i respect those who earn their wealth and have no problems spending what they want to make them happy. the ones i can't stand are the kids who use their parents wealth and claiming their status from that.
+Henley Deng (inertialdrift) And the kids that say "I am rich" instead of "my PARENTY are rich and I'm spending their money" who never worked one single hour in their whole life... -.-
+Henley Deng (inertialdrift) Exactly, The second Gen or Third Gen rich class are usually selfish punks and children. Its sad the folks dont raise them to be gentlemen or woman.
+jreed136 There's always dirty secrets in every social wealth gap revolution as evident in Western Culture with the only difference being one is still fresh in the minds of people.
@@paradigm_recalescence No lol, that's not real socialism. What you're thinking of is a pseudo form of socialism. There are many to be exact, like Democratic-socialism in Denmark. You Americans like to put everything into black and white.
yea but i like how he says it in such a condescending way. its people like that who are the reason there is even a middle class or even stuff to consume at all.
I could live off of $10 000 a year, these guys spend it in a day, but being poor isn't soo bad, who needs money when you have cup ramen and Mcdonalds free wiFi
if you dream for the materialistic life sheep, well its in your name isnt it. infinite keep your sheep comments aswell to yourself, no one else keeps that bullshit belief here.
nice bullshit. if you kept it to yourself then you would worry about your own life instead of invading others. just because you have a belief doesn't mean anyone else does or has the same belief for that fact. what if i were to say your god is false. your just harassing like any other sheep, if god is here then i welcome judgement day because i have a lot to say. not to discredit your belief in any way, but preaching to others creates the controversy ive explained. i cant believe in Christianity or any religion since i find the procurement of molesting children far outweighs the pretend benefits of living by religious rule.
@@hax7841 I’m literally from China. And I know China way better than u. U are exactly the one living under the rook. And all you can do is watching above us, China, and licking our boots. Cause that’s the best you can do. 智障老外。
+Irwan Santoso For many Chinese people,80 Million dollars not a big number,they've got Billions of dollars. Construction industry，mining industry，Building Materials Industry，etc....Millions of dollar a year.
+Irwan Santoso When he says "Bu gui" as in 'Not expensive' the interpretation is... "Not a bad price , not expensive" Not that... "Not expensive, I have money..."
Zong Qinghou is such an inspiration. He worked hard and he doesnt blow money off in luxury goods. His money is with the society. so nice to keeping china a good society.
I think humans can only perceive differences in wealth. For someone to go from sleeping under a chair to a billionaire really help them to appreciate things, and put things in perspective. These are the lucky ones. As opposed to someone born a billionaire and has never known or seen or experienced anything different.
at 1:16 he says " a sports car that accelerates from 0 - 100..." and then i thought he was gonna say "real quick" but instead he said "in 4.5 seconds" and now im disappointed
@Joshua Hanson China is one of the few red nations left. I think their current wealth disparity speaks volumes about the long term viability of any socialist system. Note1: I don't think china is a good place to live. Note2: Russia had plenty of work camps they still technically qualified as a socialist nation. Note3: In a socialist nation any concept of intellectual property gets thrown out the window. That's a really weird point to make. A conservative talking point, and a total non-sequitur. Hmmm. Note4: Does socialist == utopia in your mind? Another classic conservative conflation. Note5: You are bad at reading people.
@Joshua Hanson It was kind of a bait not gonna lie. I wanted to see what kind of conversations it would incite. I saw your point about intellectual property as a total non sequitur, as it was more an indictment of china than a point about socialism. which seems to be common among right leaning thinkers. pure speculation on my part. You're absolutely right about your last point.
Ok I agree with some of the translations of this documentary... But as someone who speaks fluent Chinese I believe that it is way too blunt and not in the good way. The translations of what the people in the documentaries are simplified in such a way that it looses some of its original intended meaning. Don't get me wrong I agree with alot of what it is saying but the translation is a little too blunt.
I used to hang out with one of these guys whenever he was conducting business for his family's company in San Francisco. It was absolutely insane how much money he could spend in pursuit of a good time.
After reading few comments. I believe that the common message in this video is not apparent. These business owners went from broke to eating a cup of noodles a day to survive and now, able to live in luxury because they worked extremely hard in their careers. Instead of putting down their "their teeth" or their "education background" or why "they can't speak English", learned from their message. Work hard and never give up.
@@hax7841 LOL, because you don't have freedom, anytime the government can take everything from you, and you don't have half of the rights here in america
@@kakacacem Sure freedom is good if you want to live a happy extrasensory life. Being in authoritarian government is horrible, but effective. They are tought to go with the flow, be normal, don't stand out, if someone is gay in china they can't do anything about it. Men are thought "toxic masculinity" people there are thought the society is more important than the person. Try to live there for a couple of years and I bet your ass you will think differently and you will be glad you can even speak your mind. Freedom is if you want to enjoy your life authoritarianism is if you wanna get shit done have a boring life and always be exhausted (worst part is you won't get any rewards and the Chinese government gets all the rewards (very small amount of rewards compared to america) not like america where if you sell your "freedom" or live like the Chinese you will always be rich.) yes sometimes freedom isn't the best
@@spaceT999 finally I found a smart person answering me! Normally when I post this type of questions “defending” China, people say that China is bad because is communist. Everything you said is true, I’ve lived in China for 5 years and one thing I noticed is that China changes very quickly, but the people are still the same. That’s the difference between China and the USA. A 45 year’s old American was already born in a free and developed country, but a 45 years old Chinese was born in a closed and non develop country which was recently founded. Democracy only works when everyone votes, I live in Portugal where less than 30% of the population votes, you know why? Because they have lost the hope. But even if everyone votes, the country gets extremely divided, and the elected president will always support the people who voted for him, and the people who voted against? They will live in disadvantage. As the People’s Republic of China is only 71 years old, I think they still have time to slowly get more and more democratic.
