1 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 1: Welcome back to a bonus episode of Big Business. Just 2 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:08,959 Speaker 1: in case you didn't know, I come out with two 3 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:11,960 Speaker 1: episodes every single week, and this one is a bonus one. 4 00:00:12,039 --> 00:00:13,240 Speaker 2: There's also a Maine Now. 5 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 1: This is off the back of this week's Mate, so 6 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:17,840 Speaker 1: if you haven't listened to it already, it was an 7 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 1: episode all about my business and work trip to China, which, 8 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 1: by the way, when I was telling my Nan that 9 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:28,120 Speaker 1: I was heading to China, like, it was just so funny. Again, 10 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 1: I always find it really funny explaining things to Nan 11 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 1: when she's just like, you know, she's older, she doesn't 12 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:36,479 Speaker 1: quite understand this world that we're living in. And I 13 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 1: was like, Nan, and I'm going to China for a 14 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:40,559 Speaker 1: work trip to look at fabrics, and she's. 15 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:43,239 Speaker 2: Like what, Like she just couldn't understand what it was. 16 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 1: She's like, hope you have a nice time and achieve 17 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:46,800 Speaker 1: the things you want to achieve. 18 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:48,560 Speaker 2: She said, so cute. 19 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:50,880 Speaker 1: Anyway, if you want to go listen to that ep 20 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:53,639 Speaker 1: make sure you do. I absolutely loved it and got 21 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:55,320 Speaker 1: a lot out of it, and I also gave some 22 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 1: tips regarding if you're wanting to go. 23 00:00:57,480 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 2: To China yourself. Now. 24 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 1: While I was there, Another thing that I did on 25 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:05,080 Speaker 1: two other days was go and visit three new factories. 26 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:07,480 Speaker 1: And that's another thing that you can do when you 27 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:10,680 Speaker 1: are manufacturing, is you can go and you can go 28 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 1: to factories. 29 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:14,319 Speaker 2: You obviously have to have a business to do that. 30 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:18,119 Speaker 1: You can't just go visit factories as if though it's 31 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:21,760 Speaker 1: like a tourist attraction. But we lined up to go 32 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:25,960 Speaker 1: and visit shoe factory slash manufacturer. 33 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 2: We visited two of those as. 34 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 1: Well as a lingerie manufacturer, because they are two things 35 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:37,399 Speaker 1: I would love to explore one day, and that was 36 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:42,039 Speaker 1: super cool to see again. These places were absolutely massive, 37 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 1: and we got to meet with the owners of the 38 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 1: two shoe factories and the one lingerie factory. You meet 39 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 1: the owners, you walk through their office, and then you 40 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 1: walk through their entire production line. 41 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 2: It was lunchtime when we went. 42 00:01:56,840 --> 00:02:00,040 Speaker 1: To the shoe factory, but we walked through and I 43 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 1: saw the entire production line of how shoes are made 44 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 1: from start to finish and the processes that they go through, 45 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 1: all the machinery, and then at the very end we 46 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:12,960 Speaker 1: ended up in their sample room, which I did put 47 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:14,920 Speaker 1: on my story. I was allowed to take a photo 48 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 1: of that. I was just mindful of taking photos of 49 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 1: everything and not being sure if I was allowed to. 50 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 1: So that was super cool, and I think we're going 51 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 1: to try to sample some shoes, probably with one of the. 52 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:29,960 Speaker 2: Factories out of the two. 53 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 1: And then on another day we went to a lingerie 54 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 1: factory as well, and again we took a tour through, 55 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 1: saw the entire production line and production team, and then 56 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:43,640 Speaker 1: at the end we got to look at a lot 57 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:45,960 Speaker 1: of different samples of what the factories have made. 58 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:48,919 Speaker 2: But they are two things that I would absolutely love 59 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 2: to explore. 