Indonesian businessman drops $10,700 down from the sky.
An Indonesian businessman sparked a scramble for cash when he dropped 100 million rupiah (10,700 dollars) in banknotes from an aircraft Sunday to promote a book he has written.
A 13-year-old girl lost consciousness running after the notes and had to be rushed to a nearby hospital, the Detikcom online news service said.
Tung Desem Waringin, who is promoting his second business motivation book, got the aircraft to fly four times over a soccer stadium in Serang city, some 60 kilometres (40 miles) west of here.
He had wanted to release the money over Jakarta but was refused permission from police.
The money was released in bills of 1,000 and 5,000 rupiahs (11-53 cents).
Detikcom said that on the first and second run, the notes fell around 500 metres from the stadium, and on the latter runs mostly inside the grounds.
Rumours of the stunt had been circulating since Saturday, and many people were waiting in the open air for the plane to fly over.
Waringin has been quoted in his blog as saying he would rather share money earmarked for a conventional promotional campaign with people who needed it.
Me and my friends did something similar a few times. 1 of us would buy a bunch of little wrapped candies and throw them on the floor one at a time while we were walking. The other 5-10 people would all attack each other to get it. It was quite fun actually.
Everything's cheaper in India actually. At least electronics and food. While i was on my eurotrip i met a girl from Chile that had been traveling through India for 5 months and she told me that she used to eat at nice restaurants for 1 dll!!!!!!!!!!!! 1.5dll for a full meal with a drink.
She told me that everything was cheaper but i didn't ask what things were cheaper so that's all the info i have.
too bad i wasn't there
btw, he did this not for a promotion, i don't know exactly what his reason is, but he has no motive inside it
he is a succesful businessman and motivator, and he didn't drop only money, but also a ticket for his program, it cost 500.000 rupiahs or $50 US
and it's indonesia, not india like y'all said
some are cheap but i think some stuff are even more expensive
as a comparison, internet cafe costs 50 cents per hour.
is it cheap for your country?
