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title: 'Millionaire Trader Returns to His Poor Chinese Village'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=xs9cenyrwVs'
video_id: 'xs9cenyrwVs'
date: 2026-08-14
duration_sec: 2593
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# Millionaire Trader Returns to His Poor Chinese Village

> Source: [Millionaire Trader Returns to His Poor Chinese Village](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xs9cenyrwVs)

## Summary

The video follows a trader returning to his ancestral village in China after 10 years, reflecting on his journey from poverty to wealth. It blends personal nostalgia with investment decisions, as he plans to buy stocks during a market dip caused by geopolitical tensions.

### Key Points

- **Return to Roots** [00:03] — The trader returns to his ancestral village in China after 10 years, noting how the place is unchanged but he is a different person, highlighting his personal growth.
- **Ancestral Home Visit** [02:17] — He visits his grandfather's home, which lacks modern amenities like Wi-Fi and air conditioning, emphasizing the simplicity of village life.
- **Giving Red Packets** [07:32] — He gives red packets (money) to relatives as a token of gratitude, using profits from trading to bless them, showing his appreciation for their hospitality.
- **Hotel Tour** [09:03] — He stays at the best hotel in town for $10 USD, comparing it favorably to a $20/night hotel he once stayed at in Phuket, which was a horrible experience.
- **Reflections on Simple Life** [17:11] — He discusses whether he could live in the village, admitting he prefers his current life but appreciates the freedom and purpose of the villagers.
- **Dopamine Detox** [21:01] — He describes the trip as a dopamine detox, not checking his phone or caring about business, allowing him to disconnect and recharge.
- **Gratitude and Hedonic Adaptation** [26:17] — He reflects on gratitude, warning against hedonic adaptation and the status game, emphasizing the importance of appreciating how far one has come.
- **Investment Decision** [36:44] — After returning, he decides to invest $100k in Nvidia, placing a limit order at $175, citing the stock's 16% drop from all-time highs and AI revolution potential.

### Conclusion

The video combines a personal journey of reconnecting with roots and a practical investment strategy, highlighting the importance of gratitude and calculated risk-taking in trading.

## Transcript

You know, it feels a little bit weird because it's like the same buildings, the same people, but then I'm a completely different person. It reminds me of how far I've came, but I also remember how close I am
came, but I also remember how close I am to where I started in the first place. I'm back. >> [laughter]
>> So, it's only the start of the trip. And Brett got a security check. >> I don't know if it's because I'm too good looking. But anyways,
room, and then there was like two security guard right there. at them. So, I asked them like what's going on? Then they said that they're >> Wait, they just stopped you at the when you give me the passport. Randomly, then
room with like the security guy." Then after 10 minutes, they just they say you Yeah, but that was one hell of an experience, man.
It's not just staying here, [laughter] but they got air con, bro. [ __ ] Am I tripping? This air con. >> No, y'all don't understand. Like, Brett prepped me for a place, right? That
didn't have any internet, no like air con, like we're sleeping on stone beds. would like this. >> It's a pretty cool place. Like the the that we are going, it's like it's outside and it is like huge rock master.
that's that's old school. That's not 2020. Finally here, bro. said, 10 years since I've been back here. I still remember this tree and I remember the exact pathway to like the ancestral home. So, yeah, we are going
back to um my ancestral home, which is also my grandfather's home. And it's going to be like one of these village, right? And they have prepared like a nice meal for us, right? So, we're going to you know
just just a little bit. Which is not a little bit, but yeah. Today is not a little bit. >> Today is not a little bit.
recognize anybody here? I haven't been here in 10 years, man. my relatives. Some people it's like the neighbors. I don't recognize anybody neighbors. I don't recognize anybody here anymore, man.
it looks exactly like it used to 10 years ago. Like you see the rooms, it's The room. I think there's no air con. Show me. No air con, no fan, nothing, bro. Nothing. No Wi-Fi, bro. You see where
where is the Wi-Fi? Oh, they have a TV, man. Wow. They have a TV, bro. Yeah, man. So, they cannot watch our video like basically. video like basically. >> [laughter]
>> [snorts] >> No dogs.
This looks unreal. Look at this. This is why, like I said, man, you don't need a penthouse to be happy, bro. All you need is a roof under your and >> [laughter] >> That's what I call a home. And Forex.