60 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 1: But when you're stepping into a whole new category, like, 61 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 1: for example, if we were to make shoes or if 62 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:57,360 Speaker 1: we were to make lingerie, it's basically like you're starting 63 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 1: a whole new business, even though it's within fate. But 64 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 1: that was really cool to see and cool to see 65 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 1: whether the shoes and clothes would be made if we 66 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:07,639 Speaker 1: were to work with those manufacturers. And all I can 67 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:09,840 Speaker 1: say is stay tuned for that. I'm going to sample 68 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 1: some shoes. Could be an absolute fail or it could 69 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 1: be amazing. And when I put it on my story 70 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 1: that I was at a shoe factory and I was like, 71 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 1: oh my god, yes, fake shoes I'm like, fucking slow down, guys, 72 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:23,920 Speaker 1: Like this is just me going to look at and 73 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:27,240 Speaker 1: meet a factory. But I'm willing to give anything a go, 74 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 1: So I'm absolutely going to explore those options. For those 75 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 1: of you that are already in business and you already 76 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 1: have manufacturers and you kind of know what you're doing, 77 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 1: I would definitely suggest going over there at some stage. Again, 78 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:43,120 Speaker 1: It's something that I've wanted to do for a really 79 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 1: long time, and if you are brand new, it would 80 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 1: be good to go, but I would worry that it 81 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 1: would be super overwhelming if you're completely new to business 82 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 1: and manufacturing. If you're brand new, I would definitely suggest 83 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 1: looking into Canton Fair, just because I think that would 84 00:03:59,920 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 1: be a really good place to start. I wanted to 85 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 1: make a whole lot of other content when I was there, 86 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 1: but I didn't realize, I guess, how busy I would be. 87 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 2: The whole time. 88 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 1: Like I was planning on doing a like reels and tiktoks, 89 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 1: like going to supermarkets, go on to shops, like trying 90 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 1: all different foods and stuff. But I was just like 91 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:20,279 Speaker 1: busy the whole time, So I didn't end up doing 92 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:22,480 Speaker 1: any of that. But if I go again, which I 93 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:24,719 Speaker 1: absolutely want to. I want to make more content just 94 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:26,840 Speaker 1: about like being in China in general, because I think 95 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:30,600 Speaker 1: it's super it's super cool over there. But anyway, I 96 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:33,839 Speaker 1: actually have written down a note in my phone and 97 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 1: I've titled it shit I learned being in China. Okay, 98 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 1: these are in no particular order. They're all random and 99 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:42,400 Speaker 1: they're just things that I thought of while I was 100 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:45,279 Speaker 1: over there. The first note that I wrote down is 101 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:47,040 Speaker 1: I am a big. 102 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:53,200 Speaker 3: Back Rice Hello, producer Rex jumping in, Hey, what the 103 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 3: hell do you mean? 104 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 4: You know what? 105 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:57,159 Speaker 1: It's like a saying that people use now, big back. 106 00:04:57,320 --> 00:04:59,360 Speaker 1: It means like you're a big person, like. 107 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:01,359 Speaker 4: Inside, I've never heard of that before. 108 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 2: Well now you have. 109 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 4: Am I a big back? No, I'm a small framed man. 110 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:10,560 Speaker 1: In China, you would be, well, I was, Yeah, the 111 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 1: first thing that I noticed. And like, I was speaking 112 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:15,040 Speaker 1: with the person that I was there with, who is 113 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 1: also a female who is Chinese but lives in Australia, 114 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 1: and I was asking her what is the beauty standard 115 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:28,159 Speaker 1: for women in China? Because it's just it just got 116 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 1: me thinking. And you know, she said, before we were 117 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:33,839 Speaker 1: going over there, everyone is going to stare at you 118 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:36,919 Speaker 1: because like you're a Westerner. 119 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:39,719 Speaker 4: Yeah, just for everyone listening. 120 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 3: I myself have been to China five times and been 121 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:45,920 Speaker 3: there for six months at a time in periods. 