Jody Bernal was in his heyday, when his song Que Si Que No was a monster success, multi -millionaire. However, he lost that status within 24 hours. How is that possible? “By introducing the euro.”
It has been 25 years since Que Si Que No was a monster hit and singer Jody Bernal could never match that again. He didn’t save at the time: he knew all his hard -earned money in it no time by hunting. He remained with nothing. “It did leave scars. For example, don’t want to throw things away,” he says in Weekend.
1.5 million guilders
Jody had a hole in his hand. “That’s right. Afterwards it is easy to talk because it is now going well financially. But I have needed that lesson. We learn everything at school, but we don’t get how you deal with money. You often see the biggest problems there.”
What was the highest amount in his savings account? “Yes, that was one and a half million guilders, but it didn’t matter to me.
Perhaps because I didn’t have it in my hands, but saw on a screen. I was eighteen at the time and had nothing to do with figures. Also not with cash. It told me much more that I was recognized on the street, I found that difficult. “
Bank balance
His millionaire evaporated in one day. “What is funny: when I saw those signs on the street that said:” Are you still a millionaire this year, but not next year? “, Because of the euro that came then, I felt appealed to. Because I was one of the euro halved my bank balance and I thought that was crazy.”
He continues: “Suddenly I had much less money. I still occasionally calculate because I have experienced that switch so emphatically. I was a millionaire and suddenly no longer.”
Panic
What did it do with Jody, to see that million balance evaporate? “I panicked. If I had to go to the toilet at night, I was full of excitement and fear. It had a lot of effect on me.”
He concludes: “Even that I thought: now the end of my life is in sight. I will soon be turned off my house! Limere time when there was a bell, I was scared, because it could be the bailiff, for example.”