Fast cars and raining cash. It’s not a rap video, it’s a Chinese entrepreneur’s wedding

Chinese entrepreneur Chen Junliang seems to be having a good year. His ecommerce startup got a large round of funding, and he just got married. We’re not sure how he celebrated the funding news, but we know that his wedding was a lavish affair because there were photographers all over the city of Donguan to prove it.

Chen’s wedding, which took place on November 29, cost a total of RMB 1.5 million (US$250,000), according to Sina News. He coughed up for a fleet of supercars (including an orange Lamborghini Gallardo, several Maseratis, and a stretched Hummer limousine) to transport the bride and bridegroom and dozens of guests, and a stack of thousands of “red envelopes” given out to passersby on the street that contained a total of RMB 90,000 (US$15,000) in cash. Employees from Chen’s startup handed out the cash-filled envelopes, which contained a maximum of RMB 100 (US$16.50) each.

At Chinese weddings, red envelopes are usually gifted by guests to the happy couple – not the other way around, and certainly not to random people on the street.

The rented sports cars and other vehicles in the wedding parade formed a line of cars that appears almost as long as a city block. It was accompanied by at least one police bike outrider, according to photos on Netease News (hat-tip to Shanghaiist for spotting this).

The guests were heading to a wedding reception made up of 80 tables.

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