Tell me, how low-key are the rich people you’ve seen?

Let me tell you about someone I met, my landlord when I was interning in Shanghai in 2014. An old Shanghainese in his fifties or sixties, he is very easy-going and smiles all day long. I greet him every day when I meet him on my way to and from get off work. At first, I only knew that he was the landlord. I didn't know how rich he was, and I didn't want to ask about it. When the Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching, I got along well with the old man. I would help him with moving things and repairing electric cars. The old man also liked me very much, so he asked me if I would go home during the Mid-Autumn Festival. If not, Let’s go to his place for a reunion dinner. The old man’s invitation was so sincere that I couldn’t refuse it, so I agreed.

On the afternoon of the Mid-Autumn Festival, I couldn’t go empty-handed, so I went to the fruit shop and bought some fruits in gift boxes that I usually wouldn’t bear to eat. They were quite expensive to be honest, and they were indeed beautifully packaged and very exclusive. noodle. After we arrived, there were only two people, the uncle and the aunt. They were very enthusiastic and asked me to sit down quickly. Then the aunt was busy cooking, and the uncle and I watched TV on the sofa. After chatting with the uncle, I found out that he is so rich. He has several storefronts in Pudong and several commercial buildings in the community. Several communities were very famous, with house prices at tens of thousands per square meter at that time. All the demolition compensation was paid to the old man. I estimated in my mind that the fixed assets are estimated to be hundreds of millions.

The old man has a son and a daughter. The daughter got married early and rarely comes back, and the son is abroad. They usually hang out as an old couple, they dress very ordinary, and they don't have any money at all. They just feel like an ordinary old man in Shanghai. I usually ride a small electric bike, buy groceries, visit supermarkets, and occasionally grab some discounted products.

The old man has endless money, but he is very lonely. His son, daughter, grandson and grandson are all away from home. The two of them are completely lonely old people and have no close contact with any relatives. I am quite confused about this. The old man is said to be from Shanghai and he should have many local relatives and they are very nice people. Why don't he have much contact with his relatives?

I had to go home because I couldn’t stand in the big Shanghai and as an only child. Before I left, I had a drink at the old man’s house. I forgot how much I drank. I just vaguely remembered that the old man was a little sad and... He kept telling me to go to Shanghai often and remember to visit him. Don't worry about not having a place to live, he has the house, and he won't charge rent this time, it's free.

In fact, the old man does not want so much money, he wants the company of his family.

1. I used to work in a financial company, and my office was in an office building. The company's HR was recruiting online and hired a cleaning lady to clean the house. The salary was very low, only more than 2,000 per month, but she happily agreed to come to work.

She cleans the office carefully every day. We can’t bear to see her dressed simply and still working in her fifties. One time I couldn't help but persuade: "Auntie! Aren't you tired of doing cleaning at such an old age? It's time to enjoy happiness when you are old!" She said with a smile: "When we are old, we have no time to spare. Something to do, stay strong!" I then asked: "Is it so difficult at home that you still need to work to support the family?" She quickly waved her hands and said: "No! I don't want to stay at home every day. I am willing to go out and do a job. Sometimes I can chat with you for a while. It feels like life." "Enriched and at ease." I stopped trying to persuade her. I guess she might have something to hide!

Later, the company was on the verge of bankruptcy due to a bad debt. The boss was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. He was looking for people to raise financing everywhere, but he was still unable to find a solution. There is no way out in the mountains and rivers, but there is another village with dark willows and bright flowers. The company suddenly received a large amount of financing and resumed normal operations. When the boss revealed the truth, we were all shocked. It turned out that the cleaning lady invested 10 million and became a shareholder of the company. She was unwilling to lose her job. She is a local demolition household and has more than 70 properties for rent. The 10 million yuan is just for selling one property.

2. One day, a new high-end building was opened near the company. In the afternoon, I took advantage of my free time and ran to see it. As soon as I entered the sales department, I felt high-end. After walking around, I was even more amazed that this is the consumption standard of wealthy people. I am waiting for the common people to come out quickly with low self-esteem. At this time, a middle-aged man came in at the door. His face was dark and his clothes were torn and dirty. When the security guard saw it, he came over and stopped the man and said, "Stop! We are the sales department here. If you want to beg, go somewhere else." The man was startled and said, "I'm here to buy a house!" The security guard was a little embarrassed and didn't know whether to laugh or cry. A salesperson came. The salesperson looked at the man and reluctantly took him to see the property.

