- Have you seen the show, Ultra Rich
Asian Bitches, no, I mean, Asian Girls?
Have you seen the show, Ultra Rich
Asian Girls, filmed in Vancouver?
Now, it's a show that has a lot of controversy
and today we're gonna talk about it.
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Here are some of the comments
underneath the video on YouTube.
"Pretty boring group of girls, no real personalities.
"I don't even think these girls are real Chinese-Canadians,
"they're just living the easy life
"off their parents' riches, not their own."
"These pieces of shit are the kind of people
"I hate most in the world, not contributing
"anything to society, just sort of sitting
"like a duck with their parents' money."
Oh, this is a funny one,
"I last five minutes, I've heard
"more interesting conversations
"volunteering at bingo with 85-year-olds."
"They're ugly."
"These chicks so rich, how come
"they don't fix their teeth."
"My name is Florence, but you can
"call me Flawless, bitch, please."
That's one of the characters.
"It's funny how people dislike this
"yet, they love the Kardashians, such hypocrites."
Interesting.
What do you guys think?
- Well, for me, I grew up in Canada mostly.
- Have you seen these rich Asian girls?
- You know what?
I have to say that I did not grow up
with that kind of an affluent network in my life.
So, I came to Canada with my family
when I was in elementary school,
so, I was very young and you can say that
I assimilated very quickly at a young age.
So, when people see me or when they look at me,
I never thought or think twice that they would assume
that I would be you know an ultra rich Asian girl,
I'm just, more Canadianized, modernized and it's easy,
I guess it's easy to see once I start speaking
and communicating with other people, but for me to,
- What do you think of the show, first?
In general, like, the concept
of the show, the girls in the show.
- Honestly, I see the appeal, because I watched
a couple of episodes myself, I just want to know,
okay, what is an ultra rich Asian girl look like?
- [Dan] You think, how do they live
and what is their life like?
It's got that curiosity, right?
- Exactly, specifically because I live in Vancouver,
we live in Vancouver here, so, I really
would know some of the places they go
and some of the things they do whether
it's really high up there in luxury
and for me, it's interesting because
the appeal of course is just in the,
what do they do every day?
When they wake up in the morning,
whatever that time may be, what do they do?
What do they do at night?
So, they have money nonstop flowing in.
- [Dan] They don't have to make a living.
- [Victoria] They don't have to make a living.
Now, I know they can buy endless stuff,
the cycle is endless, but is there a line somewhere?
Do they get bored of buying things?
Do they get bored of eating high-end stuff?
- Which, I don't think they do, right?
(Jennie laughs)
- Yeah, they just move on to the next target.
- The next target, yeah.
- Yeah, so it's interesting.
That was the initial appeal.
Actually, from a female viewer point of view,
I was looking for a little bit more drama,
a little bit more cat fight,
(Jennie laughs)
arguing, some sort of more,
- So, you find it a little bit flat.
- I thought it was a little flat.
I didn't really notice anything that was,
- You're thinking like some reality tv
from Netflix or something like that.
- Well, I would love to watch episode one
and then look forward to episode two,
but I really didn't get those feelings.
So, it was interesting, but at the same time,
it was kind of like, yeah, I watched
a couple of episodes, I think that's good enough for me.
- What do you think?
- Well, I think firstly, I think you people
just take this as a entertaining kind of reality show.
I think they shouldn't attack those girls, personally.
That's how I feel because I do have a few friends
that are ultra rich, but then whatever they're showing
on the camera, that doesn't mean
that's their real personality.
Even though housewives in California,
housewife in Vancouver, sometimes they're more scripted.
- So, they're acting a certain way.
- Yes, yes. I'm trying to be like this,
I'm trying to be like that.
I'm not saying I know all those girls,
but it's just how I feel and I think
some of the personal attack comments
are really not necessary because in the end
they're just 20-year-old girls.
- It's very interesting because
you watch a show like this, and a lot of stirred up,
I can see a lot of emotions in people.
A lot of people, they criticize,
it's not even criticize the show, they're attacking,
like, personal attacks to these girls.
What are your thoughts?
Why do people have such a reaction about it?
- I think for me, and I can relate
to some of the people who might have
negative feelings towards them.
Not that I do, I think they're several layers deep,
I think one is that, of course,
there's some level of jealousy.
It's like, you know what,
- [Dan] I work hard, I was born here,
- I'm hustling, I'm grinding and then you blow my
two years' worth of savings by buying a purse.
