Guangzhou I/E Fair; I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a banana today.

Sometimes it really pays to be a monkey.

This series of ads is for the 104th Guangzhou Import/Export commodities fair. Very cute campaign drives home the idea that no matter what you’re looking for, you’ll certainly find bananas at the fair.

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Client: Guangzhou Import and Export Fair
Agency: TBWA Beijing
Creative Director: 黄建裕 /杜敬伟
Copywriter: 赵斐/ DU Jing-wei
Art Direction: 于鹏 /单飞
Photographer: 蔡文权

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