After reading it, the salesman said disdainfully: "We are a high-end real estate here. A house costs several million. Can you afford it? You'd better stop joking and go for a mental examination!" The man just said calmly: " I want all three buildings. I’ll pay in cash tomorrow!” After saying that, the man walked away, leaving only the shocked expressions of the salesman and the security guard.

The next day, the man in a suit and leather shoes came over with several cash trucks and threw the money in the sales department. The salesperson suffered a lot, and it took a whole day to count the money with his colleagues. People cannot be judged by their appearance, and sea water cannot be measured by a measure. It turned out that the man was a coal boss. He had just come out of the coal mine on the first day. He didn't have time to clean up and dress up before he came to buy a house.

It’s hard to say how low-key it can be. It is said that there is no upper limit for rich people to show off their wealth, and there is no lower limit for rich people to keep a low profile.

Let’s talk about the little rich woman I met.

My college roommate is a very cute girl. I still remember that when we first met, she was slightly chubby, had short brown hair, round-rimmed glasses, and spoke very humorously. Her father is a professor at a well-known university, and her mother is in charge of the finance of a foreign company. She has never said this, and I only found out about it when I helped her fill in her personal information. Our personalities are quite compatible, so naturally we play together often. I didn't pay attention to the brand of her clothes or cosmetics at first, because she rarely goes shopping and buys them herself. In fact, she is just lazy. Usually her aunt buys them and sends them to her.

One day, she was finally willing to buy her own clothes. As soon as I went back at noon that day, she complained angrily to me about encountering a hot chick purchasing agent. I asked her what was going on, and then refreshed my understanding.

"This purchasing agent is really a scam. It said it was in stock ten days ago, but it hasn't been shipped yet today."

Maybe it's a temporary situation, so why don't you find another company? ?""

"No, I really fell in love with this T-shirt at first sight, and once customized, it is non-refundable. Another store also has it but does not include tax. Alas, this efficiency is simply not worth the thousands it charges. Yuan. Forget it, I'll wait.

"Thousands?" I thought to myself, maybe she was wrong. After all, she usually spends a dollar in half, so she would rather spend a few thousand. Buy a T-shirt?

One day, she knocked over the small table, broke two pieces of cosmetics, and broke the lipstick. The next day, she went to the counter and bought the exact same one, which was Estee Lauder. and Mac. I remember that she swiped her credit card and then went to buy a pair of shoes from Nick and a pair of sweatpants from Adidas. She just tried them and bought them as usual. , did she take the bus to save a few dollars on a taxi? Is she still the same person who cried about poverty every day? It turns out that her poverty was caused by her pocket money changing from ten thousand to one thousand.

Later, she got to know more. I just discovered that she is crazy about playing games. Her keyboard is Cherry MX board and Corsair. She buys games in units of thousands. In order to pursue the gaming experience, she bought three headsets. She is also obsessed with figurines. She has a small box, which is about 100 meters tall. It's fifty inches wide and filled with little people like that. She loves singing. She has been to several Jaylen and JJ concerts, and they were always in the front row. She also likes to travel, and she has almost left Europe. One circle. I always joke about the little rich woman's life, and she said that you don't understand the troubles of the little fat woman.

That's right, she often calls herself a little fat woman, but she is actually slightly fat during the summer vacation. I cried on the phone that I was too tired, and I was confused. Later I found out that it was my aunt who hired a personal fitness trainer and a dance trainer to do crazy training every day. However, she persisted for a holiday, and her overall temperament changed significantly after school started.

Some people say that the food and clothing are quite luxurious, how can she be low-key? Here I have to explain that her low-keyness is reflected in her behavior. She never talks too much about so-called famous brands, even though she has a Chanel series. She has several. She has a lot of books at home, and she has a lot of knowledge, but she never talks about it in front of everyone, but writes it down silently when others brag about her overseas travels. She issued a bunch of visas, but kept smiling.

In short, in the eyes of everyone these years, she was just an ordinary girl who shopped around to buy fruit to save 50 cents, and ate on the road with us. Side stall friends.

The most awesome rich man I have ever seen, very low-key

We met at a banquet at a relative’s house. It was a wedding banquet. Because I was at the same table When others were talking, he would lower his head to eat, and when others were drinking, he would lower his head to eat. Unless I toasted him, I would not speak. During the toasting process, we chatted for a few words. I found out that his surname was Chen, and he was a friend of the groom, but none of the groom’s other friends knew him, so it seemed very embarrassing, but he was still eating. At that time, I heard someone laughing about whether he was starving to death. I also wanted to laugh after hearing this. After we finished eating, in my mind, he seemed to be one of the first few to leave.