I'm sure they're much better off working in there than slaving away on the farms of the cultural revolution. At the very least they have a job and food on the table, a stark contrast to the famine and chaos just 60 years ago. It an indisputable fact that the quality of life overall has most certainly gone up in China ever since they introduced market liberalization policies with Deng. The tremendous growth of the middle class is a testament to this. And wealth disparity exists everywhere, look at the millionaire techbros of the United States or the born in wealth posh British kids who attend private schools and have a guaranteed ride into Oxford. Then compare it to Compton or parts of Detroit, or to the coal mining, I mean ex coal mining towns of the UK. China is a newly industrialized power, its no wonder they'll have some trouble adjusting, think back to the Gilded age where industrial capitalists made fortunes while children toiled in factories losing hand and limb. It's an unavoidable product of capitalism that some will be better off than others. Of course there's always room for improvement, we've come far from the horrors of the beginnings of our own industrialization. Give China time and it'll sort itself out like the rest of the major world powers, it's in a unique position considering its monolithic state, a state that can spend years to even decades focusing on one issue, while Western democracies beholden to party politics and the whimsical will of the people cannot.
@@marsing69 We have come a long way, but you're a fool if you think the jobs those people have are decent. Sounds a lot like justifying which is easy when you're comparing it to literal slave labor and dismemberment. What i was mainly saying is this guy i quoted is either naïve, or probably, just talking out his ass, exemplifying and justifying his obese wealth in a mainly communist society. Comparing what he has and does to what the rest of what China does is just ridiculous imo.
@@justinfay3011 I'm saying it ludicrous to expect China to somehow magically become a major 1st world power that can adhere to the same standards that Western nations expect within a span of 50 years. China's market liberalization didn't even happen till the 80s and 90s so they've only been in this mode of operation for about the time that a millennial has been alive, and the conditions in which the average person lives in is much better than what the middle class during the cultural revolution lived in, so it is an astounding improvement for the common man. It's literally only going to get better for the average man in China if current trends are continued. The growth of the Chinese middle class proves that a vast majority of Chinese citizens are becoming wealthy, there just exists a large wealth disparity like that which exists in the US, the UK, or any other country for that matter. It's a bit ironic what he said but it's true. Any metric you look at will show that it's true. Compare any metric of China in the 50s, 60, 70s, 80s, etc.. to now and you'll see leaps and bounds of improvement in terms of quality of life and basic living standards. And yes, I do believe the factory jobs many Chinese people have are leaps and bounds better than being forced to work on a collectivized farm while starving... And what else would I compare it to? Why would I not compare the state of China today to the state that China was in just a few decades ago?
@@marsing69 Why shouldn't you compare them to more recent economies or other nations and jobs? They chose to be behind and unchanging for centuries. Because they're this way you can only compare them to themselves? That's illogical. Yeah they've progressed but i think you're detracting and going on slight tangents from what you originally replied to. More of them may increase in standard of living but that doesn't mean they aren't following the trends of disparity in the US and UK you so mentioned. Just look at their congress. Richest in the world.
@@justinfay3011 Since it's completely unfair and unfounded to compare a nation that has just recently industrialized to a nation that industrialized in the 1800s. You can't fault a country for the choices of their ancestors in the 1800's and the 1900's, it ludicrous to believe that. No one alive chose to be behind, it would be like faulting a child for not having the same emotional development or intelligence as an adult. And if you are to compare it to western countries you should compare it to western countries during their own industrialization. Again back to the child analogy, you don't compare a 50 year old to a 14 year old, if anything you'd compare the 50 year old when he was 14 to the current 14 year old. It's two entirely different situations. And for all intents and purposes China now was better than America then, and is better than China from before. And no, I am replying exactly to what was posited originally. He was completely right in saying that everyone has gotten rich together. Standard of living has gone up, quality of life has gone up, every metric you could measure to determine the richness of the average person in China has gone up, so yes, him and the average Chinese have gotten rich together. And yes, there is significant wealth disparity, like there is in the US and the UK and any other country. Therefore it seems weird to fault them on wealth disparity when almost every country has this significant wealth disparity. And the poor as well today are in a much better situation than they were in before.
Dunno but, i find reading most of the comments here entertaining. 1st graders can easily conclude that most ate peanut butter and JEALOUS. Most of them work hard for their fortunes, and it's easy to suggest that most of you right now don't even deserve the air they breathing. Envy really puts people down.
Francisco leong ii I lived in China. We've heard the story of Wang Defu all the time, these people worked as hard as you and me, but it's not hard work that push them into the 10%, it's mostly luck. Most of them are opportunist, born owning resources that turn out to be 30000% more profitable than they knew. What made them unfavorable isn't their wealth, but their self entitlement and their lack of decency. But still they're all very smart businessmen.
***** "Heirs to the NEW RICH". The Concept was good at the time and was to help generate a strong middle class but, Just as we have seen what happens in America can also happen in other countries. The Rich Remain Rich only become richer and the Poor remain in Poverty.
***** The guy who lived next to my house owns his entire block. He is giving it to his son once he's old enough. When I say recources I mean land, resourceful land. And communism? Haven't you watch the video?China is tranforming, communism is pretty much just slogan government use these days.
+flipcrippin22 Until the poor is like "wait a moment! If i offer a service or product that other people want, i could be rich too!" Which is how most of these people stated their lives. The last ladies story was very touching to me. I used to dumpster dive find items to sell and repair in order to buy my food for the day. I had to ride my bike 20 miles to school every day. Work towards your goals and you will get what you want. And in her case, it looks like she enjoys taking care of her family.
+heyitsablackguy lots of decent people work hard and get very little in return. Now we've got those mut-munchers in our country too bringing their cheap soft crappy steel.
JAZZ MAN It's called working smarter, not really harder. Alot of the products from China aren't,"crap." found a lot of good stuff. Apple is also assembled and made in China.
+heyitsablackguy "Smart" isn't always right. As for Chinese goods, Chinese steel is soft. The blades they make cannot be sharpened properly.,not like German steel for example. I would rather the Germans took over the steel industry in our country and not the mutt-munchers. I don't want to lean against a bridge built by them and find it bends out of shape (sarcasm).