So, there's some level of jealousy in there
and also going deeper, it's not about
the actual wealth, it's the fact that they don't
really do anything in a very privileged situation.
It's like they could take some of the money
and the wealth that they have and
- Do some good.
- Exactly, contribute to the world,
build some social enterprises to help the poor.
There's a lot of things that they can do,
but their focus is every day,
- Personal consumption.
- Focus on their personal well-being.
It's just really feeding their ego every day.
And really that's the point of the whole show.
It's just to really show much ego they have
to some degree and of course it would
generate a lot of resentment to a lot of people.
- Yes and at the same time, I don't know how old are they?
- I think they're all 20 years old.
- 20 somewhat years old?
Yeah, I mean most, they're not super mature.
You can expect them, oh yeah,
I'm gonna take this money, I'm gonna
create a difference, I'm gonna,
I mean, not just girls, guys too.
When you first make money, even myself,
when I first made money, fast cars.
- Well, I mean, it's not only Asians
or Chinese, look at the rich kids in Beverly Hills.
There's no difference.
- [Dan] Now what do you think?
Click on the eye button, fill
out the poll and just share your opinion.
Maybe you watch the show, maybe you haven't.
If you haven't, watch the show
and let us know what you think.
Now, so, of course, there's jealousy
because the Lamborghini, people see
the housing, they feel like all,
the damn, rich Asian, they're driving up the prices
and now I can't afford to buy a home.
So there's a lot of that, it's jealousy,
it's not just jealousy, but it's also
security, fear, pride, all mixed into one.
I think that's why it caused people this kind of reaction.
Now, looking at them, some of them,
they are like, just spoiled brats,
some of them, they kind of have
want to do something, want to make
something on their own, maybe develop
some kind of career, even a model
or in the fashion industry, so they are trying
to do something, it's not that they're all bad.
- Very interesting.
It just reminded me do you guys remember
what was the kind of a common opinion
about Asian or Chinese let's say 10 years ago?
Geeky, super smart, very good at math.
- [Dan] Stereotype.
- High score, doesn't talk.
- Don't talk, don't socialize with people.
- Very lull and then all of a sudden
it was in the 10 years, Chinese
become more money, they drive fast cars.
- [Dan] Flashy.
- [Jennie] Flashy.
- [Dan] They're spoiled.
- [Jennie] Isn't that interesting?
- Yeah, yeah.
It doesn't matter what we do, we can't win, I guess.
(Jennie laughs)
- I think also it's again, looking at another angle.
It's the reflection of what wealthy, affluent,
parents of these affluent Chinese kids are like
in this generation where it's becoming more of an issue
in general, no matter where they are in the world.
The parents, they've gone to build
a really big business empire, somebody, somewhere,
- [Dan] And they're so busy when they're
working their business, they're not taking
enough time to take care of the kids and educate the kids.
- And the kids feel lonely, they buy their friends'
companionship, so it kind of spirals down
that path and a lot of ultra rich kids,
they seek comfort with each other
because they understand each other.
And also the other layer that people don't see
is that they never really exposed to poor.
They've grown up with high end areas,
going to high end schools, with other rich kids.
Have they really experienced the life outside of that?
Do they have that understanding?
So, to some degree, part of that resentment
is also from, you know what, you don't even
know what the real life is like, the real world is like.
You don't really know what it's
like to live a day in our shoes.
You can't relate to us, you're just in a la-la land
in your own world, but in part, mostly,
it's that the parents have also failed these kids.
- Correct.
- I don't really see these parents
handing off these business empires to their kids.
- [Dan] They want to, some of them.
- And that's a challenge as well because whatever
they build, it's not gonna go down the family line.
So, what happens then?
This is a newer problem because in the older generation,
the parents would train and groom them
to take over from day one, since they're little kids.
But nowadays, with the ultra rich level,
it's kind of like, you know what, I'm too busy
for you, I'll send you to a private school
in Australia, we're gonna stay and work in China.
These kids are now off leash.
- They're almost thinking, the rich parents,
their standard is so low, just hey, you know,
go to school, just don't fuck it up.
Just don't go to jail, don't do any bad stuff.
I'll give you the money, that's fine.
Versus, no, I want to groom my daughter or son
to be somebody or to be even better than me.
I don't know, they don't quite think that way.
Or maybe they don't want them to walk
the same path because they know how hard it is.