122 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:48,720 Speaker 4: So the staring is very real. 123 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 3: And it's to the point sometimes where we would be 124 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:55,159 Speaker 3: in because there are so many cities in China, and 125 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 3: I mean like cities that you'd never heard of that 126 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:01,400 Speaker 3: are bigger than like Sydney. It's crazy, and a lot 127 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:03,960 Speaker 3: of those cities don't get a lot of Westerners. So 128 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:07,599 Speaker 3: we would turn up and we would literally be treated 129 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 3: like celebrities. They would be getting photos with us. They'd 130 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:13,360 Speaker 3: be saying to the girls of bond hair Britney Spears, 131 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:16,479 Speaker 3: Britney Spears, because that was their only like reference for 132 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:17,279 Speaker 3: like blonde hair. 133 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 4: Yeah. So yes, the steering was real. 134 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:22,800 Speaker 1: So I got the warning about that before we went. 135 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 1: But I was asking the lady that I was there with, 136 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 1: you know what are the just out of curiosity, like 137 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:31,160 Speaker 1: beauty standards in general different everywhere in the world. So 138 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:32,680 Speaker 1: I was saying, like, you know, what is the beauty 139 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:35,640 Speaker 1: standard here in China for women in comparison to the 140 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 1: beauty standard in Australia. And she was saying, like being 141 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 1: really tiny over there is like the beauty standard, not 142 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:47,120 Speaker 1: just in like size, but also just like height, and 143 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:50,039 Speaker 1: like the more petite you are as a woman over there, 144 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:53,799 Speaker 1: the more beautiful you are considered to their beauty standards. Also, 145 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:57,040 Speaker 1: the more pale that you are over there, like you need. 146 00:06:56,920 --> 00:06:59,520 Speaker 2: To be as pale as physically. 147 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:02,640 Speaker 1: Possible to be in the beauty standard, which is just 148 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:05,800 Speaker 1: so interesting to reflect on because here everyone's all about 149 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:08,040 Speaker 1: you having a tan or a fake tan, you know, 150 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 1: and in Australia it's like, oh sorry, I'm so pale, but. 151 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:13,760 Speaker 3: Over there the whole marketing would be the complete opposite. 152 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 1: And so the more pale you are, the more beautiful 153 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 1: you're considered over there. 154 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 4: Is that just for women? 155 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:21,680 Speaker 2: I'm not sure. 156 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:25,040 Speaker 1: I didn't ask about men. I was just asking about women. Yeah, 157 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 1: so I'm not in I assume. So just pale skin 158 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:34,560 Speaker 1: is like admirable. And what's funny is I didn't do 159 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:37,680 Speaker 1: any shopping over there, but I walked through a lot 160 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:39,760 Speaker 1: of big shopping centers. I just didn't have time to 161 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:44,640 Speaker 1: actually go shopping. But their sizing over there is tiny, 162 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 1: and like their larger size that they have, it's like tiny, Yeah, 163 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:52,440 Speaker 1: it's super tiny. So people are like naturally tiny, not tiny, 164 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 1: but smaller framed over there, which I just found so interesting. 165 00:07:56,680 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 1: And one night we went to get a massage at 166 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 1: like this like beauty sparthing, and it was a massage 167 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:08,960 Speaker 1: where like you kept your clothes on kind of thing, 168 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 1: like not an oil massage, and. 169 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 2: Myself and the person that I was with, what do 170 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:15,720 Speaker 2: you put your hand up of that? 171 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:17,320 Speaker 4: I have a story. 172 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:20,560 Speaker 1: The person that I was with, she's kind of like 173 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:24,080 Speaker 1: curby ish like me. And the ladies came in and 174 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:24,560 Speaker 1: they were. 175 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:27,240 Speaker 5: Like, oh, like, we will get you the men's like 176 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:31,360 Speaker 5: the men's pajamas, like it's just like a silky shirt 177 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:34,040 Speaker 5: and like shorts, and so we had to get the 178 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:36,680 Speaker 5: men's ones and even the men's ones and. 179 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:39,720 Speaker 2: Tiny, like they were nearly small on me. 180 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:41,720 Speaker 1: And so I wrote down that note in my phone like, 181 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:44,360 Speaker 1: oh my god, over there, I am a giant person 182 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:47,200 Speaker 1: and it's just so interesting to see. 183 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:51,600 Speaker 3: I was laughing because when you mentioned the clothed massage. 