80 million children live without parents in China and then you get to see this, scary facts. I was there in the 80's and didn't understand the story yet the language. I will never return the country is beautiful but behind the scenes there are many tears. helping each other is not murder
I can experience this first hand. My 3rd uncle is a member of this organization. He is an entrepreneur aswell while my 3rd aunt (his wife) has multiple victorian furniture stores in mega malls located in Chengdu and Chongqing. The first time I went there (around 8 years old) i was mesmerized at the huge number of sports cars that attended at the event, I spent around 2 hours standing next to my uncle while he was talking to quite a few sports car owners which I later realized were his university friends that have become big bosses (such as coal mining companies). It was all about lifestyles at there, everyone was not shy of showcasing their wealth through how much they spend on their car's insurances and memberships. It was a wonderful experience though, me and my aunt sitting on the VIP indoor spectator lounge with a few models (whew I even remembered they kept talkin to me and pinching my cheeks 😂😂😂). Learnt a lesson at there, my aunt kept on reminding me that all these rich business men didn't have their fortune come easy. They may seem to always hang out with models, blowing money on girls, bars, yachts, clubs, cars, but they have indeed worked very very hard, grabbing any opportunity they meet. They really do deserve such lifestyles they have rn. Even my aunt and uncle hates the kids that make use of their family's wealth to enjoy their lives. So whenever you see a sportscar blasting pass you, don't always think that its some young kid using parents money, but rather think about the possibility of the driver being a very hardworking businessman that once came from a poor family 😌
But, your uncle has no kung fu. Does he? You reject your traditions for consumer goods made by destroying your environment ... no morality, no tradition, no soul and you kill the earth for what? When you all die, will your body look pretty? No one cares. I know you will respond with "you're just a hater ... I dont care about you peasants" ... and that's why the world looks down on your lack of culture and class and wisdom created by Mao's Cultural revolution (aka cultural vacuum).
@@pccchurch How is practicing martial arts relevant :/, my parents escaped to Thailand before settling down to Singapore due to the tyranny of Mao, as for my uncles and aunts they remained as they were in the capital. I don't see any logic in your comment
@@tonymiller225 "Showing off" is a subjective act. It can be unintentionally too, for those that worked hard for it it is well deserved, as for those that didn't work hard for it thats an act of silliness
Mr. Zong is a Waaaaay Coool Dude! He reminds me of my Brother who also seeks more to take care of people above himself. You gotta love that kind of person. His Greatness is not out of ones own greed but, to build fortune up to stabilize a People and give them hopes, dreams and a chance to build their own empires. I like that. Some things are Worth much more than the numerics placed on a piece of paper.
that li chao who imports milk powder is kinda smart, also their is this guy who created mecca cola sold it to country with a high Muslim population and he became a millionaire, the guy who made Starbucks got the idea when he saw a barrista machine in italy. i like the idea of creating idea and knowing the right country to produce to. Im planning on doing something like that
"Oscar Milano Mai6 months ago After reading few comments. I believe that the common message in this video is not apparent. These business owners went from broke to eating a cup of noodles a day to survive and now, able to live in luxury because they worked extremely hard in their careers. Instead of putting down their "their teeth" or their "education background" or why "they can't speak English", learned from their message. Work hard and never give up."
Allen750 I think all the bashing is a result of envy and jealousy. It sticks in their crawl because they cannot get rich. Hard to get rich from drinking beer and eating potato chips on your couch!
@@thomashom7514 But if you have the best trader basis you can trade and then drink beer and eat chips on the couch you need to just watch your portfolio and make calculation later.
simon jones not the case anymore bruh, they have high end shit you can't dream to afford. what you're thinking is walmart junks, well you get what you pay for there.
I was probably dating one of their daughters in uni, she was driving brand new S class that her daddy bought for three years she was meant to be here for. When she was leaving she asked if I want it. If I want a £70k car, that was in her name, paid off, for free, I guess it was a ''token'' for the 3 years we were dating but I was too upset to think straight and told her to do one. God damn, could have been £70k richer if I was thinking straight,
Personally, if I can get the sports car I like brand new, I certainly wouldn't be abusing it by racking up lots of unnecessary wear & tear on it. People don't realize the degree to which their minds are being corrupted by extensive marketing & entertainment; all to accomplish one result: Keep spending more money, & lots if it.
I am actually wondering how many of those people made their fortune through personal strive and hardworking. In fact, if you want to get rich in China, getting connected with the powerful ones and building social networks with those communist princelings is the most important key to unlock the gate to wealth. I bet no one in China who is rich can guarantee their wealth comes totally clean. Most Chinese riches are not like Bill gates or Steve Jobs, who made their fortune through their smart brains. Btw, many peope in China dislike riches because rich people enjoy show off and they rarely do charity works.
Bill Gates is a pretty dirty businessman. He's trying to clean up his image with tax free foundations but he pretty much practiced monopoly and backroom dirty dealings to destroy his competition not unlike corrupt govt connected businesses in China. Jobs was bailed out by Bill when Apple almost went bankrupt because Bill wanted to steal Apple's ideas. No one in the east believes that these "billionaire businessmen" made it themselves. They all had govt backing. Most working ppl in China are doing worse because their environment is destroyed and they cant go back to the old farm because they are all bought up by the corrupt businessmen to build falling apart ghost towns. Their cities are polluted to hell and they have no clean food, air, water. Their lives are short and miserable because they are just part of the corporate-govt machine.
When China suffered in 1960's, I said it was only human nature to enjoy luxuries. Today China is strong in military and rich in economy, of course the Chinese would enjoy the luxury people all longed for. What is your problem, journey man? The author of the Chinese ghost city years ago in TH-cam ? George Wu, ARCHITECT, A.I.A, NCARB 2018-12-6
kid is born into rich family: ye I am now an entrepreneur
@@jonasgevisier5600 yea, trump 2020
@@jonasgevisier5600 lol dont want to get on political yt chat
@Beauty Queen 👍
@Anon lol i dont think you understood the full context of the comment
@Beauty Queen Trump is still a billionaire, it's America who lost.
i respect those who earn their wealth and have no problems spending what they want to make them happy. the ones i can't stand are the kids who use their parents wealth and claiming their status from that.
