She also wanted stalls along the far side of the road outside the shop and hotel and along the far wall of the forecourt opposite the stage. She had a two-tier price structure for the stalls. The ones who were raising money for charity got theirs free, but they would also be ‘working’ for Soom, and the companies that wanted to promote their own wares were charged two hundred Baht, which was also donated to charity.
One of her most difficult tasks was thinking up ways to raise money for charity and finding people to help her fulfil those ideas. Pang got the ball rolling though by offering to make some traditional Thai toffees from mangoes from her tree and pineapples that could be bought quite cheap from itinerant tradesmen.
The scantily clad dancing girls would be allowed to charge doubl
