young as 20 yos tag along to DG and experience all these.
Male of all ages goes to DG.

Like the article said, male seeking GFE and passion in mainland china, something lack of in HK or in the home countries.


I am a bit worry right now.
I hate to see my Wife watching this movie.
All your SOs should not watch this movie...
fuck...we will be grounded soon!!!




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Not sure wat the reasining is in hk/china but i guess guys go in groups for safety in numbers, u have guys taking younger guys to show them the ropes, mentor them like they did in 'men suddenly in black', more girls more fun.  Not sure how right it is since im chinese but grew up abroad. Kinda like a dad showing his son or younger men how to smoke.
I dunno how to accept having a guy getting a bj right nx to u, see a friends dolphin etc. Guess it works for some cos of the environment mentality
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Originally posted by priapus at 9-9-2012 21:33
If anyone knows a link to the "online novel," please list it.

Google is turning up nothing.  And my Mandarin is not good enough to decipher baidu.com results.

it seems its from the hkgolden website which is mainly about technology and stuff alike..

tbh i agree with weelock, its exposure of dg better be limited in this movie as crackdowns atm are quite serious
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THIS IS NOT GOOD. This just puts DG into the media spotlight a little more. Even worse, its all in english! Sure the chinese have all heard of DG but now the english speakers who can't read or understand chinese can also know all about DG!! No good!
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Anyone had a look for the novel?
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Whens the movie being released/
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It opened today.

Did anyone go see it?
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Reply #12 priapus's post

We should all be like scootermonger and go see any sex tourism/trafficking film with our SO so as to practice our acting skills in denying any knowledge of the China wg scene. You get the Golden Rooster prize if you manage to walk hand-in-hand with your SO out of the movie theatre at end of film.
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Ladies only

They have special "ladies only" shows of the movie in Hk theatres

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I saw it, and noticed tons of guys with SOs in there. Also obvious groups of mongers too.

I thought there would be more of the scenes from DG, but alas only one parody of the SZ nightclub scene and one of a sauna session. The rest was tales from childhood, from HK and a bit in the UK.

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Reply #1 JackTheBat's post

Great article! Funny movie if you can understand the Cantonese slangs.
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For any bros who wanna punt on the company that made the movie, here's the stock code
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I saw it, and noticed tons of guys with SOs in there. Also obvious groups of mongers too.

I thought there would be more of the scenes from DG, but alas only one parody of the SZ nightclub scene and o ...

How things changed. It's co-ed now?   

It's kind of embarrassing going into a hard R or X rated movie theater alone. A long time ago, there wasn't any DVD or tapes around for you too see at home.  A movie theater was the only place. Years ago I went to my first X-Rated movie with 6 other guys. Most were only 17 to 18. Two had fake ID's. It was also very late at night.  There were a few SO's but the majority were single old lonely guys. If you were alone, it would be embarrassing if someone sees you walking out the door alone and noticing you.

I would also assumed more places in DG would be filmed. Good thing that NO specific places were mentioned. If there were, I am almost 100% positive LE or the New Media will have to act.

Can wait to see a pirate DVD copy or torrent copy.

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I just watched it

If anything, it was done extremely well *in the eyes of a monger of course*.  Somewhat artistic, a little satire, small parodies, a lot less sex that I expected so there was a great story line.  The main actor is VERY BELIEVABLE.  The people who wrote and made this film did NOT just do research, they were fucking mongers.   The Cantonese vernacular is the best, works very well with Cantonese speaking people, subtitles don't do it justice.  James was my favorite character, he's my alter ego when I am in China too long.  It was extremely funny at times, retarded at others.  The girls were hot, the tits were nice and the "dark scenes" of China made me smell the pseudo China musty air via nostalgia neurons in my brain.  The room involved brought me back to many a place in China that is not Dong Guan but similar hotels and establishments.

The main writer dives deep into the monger's soul and divulges all our secrets.  The ending was incredible.  How many of us fell into that "wanting" to be the knight in shining armor with "the girl of our dreams" and just save her out of that hell hole to live happily ever after?  The first time for me, it was uncontrolled, it unleashed many emotions but at that time I could not fulfill my role as hero.  Second time was more controlled.  I managed to leave without shedding a tear this time.  

After that, I just let myself fall into it, fall in love, for that one moment I was giving that whore hope that I totally understood her, I would marry her and bring her back to America where she would be the head mistress of my 2000 sq ft home.  Hugging , caressing and talking about a "real future" with a whore is extremely fun.  Many a times, I think it's because I am not repulsive, that the whores could "live with" fucking this guy for a long time to get what she wants.  It's better than going with an old hairy white guy, no offense to old hair white guys of course.  Or an old fat man from HK.

The ending got me, that whore was the face of all whores in China.  Big tits, seductive, obedient and most of all manipulative.  Was it acting in the end when she kissed him in the hotel hallway?  or was she really thinking that this guy is special?  who knows?  I just want that same feeling again.
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Reply #19 sexpert's post

My wife watched the downloaded DVD.

Now I am banned from going to Veggie Massage.
She believes all the massage places in SZ iserves hookers.

In the movie, they mentioned about SZ , Shangxi Village, where you can find love/sex in 1 hour.
This place actually exist in SZ, i.e. near Queen's SPA.
I told my wife, just coincidence, I never saw any hookers there.
But of course, this is where u find the young RMB150 hooker alleys bumpkin.

But thank god, she didnt notice that the Sauna is located in Dongguan. I dont recall the movie actually mentioned they went to Dongguan, just Shenzhen yes.

Also very true is the morning breakfast gathering where punters shared their previous nite experience.




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