This song-and-dance is fine-surely you’ve seen it done so many times at networking events. He carries himself with the confidence of a seasoned businessman-or a veteran insurance salesman.Īs he enters the RICE office, Ze Yang gets to work by walking up to every single person he comes across to introduce himself. A firm handshake, a courteous greeting, and a short introduction follow suit. The cheapest watch in this range sets someone back by about $990. On his wrist is a Tissot Powermatic 80 watch. Ze Yang is wearing a Steve Jobs-esque turtleneck under a navy blue blazer on a hot and humid Wednesday afternoon. I need to figure out why this teen boasts the confidence the rest of us lack. Many of us want to be wealthy, but none would declare it so publicly and confidently-especially at 16. On the other hand, it’s this dissonance between his lofty goals and actual execution that draws flak in his comment sections. Ze Yang is self-assured and knows what he wants in life, which is more than what we can say for many his age, or even adults. It’s inspiring and impressive on the one hand. But hearing them coming out of the mouth of a 16-year-old kid? Video: / TikTok In the same way that the phrase “live, laugh, love” has become synonymous with the basic bitch archetype, his platitudes about The Grind are usually associated with men who don’t get that The Wolf of Wall Street is satirical. The second ingredient in the recipe for a quintessential Ze Yang TikTok: “TLDR, nothing much happened today”.Īfter a short summary of his day, the video ends with another catchphrase of his, “Remember guys, the grind never ends. In this particular vlog, he writes that he’s $7,532 in debt. In the captions, he includes a happiness rating for the day and a small section revealing the amount of debt he currently has. “Good evening, hustlers,” he begins, deadpan and matter-of-factly. They are all part of Ze Yang’s daily vlogs documenting his grind towards becoming a multimillionaire.Ī stoic look is splashed across Ze Yang’s face as he kicks off Day 37 of his daily vlog. Then more over the subsequent days.Īll the videos on his TikTok account have the exact same thumbnail: A boy’s face taking up most of the frame, frozen mid-sentence. I first came across Ze Yang when a friend sent me a TikTok video of his. Zhou Ze Yang, the 16-year-old hustler Good Evening Hustlers ![]() Who doesn’t want to be rich?īut no Singaporean 16-year-old is as vocally dogged about it as Ze Yang. Some of us might still be holding onto that dream. It’s a fair enough ambition for anyone of any age. His coming-of-age story involves becoming a multimillionaire. Now imagine all their traits manifesting in a teen who just ended his secondary school education.īooks like Technical Analysis Explained: The Successful Investor’s Guide to Spotting Investment Trends and Turning Points and The Man Who Knew: The Life & Times of Alan Greenspan occupy his time.įorget puberty. ![]() Imagine all the finance and #hustlelife bros you’ve met before. ![]() He’s in thousands of dollars of debt.īut the grind never stops. The few friends that he keeps close share his hustle mentality. He doesn’t believe in philanthropy because “nothing in the world comes for free”. Zhou Ze Yang is unlike any 16-year-old I’ve ever met. All images by Shiva Bharathi Gupta for RICE Media
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