0:05 Welcome back to another episode of the Careful Boys, y'all. You got There was a movie What was it? What's it called? Adam Sandler, Click. Oh, yeah. I love that movie. >> Yeah, I love that. >> me cry. >> Yeah, that's hard. It was recently playing. I haven't seen it in a while, but it was recently playing somewhere. It just got me thinking and stuff like that. No, it wasn't playing on YouTube. >> You could rent it on YouTube. >> Can you rent it on YouTube? That's good to know. That's good to know. >> You ever watch short movies on TikTok? They're really good. Are they? How long is the short movie on TikTok? 60 seconds and you get everything you need to see. Oh, is it when someone narrates it? >> [laughter] >> A man is Oh, aren't those hella fake, though? Huh? Sometimes, though, aren't those narrations like hella wrong, though? >> Yeah, they are. Yeah, I don't watch the I've never seen the narrated ones. a movie that I've seen before and I like watch it just to like get the recap and I'm like, this is not right at all. I went dumb. I hella watch every time they
0:55 pop up. Those movies that those people make for those apps where it's like She doesn't know I'm the CEO of this company. >> THE CHINESE [laughter] ONE? BRO, I ACTUALLY SPENT HELLA MONEY WATCH CHINESE DRAMA. I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. >> THE BEST HOOKS, THOUGH. They hook Dude. You never seen them? I don't know. What Okay, sometimes when you're scrolling Instagram >> too. It'll [laughter] pop up, right? And then you're just like this >> garbage, bro. >> like a ████ soap opera. It's filmed bad. >> vertically filmed, too. Dude. And on top of that, sometimes they'll have a security guard, but the guys will have toy guns. Like it looks like a YouTube sketch. So, the plot of these movies it could be ancient China, it could be modern day, it's always the same. Basically, it's a guy being mistreated and his girl is
1:46 leaving him and no one knows that he owns the company >> Yeah. that she works for and like and then he's he never ████ says it cuz they want you to buy the movie to like get to that part, but they're always treating him like ████ and they're like, "We'll have you kicked out of the building in no time flat." And he And he's the owner and he's like, "Well, I'd like to see that." And they just extend it like so long cuz you want to see this guy get justice. >> Yeah. And it's Or it'll be like, "I'm the emperor and no one knows." And then everyone's treating him like ████ It's the same ████ but it's so annoying. That's the Chinese wet dream though. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's for sure the Chinese Yeah. >> Just building. And then And then his wife is like, "It's okay. I love you even though we're so poor. When's the time to tell her that I'm actually the emperor of this kingdom?" It's so dumb. >> It's always >> But like you can't stop watching. All right, so you paid for it? I ████
2:37 paid. I needed to know. Good. Did it pay off? There's a pay There's a paywall part? >> Yeah, yeah. So they never give you the resolution. It's like OnlyFans for you. It'll be like It'll be like 45 minutes long but then they don't give you the resolution. That's why they keep stringing along the whole like, "When should I tell her I'm the emperor?" And they'll never get to that part. You have to buy it to see that part. >> that. It's a So you either go Was the reveal worth it? But you just But you you hate the other characters so much that are mistreating him but you want to see them like get the egg in the face. >> [laughter] >> Yep. Cuz they're so mean to him. Everyone's so mean to him. >> [laughter] >> Have you seen the ones where they use European actors? It's like a European version of it but it's like Chinese people that wrote it. >> Yep, yep. What do I What do I search to find it? >> I don't even know, dude. Because that
3:27 ████ comes on my algo. I don't even know. >> is what happens >> [laughter] >> No, just try just Chinese short like drama Yeah, like short form or something like that. I don't know. >> beginning of pornos, too. Yeah. >> Yeah, it's really cheap. Yeah, like but the stories are good though. >> no porno at the end. Nah. He tried to think about it. He was like, "Well, was it?" It'll be some like story of like, "Oh, he's really a prince." >> [laughter] >> Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. >> it's always like a heavy underdog story. Like dramatically underdog. And he never The funniest thing is it goes so long and he's never saying Is it like this kind of ████ Yeah, it actually does look kind of like that. >> girl the girl is like actually The princess revenge plan. Yeah.