184 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:54,679 Speaker 3: When I was touring there as a dancer, and in 185 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 3: our contracts, we we had to we got massaged throughout 186 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:02,560 Speaker 3: the week. That was part of our contract and we 187 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 3: had to do it. And when we were in China, 188 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:09,400 Speaker 3: they would contract local messuses or. 189 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 4: You know, massage therapists. 190 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:17,360 Speaker 3: But over there, their holistic approach to that stuff is 191 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:21,320 Speaker 3: quite different to how it is here in like the 192 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:24,439 Speaker 3: western part of the world. So sometimes we had no 193 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:26,199 Speaker 3: idea what we're going to get, and a lot of 194 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:29,400 Speaker 3: the time, like we needed like deep tissue massages to 195 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 3: get us through these shows. And we'd come in and 196 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:34,880 Speaker 3: they'd tell us to keep our clothes on, and we'd 197 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:37,679 Speaker 3: be like, what the hell is going on? Because like 198 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 3: we do, it doesn't really happen here. You don't get 199 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 3: like a closed massage. 200 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:43,600 Speaker 1: I really liked it, if I'm being honest, And my 201 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:46,840 Speaker 1: lady she was so so strong, Like the next. 202 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:49,080 Speaker 4: Day I was kind of sore, Like that's good, though, you. 203 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:52,040 Speaker 1: Have one of those really deep She's like pressing her 204 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:55,200 Speaker 1: elbow down into my spine and I don't know how, 205 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:57,720 Speaker 1: but it's like they find a sauce spot, Like how 206 00:09:57,800 --> 00:09:59,480 Speaker 1: do they fucking find the sauce spot? And then they 207 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:02,439 Speaker 1: keep and I'm there with my head like through the 208 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:04,920 Speaker 1: little whole thing, going oh, like oh, this is so painful. 209 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:06,920 Speaker 1: And she did ask me like do I need to 210 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:09,160 Speaker 1: go softer? But you know, when you're like thinking, this 211 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:10,520 Speaker 1: is surely going to be good for me. 212 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:11,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, so I was like pushing. 213 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:15,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, I was just pushing through the pain. Chinese deep 214 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:19,640 Speaker 1: tissue massage ten out of ten. But I am such 215 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:22,920 Speaker 1: a giant person over there because the men's pajamas was 216 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:23,720 Speaker 1: more for me. 217 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:25,600 Speaker 2: Anyway. That was my first point. 218 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:28,360 Speaker 1: My second point was beauty standards are so different around 219 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:31,120 Speaker 1: the world, therefore we shouldn't give a shit about them. 220 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:34,720 Speaker 1: The beauty standards in every country are completely different, therefore 221 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:41,679 Speaker 1: they are all void. That's all I'm saying. Another thing 222 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:44,040 Speaker 1: that I noticed over there is that cars and bikes 223 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:46,680 Speaker 1: have the right of way. Pedestrians move quick for them, 224 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:48,160 Speaker 1: and you've got to be fast. 225 00:10:48,559 --> 00:10:50,240 Speaker 2: So I feel like in Australia, like. 226 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:54,080 Speaker 1: Yes, cars have the way, but like if a pedestrian 227 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:56,880 Speaker 1: is like for some reason crossing the road, the cars 228 00:10:56,880 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 1: will all kind of stop and like let someone go 229 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:02,920 Speaker 1: past over there. They're just like they're like move out 230 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 1: the way. 231 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:04,880 Speaker 4: No they will hit you. 232 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:09,679 Speaker 3: Yeah, no, is it is really like and another world. 233 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:10,400 Speaker 4: On the road over there. 