US$16,000 cash falls from window in China as duo ‘make it rain’
Passers-by rush to grab banknotes from the street in Fujian province until the arrival of two men claiming the money belonged to them
A shower of banknotes drew a crowd in southeast China when about 100,000 yuan (US$15,700) in cash fell from an apartment building, a newspaper has reported.
People scrambled to catch the money as it fell to the ground in Quanzhou in Fujian province on Tuesday afternoon, before two men arrived and asked them to stop, reported the Quanzhou Evening News on Thursday.
Video circulated on social media of hundred-yuan notes fluttering about the streets in Anxi county on the western outskirts of Quanzhou.
Motorcyclists, nearby business owners and passers-by were shown rushing to grab the cash in a video compiled by The Beijing News, as one shouted, “Hurry and grab it! Real money! Real money!” in the local Minnan dialect.
Local residents told the Quanzhou Evening News a lot of the notes had been grabbed in under a minute, with some people quickly making off with what they had gathered.