4:17 The girl seduced her fiance's younger uncle and he couldn't resist. I don't know what that is. >> When I scroll this on my algo, this is when I go I got to get off my phone. Because I'm too deep. I don't know what I don't know what happened. >> was one where the guy he woke up and then like >> That that one with the ancient ████ That's probably it. That's probably one of them. Yeah, play that ████ >> [laughter] >> No audio, no audio. Yeah, cuz it's already vertical filmed, yeah. Do you don't have Damn, bro, you get ████ regular? You don't have Dailymotion premium? You you guys subscribe Dailymotion? Yeah, you don't it's you don't have to watch ads, dude. Dailymotion You guys don't have it? Oh, it's underrated. People always talk about YouTube premium, but Dailymotion >> [laughter] >> Really? We just going to freeze here? Damn, you got to hit Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. You have to hit skip ad, dude. >> Doesn't use Dailymotion. Just play it a little. Like play a little south.
5:08 Wait, the hell is this? I don't I've never seen one with fight scenes. This is this is I don't know. This is the one you told me to click. >> That looks way too produced. It looks it looks way too produced, well. But yeah, but that's basically the the plot is like Well, guy wakes up and like his thousand dollars is worth like billions. >> [laughter] >> Like Do you see that one? No. >> Where he wakes up and like he only has a thousand dollars in his account, but then like inflation happens and like like I guess like or or whatever his a thousand dollars is like is like almost having a billion. >> [laughter] >> He was like in a he was in a coma. >> Yeah, he's like the richest guy. >> he fast forwarded. >> [laughter] >> What kind of weird ass audio is this? A cappella? It's [laughter] like a cappella version. They are they? I don't know. These look like soap operas. These
5:59 look too good. >> They look too good. They're too good. I really don't think you can I think the only way to find is if it finds you. Yeah, yeah. Wow. Now that we've talked about though, you're going to get non-stop. Oh, for sure. Now that we talked about I'm going to pay for it. Just know that when you see something like that pop up, don't Click away. Cuz it's so funny, bro. Like there's so like you can I've never seen something be strung longer than that. Maybe that's why they banned those. Oh, they banned them? Um They they banned these stories of women being rescued by a CEO. Like they wanted to Like in China. Yeah, they don't So they're called hidden CEO micro dramas. >> [laughter] >> Holy crap, there's actually Micro dramas.
6:49 Secret billionaire. Secret billionaire, dude. Yeah. Yeah, it's always like that. This much content where this is actually like a thing. Hidden heir, hidden heir payback. It worked on this guy. ████ you, too. I didn't buy it. >> Oh, I ████ bought it. >> I just lived with the cliffhanger. Yeah, but I don't even remember which ones I saw. 50 episodes. Yeah, cuz you got to buy it. Wait, you really you're paying like this ████ You're paying for these? Micro drama radar series in the coffins confinement. Look at the bottom one. In this life I'm trying to save the boss. [laughter] What the ████ are these titles, dude? Dude, CEO that intern is actually your wife. Look, the billionaire's impostor. Yeah, they're all like The best part is
7:39 that they just keep adding more and more characters that come in and just to talk ████ and it just makes the stakes so high and before you know it the room has like 50 people in it. Runaway single mom safe in his arms. What the heck is that? CEO this intern is actually your wife. Episode this episode one. Is this it? Is this >> [laughter] >> That resolution looks like >> Yeah, that looks like it. I'LL PLAY THE OH, PLAY IT. PLAY IT. THEY GIVE YOU THE FIRST 11 FREE. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. That's how they get you, dude. It's always I love the quirky music. It's always like the the evil siblings and then like one guy is like benevolent >> coming back. Yeah, he didn't want the company but then he gets the company. >> Yeah. >> [snorts] >> And then he meets like one of these low