+Henley Deng (inertialdrift) And the kids that say "I am rich" instead of "my PARENTY are rich and I'm spending their money" who never worked one single hour in their whole life... -.-
+Henley Deng (inertialdrift) Exactly, The second Gen or Third Gen rich class are usually selfish punks and children. Its sad the folks dont raise them to be gentlemen or woman.
+Henley Deng (inertialdrift) i respect people who are rich and humble. Damn hard to find for sure.
+jreed136 There's always dirty secrets in every social wealth gap revolution as evident in Western Culture with the only difference being one is still fresh in the minds of people.
+Henley Deng (inertialdrift) jealousy is a bitch. isn't it?
"Socialism"
"Billionaires"
One of these things does not belong.
Socialism doesn't stop *everybody* from becoming rich, it's still possible, the world is more complex than you realize
@ding dong, first man and woman in space.. does that ring a bell?
I guess innovation to you is when you have 38 flavours of Oreos?
@@opmortis7159 Fuck are you talking about?
@ He's referring to the Soviet space program and associating Capitalism with Consumerism.
@@paradigm_recalescence No lol, that's not real socialism. What you're thinking of is a pseudo form of socialism. There are many to be exact, like Democratic-socialism in Denmark. You Americans like to put everything into black and white.
Geez. Why does the narrator have to talk like he's at a funeral?
darkENhandsome thats that British accent. always serious or mono toned as fuck
+darkENhandsome needs to sort out his chinese pronunciation too.
+darkENhandsome rich chinese ppl are the end of the world that's why
because he IS at a funeral.. funeral of the poor
@@somedudeonyoutoob not true , its the presenter
"5:17 only one thing counts... money and success." I'm no mathematician but...... 1+1=2
+Oliver Casey LOL was about commenting that.
Bahahhaha
He means money and success are considered as same thing in CH
yea but i like how he says it in such a condescending way. its people like that who are the reason there is even a middle class or even stuff to consume at all.
🤣🤣🤣 Brilliant
I could live off of $10 000 a year, these guys spend it in a day, but being poor isn't soo bad, who needs money when you have cup ramen and Mcdonalds free wiFi
WHen you rich, you could get 1000 cup ramen, 1000 Mcdonalds and 100 Free wiFi each hour.
haha so true
+Cartooniverse like they say , "what you don't know won't hurt you"
Ghost Pumpkin works for me
What US has, China does not have and that's Freedom of Speech.
“...knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.” Oscar Wilde
Almost pitiful
Exactly
Who?
The richest was also the most responsible man...
Savo E. A person I would love to have a chat with :)
SuperDases
Are you talking about the rich man or me?
Savo E. Him. But Im sure you're inturesting at well :O
SuperDases
No, I'm not interesting.
Savo E. cool
"only one thing counts, money, and success"
Aren't those 2 things🤔
@@shivam.mishra7300 if u think abt it, it's one
@@너야아너야 right.
Law one of life
@@너야아너야 😶
The narrator is a bit depressing.
Taura Helms I'd be depressed to if I was surrounded by millionaires drinking nice drinks, eating nice foods, and doing nice women.
if you dream for the materialistic life sheep, well its in your name isnt it.
infinite keep your sheep comments aswell to yourself, no one else keeps that bullshit belief here.
nice bullshit. if you kept it to yourself then you would worry about your own life instead of invading others. just because you have a belief doesn't mean anyone else does or has the same belief for that fact. what if i were to say your god is false. your just harassing like any other sheep, if god is here then i welcome judgement day because i have a lot to say.
not to discredit your belief in any way, but preaching to others creates the controversy ive explained. i cant believe in Christianity or any religion since i find the procurement of molesting children far outweighs the pretend benefits of living by religious rule.
He can't be excitable when talking about super rich communists.
I think it is about that the story is such so depressing
this is 2013 when China was having an anti-corruption movement, I'm wondering how many businessmen in this video have survived or disappeared.
@@hax7841 I’m literally from China. And I know China way better than u. U are exactly the one living under the rook. And all you can do is watching above us, China, and licking our boots. Cause that’s the best you can do. 智障老外。
@@TroyResuqw6789 他是友军... 🌚~
Bro it's 2024 and Chinese billionaires has surpassed the US and it's still growing
"80 million.... not expensive"
+Irwan Santoso yes not expensive at all, its only worth every organs in my body, my house , my wife, my children, and my freedom.
Just another person flaunting their wealth, even if your wealthy you shouldn't be like that.
+Irwan Santoso For many Chinese people,80 Million dollars not a big number,they've got Billions of dollars. Construction industry，mining industry，Building Materials Industry，etc....Millions of dollar a year.
+Jamal Brown Yes i should
+Irwan Santoso When he says "Bu gui" as in 'Not expensive' the interpretation is... "Not a bad price , not expensive" Not that... "Not expensive, I have money..."
Zong Qinghou is such an inspiration. He worked hard and he doesnt blow money off in luxury goods. His money is with the society. so nice to keeping china a good society.
Milton Friedman is right! when you have super big and powerful government, you have these billionaires.
The only side: Chicago side.
I think humans can only perceive differences in wealth. For someone to go from sleeping under a chair to a billionaire really help them to appreciate things, and put things in perspective. These are the lucky ones. As opposed to someone born a billionaire and has never known or seen or experienced anything different.
at 1:16 he says " a sports car that accelerates from 0 - 100..." and then i thought he was gonna say "real quick" but instead he said "in 4.5 seconds" and now im disappointed
Reuben Stephan 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
that is in kilometer not MPH, so it's 0-60
New Chinese Proverb:
He with most toys,
leads.
Old Chinese Proverb:
For someone to lead,
Someone has to follow.
No wonder chinese people (as well as alot of asians) are so fucking materialistic.
Communist Chinese Proverb: I lead and you WILL follow and provide to me all the riches you work for.
2020 Chinese Proverb
He with most toys,
Fled to foreign nations.
He with most toys, is investigated for fraud. - jack ma
Help the poor people in china people! Only then u can call urself truly rich.
Andy Zheng 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
Nothing wrong with being rich, but they're just so tacky and shallow.
+pezzonovante888 I think it's because they are relatively new money not old money yet
Worshipping sports cars are way better than idolizing trashy rappers and would even queue up and buy their underwear for resell.