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, Yeah, yeah, there's a small chicken. Fat, juicy [ __ ] >> [laughter] >> Brett and the chickens.
It's bigger than this [ __ ] Really, man? Is it big, man? Yeah.
isn't it, man? This is like a new house. They built it themselves, by the way. There's no architect here, bro. There's no master
there's Wi-Fi and air-con and like clean water and water and >> [laughter] They use that to shower. Right there, that one right there. This
using it. Right now. They've been using it for like 50 years and it's still right? Because they can't remove it, bro. It's too heavy. bro. It's too heavy. >> [laughter]
all right. 4:00 p.m. right now. And they can see all of this like the fresh food. The chicken is literally like the chicken that we just saw just now. well. The pork's coming soon. They're going to
Fresh veggies. Better than [ __ ] Hai Di Lao or like everything is fresh food and like people that you love. That's it, man. Yeah, but we're going to have lunch
uh back at the ancestral home. So, first meal back in China. So, first meal back in China. Best life ever.
is what you just gave them? Like why you give them a red packet? I just gave them a little tip for like everything they've done. I don't think you guys understand, but like uh it might mean a little bit to me but it means a lot to them and I
like I'm just grateful to have the ability to like bless them with like some of the the profits from Mr. Market itself. And to prepare all of this. And also like you know, do all the
ancestral rituals and all that stuff. So I'm super duper grateful to them. Yeah. remember my roots, man. Yeah. You need to tell people the red packet means Red packet means money. There's a little bit of money in there.
Checking into the hotel. This is like the best hotel in this entire place and you can see there's not much compared to us.
area. So the hotel there will be a lot better than this but night. Five star hotel what is it? This star. I don't know actually. I don't know.
are staying for tonight. This is like the best hotel in the entire town and the price is insane. It's like 100 plus RM which is like 20 Singapore dollars which is like 10 US dollars, okay? 10 US dollars. This is probably
stayed in my entire life. But like I said, beggars can't be choosers, right? Like this is the best hotel in this entire town which is near my grandmother's coffee shop. Anyways, yeah. Quick tour. This is in no risk
content but it's not bad for like 10 US dollars, right? This is the toilet right here. They give you toothbrush, Yeah, hot water. queen-size bed. If you guys have watched the vlog that I did in Langkawi, the
had two queen-size bed as well, but in this condom and that was like 100 times the the price, okay. But anyways, yeah, pretty big room, but then 80 dollars a And check out the view, man. Check out the view.
We got a nice nice view of life. view. Not the best I've had. Not a city view, not a sea view, but you know, you will not get this view
anywhere else. I can tell you that, right? So, one of a kind. Yeah, but anyways, yeah, man. This is it. This is it. Thank you for the room tour. There's There's no much There's no mini bar here, unfortunately.
I don't know I don't know why you're so impressed with the hoverboard, dude. there be a hoverboard in a village and on top of like a rooftop? >> It's just like that. Yeah, okay, cool. Wait, Brad, this would
This is bigger than my bedroom, for sure. This This is our living room and Actually. Yeah, 10 years dollars is not bad, huh? >> It's big. It's pretty good. That's what I was I was telling Jeron like, uh if
you guys know the story of me going Phuket, I stayed at this 20 dollars a night hotel and it was like the worst experience ever. That was when I made my first 10k a month. Um the room smelled like [ __ ] There was
[ __ ] [ __ ] stains on the bed itself. The wall was yellow. Couldn't sleep the entire night. There was no toilet paper. Yeah, it was just like a horrible experience, man, but yeah, compared to this, this is It's pretty good, man.
this, this is It's pretty good, man. Pretty good. [ __ ] Yo! Mother [ __ ] The brick tile is not broken. Not broken. Nothing.
>> Oh [ __ ] man. This is San Luis crazy, This is like a highway accident. This is just LIKE THE ATV >> [laughter]
>> MOTHER [ __ ] DON'T LAUGH LIKE THAT, MAN. [laughter] YOU'RE SCARING ME, BRO. >> really doesn't know what he's doing, bro.
This is like a legit [laughter] farm. There's no cage, bro.
each other. >> [laughter] black, bro? Bro, that guy you go running to all the chickens [laughter] over there. That is crazy. You're going to get eggs, bro.
