RICH PEOPLE PROBLEM

(KEVIN KWAN)
CHARACTERS
Bettina
Julie
Dukes Security
Visitors
Alfred Shang

SETTING
Paradise in Carribean a haven for rich people

PLOT
On January 21, 2015, former Miss Venenzueala, Bettina Ortiz y Mena, was on
Harbor Island in the Bahamas. she walked toward her favorite corner table at Sip
Sip, which overlooked the sea, but was angry to find a group of noisy,
unglamorous tourist taking her presumed spot. she stormed off to complain to
the chef, Julie who informed her that the "tourist in the red fishing cap [was] the
Duke of Glencora"
1. Julie then pointed out the Chinese fellow sitting beside him and identified him
as Alfred Shang - a Singaporean who lived in England on a estate that was
supposedly about half size of Scotland.
2. Bettina snorted, claiming that she had never seen Shang's name on any of the
lists naming rich notables. Julie reminded her that there are people "far too rich
and powerful to ever appear on those lists"
3. Meanwhile , Alfred Shang' s cell phone began to vibrate in his pocket . When
he answered, he heard the voice of Ah Ling - his sister Su Yi's trusted, longtime
housekeeper. Ah Ling informed him that Su Yi was taken to the hospital due to
apossible heart attack. Alfred wondered where Su Yi's daughters Victoria and
Falicity were.
CONFLICT
He should be returning home to take over. The family business and wants to stay in
newyork. His father appears to have never actually worked and it doesn't appear there
is a family business.

CLIMAX
When they don't have enough money they stressed.

THEME
In the novel of rich people problems by Kevin Kwan. The members of Shang Su Yi's
family had various reasons to visit the family matriarch in her last days - greed,
curiosity, social pressure, and in some cases love and devotion.