Even In China, the mountain top of influencer stardom starts at a bus stop, or in front of a fast food restaurant. 

Influencing is now a global phenomenon and business is booming. And in China, a place where influencers want the same thing as they do everywhere else (attention), pretending you've traveled to America, is an easy way to get it. 

In the U.S., influencers pretend to charter private jets or pose in the open fields of Coachella to go viral, but in China, all you need is a parking lot that looks like an American strip mall.