234 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:13,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, and like they've got pedestrian crossings and everything, but 235 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:16,520 Speaker 1: I don't know, just like the bikes, like they've got 236 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:18,520 Speaker 1: the right of way, like someone on a motorbike has 237 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:20,079 Speaker 1: the right of way. Yeah, they've got the right of 238 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:21,520 Speaker 1: way here too, But I feel like everyone's a lot 239 00:11:21,559 --> 00:11:23,079 Speaker 1: more cautious of pedestrians. 240 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:26,360 Speaker 3: Also, like the road lines, they're more of a guideline. 241 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:29,160 Speaker 4: You just just kind of driving on the road. 242 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:32,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, which leads me onto my next point. 243 00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:35,200 Speaker 2: I don't know if it's all the cars there. I 244 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:36,040 Speaker 2: think it might be. 245 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:39,199 Speaker 1: Again, I didn't ask or no for sure, but I'm 246 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:41,960 Speaker 1: pretty sure like all, if not most, of the cars 247 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:46,040 Speaker 1: there are electric, And I noticed the difference that that 248 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:47,880 Speaker 1: made in the noise. 249 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:48,360 Speaker 2: In the city. 250 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:51,840 Speaker 3: Really, it wasn't like that when I was there, and 251 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:53,840 Speaker 3: I'm I was there. The last time I was there 252 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:55,280 Speaker 3: was twenty seventeen. 253 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:56,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, so it was. 254 00:11:57,880 --> 00:11:59,960 Speaker 1: Like i'd be we were like out at night, like 255 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:03,640 Speaker 1: going out for dinner, and like there's cars everywhere. 256 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:06,320 Speaker 2: But it's like it was peaceful. 257 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 4: Yeah. 258 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:08,600 Speaker 1: And even was putting it on my story, like me 259 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:10,440 Speaker 1: going around in the car and people were saying like, 260 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:13,400 Speaker 1: oh my god, it does sound quiet. And we're just 261 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:16,320 Speaker 1: so used to noise in our lives and cars going 262 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:21,000 Speaker 1: past and motors running and exhaust sound, but being somewhere 263 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:23,640 Speaker 1: that had predominantly electric cars. I don't know if all 264 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:25,800 Speaker 1: of them are. Every single car we got into was electric, 265 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:29,199 Speaker 1: so I assumed. So it was just so quiet, even 266 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:32,520 Speaker 1: though like I'm sitting in traffic, like it was super quiet. 267 00:12:32,760 --> 00:12:35,040 Speaker 1: And that's just something I never thought of. The next 268 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 1: little thing that I noticed, just by going to cafes 269 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:42,640 Speaker 1: and restaurants and stuff, places having ice is rare. 270 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:46,679 Speaker 2: Iced drinks aren't really a thing like they are at home. 271 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:47,800 Speaker 2: Over there. 272 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:52,480 Speaker 1: They have most drinks room temperature, so even if they're 273 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:56,280 Speaker 1: ordering a orange juice at breakfast or any kind of juice, 274 00:12:56,320 --> 00:12:59,760 Speaker 1: they just have it room temperature or like fridge temperature. 275 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:03,720 Speaker 1: And it made me realize over here how much we 276 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:06,000 Speaker 1: love fucking ice in our drinks. And I would even 277 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:09,240 Speaker 1: be out at places and they it was common for 278 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:11,600 Speaker 1: places to have like fresh juices on the menu. So 279 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:15,880 Speaker 1: we'd order like food like dumplings and noodles and everything, 280 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:18,520 Speaker 1: and then we'd order a juice. And then I would 281 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:20,720 Speaker 1: just say, like, do you have like a cup of 282 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:23,040 Speaker 1: ice kind of thing, and a lot of places would 283 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 1: just say, no, we don't have ice. 284 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:26,920 Speaker 3: You've got to be careful as well over there, because 285 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:29,080 Speaker 3: the water quality in China. You can't drink the water 286 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:32,240 Speaker 3: in China. Oh really, yeah from the tap? Oh did 287 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:32,600 Speaker 3: you do that? 288 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:32,679 Speaker 1: No? 289 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:33,720 Speaker 2: I was just brushing my teeth with. 290 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:36,000 Speaker 4: It, though, No, don't do that really yeah. 291 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:37,319 Speaker 2: Oh I didn't think it was like that. 292 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:39,400 Speaker 4: No, So you can't drink the water over there. 293 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:43,760 Speaker 3: One time I did and I was like not well 294 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 3: for the day, like dizzy, Like I was out of there. 