You know what they say, range free eggs. FREE RANGE EGGS. FREE RANGE EGGS. >> [laughter]
THE EXPERT RIGHT THERE. THE EXPERT. BRO, this crazy experience, man. You don't experience this anywhere else other than my my village, man.
the mother chickens. Yeah, so these are the mother chickens.
>> Bro, they're all right. Want to get OUT OF THERE. TOO MUCH AURA, BRO. THAT the chicken could feel it, bro.
Ooh, eat. Oh, bro, it's wild boar, bro. >> Bro. Bro. Bro. Bro, that I it really is hot.
People who ask for a friend request, this is what they look like. >> There's uh people who enjoy signal groups, this is what they look like. >> [laughter] >> I don't You're the only trader who got
this [ __ ] village beer or something. [ __ ] funny. something and then the animals [snorts] will follow him. It's him, bro. This is my uncle, bro. He got a lot of dogs in him.
Better [laughter] wash your hand before you eat, man. >> [laughter] >> Come, sis.
>> Come, sis. No. No. Get out.
So my mom used to live here and then they used to live here. stay here. Like in the wild.
like the floor. There's like seven siblings together.
Yeah, but now it's like it has been demolished.
my mom she actually like feed chicken and pigs and like all the other farm day. So like this is where like she feed them. Yeah. That's like a dirty ass like the eldest child in the family
>> This is where they had the pigs right here. But like it's DEMOLISHED RIGHT NOW. >> [screaming]
can play the game. You choose to play the game, man. So John, I was asking you like would you live in a place like this? ask me to live here for one year. I remember you told me that you want to
have like a farm with bunch of animals and your wife in England or Australia or >> [laughter] >> Not like this. There's rocks everywhere. It smells like [ __ ] I mean like okay, it's not that bad, but
farmhouse, more aesthetic, you know? Think of like a little pizza hut. Think of like a little pizza hut. >> Yeah, two kids running around.
And then we're going to have the wedding dinner right here.
I was like this small the last time I was here. This is crazy. >> [laughter] >> Yeah. This is family, man.
Bro, I used to sleep here, bro. What? Seriously? Yeah, like inside this room. this room? Yeah. We we stayed in these rooms here. stay? Usually like one week. And then I would play with them. He found on the
would play with them. He found on the video here on my phone with my cousin.
itself. That's the bride and the groom everything. I just like really like the spirit here, you know? It's everybody is like together as one. No drama, nothing.
good to see that. How how do you feel about it, dinner? The food is not here. So, just now we went to the farm, right? right, I think you have the black black pig just now. And then every time I put
I cannot get it out of my head going into the hole. five times, bro. For what? For for eating like the the >> Even when I was eating pork. Oh, okay.
Okay. Oh, okay. What if I got pizza, bro? Huh? You got pizza, bro? So, right now we're having supper at this McDonald's looking ass place. China McDonald's. Hopefully the food is good. There's like nobody here.
out, right? >> I mean, we saw the we saw the gigantic Protein. >> [laughter] >> And then there's Crayon Shin-chan there. What the
They call it a what? Xiao what? La bi xiao xin. La bi xiao xin. Yeah. So, little break down day one. Oh my god. Year, but like Yeah, on on on on on on on crack.
on crack. Like Brett's relatives, relatives, relatives' friends, like and then he told me tomorrow is going to be more people. each table have at least like five people.
So, there's like 400 people in like where we were sitting just now. Year on crack because he's got 10 times more people. And then like 10 times more chatter. Well, like I don't know if you saw the
exhausted. No, I think it's like I I don't I don't [laughter] like very difficult for me to like talk in Hokkien. Yeah. good experience, bro. Pretty good day one. Pretty productive day one. Yeah, we
did quite a lot of [ __ ] So, Brett was saying that um dopamine detox, the ultimate dopamine detox. Yeah, man. I didn't care about business at all day. Didn't care about trading. Just Do you usually check your phone at
like that time or not? No, never. I just check the house. >> [laughter] >> First time I see Ben here. Not like You're playing What do you have two
So, Lao Tzu once said, "Every man has two lives, and the second begins when we realize that we only have one." I would take that and say that every boy should have two phones. And you become a man when you have two.