Since the groom can be regarded as my cousin, I chatted with him later and he said that the man who kept eating was his boss.

I was shocked at that time, because the groom was very powerful in our circle of relatives. I heard from my seventh aunt and eighth aunt that my cousin was the secretary to the deputy general manager of a company in the Fortune 500. , that being said...

Moreover, the groom also told me that the four Lamborghinis in his wedding car were all lent to him by his boss. Thinking about how domineering each of them was at that time, to this day I Still a little regretful.

I regret that I missed 100 million. If I could have known each other, I might have been successful. It’s a pity, but I believe that I can do it, as long as I work hard and work hard!

Thank you Wukong for asking. Let me talk about a few wealthy people I have come into contact with:

1. After being introduced by a friend, I went to work in a US-owned real estate company. This company was founded by Chinese Americans who returned to China, and the government gave them quite favorable conditions. Because the major shareholder developed the first phase of the project first and transferred the recovered funds abroad, the company's capital chain was broken, and conflicts arose among internal shareholders. A good company was discontinued for three years.

After I came to the company to learn about the situation, I tried my best to revitalize the company. Three years ago, the company borrowed 30 million yuan from a certain boss at usurious rates and mortgaged some of its properties to the boss. The boss controlled The company's two buildings cannot be sold. I went to the boss's subordinates several times and asked him to return the property and sell it to pay off the debt. He didn't show up for half a year. After many negotiations, I finally met this famous rich man. We talked alone for two hours and finalized the deal. Plan.

While drinking tea, I learned about the history of his fortune. In the early days of reform and opening up, he made his fortune in the coastal seafood business and some smuggling, with hundreds of millions in his hands. This man is 60 years old, dressed very simply. He usually rides an old bicycle with a permanent paint peeling off in this city. Whenever he puts it next to him wherever he goes, no one will look down on these two old bicycles. Eating was very simple, just a dish and a bowl of rice at a roadside snack bar. He looked like a migrant worker in the countryside. He was usually very low-key and very kind. I met him a few times and he was by my side, but I was blind until the end. When signing, he revealed his true face in Lushan and repeatedly told me not to reveal his identity.

2. When I was working in a gold mine, I met a billionaire gold boss. When I mention his name, it can be said that everyone in this city and its subordinate counties and cities does not know him, but really It can be said that only a few people have seen him.

The gold mine where I worked had to repay first before borrowing when the bank loan expired. In desperation, my boss and I found him and contacted him to temporarily borrow 50 kilograms of gold to cash in. No one from him was seen. I was only allowed to visit in person. I arrived at an inconspicuous single-family building and rang the doorbell. An old man came out, dressed like a construction site janitor. I asked him: "Is so-and-so there?" He asked He asked my name and shook my hand. I observed him alertly and said, "Is Mr. So-and-so here?" He said, "Will you come with me?" I followed him into the room, and he led me all the way. After walking through a few doors, he asked me to sit down in the inner room and said, "Wait a moment." He said through the intercom, "Please bring the gifts." Just when I was feeling strange, two young men brought two boxes It was delivered to him. After they exited, he opened the box and said, "Your inspection is here." After I read it, he called two young men in and told them to take them to my car. I followed the two young men. Walked out of the room. He put me in the car, and I watched him go for a walk on the beach with his hands behind his back. In fact, I had dinner with him several times and didn’t know he was Boss Jin. I once asked him about a certain boss, and he said he was a relative of his. It wasn’t until I went to get the gold that I realized he was the famous Boss Jin.

3. I am planning to build a medium-sized hospital in a certain city. My boss has about 200 million yuan. He invested in building a hospital. I have been with him for three years and he owns a Mercedes-Benz. And an old-fashioned Santana. I usually drive a Mercedes-Benz to government and important occasions. He and I drive a Santana when we go out alone to handle errands and entertain guests. He is usually very hospitable and hospitable. When asked about him, he said that he works for the country and doesn't make much money.

