Chinese Kids Driving Supercars: Inside the Secret Southern California Meet-up

China’s ultra-rich are growing in number and in wealth - and are sending billions of dollars out of the country. Much of it is landing up in the U.S. where many children of the wealthy elite are sent to get an American college education — and they’re living large. Vocativ found a sub-culture of these Chinese students in California. They drive luxury cars like Maseratis and Ferraris and flaunt their wealth at discreet private parties and in online groups, like "Super Cars in America”.

[ericjson]

meanwhile I'm here struggling to decide what type of instant ramen to choose

[PunjabiBassBoosted]

'But you don't drive this to school do you?" . "No I have an Audi for that" .. *OK*

[dario]

I dont blame them if my parents were super rich i would live the same way

[SuperSaiyan]

"They try to keep it discreet"
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[edwardtang]

People in the US don't understand how people in other countries think. A car like this costs more than a million dollars usually. So when we go to the US it is like a sale 90% off! Buy one and get 5 free and give it to your children!

Some came from Hong Kong where they sold their tiny apartments for 2 million dollars. They come to the US, buys a 200, 000 dollar home...and find they have 1.8 million left !
"Oh, what to do with this money? ". They go to Canada and buy another home and : "Shit ! I still have money left!"

[Klxws]

My grandma had a couple Chinese students stay with her for a couple weeks a few months ago and one of them just gave me $600 for no reason lmaoo They're great

[Notifieds]

“I just study in California, and this cars name is California 💁🏻‍♂️ very romantic “

[letstalkaboutit-jw]

I have a bunch of chinese rich kid friends, lately one of them gave me an iPhone X because he had “too much”

[MxThully]

I go to school in Irvine, and I see kids my age(21), driving R8s, GTRs, Maseratis, etc, etc. Meanwhile I'm driving a 2001 Ford Taurus, I CRI EVERYDAY

[ikaustralia]

"I study in California and this car name is California!" Oh, boy

[ZedLucas]

I met a kid at timmies here in toronto he is 20 yrs old driving a 488 i told him nc car he notice my uniform he said his parents work there too i ask what position .. he said it and i was shock .. they are my boss lol my big boss..

[廖俊翔-ew]

All of the answers to the “why” questions are basically “because I can”, and tbh there’s nothing wrong with that. At least they hold secret parties instead of flexing excessively.

[AznJezus]

Seems like an intentional mis-translation at 1:55 to make the guy look spoiled; she actually asked "why did you choose this colour?" and he replied "because it's beautiful". She did not ask him how old he was and he did not say he was 20.

[wojiaobill]

Most of them actually seem pretty respectful

[thepoptropicashow]

I never grew up "rich" or in the 1 percent, but my parents are both computer scientists, so I grew up fairly financially stable. My mom and pop both came from China, immigrated legally in the 80's, and lived on 200 dollars a month bussing tables while in college. A fancy dinner from them was buying KFC once a month, and even that was rough.

Ten to twenty years later, they went from living in a 3 room apartment in the Ohio ghetto to a 900k house and becoming US citizens. My mom worked on combat fighters for Boeing, (f-18 program). My dad worked for eBay, Amazon, etc.

I too, like the kids in these videos, am a son of well off immigrants. But I grew up never asking for anything. If I wanted a toy I worked for it somehow. If I wanted gas money I bagged groceries. My mom taught me to earn my dreams by myself, just as she had when she was stuck in the reigns of authoritarian China. My pop remembers spending a large majority of his childhood starving on a bowl of rice a day. He remembers working 50-60 hours a week just to pay off one quarter at school.

People can only hand you material possessions and cash, not any deeper dreams you may have. It's in my humble opinion if you're handed luxury your entire life, you're at risk for a real shock when the training wheels are off, when mom and dad aren't there as your crutch anymore.

[LeonardoEdwin]

1:57 wrong translation. Wtf?? It should be: why this color? Because I like it. Instead of asking his age.

[jeramiahponce]

me: do you drive this Bentley to school
girl:no i have a buggati for that

[TheMostFreshMM]

Its actually nice of them to drive to school/uni in average cars so that they don't show off, I don't mind if they're filthy rich if they're modest about it

[theobserverism]

to us a lamborghini or Ferrari for your kids is spoiling them. but to a multimillionaire or billionaire it's like buying your kid a civic or corolla.

[uttkarshsuri]

A billionaire can spend 1400$ like an average person spends 1$ so in theory a 250k car for a billionaire is just 180$