@@kaysonmao7976 true that.
you know the words "Socialist" and "Bilionaire" do not really fit together.
And yet china is the leading example of a socialist nation.
@@caleb1031 state capitalist.
@@nightcoreedits266 It is now
@Joshua Hanson China is one of the few red nations left. I think their current wealth disparity speaks volumes about the long term viability of any socialist system.
Note1: I don't think china is a good place to live.
Note2: Russia had plenty of work camps they still technically qualified as a socialist nation.
Note3: In a socialist nation any concept of intellectual property gets thrown out the window. That's a really weird point to make. A conservative talking point, and a total non-sequitur. Hmmm.
Note4: Does socialist == utopia in your mind? Another classic conservative conflation.
Note5: You are bad at reading people.
@Joshua Hanson
It was kind of a bait not gonna lie. I wanted to see what kind of conversations it would incite.
I saw your point about intellectual property as a total non sequitur, as it was more an indictment of china than a point about socialism. which seems to be common among right leaning thinkers. pure speculation on my part.
You're absolutely right about your last point.
I don't like the narrator's voice, it is terrible. He talks like somebody has died.
sumandak mbgel I dont like ur glasses, it looks like you are hiding your eyes ^^
sumandak mbgel i like your eyes even with sun glasses :) you so hot ...
sumandak mbgel Socialism has died!
sumandak mbgel Yes! I was just about to say that, he sounds very depressed and depressing.
sumandak mbgel he should switch to nature documentaries.
"Mr Lee refuses to give precise details of how he came about his fortunes"...... umm ???????
It’s because he has such close ties to the CCP
Sweatshops
@@cinnamon_art4016 how much money is in your bank account?
@@kierancasey5814 thats different from where does your money come from...
Ok I agree with some of the translations of this documentary... But as someone who speaks fluent Chinese I believe that it is way too blunt and not in the good way. The translations of what the people in the documentaries are simplified in such a way that it looses some of its original intended meaning. Don't get me wrong I agree with alot of what it is saying but the translation is a little too blunt.
would you explain in more detail the wording used?
I used to hang out with one of these guys whenever he was conducting business for his family's company in San Francisco. It was absolutely insane how much money he could spend in pursuit of a good time.
Oh! 1 million a night
@@wendyshoowaiching4161 I don't remember any million-dollar nights, but there certainly were some that exceeded 100,000 USD. 😅
5:39
"Made in Italy in the world." Love it!
After reading few comments. I believe that the common message in this video is not apparent. These business owners went from broke to eating a cup of noodles a day to survive and now, able to live in luxury because they worked extremely hard in their careers. Instead of putting down their "their teeth" or their "education background" or why "they can't speak English", learned from their message.
Work hard and never give up.
They were the exception from the rule.
+Oscar Milano Mai Most of the wealthy kids' in china have parents that made their money through corrupt family connections to the communist party.
+Leggo My Ego Google Jack Ma, you will learn a lot from him.
True but no no not there kids the family has the money so no he did not work hard his family must have killed and raped a hole lot of ppl
+Oscar Milano Mai Work hard and hope there is a scandal in your entire country's supply of a necessary good that you happen to be importing.
And 5 years later: 50% disappeared, 40% moved to america.
Why would they move to America?
@@hax7841 LOL, because you don't have freedom, anytime the government can take everything from you, and you don't have half of the rights here in america
@@spaceT999 freedom isn't always a good thing
@@kakacacem Sure freedom is good if you want to live a happy extrasensory life. Being in authoritarian government is horrible, but effective. They are tought to go with the flow, be normal, don't stand out, if someone is gay in china they can't do anything about it. Men are thought "toxic masculinity" people there are thought the society is more important than the person. Try to live there for a couple of years and I bet your ass you will think differently and you will be glad you can even speak your mind. Freedom is if you want to enjoy your life authoritarianism is if you wanna get shit done have a boring life and always be exhausted (worst part is you won't get any rewards and the Chinese government gets all the rewards (very small amount of rewards compared to america) not like america where if you sell your "freedom" or live like the Chinese you will always be rich.) yes sometimes freedom isn't the best
@@spaceT999 finally I found a smart person answering me! Normally when I post this type of questions “defending” China, people say that China is bad because is communist. Everything you said is true, I’ve lived in China for 5 years and one thing I noticed is that China changes very quickly, but the people are still the same. That’s the difference between China and the USA. A 45 year’s old American was already born in a free and developed country, but a 45 years old Chinese was born in a closed and non develop country which was recently founded.
Democracy only works when everyone votes, I live in Portugal where less than 30% of the population votes, you know why? Because they have lost the hope. But even if everyone votes, the country gets extremely divided, and the elected president will always support the people who voted for him, and the people who voted against? They will live in disadvantage.
As the People’s Republic of China is only 71 years old, I think they still have time to slowly get more and more democratic.
“What’s important is we’ve all become rich together” tell that to the millions working Apple, Jean, toys and much more, factories.
I'm sure they're much better off working in there than slaving away on the farms of the cultural revolution. At the very least they have a job and food on the table, a stark contrast to the famine and chaos just 60 years ago. It an indisputable fact that the quality of life overall has most certainly gone up in China ever since they introduced market liberalization policies with Deng. The tremendous growth of the middle class is a testament to this. And wealth disparity exists everywhere, look at the millionaire techbros of the United States or the born in wealth posh British kids who attend private schools and have a guaranteed ride into Oxford. Then compare it to Compton or parts of Detroit, or to the coal mining, I mean ex coal mining towns of the UK. China is a newly industrialized power, its no wonder they'll have some trouble adjusting, think back to the Gilded age where industrial capitalists made fortunes while children toiled in factories losing hand and limb. It's an unavoidable product of capitalism that some will be better off than others. Of course there's always room for improvement, we've come far from the horrors of the beginnings of our own industrialization. Give China time and it'll sort itself out like the rest of the major world powers, it's in a unique position considering its monolithic state, a state that can spend years to even decades focusing on one issue, while Western democracies beholden to party politics and the whimsical will of the people cannot.