In the past three years, basically all the things I have done have been for me to entertain guests, and he usually doesn't show up. When there was a special treat, he only showed up to talk in the coffee shop. When it was time to eat, he left and I took care of it. Let me tell you a story about a treat: We went to a high-end hotel to treat guests. He drove into the hotel in an old-fashioned Santana. When we got out of the car at the door, the security guard at the door said: "Who told you to drive the car to the door of the hotel? It's just you." Go bankrupt and drive away!" Haha, I thought he was a driver and scolded him, and I said, "Drive away immediately." At this time, the hotel manager personally came over and extended his hands to shake hands with him. The manager glanced at the security guard and said, " You must be more polite in the future, everyone who comes to my door is a noble person!" We entered the private room together, and we invited a special person. The three of us sat down, and the chef next to us cooked and ate. He said to this guest: "I have eaten enough delicacies from the mountains and seas. You can eat it." I knew it well and said: "I only eat two plates of Macau barbecue. I don't like seafood." When we returned to the apartment, I said : "We are not full, what can you eat?" He said with a smile: "You are not full even if you follow me. I have instant noodles here, one bucket for each person, and how about two ham sausages?", the two of us? We started chatting while eating instant noodles, and I said, "They say you are rich, so can't you prepare some delicious food?" He said, "You have been with me for three years, and you still understand me. In fact, I am rich, and you What do you want to eat? Let’s go out alone and I’ll comfort you.” I said with a smile, “Come on, I was joking, you pricked your fingers and didn’t waste anything inside or outside!” We both laughed and passed. .

In fact, rich people are very low-key. As the old saying goes, people are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong. It is not easy to make money. The rich are more hard-working and simple and never show off their wealth. , living like ordinary people hidden in the busy city. Maybe there are a few billionaires around you, maybe you don’t know about them.

When I was a child, my father took me to Beijing to play. An uncle came to pick us up. He was very considerate and dressed simply. At that time, I was very playful and jumped around, and he and his wife followed me all the time. He didn't bother me at all. He was not only low-key but also considerate. I thought he was just an ordinary uncle. Later I found out that he was a professor from Tsinghua University and had an apartment in Beijing's Second Ring Road. . . . . .

Really rich people don’t show off because they have no shortage. In fact, the rich people I know are quite low-key, and they are constantly learning and improving themselves. People with high academic qualifications usually have poor family conditions. Very good. It’s not that the second generation of rich people are all playboys as we understand them. The fact is that they are rich in appearance, rich in education, highly educated and well-educated. Most of those rich people who are extremely bullish are nouveau riche.

In Nanjing, an aunt of my father’s friend invited me to visit her house because I had met her a few times before and she was wearing Adidas, Nike, Metersbonwe, Dior, and Prada. Wear none of those! She felt like a neighbor to me, so I put on a sweatshirt and went to see her. However, I saw a luxury car parked at the school gate. I didn’t pay attention. I continued to call her, and she drove the car directly in front of me. Said, Xiao Liu, hurry up and get in the car, how I felt at the time

She kept apologizing to me on the way and said that she was a bit busy today and asked me to stay upstairs first. I thought that was like this

It’s still like this no matter what

After she opened the combination lock, I realized that things might not be simple. After the car stopped, I looked at the dazzling array of luxury cars in the garage and said, so There are so many cars. She glanced at them without saying anything. After we entered the door, she pointed at a row of car keys on the wall and smiled and said, "Those outside are all mine. My expression at that time was probably

Enter Later, I discovered that in addition to the elevator on the fifth floor, the house also had a yard and planted several fruit trees. . . . .

My mood at the time was probably

In the end, when she turned on the home theater and pulled me to sit on the massage chair, I was already like this

So, ten million Don’t underestimate everyone who is wearing simple clothes around you. Maybe they are worth more than you can imagine

The richer the people, the more low-key they are, because they know that “big trees attract the wind”, so they On the contrary, he is more humble.

Tell me one thing, my relative told me. A relative's acquaintance is from Wuhan, and his family is wealthy. He bought two houses around 2000 and had a deposit of millions. His son has been dating for several years, but he has never found anyone he is satisfied with. He always feels that the woman cannot be too poor. Two years later, he suddenly got married. The bride was actually one of his previous blind dates, but the bride's family was too low-key and didn't tell him that much. After being separated for a while, the boy felt that this girl was better. Although she was poorer, she had a bad temper. Very good, decided to fall in love with this girl. It wasn’t until they got married that I realized that the woman’s family had a lot of money.

The woman’s ancestors were big landlords from the Qing Dynasty until the girl’s father’s generation encountered the Cultural Revolution and were persecuted. After the Cultural Revolution, part of the property was not confiscated, so her parents built a house on the land. For rent, some land was purchased by the government. After receiving the compensation, they bought houses, mainly small houses of about 30 square meters. As long as your salary is paid and you save enough, you can buy it. Around 1990, there were more than a dozen small apartments and a few storefront houses. Around 2000, Wuhan was the first to demolish small apartments, replacing 30 square meters with about 80 square meters (I paid part of the money) and continued to rent them out.

