I take you for a ride on the scooter to see an interesting phenomenon that surrounds new apartment complexes here in China, and I also bump into a dead bloke.
Watched this video for the first time about a year ago... this is one that I've come back to watch a couple more times since then. The old scooter adventures and village crawls are great.
By the way your Scooter driving and Motorbike driving is entertaining all by itself even without any commentary. I know to you it must seem normal but watching it for the first time is eye opening and extreme. Weaving in and out and between large trucks where you have just inches and split seconds to get through is quite amazing especially when listening to you comment on it because to you its normal and just the way you drive on a normal day Your trip home with no lights on a bike that barely runs was also quite entertaining. Being from the US its quite a site. Have you ever been in an accident and if so have you ever gotten injured badly? I thought driving a bike in the US was dangerous but now it seems safe!
I've just recently found your videos and I think there so great! All these documentary's you get are really not showing me what I want to see. You show the real china so perfectly and I can only ask you to carry on making these video's as long as possible. They are so great and look forward to every new release. Will be travelling to china soon and I every time I watch your videos I get more and more excited!
I am addicted to your video series! I have always had an extreme interest in China and the East but your video series has really got me hooked. I'm in my late 40s and a entrepreneur and my wife is in Mgt in Pediatric Cancer care at an elite hospital in the US. I plan to visit the area you live in in the next couple years and I am exploring the possibilities of moving there in the future, I know mostly young people decide to move there but as our kids are almost grown I think relocating for 5 plus years would be something each of us would enjoy and thrive at. Maybe I am wrong, not sure how many 50 year olds decide to try to relocate but I have never followed any norm! Even if I dont decide to relocate I have decided to learn the language to make my visit more enjoyable and enable me to travel without having to stay in areas where English is understood.
Well, I got another adrenalin rush just watching Serpentza riding his bike in such a bold manner. A dead man lying in the street, stinking-up the entire neighborhood. This will make you lose your appetite. I wonder how many pedestrians he has collided with?
Not fake shops, as there is no shop there at all. It's just marketing to suggest what could be there. I'm sure the buyers of apartments in those buildings fully realize that, especially since there is no way to enter into those empty units.
You're both right; Serpenta's point still stands, to westerners it's false advertising. Although local Chinese most likely know these [potential] shops won't all exist, or exist at all, the marketing technique still has it's effect - which is to sway a buyer to rent an apartment which may otherwise hold no interest or benefit for them by location or price wise. The point is these blatantly false store fronts are a slightly shady, unethical way to conduct business and wouldn't be tolerated in most western countries. He's just giving another observation from a foreigner in a foreign land.
fake shops is correct in both interpretations of the phrase: 1) fake = not real. TRUE: The shops are not real...or even open. 2) fake = imitation of an original. TRUE as well.
Winston, may I ask a very big favor? It would be a tremendous if you could show us briefly on a map where you are traveling (the start and end points) so that we might establish an orientation in and around SZ. Thank you for the wonderful, informative videos!
Shenzhen looks like such a fun place to hang around, enjoy life, do business, go out for food and buzz around on a motor scooter .. The fake shops are hilarious - mind you, judging by all these new skyscrapers and other reports I've seen, I wouldn't be surprised if there's a real estate bubble happening... I'd love to live and experience Shenzhen for a year.. (maybe I'll come on a tourist visa for a month instead...) Serpentza makes it look like such fun..
They are starting to do these fake shop apartment complexes here in America too. They aren’t doing alot of them. But my sister walks a dog who’s client lives in one and that place has been built for at least two years and I haven’t seen any retails move in to them.
I really tried to watch the show for the first time I couldn't hear the guy on the moped I had no idea what city or what country was talking about and where he was at and what dead guy at the end about a dead corpse
i love your videos, they're SO good! hopefully one day i'll be able to come to china and visit you! just wondering, are there any more Dalian videos coming? and if so when will the be uploaded? thanks for the videos and keep up the good work! congrats on getting married!
Didn't know about that one, fake shops with fake impressive names. Unbelievable how far people go to trick you into believing something in their advantage.
It's amazing that China has such little regard for blatant copying. Aside from the legalities, I think most other countries would be embarrassed doing that kind of thing. Korea used to do it a bit , but not like China, and it's a disappearing thing. Korean's want to show their individuality and creativity. Like if I put up a Star Cuocs with the same signage as SBUX in S. Korea, people would probably publicly shame me. My guess is that as more and more people in China experience life outside of China, they will probably start to change.
The CBD area is FuTian District in ShenZhen. LuoHu district is the Old city area, NanShan district is the high-tech industrial area. Both these districts are fully developed and suitable for living. The image in this video is BaoAn district, which is the most fast growing district.