295 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:49,800 Speaker 3: But you got to be careful when you ask for 296 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:51,959 Speaker 3: ice because a lot of the time, like you might 297 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:54,720 Speaker 3: have water and it's like you know, from the bottle, 298 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:56,480 Speaker 3: but they'll give you ice that's been made from the top. 299 00:13:56,960 --> 00:13:57,320 Speaker 4: There you go. 300 00:13:57,400 --> 00:13:59,320 Speaker 2: I didn't know that I was out there brushing my teeth. 301 00:13:59,400 --> 00:13:59,680 Speaker 3: Oh no. 302 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:04,120 Speaker 1: But anyway, places like ice drinks are not common the 303 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:05,480 Speaker 1: way that they are at home. 304 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 2: It's just it's just not as common as it is here. 305 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:13,400 Speaker 1: Another thing that I noticed, maybe because the sun isn't 306 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:16,839 Speaker 1: as harsh over there as obviously we're in Australia, people 307 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:20,240 Speaker 1: wearing sonnies isn't really a thing over there, like I 308 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 1: And again these are just like little observations I made 309 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:24,480 Speaker 1: as we were walking around. I didn't see one person 310 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:27,040 Speaker 1: wearing sunglasses and I had my sunnies on me, but 311 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:28,400 Speaker 1: then I didn't get them out because I was like, 312 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:30,760 Speaker 1: I don't want to be the only person wearing sonnies. 313 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:33,920 Speaker 1: And yeah, maybe it's just because the sunny isn't as 314 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:37,480 Speaker 1: harsh there. And when I got home on the Saturday 315 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:40,360 Speaker 1: and I was driving from Sydney to Newcastle, I realized, 316 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:41,560 Speaker 1: like how much brighter. 317 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:42,640 Speaker 2: The sun was in my eyes here. 318 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:44,880 Speaker 1: Whether that's like a true observation or not, I don't know, 319 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:46,440 Speaker 1: but I was like, oh, like I can feel the 320 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 1: difference here, but yeah, Sonny's again might have been just 321 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:51,560 Speaker 1: where I was, or like just what I noticed, not 322 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 1: really a thing over there. The next thing that I 323 00:14:55,880 --> 00:15:02,800 Speaker 1: noticed is like how boring our food is. We were 324 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:07,720 Speaker 1: eating like Chinese traditional meals for most meals and even 325 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:10,680 Speaker 1: going out for breakfast in China, like they have a 326 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:15,200 Speaker 1: full hot like hot pot meal, Like they're having wantons 327 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 1: and dumplings and all sorts of stuff even for breakfast. 328 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:22,120 Speaker 1: It's like full of flavor and so delicious. And then 329 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:25,920 Speaker 1: I compare it to here in Australia, like for breakfast, 330 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:28,120 Speaker 1: I have a fucking yo pro pouch and a can 331 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:33,520 Speaker 1: of v Like we're so plain and boring, and I 332 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:35,760 Speaker 1: just loved like all the different foods and all the 333 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:38,160 Speaker 1: different flavors over there, and it just made me realize, 334 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:41,480 Speaker 1: like in Australia, we're so like boring and our food 335 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:42,680 Speaker 1: is so bland. 336 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:44,360 Speaker 4: Did you have any street food? 337 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:45,200 Speaker 3: Uh? 338 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:49,200 Speaker 2: No, next time you go. He just went to like restaurants. 339 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:52,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, next time you go, try the street food, because 340 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 3: that's that's the best food I had over there. Like 341 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 3: a lot of the time we would out of a 342 00:15:57,800 --> 00:15:59,200 Speaker 3: night time not even go to a restaurant. 343 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 4: We'd go just go go get street food. 344 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:01,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, there you go. 345 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:05,080 Speaker 1: Well, their food is absolutely part of me delicious as 346 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:07,760 Speaker 1: I'm sure you could you would know, like I love 347 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:11,760 Speaker 1: getting Chinese food at home. So it's absolutely amazing over there. 348 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:15,200 Speaker 1: The last two things that kind of go hand in hand, 349 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:17,400 Speaker 1: Like you said, I don't know if it was in 350 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:19,720 Speaker 1: this episode or in earlier in the week, but there's 351 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 1: so much shopping and huge shopping centers. 