Who needs roses when you can propose with a bouquet of cash?

The price of love these days.
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Is there a price to love? Perhaps, especially in the case of a man from China who decided to grandly propose to his girlfriend in public holding a bouquet of flowers made out of Chinese banknotes.

32-year-old Ma Caojun got down on bended knee in front of 600 of his colleagues at an industry awards ceremony in Guangzhou, China to pop the question, reported People's Daily. The lucky lady is Qin Jiaojiao, who has been dating Ma for three years.


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Qin found herself 10,000 yuan ($1,500) richer on Sunday night when Ma went on stage to accept an award and sprung a surprise by calling her up during his acceptance speech. Ma then got down on one knee to ask Qin to marry him.

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As part of the proposal, Ma spoke about how he intended to be Qin's provider and protecter after marriage. He then presented her with a bouquet of red roses and the hand-crafted money bouquet which was made out of 100 pieces of 100 yuan notes.

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The bride-to-be readily accepted the proposal and promptly sealed the deal with a kiss.

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Whatever happened to just proposing with a marching band and making it into a music video for the Internet?

[H/T: Daily Mail]

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Alicia Tan

Alicia Tan was an Asia Deputy Editor at Mashable. She has over 11 years of experience in journalism, magazine production and content publishing; specialising in women's lifestyle, fashion and beauty. When she's not writing, she's obsessing over Totoro, Ryan Gosling and online shopping.

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