When the boy married the daughter, the father-in-law and mother-in-law were still ordinary workers who had retired and asked the daughter to find a job. The girl worked as an accountant with a monthly salary of 3,000, but the girl said that if she did not work, she would be lazy. The family has a lot of money, and they have to go to work and cannot be separated from society. At this time, the mother-in-law said that her family’s rent alone was over one million yuan, and the monthly allowance for her daughter was ten thousand yuan. Every day her family is worried about how to spend 10,000 yuan. Instead, it frightened the boy.

Now ten years later, Wuhan is developing rapidly and has well-connected subways. I heard that the girl’s house has been demolished again, so it must be getting better and better.

Share two real events:

1. In the summer of 2015, I was working as a real estate agent in Haidian, Beijing. At that time, a new real estate project was launched. The average price of this project was around 25 million. I was handing out leaflets at the door of the sales office with a colleague. Of course, there were other rival companies and many colleagues. At noon, there was an old man wearing a white loose triangle vest with two small holes in the front and ordinary shorts. Wearing leather shoes and white socks, riding a 28-inch large bicycle, he passed by a group of colleagues, but no one paid attention to him. At this time, my colleague went up and asked:

"Do you want to see the house?"< /p>

"Well, let me take a look."

"There is a project opening here today. Can I take you to have a look?"

"Well...then... Let’s go and have a look.”

Then the uncle pushed his bicycle and went to the sales office with my colleagues, and then bought 2 units for 51 million, full price...

2. Still in Beijing, I am a client of a colleague. I heard this from my colleague, not from seeing it with my own eyes. This client is an aunt in her 50s. She is very ordinary and very easy-going. She may not have come at noon because she was in a hurry to eat, so she arrived at the sales office. She took 2 boxes of biscuits from the water bar and kept eating them. She sat on the sofa in the model room and ate them. The sofa was covered with biscuit crumbs. The real estate consultant ignored her and was very talkative throughout the house inspection. After finishing the biscuits and looking at the model apartment, I bought a set for 48 million, the full price...

The richer you are, the more low-key you are...

My uncle.

My uncle, who is from Beijing and lives in a suburban area, caught up with the demolition and was divided into 5 houses and paid hundreds of thousands in demolition money. One apartment for myself and another apartment for my only daughter. There are three units left for rent. According to the current market price, the average price of a two-bedroom apartment is around 5,000. The monthly rent for three houses is 15,000.

He works in a state-owned enterprise, a veteran employee, and has many benefits. Rice flour, washing powder, toilet paper, etc. are basically distributed during the New Year and holidays, so there is no need to buy them at home. My aunt teaches in middle school.

The old couple has always adhered to a frugal life style. Their car has been driven for 10 years, and their household appliances have to be replaced only when they break down.

Anyway, in my opinion, my uncle is quite stingy. He obviously has money, but his life is the same as when he had no money.

One day I was helping him clean up the house. My aunt finally made up her mind to clean up all the "junk" in the house. My cousin and I packed all the clothes in the closet, books on the bookcase, and various newspapers and magazines. After clearing out, I dug into a cookie box.

Something like this

Then open it and look. Inside are various thank-you letters and receipts for donations.

Some people’s wealth is spiritual. Whether they have more money or less, where they spend it is very important.

There is Xiaodou in our village. She has not graduated from college. She is 28 years old. She went home and built a breeding farm. After several years of good harvest operations, she is now the female boss of hundreds of breeding farms, earning an annual income of It is on par with medium-sized enterprises in first-tier cities.

But she is very low-key. Last year she bought a private jet and several small bungalows. However, these are not airplanes that can fly into the sky, nor are they small bungalows that can accommodate people. She bought some small toys for the children of her second sister-in-law's family.

The clothes she usually wears are all small name brands, not to mention gold and silver. Even the ring was made from coins in the past.

During the Spring Festival last year, 2 bags of rice and a bottle of cooking oil were distributed to every household in the village. In order to thank her, the villagers named her "Dou Shanren".

The real richest woman instantly made me feel that she has the same character as me, but a different fate. When she was having a good harvest, I was living on the streets. When she was admired by thousands of people, I was But she was despised by everyone, and while she was above all others, I was alone in the storm.

At this time! Two words express my deepest feelings: "How miserable"! Miserable