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"   It seems everyone these days has a wedding planner. And now there&amp;#039;s proposal planners. Yep, seriously. The marriage proposal industry is the latest form of on-your-way-to-the-big-day outsourcing taking place in China, according to an article in the London Times, which credits the upswing in the industry due to popularity of Hollywood rom-coms and a &amp;quot;newfound national passion for the dramatic.&amp;quot; Oh, we hear you over here in America, too.  So what exactly does a marriage proposal planner do? Everything, if the Hao Wen Ze Creative Marriage Proposal Planning Studio, which boasts a 100 per cent success rate, lives up to it&amp;#039;s word. All your target (yup, they call us &amp;quot;targets&amp;quot;) has to do is say &amp;quot;Yes,&amp;quot; and they practically guarantee that.  For an average cost of about $1-5k, the marriage proposal planners will help a dude scout the perfect location and make sure everything goes as planned. &amp;quot;Often they recommend fireworks or colossal LED screens,&amp;quot; says the London Times. What? No flash mob?  Maybe not, but Mr. He, the man behind the Hao Wen Ze Creative Marriage Proposal Planning Studio has thought up a number of elaborate proposals, including one that involved 20 lockers in a Wal-mart and a flurry of toys, and another included &amp;quot;a troupe of rose-bearing dancers exploding out of a side-street to surprise the target as she walked home from work.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;What they have done, the proposal-planners privately admit, is identify that people\u2014especially China&amp;#039;s young, busy and wealthy\u2014will cheerfully pay money to avoid having to think,&amp;quot; the article admits.  Well... That&amp;#039;s romantic (insert dripping sarcasm here). I&amp;#039;ll be okay with an old-fashioned, bended-knee proposal, no fireworks needed, as long as brainpower is included.  But maybe that costs extra these days? Want more stories from Carson? Follow her on Twitter. Photo Credit: iStockPhoto "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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