Isn’t marrying rich passé these days? Not according to Lisa Johnson Mandell it isn’t. Mandell is a relationship expert, and author of the book How to Snare a Millionaire. After years of following her own rules, she has snared the millionaire of her dreams (Hollywood executive Jim Mandell) and now she’s coming to Hong Kong to tell you how you can get a sugar daddy, too.

“Personally, my theory has always been, you could marry for love, you could marry for money, but why not marry for both!” says Mandell excitedly down the phone.

She’s prepared to reveal her secret for snagging a man, and, more importantly, how to get your hands on his American Express. She promises to tell you about the one quality that is like “catnip for men”, even the non-millionaires if that’s what you’re after (though predictably she says relationships with millionaires fare much, much better). And she promises that even simpletons have a shot: “You don’t have to be the smartest, you don’t have to be the most beautiful, you don’t have to be the skinniest girl in the room, you don’t have to have the shiniest hair, or the most effervescent personality, but if you have this one quality, men will flock to you.”

It almost sounds too good to be true, and it very well could be. But for $380, you might just discover the secret that could help you ditch that pesky day job and lock down the millionaire of your dreams. Then again, it might only be a fantasy. Laura Sennett

June 4. Details and registration at www.getsmarthongkong.com.