He exploded when he saw the broadcaster. Not only did he not allow us to air the copy on his station, he also threatened to sue us if we ran it on any other station. We ended up having to reshoot the entire commercial using a different actor. Months later, we learned that the broadcaster and his supervisor hadn't shared their earnings with the vice-director. Net, we ended up losing hundreds of thousands of dollars just because one government bureaucrat did not get his bribe.
Corruption is a part of life in Vietnam.
Despite the government's cosmetic anticorruption campaigns, many civil serv-ants still use their positions to extort money from anyone who comes their way. For example, I have the use of a company-rented car and driver. The car is owned by my driver. One night the headlights began to flicker. At each of four checkpoints, a policeman flagged my driver down and threatened to impound his car.