Vlad A4: how much does he earn per month and year on YouTube, from advertising and merch ❣️

Save a fixed percentage of your salary

You can transfer 10–15% of your salary and other financial income to a separate account, or even more, depending on your income and mandatory expenses.
You should do this as soon as the funds arrive in your account. This way you will avoid internal negotiations in the spirit of “What if I don’t put anything off this month?” This should become a habit. Let's say you receive the average Russian salary. The average monthly accrued nominal and real wages of employees of organizations is 42,932 rubles after taxes. If you save 10% or 15% monthly, then in a year you will have 51.5 thousand or 77.2 thousand. Both amounts exceed monthly earnings.

The path to big money

Bumaga created his own YouTube channel at the age of 18. He called it "A4". He received this nickname during his school years. Many would envy the guy's self-irony. He published his first video in November 2014.

His calling card was the “Ice Bucket Challenge” video, which brought him popularity. It is worth noting that all the content of the young man is quite diverse. He shoots reviews, challenges, parodies of popular videos, and much, much more, which has not previously been seen on the Russian version of YouTube. Unlike many of his colleagues, Vlad A4 comes up with ideas for videos himself, and does not “lick” them from top YouTubers.

Connect your piggy bank to your bank account

Transferring money to a special account monthly is a good idea, but the human factor intervenes here. It's too easy to forget about it in a hurry (or pretend to forget). Automation in savings matters is a great helper.

Many banks provide this opportunity. For example, Sberbank has a “Kopilka” service, and Alfa Bank has a “Kopilka” account. Thanks to them you can:

Save a fixed percentage of your salary automatically. The service will respond to the receipt of money or transfer funds on the date you specify.
Transfer a percentage of each spend you determine. Let's say you bought a business lunch for 250 rubles, 25 rubles went to a special account. As a result, office lunches alone will bring you more than 500 rubles a month. Don't want money to leave your account? Spend less. This system is useful in both ways.

Instead of chains and whips

From slavery in its primitive form, humanity was saved by money, which made it possible to remove the chains from people and chain their minds in stronger and much more effective chains. Forging chains from iron is, of course, somewhat more difficult than printing pieces of paper, and how to motivate people to work is not particularly important, as long as they work at all. For those who are not particularly far-sighted, they came up with such an interesting thing as loans, grab the nonsense now, and pay for it later, the main thing is pasha. These are chains of the present time, they are as real as iron chains, we just don’t see them, they are in our heads. However, they work, we work, everyone does something in order to earn more money, to make their lives better. Some do it honestly, some deceive people, some forcibly take their money, and this is our world.

I suggest you earn your money honestly, honestly in the sense that you do something for someone, and they also do something for you, and money serves as an intermediary in mutual settlements. Electronic or some other money, it’s not so important, if you have it as a means of mutual settlements, if no one refuses to accept it, then why not use it? While I was writing this article, my Internet suddenly turned off, in principle, this sometimes happens, and therefore I did not give this fact much importance, I think now I will rest a little and the Internet will appear, after which I will continue writing. But the Internet did not appear, because as I later found out, I was in a state of financial blockage, for non-payment of the Internet, such are the things.

I’ve been paying for a long time, the last time I paid for the Internet for four months, after which I forgot about it, and now it turns out that four months have passed, and I had to pay again. Fortunately, there was the required amount on my bank card, which I used to pay for the Internet, after which I also added some money from my e-wallet. In general, the problem was solved with electronic money, which was at hand, my friends, it really worked. This is what motivates people today, money, it is a real value for them, not even what can be bought for this money, but precisely the money itself, many people have a confused perspective on it. Read my article - “Attention to money”, it will help you understand how a person should act if he needs money. But of course I must also tell you that the idea of money, as an idea that puts money in the foreground, is not an entirely correct idea.