>> [music] Yeah. So, like this way you keep your personal life and your your and your business completely
Two different communication channels. And the thing is like if one get confiscated, you got another one, man. This is like a backup. phones. That's the craziest quote I've heard today, bro.
>> [laughter] >> For sure, bro. I'm going to get some new right now, bro. I'll be a man. You wash your hands with soap after that
You wash your hands with soap after that [ __ ] bro. to wash your hands with soap. Soap in the toilet? the toilet? >> [laughter]
And I we just washed our hands with water. I I don't know, man. We we might get rabies. Hopefully not, man.
right there. One me. That's my exact Chinese name. Oh, that's right, bro. Official drug drug dealer. Kingpin. With Brett.
Let's go. Psych, bro. Psych, bro. Where's the grocery shop, bro? I bet it's quite civilized. We've got I bet it's quite civilized. We've got some [ __ ]
I don't know. I thought it would be No, like there is a supermarket in the village, bro. It's not bad. I I've seen this one. Here's the yogurt.
Want some cookies? And water. That's it, man. don't snack, bro. I don't snack, man. >> I snacks, but Brett didn't want anything. So, yeah.
itself. Um Honestly, I'm a little bit overwhelmed, right? Haven't seen these guys for like was like this small. Couldn't even like communicate with them.
Um but, yeah. It just It just allows me to like just really be know, just having the ability to just grow up in like Singapore rather than grow up here. Because I I probably couldn't have
imagined myself like growing up in here, you know, like [ __ ] farm life. And not having Wi-Fi. Probably couldn't do it. Uh but, maybe in my next life. I I don't
like a simple life. And just chill out. But, not this one. And just chill out. But, not this one. Not this one, man. Morning, bro. Morning, bro. I am I'm awake. What's up?
>> Was the sleep good in that nature strip for the first night? Bro, I think I insect crawl in my nose, bro. It's all my nose so big, bro. I think I look like >> [laughter] >> Bro, all right. Go and take a cold
shower now. Now? Right now? Bro, I [ __ ] took a cold shower and I'm reborn, bro. I'm reborn, man. [snorts] Like right now? I just woke up. your ass up, you know. It really wake our ass up, bro.
>> [laughter] >> Literally. meditation? John tried my morning routine.
Yeah, I'll do 20 push-ups. >> [music] Um Yeah, waiting for John. John is like Yeah, waiting for John. John is like putting his stuff in the car right now.
we're having the actual wedding today itself. After the breakfast, we're going to go to the same place they went to last night, which is my grandmother's And then they're going to have the wedding right there.
There's going to be like 80 tables, right? Like 80 tables, five person each. [ __ ] ton of people. I'm pretty sure like the entire village is going to be there. the entire village is going to be there. So, yeah. Like trust me on that, right?
feels a little bit weird because it's like the same buildings, the same people, but then I'm a completely different person. Right, it's like it reminds me of how far I've came, but I also remember how close I am to where
like it's a good way to just remind myself of there's any part of time like I get ungrateful of like what I have, I just think back about, you know, where I came from and
yeah, man, it's like you can never ever like just have enough, right? Like we syndrome. We start getting uh hedonically adapted to like the next want the next shiny thing and I think like that's just the wrong way to live,
right? It's like instead be grateful of how far you have came and then be strive for more, but at the end of the day I'm just know that enough is enough. And I think right now I'm just I'm happy, man.
I'm really happy, man. Let's go.
not mine? Oh, my grandma's. How is this is my father's side uh How is this is my father's side uh father's mother's house, yeah.
The [ __ ] makeup. >> [laughter] room, right? You can see this is where my grandma used to sleep, right? On this
bed itself and then this is her makeup drawer. You can see there's a comb or a dusty. Uh I think I just saw like a spider that popped out, but yeah. You can see this tiny restroom.
Uh there's a family photo right here. So, this is my grandma this is my grandfather and then my father is right here. below all I believe it used to be like a cafe. It is it's quite insane. This is
like probably back in the 90s, huh? Now I know where I got my ears from, bro. Where is he? Look. Look. My grandfather had the ears, man. My man. My father didn't have it. Oh, you can see the bright ears, bro.
