No matter where we go in Suzhou, we always see a camera crew snapping shots, whether it be of brides, new store openings, or commercials.
Photography and filmography are big business. We even got into the swing of things last May and had a family portrait. So, I shouldn't have been surprised when one of S.'s daughters came bounding into our house, asking if Sarah could come over to their street because a film crew needed some 'white children'. Hmmm...better go investigate.
Sure enough, there was a group of chinese men with a camera. Between them all, they knew about a half dozen english words, so trying to find out why they needed 'white children' was a bit tricky. Over and over, they pointed down the street, so Sarah and Claire would ride their scooter and skateboard up and down the street. Soon, people started coming out of their homes. An older chinese woman got the scoop for us. The management company that owns Royal Peninsula and several other compounds was making a commercial promoting their properties as 'western-friendly'...hence the need for white children merrily playing. The director said the commercial would play on all of the neighborhood centers' big screen billboards in a month or so and he'd send a copy to us. I should have demanded payment instead.
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