Ad business in Hong Kong
I was told that ad business is one of the easiest way for foreigners to earn money in China, but to get inside this business took shorter than I thought (but np money yet).
In the very late evening I sat in McDonalds with ice cream – always eat ice cream in the evening – and right away I was approached by a Chinese guy, later introduced as Steve.
Steve was asked by his boss to prepare an ad in English and it was a problem for him. The ad was about some skin medicine and he already had a draft. He asked to review it and we did with this final effect:
- Lately I really don’t feel very well. I’ve got pimple, ringworms and chapped skin as well.
Moreover, I’ve just got cut in an accident
a moment ago.What should I do?!
- Don’t worry! I have ABC oinment.
When we were sure that the ad will blow competition out of the water Steve wanted to teach me the following sure-fire dialogue in exchange, so I can easily survive in Chinese-only mainland (dialogue originally in Chinese):
- Where is hotel?
- xxx (some answer in Chinese)
- Do you speak English?
- No
- Who speaks?
Then it turned out that Steve was previously studying European history in Latvia and that’s why he can draw contour of Poland better than me.
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