>> The iconic ears, bro. The ears. Yeah. Yeah. I finally figure the soft light. Doing this too. Who do I got the ears from? whenever I come to China, I would I sleep in this room sometimes. And then
right? Like you can see there's the way to go through right there. Uh when they first got married. And yeah, this is a OSB OS drawer. And the funny part is cuz the location of this
shophouse is right next to my grandma's cafe, right? Like my grandma's hobby is like the the maternal side of my my grandma her coffee shop is just right This This right here. This is the coffee shop. So like this is where we have the
Yeah. So it's like right next to each other. uh paternal grandma and my maternal grandma's coffee shop is like right next it's pretty cool. It's pretty cool because like this is how it all started,
right now. Coming back here, being once again a completely different person. But I still remember like sleeping on this bed, sitting on this chair, sometimes going to the balcony, and like uh just
going to the balcony, and like uh just just having fun. Yeah. Feels good to be back.
game. Which means that the only way to win is to stop playing. Because there will always be someone that is happier than you, richer than you, sexier than So this way, if you think about it, fundamentally, status is like a moving
target. You know, like you will never actually be satisfied with like the the [ __ ] that you actually possess. If you play the status game long enough, you'll realize that it's envy and jealousy all the way down. The The you
understand yourself and what you want, the less envious you will be of other people who have what you don't. So, basically, to me, I believe that envy is the
outsourcing of your valuation to strangers. live a good life, you just need a combination of freedom plus wisdom. The freedom to do whatever you want and the wisdom to choose work that matters.
If you look at the people right here, they're all are truly free, right? They all have their own small businesses. They all know exactly what to do every single day, right? They have like a purpose where they wake up
single morning. But most importantly, they have the wisdom to like just choose the work that is meaningful to them. You don't see them doing [ __ ] for the sake of like uh
right? Like they just wake up, they know exactly what they need to do, they have their own definition of success, and they live each and every day trying to achieve that goal itself, right? Trying to achieve their own individual
definition of success. In my other life, if I wasn't like a [ __ ] billionaire trader, I'll probably have my own small shop just like this. Live a quiet life in a town, private life, have two kids,
just just ultimately just do what I just just ultimately just do what I love.
This is the Bangkok. They're cooking it right now.
Uh I said about what should come. Walk with me. >> I'll walk with you. Down these troubled [music] Down these troubled [music] roads, we've stumbled into.
on. I don't I have no idea. Oh, the the I don't I have no idea. Oh, the the brand new group is inside. >> What if you were to see us just like that, bro?
grown, bro. My uncle has grown up. Come and live with us here, man. When we're running out of hope, when we don't know what to [music] do, like a kid The tradition here is that I went
released like these firecrackers, and then they would light it up. Uh the signal was fire. Yeah, that's it. I don't know exactly why, but like yeah. tradition here. Yeah. It's going to be going to be [music and singing] going to
going to be [music and singing] going to be all right, everything. It's going to be all right. All right.
That'll be that'll be >> [music] >> [laughter] [music]
simple life is not for me, man. I'm so [ __ ] bored every minute here, bro. It's like the I need to conquer the [ __ ] trading with my life, man. And this is
You think if you come here, right, you'll conquer like the [ __ ] town. going to be Yeah, you're going [laughter] to be [ __ ] governor. Bro, you don't understand. Like every waking moment I see Brett, Brett is
bored. He's bored to [ __ ] bro. He's not interested. Like his face is >> [laughter] >> Where's the liquidity at? No, man. I'm I'm just like [snorts] so bored with my life, man. Bro, it's like
this this kind of facing like takes a lot of time to get used to. Like this kind of life. Damn, what's your bro, what's going on? That's surprising. Why you want to buy a scooter, bro? So
Well, first there's no car shop right here. And then scooter is like the only thing that she can ride. And I see right here to like the wet market and like shopping and just around
form of like transport. So last time we said she bought her a little motor was like 20 years ago. So I was like, "Let's get a new one."
