Hotpot News by Nathan Rich

Hello I'm Nathan Rich aka Hotpot king

火锅大王

it's time for another hotpot news video already I know I know I can't wait either [Music] people are asking me to comment on other people who try to discredit me don't bother I don't care what a bunch of deadweight thinks about me we're trying to do something here you and I we're trying to correct this ridiculous amount of anti Chinese bias in the world what are they doing about this problem contributing to it or whining about someone who is honestly I don't even watch those people and I suggest you avoid them as well either we're going to try to fix this problem or we aren't if we do things their way we aren't we have a real chance to tell the world it's okay to love China so let's do that let's solve this problem [Music] YouTube is d monetizing my videos I want to be clear about what that means exactly because it's actually kind of a confusing term when you make a video on YouTube you can enable monetization which is really just adds that helps cover the monetary costs and in fact the time costs of doing these videos some of these videos take me weeks to finish and while I don't need the money to survive on it's much nicer to make videos and not lose money in the process if you know what I mean so when you enable these ads YouTube will determine if your videos are suitable if they determine your videos too controversial let's say they may severely limit the ads on that video when I say severely I mean literally 90 percent of the ads and revenue are gone there's of course no notification given there's no rationale offered no explanation or dialogue at all the only thing they tell you is that your video doesn't follow the advertiser friendly content guidelines well then that's easy I mean just follow the guidelines and videos won't be demonetised right wait what are those guidelines anyway all I need to do is just avoid any of these things inappropriate language which is described as strong profanity or vulgarity it also says it needs to be frequent use okay well that's oh wait then here it says occasional use of profanity won't necessarily be a ban but it could be so in other words if you say anything profane or vulgar then it's completely up to them whether to de monetize your video well alright well let's see what else Oh violence adult content harmful or dangerous acts hateful content drugs Tobacco Firearms adult themes and family content or and this is my favorite controversial issues and sensitive events they list out some examples sexual abuse terrorism extremism war death tragedies political conflicts and they clearly write non-exhaustive this means they can just Iman ties any video by calling it sensitive so there you have it unless I changed this channel to one about my cats they are going to continue D monetize in my videos because you know what there are a lot of sensitive topics that need to be discussed in the world so if you see a red X next to one of my videos that means the video is d monetized if you like the videos with the red X and want to continue seeing them I will ask you to support this channel by going to hotpot team and reading the numerous ways to do so or by checking the description of the video I think today I'm going to engage with a hater fun ami right 1010 so this guy says he checks YouTube to see if I made a new video every day thanks man I mean I'm not making these videos for myself over here I already know how I see things I'm trying to share these things with everyone else so great thanks and most of the replies are positive but look at this lady your life must be sad if you have nothing better to do than waiting for this foreigners video who only wants to make money from you he doesn't even have respect to learn our beautiful language or understand our real history he doesn't care about China he just wants to say good stuff and get lots of money shame on you for supporting this for a liar wow that's a lot of hate one little comment let me clarify since you seem confused about Who I am and what I'm doing and who you are and what you're doing but you're right my Chinese isn't good enough I can understand most conversations without issue but I can't actually speak very well myself you know why because from 2014 to 2018 I was working as a CTO and a visual effects company where I had a very nice assistant named Catherine who also translated for me when your company is making Hollywood movies no one has time for the CTO to slow everything down with clunky Chinese but because I am fascinated by the language my listening skills developed so when I hang out with my friends I can understand most of what they're saying but I'm like a mute believe me it's sad and now I'm so busy I barely do anything anymore no excuse I know so in a way you're right my Chinese isn't where I wanted to be you got me there but then you start to wander off and lose the plot a bit you seem to think I'm making videos to get money lady I hate to be the one to break this to you and please don't tell anyone this I don't care about your view count at all you know how much money I get from these videos compared to let's say if I just say yes to any of the huge offers I have for my time zero less than zero I'm losing by not taking bigger offers I get to be a technical executive at companies in America instead I spend my time in the country I love pushing away high-paying a part-time work to make videos on a subject I'm passionate about and then I get mosquitos like you who come along and accuse me of gaining money no these videos are killing my bank accounts they're losing me more money per year than most people make you get it and I would have to be stupid to not want these videos to cover their own cost then weirdly you say I don't try to learn China's real history this one is so strange it actually makes me think you're truly you do realize that I may literally be the only foreigner in the history of YouTube to be creating a real history video series about China right I'm gonna open the history up to the world the question you should be asking yourself Amy is why haven't you done this and why do you attack those who do why are you so determined to attack one of the voices supporting China and that brings me to the real point here I'm not making videos for me not for you either I'm making them for people who enjoy them or need them you see Amy there are Chinese people out in the world right now being bombarded with anti Chinese media they're being told by their friends and the media that their country your country is garbage they are being taught to hate their families they're being taught to hate their culture so who can these people turn to for balance you Amy where are your videos Amy know you don't have any so your solution is to just let these people down let them suffer and lose themselves is that it you see I feel partially responsible for the current anti-chinese climate in the world I did nothing to help and I can't stop it but I can try to fight it and Amy I'll continue to fight it with or without your help I'll continue to fight it even if no one supports me I was making these videos before anyone knew who I was because I care about China and the way it's perceived what are you doing to help this situation trying to shame people for watching alternative views hating on people that represent China in a positive light [Music] I've been thinking a lot about this documentary series because I'm doing this without a team I really need to weigh my options I was planning on doing a 20 hour documentary split into one-hour parts but honestly with work and other engagements I simply don't have enough time to do it right and on top of all that YouTube has been deep monetizing my videos which is discouraging and even if I had enough time to do it right you guys would still have to wait months as I finish it up but I think I've got a better way to do it which mostly solves these issues I'm not a hundred percent settled on this approach but it does seem the best way so you let me know what you think what if instead of a packaged documentary I told the same story but in sequential videos maybe once a week or once every other week depending on my time so in other words all release the documentary over time in smaller videos this means you'll get to start watching it very soon like in the next few weeks or so and you'll have a constant stream of videos from that over a long period of time but the thing to note is it will have a lot more of me analyzing each subject than I originally planned I think this is a pretty good way to do it let me know what you think seriously I want to know what you think about this idea because I work in a bubble [Music] so why don't you do this why don't you go check out the patreon or subscribe star for the anti Chinese channel of your choice go take a look I'm serious and compare it to mine if you think the numbers are fair then fine but if you want to fight back you know who to support and I think we all know who Amy is backing for other ways to support that don't cause money check out the description of the video I've got some more videos coming up and a few of them are doozies so stay tuned in the meantime just remember contrary to what Amy says it is okay to love China thanks everyone see ya [Music] you

