My classmate and I are seriously considering writing a list, which soon could turn into a book, entitled: “You know you are in [my city] when…” The most recent addition to that list would have to be an event I took part in last week: “…You’ve only been in your city 3 months and you are asked to shoot a commercial that will be shown to a European government to try to bring investment to your area!” It makes me feel like such a good citizen to contribute to my community by leveraging my white skin to bring some more business to this already booming area!
The commercial was broken up into 2 parts. One in a shopping mall and the other in a bank. After arriving at the mall, we were told our clothes weren’t quite up to par. So we perused around the ritzy mall for an hour trying on $100-200 shirts to borrow in order to appeal more stylish from a Chinese standpoint for the impending shoot! After 3 hours of repeating scenes to get them exactly right, we finally satisfied the director’s fancy.
Next, at the bank, we got decked out in suits and pretended to be brokering $100 billion dollar deals. In actuality we were carrying 5 cent folders and talking about why people liked staring so much (Yes, our words will be dubbed over so they really didn’t care what we said).
Though I’d like to think we acted so well that other companies would want to pay to also use our amazing performances, we didn’t actually sign any kind of waiver or identity protection. So who knows, maybe next week I’ll show up on a slew of those huge billboards plastered along roadsides throughout the city! Regardless, its one more thing I’ve already done in this country that I’ll probably never be able to do back at home!
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