>> Bro, she got the the most expensive and the newest bike the most expensive and the newest bike in this entire town now, bro. She's so happy, bro. >> [laughter]
>> So, we just got back from China a few days ago as you guys have seen in the vlog itself, which means it's time to invest, right? Because we haven't invested this month yet. And recently the stock market has crashed because
apparently Trump is like spewing some [ __ ] again. No, not not [ __ ] but like he's actually claiming that Greenland is part of USA, right? So, Denmark. But anyways, like that's another topic for another day, but
that's what driving prices down, right? Trump is just threatening to unleash the So, I'm just deciding what stocks to buy, right? Because like I got 100k on to invest, 200k actually. But then there's so many good attractive stocks
that is on a discount right now, you know, we got Amazon, we got Nvidia. Uh we got Tesla at 419, right? Once again back at 420 price. Remember the last time that's the price we actually entered and then it rose to around like
500 bucks over the the the past 1 month or so. And then now it's back to 420. in like a huge dilemma right now, you know, like should I get Amazon? Should I get Nvidia? Should I get Tesla? Or
should I just like be safe and just dollar cost average into the S&P 500? Honestly, to me Tesla looks like the most attractive right now. I do think that I really want to like add on to my Tesla
positions and I do think that right now it's like a good opportunity to for me realized that I have the most amount of exposure on Tesla itself. Yeah, you can see I have like 250k already invested in
Tesla. So, I might want to add on to Nvidia. Yeah, since I only got around like 88K on Nvidia itself. So, that one stock that has been giving me the highest returns because of the fact
that we are in this AI revolution right now. And I do think there's more upside to grow for Nvidia, right? And right now yes, you know, collapsed about let's see, around like 16% from its all-time highs,
right? And you can see we also see price approaching like this little demand that we have down here. So, obviously short-term wise there's like more room for Nvidia to drop, right? Maybe to like around like this
right? Maybe to like around like this 168 area, but once that happens we can expect some liquidity sweep then we can expect maybe the move to the upside. If price takes out the 160 level, right? That is where we can expect price to
make like a deeper pullback into, you know, like the $100 each, which I think is very highly unlikely. So, most likely I'm just going to end up all for longs for Nvidia right now, right? Just going to buy about 100K of
right here. Boom. It's crazy because like Nvidia is the stock that is like portfolio, right? Like if you look at this, okay, like doesn't count Apple
that I've purchased in my entire lifetime, so don't count that. But if you look at like the rest of the exposure that everything is like more than Nvidia. And I think that was on purpose
Nvidia back then it was like around like 100 bucks. I just knew that it's going to be more risky than other assets, but the upside is also a little bit more higher, right? So, I just made a calculated risk. And
turns out that paid off really, really well, right? Like the smallest position made me like the most amount of profit of the entire portfolio, right? Because right? So, yeah, just going to add on to my
Nvidia positions right now. Not even going to think about it because like I realized the reason why I didn't wanted to enter into Nvidia is because of the fact that it has rose so much, so fast, so fast, and I thought that
right? And I was just expecting price to pull back, make like a deep pull back back to the $100, and that is where I hope to enter. Nvidia, right? There's just so much hype right now, and like me waiting for price
right now, and like me waiting for price to come down to the $100, it's me trying rather than what the market is actually doing itself, right? So, I think it's much more better off to like, like I said, wait for great companies to come
down to like a fair price. In this case, Nvidia comes down to the 170, boom, look for our longs, and just get in right there, right? So, let me just make a trade right here.
So, let's put about like 100k into Nvidia right there. So, that's about 430 Let me just put 434 shares. And then because right now the market is actually closed, we will potentially get that into the
Yeah, we will potentially Let me just place a limit order actually. Boom. Stop. Okay, limit order. The price point I want to get in for Nvidia is uh around like this 175 area. I do think price is
going to come down to this 175 area here when the market actually open. So, placing my limit order. Right? And there's even a chance for price to come down deeper, right? Because there's a lot of available
liquidity below this lows here. So, 170 will be a pretty good price to get in. Yeah, so yeah, but at the same time, we might not get up into the trade because if price mitigate this 176 demand zone right
here, we could just start going up. So, I say like a good price point to place the limit order is probably like this 175-ish, right? So, place 175 right there. Limit order.
put 1 week and place it right there. Boom. There you guys can see. 434 Nvidia shares in the building itself. And I want to invest another 100k later,
Maybe when the market actually open up another 100k into either Amazon or Tesla. Yeah, but I'll I'll I'll just like play by ear later. Okay. There we have it. Episode 3 done.