352 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 2: I couldn't believe it. 353 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:27,600 Speaker 1: Like every couple of blocks was another huge shopping center 354 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:30,760 Speaker 1: with massive like Louis Vautons. 355 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 2: So fora Prada, like all the. 356 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:36,840 Speaker 1: Designer stores were over there and like ginormous, and I 357 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:39,320 Speaker 1: just I don't know. I guess I wasn't expecting. I 358 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:41,560 Speaker 1: wasn't going there to do any shopping or anything, but 359 00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:44,000 Speaker 1: the shopping centers were just out of this world. 360 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:47,280 Speaker 3: Like did you usual only find like top brand, Gucci, 361 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 3: Prata or all of those kind of places like in 362 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:51,360 Speaker 3: a city here in Australia. 363 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 2: They're everywhere over there. 364 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:55,800 Speaker 3: They are at multiple in the same city, and the 365 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:59,400 Speaker 3: stores are huge, like four or five times the size 366 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:03,640 Speaker 3: of ours here, and like the way that they're branded 367 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:05,760 Speaker 3: on the outside. 368 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:08,080 Speaker 2: Of the store, like the Lego store, like massive. 369 00:17:08,119 --> 00:17:10,040 Speaker 4: It is incredible. Yeah, massive. 370 00:17:10,119 --> 00:17:12,160 Speaker 1: And I didn't get the chance to do any shopping 371 00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:14,240 Speaker 1: or anything because we were busy the whole time. 372 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:15,280 Speaker 2: But it just. 373 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:19,120 Speaker 1: Blew my mind, like how big shopping is over there. 374 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:21,119 Speaker 1: And then the last point, and again there's like a 375 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:22,560 Speaker 1: lot of other things that I noticed, but these are 376 00:17:22,600 --> 00:17:24,000 Speaker 1: things that I just noticed in the four days that 377 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:27,080 Speaker 1: I was there. And one thing I just found really interesting. 378 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:29,080 Speaker 1: So the city that I was in, which is Guan Joe, 379 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:34,080 Speaker 1: the people there are night ours, so most places there 380 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:37,240 Speaker 1: don't open until ten am, which again I was just 381 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:39,640 Speaker 1: comparing to at home, you know, where cafes here open 382 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:40,320 Speaker 1: at six am. 383 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:40,800 Speaker 2: Or whatever. 384 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:43,920 Speaker 1: Most places don't open till ten am there, like most 385 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:47,920 Speaker 1: shops and most businesses, and they all shut at ten 386 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:51,199 Speaker 1: o'clock at night at the earliest. So even all the 387 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:53,919 Speaker 1: massive shopping centers there, all the retail stores, all the 388 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:56,360 Speaker 1: coffee shops, all the cafes, they all say open till 389 00:17:56,400 --> 00:18:01,639 Speaker 1: ten and people go out at night, and like at 390 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:04,920 Speaker 1: nine in the morning, I would look outside and there's 391 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:07,760 Speaker 1: like no one around, And at nine thirty at night, 392 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:10,679 Speaker 1: the streets are packed, and it just, you know, I 393 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:13,120 Speaker 1: was comparing it to back home, when everyone's in bed 394 00:18:13,119 --> 00:18:14,520 Speaker 1: at friggin eight thirty at home. 395 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 2: Meanwhile, nine thirty is like peak hour in the city. 396 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:21,120 Speaker 2: There's people everywhere, there's kids, there's families. 397 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:23,080 Speaker 1: Like it's like a social outing time to be out 398 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:24,760 Speaker 1: at nine o'clock at night. And I just found that 399 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:27,800 Speaker 1: really interesting in comparison to being at home. But anyway, 400 00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:31,000 Speaker 1: those are the few fun differences that I noticed while 401 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:35,199 Speaker 1: I was over there. I haven't really traveled much of 402 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:41,880 Speaker 1: the world in terms of countries that are different to Australia. 403 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:43,040 Speaker 2: I've only ever been to. 404 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:46,840 Speaker 1: Like really western places like America, and you know, so 405 00:18:46,960 --> 00:18:50,280 Speaker 1: it was really cool to experience a different part of 406 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:53,160 Speaker 1: the world and just see how different life was over there. 407 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:55,199 Speaker 1: So I thought I would share some of those findings 408 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:58,960 Speaker 1: with you. And that's all for today's bonus episode, A 409 00:18:59,000 --> 00:18:59,600 Speaker 1: Big Business. 410 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:01,000 Speaker 2: I'll see you next week.