High and Low
Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities
iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild
4.5 • 8.7K Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2019
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Some tales from the Cabinet reveal the true importance of people, while others hint at a true story we may never be able to reveal. Today we'll enjoy one of each.
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| 0:00.0 | Our world is full of the unexplainable. |
| 0:07.2 | And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display, |
| 0:13.1 | just waiting for us to explore. |
| 0:16.2 | Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's. |
| 0:27.8 | See in a movie star has its ups and downs. |
| 0:30.7 | I assume, anyway, sure you have fame and fortune, but one bad film and it can be lights |
| 0:36.4 | out for your career. |
| 0:38.2 | As movies get more and more expensive to make, and actors demand more money for the roles |
| 0:42.8 | they play, the expectation of success grows exponentially higher. |
| 0:47.7 | Studios place a lot of pressure on certain stars to deliver big box office numbers. |
| 0:55.1 | It must seem bad enough for an actor to feel responsible for a film's success, but imagine |
| 1:00.0 | being an actor and being responsible for an entire economy. |
| 1:04.8 | That's Adam Chang's burden to bear. |
| 1:08.0 | Chang was the star of a Chinese television drama, a debuted in late 1992. |
| 1:13.0 | Titled The Greed of Man, the series focused on two childhood friends and their influence |
| 1:17.8 | on the Asian stock exchange once they reached adulthood. |
| 1:21.6 | It was a soap opera about power, corruption and family, and even though it only ran for |
| 1:26.8 | a short time, it became a huge hit. |
| 1:30.2 | Forty episodes aired, and the show can still be watched in reruns today. |
| 1:36.1 | Adam Chang played the character of Ting Hai, a man who, spoiler alert, killed the corrupt |
| 1:41.4 | leader of the Asian stock exchange over a woman they both loved. |
| 1:45.5 | The murder resulted in a catastrophic economic crash, sparking poverty, violence, and even |
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