8:30 workers and she's like a janitor or some ████ Is this Is this basically a whole movie and they cut them up into like three minutes episodes? That's it. No, they're like Uh, I think they're like episodic but like short mini dramas. >> all together it's longer than the normal movie. >> Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, but it's cut up, yeah. >> And you paid for this ████ How much you pay? >> [laughter] >> LOOK, THE ████ SHE RAN IT TO She ran it to him. How much you pay for this? I don't remember. >> ████ dude. Pull up your bank statements. So, in Asia, do you think like everybody's ████ buying these things in Asia? Maybe China. >> You know what this could be? This could be straight up a flex of China's AI. >> [laughter] >> Because they do they do the These are real fake people. >> They have like American version of this but I just don't know anybody that knows about it. Like it's still a deep cut. So, I feel like maybe it's more common in like Asia that people are like, "Oh, yeah, I saw that. Yeah, it's good." Or
9:20 maybe this is a way to get like our parents. I think so. >> Dude, the ones with white people are ████ funny. Their acting is so hilarious, dude. Try to get our parents. They got these ████ like they're all all invested. 100% They're seeing every episode. But our parents are going to probably be more likely to buy it. And Joe. I don't think my parents would know how to buy it. You know what though? Okay. This is for them. >> I actually spent more money, which is embarrassing. So, you know how like they give you a deal, right? And then they'll be like, you get this many tokens or you get like if you just get the subscription, it's only like 20 bucks. I think I was like the guy that was like, I'm just going to watch one episode. I kept buying each episode individually and it racked up to being like triple the amount that if I just got the ████ membership. Yeah. [laughter]
10:12 Did you sign up for the credit card, too? He got the new skins. But I think it's like on it's no, it's it's um I don't think they do subscription. Well, at least the one I went on, it was like on points like a like a game. And then you use those credits. You had to watch a bunch of >> believe I can't believe you've never been targeted by this. >> No, but I didn't even know what it was and just swipe. No, I probably just watched this and it's just a regular movie to me. Oh. >> what though? I haven't been getting hit with these anymore. Well, apparently you said that there's a crackdown on them. Well, China banned the that kind of style where a a poor girl gets rescued by a rich guy. Oh, and you know what? To be fair, I've run into those on Facebook videos, not on Instagram. >> Oh. Yeah. But Facebook videos, who does that convert to? Our parents, dude. Boomers. Our boomers are getting got. Honestly, I should just make content
11:03 just for boomers so I can just take their money. Dude, this is great. I can't believe you actually paid for this ████ Chinese broadcast authorities have issued strict guidelines cracking down on micro micro dramas. >> Micro [laughter] dramas? Micro drama that excessively glorify wealthy CEOs pursuing ordinary women. >> Wow. >> Cinderella fantasies and idolize wealth. Yeah, cuz we all I wanted to be a Cinderella. No, for me it was the revenge part. >> what What see as harmful, do you think? Why don't they like that? Is that because >> They believe the tropes promote materialism, flaunt luxury, and foster delusional or unrealistic expectations among young viewers. >> It seems like they care about production company, but I don't think young people are watching it though. >> believe that it reflects accurate Chinese culture. >> [laughter] >> It's too accurate. >> Production companies are now being
11:53 pushed to shift their storylines away from exaggerated class gap romance and instead focus on relatable everyday characters and real-life struggles. >> everyone. >> [laughter] >> Yeah, maybe that's why we're not seeing them anymore because they're cracking down. But then like what happened to the white people ones? Cuz those Those are funny. >> really funny too and I stopped getting them too. Cuz some of them have like weird like accents, like European accents. A little off, yeah. >> There's also some I've seen that are Americans. I see The American ones are hella funny. It just reminds me of like Hallmark movies back in the day. They all have that weird tint, too. That like hue, [snorts] that glow of like, dude, this is made for TV. It probably is just Lifetime. Maybe Lifetime was like, let's just pivot. Let's take our stupid ████ storylines cuz a lot of the Lifetime movies have the same storyline. Yeah, that's true. Yeah.
12:43 But then no life Lifetime and and Hallmark, they the guy doesn't normally save the day. No, it's the lady that does. Yeah, enough.
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