Hi Nathan Rich, u r right ! I have NEVER seen any other American making pro China video like you do. Your video is great and your work is much appreciated. And it is very insightful and makes a lot of sense. I hope that it can reach out to America and Europe due to the fact that it is made by an American. And don't bother about those negative people like Amy.

I am Brazilian I also make videos talking about the good things about China and chinese products, to try to show how the real China is. In my mind, people who hate China, is just because they never being here or those people who think china should be the same as their own countries, and they ignore all the chinese culture, traditions and history. There is so many things people could understand if they learn about the culture here. It is really very important to show the good things about China because there are so many people still think China is the old and poor China, they just ignore the fact China changed so much in just few decades. I have a dream to vist places in China, even those inner places with small villages to show how beautiful is China, full of traditions, full of compassion, etc

Before traveling to China and speaking to a lot of foreigners who live in China, I thought China is a country with no freedom and everything is so backward. Thanks to the mainstream media in the America. My view changed totally on the day when I set my foot here. It's very sad to see what happened in Hong Kong. If that kind of violence happened back in the America, those people would be shot on the spot already. If all the young people in Hong kong has the mindset like Nathan, Hong kong would be a much wonderful place to live in.

Nathan! you are a nice rich man ^_< !!! That "amy right 天天" doesn't qualify as a Chinese from my point of view. As a Chinese myself I appreciate if someone, specially who are not Chinese to stand up for us and to tell the truth to the rest of the world. I knew we are far from perfect but we are working hard and make our country turning to a better place. We are humble and gentle nation in the past and still now.

Nathan, you should've gone with the mini series format to begin with. People generally don't have the patience and attention span for (20h!) documentary anymore. I get it seems more appropriate and respectful for the subject, but this is YouTube. Consider various history channels or even popsci channels that break down heavy topics into digestible bits. Those do really well. This is definitely the way to go. Plus a mini series fits more of your individual style, no? Side-note: might want to replace the X with something else or better yet remove them. I never use emoji but can tell when they're misused. The titles look kind of confusing now. I get what you're saying about not wanting to lose money working on this passion project; I also get that you value time. It's a legitimate concern everyone should share that truth-telling is often underfunded than propaganda. But I think a better way to tackle this is for you to think long term: how to you want this project to grow? Where do you see yourself (or this project) in 5 years- still solo or will you collaborate with like-minded individuals? That'll help you plan for the future and avoid taxing yourself. It doesn't have to stay a passion project. I think people will be happy to see you producing a documentary with a professional team when you've gained serious traction. But that's a question for the future and a mini-series will do fine for now. And if it's any solace, try not to take it too personally- YouTube is mass-demonetizing political channels left and right these days. I personally appreciate this endeavor seeing the same truth is often discounted or dismissed when told by Chinese people, whom the West assumes being brainwashed and whom indeed cannot articulate most of the time. Thank you and best of luck.