- That's what I'm trying to say.
- That they made it, oh my God, the stuff
I have to deal with, the government,
and all this stuff I deal with, I don't want,
now I have the good life, maybe I don't want
my son or daughter to go through that.
But, what is interesting is, as we know,
human psychology, diamond is formed under
extreme pressure that you need to go through
some hardship to learn life lessons and in a way,
I do think it's a parents' issue
that they're robbing these kids from
a happier life, a more fulfilled life.
That they're not learning these life lessons,
like you said, they haven't had any hardship.
They get up in the morning, I told Jennie the same thing,
I have kids, I'm not giving them anything.
I'm not giving any money to them
because that's the worst thing that I could do to them.
If you want my money, you go make your own money.
I'm gonna also put it in my will.
If I pass away, whatever, how much money I have,
I'll put in a clause, I'll have a lawyer,
that if they want my money, it's simple,
you make the same, equivalent amount of money that I made,
I've left for you, then you can have access to my money.
So, if they can make it on their own,
that kind of money, then they have the ability to do it.
Then it means, that I know they would use that money well,
but not as an obligation because you're my son,
you're my daughter, here's the money.
That's not very smart way of doing it.
- This doesn't work for wife, right?
Wife is different story.
I can get your money, okay?
- I don't know, it depends.
- Say yes to the camera right now.
- It depends because then it becomes a will.
I don't know.
(Dan and Jennie laughing)
But that's what I mean.
So, parents failing them and also now
parents in China, they're not here,
teaching them, educating them,
where are they gonna get their education?
Where are they gonna get their habits
are formed from their friends and
all of their friends are like this.
Oh you have a Lamborghini, I need a Lamborghini.
Otherwise, I don't even fit in, I don't
even have any friends to hang out with.
- That's a standard, right.
- That's a standard.
And then other friends, if I want to
fit in the circle, I need to do that too.
So, you smoke, then I smoke, you do drugs, then I do drugs.
That's a problem, but not all of them.
Seriously, the one that I met, we talk about
the second generation, many different types
of second generation, you have the spoiled brats,
but you have the second generation,
I don't want to rely on my parents,
I want to do something on my own.
- Also, I'm thinking for Chinese
because they're very transitional,
I say, maybe Chinese, they're thinking for their daughters,
I don't need you to be super smart, or super,
- Just get married,
- Yeah, just get married to the same level
of the family marriage and then you'll be okay.
But, I think they would probably do more for the boys.
- That's a very interesting perspective
because growing up my parents have
never given me that as an option in life.
You should go to school, you should achieve
the best grades you could, of course,
Asian parents, and then you're gonna go find yourself,
it was always career driven and career focused,
it was never give me an out, sort of speak.
You know, I don't need to do any of that because
you have this other option to sit on, just in case.
So, I think that comes from a more
westernized perspective where my parents,
maybe a little bit more, I guess I'm happy to say,
a little bit more aggressive that way,
because they have three daughters,
so they could have easily said that to all of us,
which they never have, so in essence,
then they have really prepared us for the real world.
Of course, we would ultimately exercise
most of the options that we have in life,
but we were taught very early on that having something
of your own that you built, would be your best options.
- Yeah, and that's how it is to creation, to contribution
to growth, that's when we find happiness, not just spending.
I think all these girls, you can see,
they're doing this, they're doing that,
but deep down when we talk, a lot of them are not happy.
- They're not happy.
- They're very empty inside, they're very depressed.
They don't like the fact they are
always relying on their parents.
There's a lot of insecurity going on.
So, you see one side, on one side,
people are very jealous and they attack these girls,
on the other side, I think we have some empathy,
- Absolutely.
- Why they behave this kind of way and they need
to put on this mask, to brag and to show off
so that just get a little bit of that attention,
a little bit of that love, a little bit of that self esteem.
But, deep down it can be, that maybe,
they're not that happy out there.
Maybe you are a happier person
with less money, I don't know.
It doesn't mean you don't go out
and make money, I think it's good to make money,
so, success and accomplishment, achievement
those things are important too, because that's how we grow.
So, have you watched the show?
Ultra Rich Asian Girl, if you have comment below,
if you haven't, I'll put a link below,
go watch a few episodes if you can take it.
Maybe you watch a couple of episodes
and go fuck this, I don't wanna watch this anymore.
But watch it, I think you'll get something from it
and share with us what you think.
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these guys are full of shit, I don't know if
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