@@marsing69 We have come a long way, but you're a fool if you think the jobs those people have are decent. Sounds a lot like justifying which is easy when you're comparing it to literal slave labor and dismemberment. What i was mainly saying is this guy i quoted is either naïve, or probably, just talking out his ass, exemplifying and justifying his obese wealth in a mainly communist society. Comparing what he has and does to what the rest of what China does is just ridiculous imo.
@@justinfay3011 I'm saying it ludicrous to expect China to somehow magically become a major 1st world power that can adhere to the same standards that Western nations expect within a span of 50 years. China's market liberalization didn't even happen till the 80s and 90s so they've only been in this mode of operation for about the time that a millennial has been alive, and the conditions in which the average person lives in is much better than what the middle class during the cultural revolution lived in, so it is an astounding improvement for the common man. It's literally only going to get better for the average man in China if current trends are continued. The growth of the Chinese middle class proves that a vast majority of Chinese citizens are becoming wealthy, there just exists a large wealth disparity like that which exists in the US, the UK, or any other country for that matter. It's a bit ironic what he said but it's true. Any metric you look at will show that it's true. Compare any metric of China in the 50s, 60, 70s, 80s, etc.. to now and you'll see leaps and bounds of improvement in terms of quality of life and basic living standards. And yes, I do believe the factory jobs many Chinese people have are leaps and bounds better than being forced to work on a collectivized farm while starving... And what else would I compare it to? Why would I not compare the state of China today to the state that China was in just a few decades ago?
@@marsing69 Why shouldn't you compare them to more recent economies or other nations and jobs? They chose to be behind and unchanging for centuries. Because they're this way you can only compare them to themselves? That's illogical. Yeah they've progressed but i think you're detracting and going on slight tangents from what you originally replied to. More of them may increase in standard of living but that doesn't mean they aren't following the trends of disparity in the US and UK you so mentioned. Just look at their congress. Richest in the world.
@@justinfay3011 Since it's completely unfair and unfounded to compare a nation that has just recently industrialized to a nation that industrialized in the 1800s. You can't fault a country for the choices of their ancestors in the 1800's and the 1900's, it ludicrous to believe that. No one alive chose to be behind, it would be like faulting a child for not having the same emotional development or intelligence as an adult. And if you are to compare it to western countries you should compare it to western countries during their own industrialization. Again back to the child analogy, you don't compare a 50 year old to a 14 year old, if anything you'd compare the 50 year old when he was 14 to the current 14 year old. It's two entirely different situations. And for all intents and purposes China now was better than America then, and is better than China from before. And no, I am replying exactly to what was posited originally. He was completely right in saying that everyone has gotten rich together. Standard of living has gone up, quality of life has gone up, every metric you could measure to determine the richness of the average person in China has gone up, so yes, him and the average Chinese have gotten rich together. And yes, there is significant wealth disparity, like there is in the US and the UK and any other country. Therefore it seems weird to fault them on wealth disparity when almost every country has this significant wealth disparity. And the poor as well today are in a much better situation than they were in before.
im about to buy that old guy a tooth brush
Michael Minatel He's beyond toothbrushes. He needs his teeth pulled.
MrC0MPUT3R I totally agreed with you , he need to get his tooth fixed .
Michael Minatel What do you ever mean? He owns the toothbrush factory.
ChannelMitchy13 He got lousy teeth .
+Michael Minatel - With that money, he has other people chew his food for him. :D
"Only one thing counts , Money & Success "
+Andrew Andrews yeah,money talk bullshit walks.
That Porsche doens't have a turbo, what the hell is he talking about?
I believe it's a translation error.
Is it a GT2? That one does
That's a GT2. Look at the wing. It has turbos.
Dunno but, i find reading most of the comments here entertaining. 1st graders can easily conclude that most ate peanut butter and JEALOUS. Most of them work hard for their fortunes, and it's easy to suggest that most of you right now don't even deserve the air they breathing. Envy really puts people down.
Francisco leong ii Do you think before you speak or did all of that just come out of your .....
Francisco leong ii I lived in China. We've heard the story of Wang Defu all the time, these people worked as hard as you and me, but it's not hard work that push them into the 10%, it's mostly luck. Most of them are opportunist, born owning resources that turn out to be 30000% more profitable than they knew. What made them unfavorable isn't their wealth, but their self entitlement and their lack of decency. But still they're all very smart businessmen.
***** "Heirs to the NEW RICH". The Concept was good at the time and was to help generate a strong middle class but, Just as we have seen what happens in America can also happen in other countries.
The Rich Remain Rich only become richer and the Poor remain in Poverty.
***** The guy who lived next to my house owns his entire block. He is giving it to his son once he's old enough. When I say recources I mean land, resourceful land.
And communism? Haven't you watch the video?China is tranforming, communism is pretty much just slogan government use these days.
Jade L It's not even luck. Most probably just inhereted the money from their parents.
The rich get richer and the poor get even poorer
+flipcrippin22 Until the poor is like "wait a moment! If i offer a service or product that other people want, i could be rich too!"
Which is how most of these people stated their lives. The last ladies story was very touching to me. I used to dumpster dive find items to sell and repair in order to buy my food for the day. I had to ride my bike 20 miles to school every day. Work towards your goals and you will get what you want. And in her case, it looks like she enjoys taking care of her family.
+Christopher Banacka Those 4 words: W O R K!
+heyitsablackguy lots of decent people work hard and get very little in return. Now we've got those mut-munchers in our country too bringing their cheap soft crappy steel.
JAZZ MAN It's called working smarter, not really harder. Alot of the products from China aren't,"crap." found a lot of good stuff. Apple is also assembled and made in China.
+heyitsablackguy "Smart" isn't always right. As for Chinese goods, Chinese steel is soft. The blades they make cannot be sharpened properly.,not like German steel for example. I would rather the Germans took over the steel industry in our country and not the mutt-munchers. I don't want to lean against a bridge built by them and find it bends out of shape (sarcasm).
This guy so rich he can't even afford to see a dentist to straighten his teeth. 1:02
Straight teeth are overrated
Ano guys a creature
I got nothing but got £10,000 zirconia
No need to rook good have money to make ruv rong time, ROR ( raff out roud)
If I was a billionaire I wouldn't give a sht either.
