Chinese tycoon's son buys not one but two gold Apple watches — for his dog


Have you ever woken up, looked at your pet husky and thought, "Man, you'd look even better with two gold Apple watches on those furry paws"?
Me neither.
But Wang Sicong, the son of China's richest man — Wang Jianlin, who is worth an estimated $34 billion — has a bit more money to blow than the rest of us. Husky Wang Keke, who has her own Weibo account (China's version of Twitter) posted a series of photos in which she's sporting not one but two gold Apple watches.
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"I have new watches!" the caption, translated, reads. "I'm supposed to have four watches since I have four long legs. But that seems too tuhao [nouveau riche], so I kept it down to two, which totally fits my status."
The Daily Mail notes that the post prompted heavy backlash from other Weibo users: One gold Apple watch retails for $10,000 to $17,000. Time to step up your social media game, Wang Keke, and here's lesson one: Know your audience.
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Sarah Eberspacher is an associate editor at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked as a sports reporter at The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus and The Arizona Republic. She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.
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