The cinema halls in Auckland city are not as big as the cinema theatres in India. The size of the population is one reason. Another reason is the mindset of the movie goers. It is time for the movie goers and the television 'mega serial' audience in India to decide on how much time, money and energy they can afford to spend on entertainment, if they really want to build a prosperous family and nation.
A few years ago I had been to a cinema hall in Auckland city to watch the movie 'Air Force One'. The President of the United States makes an inspiring speech in Moscow outlining his new zero-tolerance policy with respect to terrorism and asserts that he will never negotiate with the enemies of his country. On the way back to home, Russian hijackers take over the plane. They want to capture the President and force him to call Moscow to release their leader from the prison. But, the President, an ex-soldier, risks the lives of his wife and daughter, eliminates the hijackers and regains control of Air Force One.
'Air Force One' is not technically an airplane. It is the radio signal call name for any United States Air Force plane carrying the president of the United States. As soon as the president steps aboard an Air Force plane, that plane is referred to as Air Force One by the crew and all air traffic controllers, in order to avoid confusion with any other planes in the area. However, people generally refer to the physical plane itself as Air Force One.
And that created an income opportunity for Anita Reddy. She had setup a small shop near the cinema hall. There were thousands of beautiful, colorful paper airplanes in her shop and I was attracted by them.
"I have never seen such paper airplanes. Where do you buy them from?" I asked her. "I make these airplanes. I am the only business woman in the country that makes and sells handmade paper airplanes," she said.
"I thought these were machine made. They are so perfect!" I exclaimed. Anita was pleased with my words. "I use my computer and a paper airplane making software to produce these airplanes," she said.
"How did you get the idea?" I asked her. "Recently I was returning home in a bus after watching the movie Air Force One. A teenager in the bus told her friend that she wished to buy a toy model of the President's airplane. Her friend said she would never be able to find one. I have always believed that behind every small opening there is a flood of prosperity. So I decided to create a toy airplane. However, you need money, machines and engineers to create a metal or plastic model of the airplane. As I have limited resources, I thought of creating paper models. I searched the web for a template of an airplane. By divine grace, I found out an origami software. Do you know what origami is?" she asked me.
"Yes, I do. Origami is the art of paper folding. The goal of this art is to create a given result using geometric folds and crease patterns. Origami refers to all types of paper folding, even those of non-Japanese origin. It only uses a small number of different folds, but they can be combined in a variety of ways to make intricate designs. In general, these designs begin with a square sheet of paper, whose sides may be of different colors, and usually proceed without cutting the paper," I replied.
"You are right. The software I downloaded from the Internet helped me create dozens of colorful, professionally designed paper airplanes in a few minutes. I requested a friend of mine that owns a grocery shop to display them in her shop. Within an hour, all the planes were sold out! My friend has got a sharp eye for profitable businesses. She requested me to set up a small shop inside her spacious shop and sell origami products. Within a few days, my business has started to make profits as all I need are color papers and nothing else. In addition to airplanes, I make animals, flowers and many other objects," she said.
"Do you make decent money?" I asked her. "I earn more than what others earn from a 9-5 job. Besides the income, I love origami and enjoy the work. A big supermarket has invited me for discussion on displaying my products in their stores all over the country," she said.
When I returned home that night with a few presidential jets, my daughter's joy found no bounds.