From humble beginnings to these accomplishments -- very impressive.
Strange how the truly richest man in China is so humble, modest, ideological and patriotic.
what the fuck is he Shaving? ahaha @3:54
rich people man , they just shave their fancy artificial invisible beard that they bought at 500000 ,smh..
+Ta Ha lmfaoo funny shit
hahahahahahahahahaha true
The dude at 14:47 (Mr. Zong I think) is a badass. He's worth $15 billion yet lives like he doesn't even have $15 thousand.
80 million children live without parents in China and then you get to see this, scary facts. I was there in the 80's and didn't understand the story yet the language. I will never return the country is beautiful but behind the scenes there are many tears. helping each other is not murder
I can experience this first hand. My 3rd uncle is a member of this organization. He is an entrepreneur aswell while my 3rd aunt (his wife) has multiple victorian furniture stores in mega malls located in Chengdu and Chongqing. The first time I went there (around 8 years old) i was mesmerized at the huge number of sports cars that attended at the event, I spent around 2 hours standing next to my uncle while he was talking to quite a few sports car owners which I later realized were his university friends that have become big bosses (such as coal mining companies). It was all about lifestyles at there, everyone was not shy of showcasing their wealth through how much they spend on their car's insurances and memberships. It was a wonderful experience though, me and my aunt sitting on the VIP indoor spectator lounge with a few models (whew I even remembered they kept talkin to me and pinching my cheeks 😂😂😂).
Learnt a lesson at there, my aunt kept on reminding me that all these rich business men didn't have their fortune come easy. They may seem to always hang out with models, blowing money on girls, bars, yachts, clubs, cars, but they have indeed worked very very hard, grabbing any opportunity they meet. They really do deserve such lifestyles they have rn. Even my aunt and uncle hates the kids that make use of their family's wealth to enjoy their lives. So whenever you see a sportscar blasting pass you, don't always think that its some young kid using parents money, but rather think about the possibility of the driver being a very hardworking businessman that once came from a poor family 😌
But, your uncle has no kung fu. Does he? You reject your traditions for consumer goods made by destroying your environment ... no morality, no tradition, no soul and you kill the earth for what? When you all die, will your body look pretty? No one cares. I know you will respond with "you're just a hater ... I dont care about you peasants" ... and that's why the world looks down on your lack of culture and class and wisdom created by Mao's Cultural revolution (aka cultural vacuum).
Those who choose to show off their wealth usually are people of no substance and they arent respected by anyone
@@pccchurch How is practicing martial arts relevant :/, my parents escaped to Thailand before settling down to Singapore due to the tyranny of Mao, as for my uncles and aunts they remained as they were in the capital. I don't see any logic in your comment
@@tonymiller225 "Showing off" is a subjective act. It can be unintentionally too, for those that worked hard for it it is well deserved, as for those that didn't work hard for it thats an act of silliness
In socialist china, connection is power
Thank you Gandhi
This is so far the scariest "Chinese film" Ive ever watched.
minute 15 :00 was my favor THAT MAN TRULY IS WEALTHY SO INSPIRING !
i live in the usa, i like to talk shiit about other countries doing better than usa, to make usa look better........... yeah!!!!
Fantastic and fascinating documentary. Thanks for uploading it!
Did anyone else notice the Engrish banner "Made in Italy in the world"?
stria terminalis yeah, wtf does that mean?
Might be embarassing to mistake the Italian earthlings for space Italians. Perhaps.
i appreciate the self-made millionaire he's a genius
Nah just close ties to the ccp
@Jeff jj yeah I do just hate the ccp
18:08 that woman has bling lol
Actually that is what her ethnic minority wears. If you search up "Miao people" then you will know.
I see a future milk powder scandal in the making, papa needs more money.
I'm just looking for a loan.lol
Phil Lester lol, Phil
le kre is a democrat and rapiderazer is a republican. They're both laughing at you, but u probably think le kre is laughing with you.😞
Hahhaha
Me too
I'll lend you 1k, but you'll have to send me $100 fee first. 😁
Mr. Zong is a Waaaaay Coool Dude! He reminds me of my Brother who also seeks more to take care of people above himself.
You gotta love that kind of person. His Greatness is not out of ones own greed but, to build fortune up to stabilize a People and give them hopes, dreams and a chance to build their own empires. I like that. Some things are Worth much more than the numerics placed on a piece of paper.
15:00 Am starting to believe that if you want to reach billionaire status one must stop brushing.
well weather rich or poor.. everyone ends up in a grave ;)..so that's something the rich cant run away with ;)
RAFIQ RESTEM You'll be surprise what the future will bring....
yes... but only God will decide what happens to us :).. bwt the world is going to end soon uno :)
I used to think like that. Then I figured we have been saying this for 2000 years. I think we can only end ourselves.
lol... well.. that Christianity for u ;)
+RAFIQ RESTEM That's an incredibly controversial statement
mao rolling in his grave
Karl max and Lenin do the same
I was thinking the same
All of them having a stroke and dying twice
Rubbing his hands together more like
It's not like all three of them lived in massive luxury.
They were all rich themselves.
May the small class of growing billionaires of China do everything for the happiness of the world.
hahahah
"My uncle in Beijing are a very corrupted" yeah..pretty sums up.
Bruh, I'm just sitting here feeling jealous. Don't even have any business caring about these folks.
that li chao who imports milk powder is kinda smart, also their is this guy who created mecca cola sold it to country with a high Muslim population and he became a millionaire, the guy who made Starbucks got the idea when he saw a barrista machine in italy.
i like the idea of creating idea and knowing the right country to produce to. Im planning on doing something like that
These are stories ... made up to make the business sound cool and legit... dont believe the lie .... unless you like sweet little lies.
Only one thing more important than money to Chinese. LOSING FACE
1:10 straight teeth not required for club entry
"Oscar Milano Mai6 months ago
After reading few comments. I believe that the common message in this video is not apparent. These business owners went from broke to eating a cup of noodles a day to survive and now, able to live in luxury because they worked extremely hard in their careers. Instead of putting down their "their teeth" or their "education background" or why "they can't speak English", learned from their message.