They aren't 'fake' shops, they are placeholder examples - also they do encourage shops to be setup. You do see them all over the world just without the store name signs, and everyone knows that they aren't real shops. Go to any newly built mall in the US or UK and they put vinyl with possible shop opportunity (e.g. bar) image on the windows.
I have no interest in ACTUALLY GOING to China but i am very interested in hitching a ride with Winston & seeing it from the comfort & safety of my couch ... thumbs up Winston ....
You're driving me crazy by driving down the wrong side of the street! Must have been difficult to get adjusted to. Can you offer advice on driving in China?
Hey serpentza, I was wondering... Is the QQ client malicious in anyway? I do quite a bit of gaming, and the American servers for a game called CrossFire (might have heard of it) have more or less died out. But it's still alive & well in China, and the QQ client is required to play it. Thanks in advance.
5:40 i see it differently, i see it as a much nicer way to present commercial locales for hire than just having grey concrete walls and empty windows with a yellow dirty "FOR HIRE" sign.
No. It's a free software that has similar functions of Skype and MSN. But sometimes you get random people trying to add you as friends to chat. You can register the international version of it for free.
the advice to come up behind pedestrians not giving notice will be source of grief to somebody sooner or later.I can remember a similar situation riding a motorbike on a bridal path in a park.I came up on a woman from behind and just as I was about to pass her she became aware something was coming in back of her and made a quick dodge to one side--the side I had been planning to pass her on.Luckily I was going slow enough to have time to swerve around her. So, better advice: Slow down when riding on sidewalks. Best advice:Don't ride on sidewalks in the first place.
I know this is like vintage and all but I'm now learning mandarin (from Europe) and whenever you say little things I'm trying to decode. I'm really just beginning, like 1 month in. I learned like 5 verbs in class so far; guessing the rest. There at 9:15, I suppose you may have said "我 * 来 看 见" to the guard guy. If I'm correct, what is the * there? :) I'm only sure about 我 and 来 though, hehe. Please put subtitles if it's not too much of a hassle :). It's be great, especially for the little phrases you say to people. Anyways, kind of a fan I guess, your videos are relaxing and informative.
It is like in computer games, where you see the shop, you see the door, but you can't enter because developers haven't made the interior.
this comment is just BRILLIANT! XD
"Yeah see there's the dead guy, emmmm you can smell him from here!"
Classic Serpantza!
Watched this video for the first time about a year ago... this is one that I've come back to watch a couple more times since then.
The old scooter adventures and village crawls are great.
I said to him "I'm just just coming to look" ... he says "huh?" I say "I'm just looking!" ;)
That security guard walked away kung fu style.
dude these old videos are crazy hahaha
Your great in almost every video but when you biking like this I think its good to make sure we hear you ... keep up the good job man , your fantastic
"Do you want to get a coffee at Coffee Shop?" Instant brand recognition there.
By the way your Scooter driving and Motorbike driving is entertaining all by itself even without any commentary. I know to you it must seem normal but watching it for the first time is eye opening and extreme. Weaving in and out and between large trucks where you have just inches and split seconds to get through is quite amazing especially when listening to you comment on it because to you its normal and just the way you drive on a normal day Your trip home with no lights on a bike that barely runs was also quite entertaining. Being from the US its quite a site. Have you ever been in an accident and if so have you ever gotten injured badly? I thought driving a bike in the US was dangerous but now it seems safe!
rob koons it's only a matter of time before he gets nailed! I have rode motorcycles all my life, in UK and done it in Asia also.
bring back the heavy metal intro, winston
I've just recently found your videos and I think there so great! All these documentary's you get are really not showing me what I want to see. You show the real china so perfectly and I can only ask you to carry on making these video's as long as possible. They are so great and look forward to every new release. Will be travelling to china soon and I every time I watch your videos I get more and more excited!
7:50 If you want to not see a dead guy
nice and casual.... hey there's a dead guy over there. hahaha
He is South African
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I am addicted to your video series! I have always had an extreme interest in China and the East but your video series has really got me hooked. I'm in my late 40s and a entrepreneur and my wife is in Mgt in Pediatric Cancer care at an elite hospital in the US. I plan to visit the area you live in in the next couple years and I am exploring the possibilities of moving there in the future, I know mostly young people decide to move there but as our kids are almost grown I think relocating for 5 plus years would be something each of us would enjoy and thrive at. Maybe I am wrong, not sure how many 50 year olds decide to try to relocate but I have never followed any norm! Even if I dont decide to relocate I have decided to learn the language to make my visit more enjoyable and enable me to travel without having to stay in areas where English is understood.
Lol Star Cuoks. Sounds like a Star Wars porno
Typical wanker district.
really like these random-exploration-on-a-scooter videos of yours. keep making them!
congrats on the marriage btw, welcome to the club
Well, I got another adrenalin rush just watching Serpentza riding his bike in such a bold manner. A dead man lying in the street, stinking-up the entire neighborhood. This will make you lose your appetite. I wonder how many pedestrians he has collided with?