Work hard and never give up."
Allen750 I think all the bashing is a result of envy and jealousy. It sticks in their crawl because they cannot get rich. Hard to get rich from drinking beer and eating potato chips on your couch!
@@thomashom7514 But if you have the best trader basis you can trade and then drink beer and eat chips on the couch you need to just watch your portfolio and make calculation later.
The translation isn't accurate
all that wealth and they still can't build a decent car
hahahaha😂
Designed and developed in the US, built on American made assembly lines, mostly by robots in China?
+TheCrazyFinn exactly. ....they could own the global car market....but they don't. ..yet
simon jones not the case anymore bruh, they have high end shit you can't dream to afford. what you're thinking is walmart junks, well you get what you pay for there.
simon jones then boycott China, please don’t buy any made in China goods.
When you realize that important things in life can't be purchased!!
+Flor Aguilar Important things like food, health care and a home?
Mmm yes but you can't purchase honest friendships or love or care for someone!!! Can you?
In order to live, first you need to survive.
+Alex K. Ok
I think "Entrepreneur" says enough, what he actually does
I was probably dating one of their daughters in uni, she was driving brand new S class that her daddy bought for three years she was meant to be here for. When she was leaving she asked if I want it. If I want a £70k car, that was in her name, paid off, for free, I guess it was a ''token'' for the 3 years we were dating but I was too upset to think straight and told her to do one. God damn, could have been £70k richer if I was thinking straight,
It is so very interesting that China knows how to reach their dreams.
I wounder what Mao , Lenin and the Marx-Engels duo would say ......
But no worry ..... Milton is happy !!!
Who cares? They all had privileged upbringings.
@@shauncameron8390 So they can still be successful by themselves just because of there upbringing doesn’t mean they cannot be successful on there own
don't see any of them come closed to the definition of "Playboys"....
Personally, if I can get the sports car I like brand new, I certainly wouldn't be abusing it by racking up lots of unnecessary wear & tear on it. People don't realize the degree to which their minds are being corrupted by extensive marketing & entertainment; all to accomplish one result: Keep spending more money, & lots if it.
Beautiful documentary, very well made, nice insights into the lives of these extraordinary people. Respect.
3:55, what the hell is he shaving?
Rafay Tashkeel something called stubble. not all Asians are as hairy as you
Ego!
Being a Chinese I also find it funny.
Giacomo Ferrario most asian women don’t like hairy men stop lying to yourself and in general women don’t like hairy men nowadays
@@GiacomoVeteran Rofl of course you have an Italian name. Dont know what I was expecting.
good grief ,are there no toothbrushes and dentists in china !!!!!
So much of money everywhere. And here I'm, still waiting for more discount on winter clothing. 😅
Empress of China sitting next to the Generalissimo at 18:10
With the titke being: "Socialist China's Billionaire Playboys"
Socialism ✔, China ✔, Billionaires ✔, Playboy ❌
Keep grinding fellow men.
17:00 Bull crap! He sad he became a Party member after he became rich . HAHAHAHAHHAHAH
These billion playboys are so much easier to use than those who work hard to become billionaires.
Chinese people are very good with money and very hard working.they deserve this success
Sounds likes Chinese get their wealth through sheer luck and thievery, very noble
Miss Zhao, I see that ivory tusk behind you @24:07. Disgusting.
"Gold bull weighs *exactly* 1 ton..." Wow, clever :) ...and 8 kilograms - eh? 21:57
"And the turbo goes properly" Wonderful
The "Luxury Goods' shop sign tho... "Made in Italy in the world"
Hi, any update of this old documentary. It's Apr 22nd 2020.
I appreciate what the man (whose only hobby is smoking) idea.
How you spend your money determines your future.
+wang tie how you do anything, determines your future
i agree....
+Nathan Kult lol
9:25 handshake denied, but mechanics too gud.
What i have learned from this video. Most of them works the hardest. Ground market analysis, humble and wise.
there is a bubble and it’s going to break, eventually
The start has begun...
I am actually wondering how many of those people made their fortune through personal strive and hardworking. In fact, if you want to get rich in China, getting connected with the powerful ones and building social networks with those communist princelings is the most important key to unlock the gate to wealth. I bet no one in China who is rich can guarantee their wealth comes totally clean. Most Chinese riches are not like Bill gates or Steve Jobs, who made their fortune through their smart brains. Btw, many peope in China dislike riches because rich people enjoy show off and they rarely do charity works.
there are some work work hard all the time. good business people skills
Bill Gates is a pretty dirty businessman. He's trying to clean up his image with tax free foundations but he pretty much practiced monopoly and backroom dirty dealings to destroy his competition not unlike corrupt govt connected businesses in China. Jobs was bailed out by Bill when Apple almost went bankrupt because Bill wanted to steal Apple's ideas. No one in the east believes that these "billionaire businessmen" made it themselves. They all had govt backing. Most working ppl in China are doing worse because their environment is destroyed and they cant go back to the old farm because they are all bought up by the corrupt businessmen to build falling apart ghost towns. Their cities are polluted to hell and they have no clean food, air, water. Their lives are short and miserable because they are just part of the corporate-govt machine.
Before this, all landowner had executed. Poor people getting their wealth to share among them.
Gotta give it up to Asia as a whole, from the 1920s to now they all worked their butts off. lol sadly the American gov doesnt like that too much.
Greed and gluttony is one hell of a drug.
I could listen to this guy talk if I want to go to sleep
I was hoping to hear something about JACK MA
He's a man, not a playboy
When China suffered in 1960's, I said it was only human nature to enjoy luxuries. Today China is strong in military and rich in economy, of course the Chinese would enjoy the luxury people all longed for. What is your problem, journey man? The author of the Chinese ghost city years ago in TH-cam ? George Wu, ARCHITECT, A.I.A, NCARB 2018-12-6
is it not odd that so many poor people became filthy rich!!! i mean common I believe in hard work but it takes a lot more than that
They generate some exclusive business ideas which give them a lot of money.
that beach at 8:36 is an island paradise? oh my god, those poor people.