Lolol
Riding a bike in a bold manner is fun
Its just a placeholder
I can smell him from here.....that actually made me laugh out loud. Now that was funny!
Motor bike on the pedestrian and you complain about unfriendly bike area ...
When in Rome...
You might want to understand what a curb is and how it was a joke
You've never been to China have you? I saw cars driving on the sidewalks last I was there.
I was in Belgrade a few months ago, their new development also had fake shops but they were made of painted canvas.
Interesting that the shops are all in English.
English makes a place or person cool & worldly in most non English speaking countries.
In mainland China, if your shop has an English name, you can charge triple price for some reason lol
Not fake shops, as there is no shop there at all. It's just marketing to suggest what could be there. I'm sure the buyers of apartments in those buildings fully realize that, especially since there is no way to enter into those empty units.
Pretty interesting how these guys perceptions can be inaccurate
You're both right; Serpenta's point still stands, to westerners it's false advertising.
Although local Chinese most likely know these [potential] shops won't all exist, or exist at all, the marketing technique still has it's effect - which is to sway a buyer to rent an apartment which may otherwise hold no interest or benefit for them by location or price wise.
The point is these blatantly false store fronts are a slightly shady, unethical way to conduct business and wouldn't be tolerated in most western countries. He's just giving another observation from a foreigner in a foreign land.
fake shops is correct in both interpretations of the phrase:
1) fake = not real. TRUE: The shops are not real...or even open.
2) fake = imitation of an original. TRUE as well.
We have these fake shops in the UK in town centres near you :)
"lorem ipsum shops" :)
Would have been cool to see you come back to one of these places and see how it has transformed over all these years.
04:47 Opple hahaha
Winston, may I ask a very big favor?
It would be a tremendous if you could show us briefly on a map where you are traveling (the start and end points) so that we might establish an orientation in and around SZ.
Thank you for the wonderful, informative videos!
I really like these type of videos.
Shenzhen looks like such a fun place to hang around, enjoy life, do business, go out for food and buzz around on a motor scooter .. The fake shops are hilarious - mind you, judging by all these new skyscrapers and other reports I've seen, I wouldn't be surprised if there's a real estate bubble happening... I'd love to live and experience Shenzhen for a year.. (maybe I'll come on a tourist visa for a month instead...) Serpentza makes it look like such fun..
I am amazed how no one complaints your driving.. :D Looks funny
I love your videos but you are a terrifying rider/driver. ;)
Man! you drive like a maniac ! LOL
Did you ride by Long Cheng park near the start of this vid? I lived near there for one month, and hope to spend another month there this fall.
They are starting to do these fake shop apartment complexes here in America too. They aren’t doing alot of them. But my sister walks a dog who’s client lives in one and that place has been built for at least two years and I haven’t seen any retails move in to them.
Adventure! Love these rides
I really tried to watch the show for the first time I couldn't hear the guy on the moped I had no idea what city or what country was talking about and where he was at and what dead guy at the end about a dead corpse
Did you make a "How it is" video on driving because that was insane.
that scooter really wants to go!!!
Yes! Or at least the name & location of this beautiful black & red apartment complex.
I'm very interested to know where in SZ this is.
*Hello you, scrolling through the comments trying to figure out the title.*
i love your videos, they're SO good! hopefully one day i'll be able to come to china and visit you! just wondering, are there any more Dalian videos coming? and if so when will the be uploaded? thanks for the videos and keep up the good work!
congrats on getting married!
Didn't know about that one, fake shops with fake impressive names. Unbelievable how far people go to trick you into believing something in their advantage.
I wanna know what this area looks like now.
its been 6 years....you should do a follow up video on this developement...and see if any of the fake shops were filled in with real shops.
i like how hes driving everywhere and in wrong direction xDD
God I'm always eating at the sketchy places. I've gotten food poisoning a few times, but Idk the cause of course
so that area has changed alot since your "sunrise" video! i dont really recall you seeing any new apartment buildings
It's amazing that China has such little regard for blatant copying. Aside from the legalities, I think most other countries would be embarrassed doing that kind of thing. Korea used to do it a bit , but not like China, and it's a disappearing thing. Korean's want to show their individuality and creativity. Like if I put up a Star Cuocs with the same signage as SBUX in S. Korea, people would probably publicly shame me. My guess is that as more and more people in China experience life outside of China, they will probably start to change.
Probably the watchman thought he's gonna steal the yellow bike...
So predictable.
Hey Going to be looking for teaching jobs over in Shenzhen which is the best district?
He said something like " I just came for a moment to see ( the buildings ) ".
The CBD area is FuTian District in ShenZhen. LuoHu district is the Old city area, NanShan district is the high-tech industrial area. Both these districts are fully developed and suitable for living. The image in this video is BaoAn district, which is the most fast growing district.
They aren't 'fake' shops, they are placeholder examples - also they do encourage shops to be setup. You do see them all over the world just without the store name signs, and everyone knows that they aren't real shops. Go to any newly built mall in the US or UK and they put vinyl with possible shop opportunity (e.g. bar) image on the windows.
cool 808 sticker... ever been to HI???
"stationary shop" is my favourite :D
With so many people in China, there's always something weird around the corner
"CHAMPAGNE! Yes, why not?"
Best line!
When someone offers you champagne, you say "how high?".
nice 808 with the hawaii islands on the front.
Found the same thing outside of Shanghai. Jia Ding New City.
he looks like you wake him up
Not sure about there but in the US you committed several traffic infractions worthy of loss of license in some cases.
rofl ripoff shops and a corpse. seems like an awesome neighborhood
The property developer is going for the western design also known as "recession" so funny the way that guy blanked you.
How different is north china to south?
where is the corpse ? :D
Starcucks Coffee anyone?
I find this coffensive.
I will stick with Starfucks covfefe.
You'd think with all the trouble they go through to set up fake stores they'd just go legit, but no...
Grumpy Cat probably harder to go legit
I like that bike advertising for youtube.
Yay, a new video.
I have no interest in ACTUALLY GOING to China but i am very interested in hitching a ride with Winston & seeing it from the comfort & safety of my couch ... thumbs up Winston ....
You're driving me crazy by driving down the wrong side of the street! Must have been difficult to get adjusted to. Can you offer advice on driving in China?
scooters are so fun to drive arround with
This is surreal. Geeeeezzz, I didn't know that was going on in China.
Hey serpentza, I was wondering... Is the QQ client malicious in anyway? I do quite a bit of gaming, and the American servers for a game called CrossFire (might have heard of it) have more or less died out. But it's still alive & well in China, and the QQ client is required to play it. Thanks in advance.
Can someone point out when the dead bloke shows up? Thanks.
YOU IN SHENZHEN?
That security guard at 9:12 gave him SUCH a dirty look. What did Winston say to him?
Probably just "I'm just looking around" but he was annoyed at having had to get up, I know because I was a guard for months.
winston said, can i come in and have a look around?, the security guard is like huh? and goes back to drinking his 200 degree green tea.
your scooter gives me a very strong urge to buy a grom
naw just get the whole ounce
5:40 i see it differently, i see it as a much nicer way to present commercial locales for hire than just having grey concrete walls and empty windows with a yellow dirty "FOR HIRE" sign.
Do you need a permit to ride a motor bike or moped in Shenzen? It looks like fun.
Ten minutes I'll never get back....
Are there like no rules there?
Reminds me of Lepin STAR WNRS chinese fake Star Wars LEGO.
What did you say to the security guard? He seemed annoyed.
Serpentza probably helped developed it seeing as he's working in Tencent haha
why is there a dead guy?
ARE YOU LIVE IN YABAO?
1:11 Swanky wanky? sounds good lol
nice video.
Nice Potemkin village in bubble land
What did you say at 09:15?
Mount a train horn on that bike.. You press your horn one time and the street will be free to ride.. HAHAHA. And peoples epic reaction faces..
i wonder what this place looks like now in 2017! also if they last or crumble like cookies!
So, are you wearing a camouflage suit in this one?
Nice bike lol!!
No. It's a free software that has similar functions of Skype and MSN.
But sometimes you get random people trying to add you as friends to chat.
You can register the international version of it for free.
bahahahahahaha...was that a "star cucks" coffee?!! lololololololllolllolo
the advice to come up behind pedestrians not giving notice will be source of grief to somebody sooner or later.I can remember a similar situation riding a motorbike on a bridal path in a park.I came up on a woman from behind and just as I was about to pass her she became aware something was coming in back of her and made a quick dodge to one side--the side I had been planning to pass her on.Luckily I was going slow enough to have time to swerve around her. So, better advice: Slow down when riding on sidewalks. Best advice:Don't ride on sidewalks in the first place.
"What kind of bike unfriendly area is this?"
Not being from China, I can't be sure, but it looks like a sidewalk to me.
I know this is like vintage and all but I'm now learning mandarin (from Europe) and whenever you say little things I'm trying to decode. I'm really just beginning, like 1 month in. I learned like 5 verbs in class so far; guessing the rest.
There at 9:15, I suppose you may have said "我 * 来 看 见" to the guard guy. If I'm correct, what is the * there? :)
I'm only sure about 我 and 来 though, hehe.
Please put subtitles if it's not too much of a hassle :). It's be great, especially for the little phrases you say to people.
Anyways, kind of a fan I guess, your videos are relaxing and informative.
Haha, I think I guessed it : 我 只 来 看 见。Correct? :)
Remind me not to buy a used bike from you, you were beating that thing