No matter how much money you and I earn, no matter how we do it, if tomorrow the idea collapses and the most real money becomes unreal, then the person who focused his attention exclusively on money will be left with nothing. This will not happen to everyone, because not everyone is motivated by money, but the fact is that during a crisis the number of suicides increases. And these are no longer teenagers driven by sexual instinct who commit suicide from supposedly unhappy love, these are not religious fanatics or other crazy people who have perverted ideas about life and death, we are talking about quite wealthy people whose bank account has been depleted by several million and who considered it a disaster for themselves. Here you have money, how can you attach importance to it if you begin to depend on it, if its realism is embedded in a person’s head, and not in the money itself?

For me, this is not the best guideline for life, it is better to set higher goals, and let the money be applied to our personal qualities. Do you think there is anything reasonable in this? Well, these are questions, of course, not for immediate answers; you need to think about your life first, then carefully weigh everything and believe in yourself as a person capable of surviving in any conditions. I think, whatever I think, I know that both you and I, we as people will break through under any conditions, so that you and I can raise our paws to the top, today there is money and it works, tomorrow it’s gone, well, to hell with it . Our Soviet money depreciated, everything on the books turned into pitiful pennies, then the crisis of 1998 also took a toll on many of us, so what, did we die or something? Yes, they will not wait for this from us, only those who do not believe in themselves, but believe in money, will become sour, well, they always become sour, from any problems.

Arrange a challenge

You can turn the accumulation process into a quest with your own conditions. For example, saving more each month than the previous month, or collecting a certain amount by a specific date. If you are a gambling person, the method of saving is no longer so important: you will make every effort to fulfill your plans.

If your internal motivation is not enough to save more actively, bring in an external arbiter. For example, argue with a friend - and it’s better not with money, otherwise you risk not only not saving, but also losing.

The Science of Numbers and Raising Money

We are surrounded by numbers everywhere. They have influence in all areas of our lives. And there is a science that studies numbers and their effect on people. Sometimes you look at a person and it seems that he resembles some kind of magnet that attracts large sums of money. And he is much more successful financially than many. And the other person, on the contrary, no matter how hard he tries to make money, it doesn’t work out, he’s unlucky.

Using numerology, you can find a simple explanation for this. The thing is that there are numbers that bring us luck, and in terms of money too. If you use numbers correctly, you can influence cash flows and contribute to your financial well-being. But we must take into account the positive and negative vibrations of the number.

To make a plan

If you clearly know what you are saving for and want to buy it on a specific date, planning will work. The simplest thing is to divide the entire amount by the remaining number of months. The resulting figure will show how much you need to save every 30 days.

A problem with an asterisk for those who are not afraid of difficulties. You have a control number that you cannot go below. But you can save more. So if you connect additional sources of income, you will have every chance of exceeding the plan.

What does Vlad A4 spend his money on?

We figured out how much Vlad A4 earns, and what does he spend his earnings on? First of all, of course, for the production of videos. Vlad pays for the rent of a spacious office and the work of a whole team of professionals. No more than 10% of the money earned by Paper is spent on ensuring the process.

When Vlad’s videos began to bring in really BIG money, the young man purchased a spacious apartment in a good area of the Belarusian capital. Vlad has more than once received offers to move to Moscow, to which he invariably replies that he loves Minsk and his sense of personal comfort is dear to him and the prospect of slightly increasing his income cannot force him to leave his beloved city.

Vlad nevertheless visits Moscow quite often on business; he recently visited the Evening Urgant program, which immediately added about a million new subscribers to him.

Not long ago, Vlad bought himself a new car, it was a sixth generation Ford Mustang. The cost of the car is at least 1.7 million rubles. The car has already become the hero of his new videos a couple of times.

Convert one expense item to savings

If you're looking for the easy way out, find 1-2 significant but optional expense items and eliminate them. And save the money that you usually spent.

Let's say you're used to buying coffee to go - 100 rubles per glass. If you courageously pass by a coffee shop within a month, you will save and put aside up to 3 thousand rubles. Or a little less if you carry the drink with you in a thermos from home - this is normal, no one expects sacrifices from you.

The first things on the list of things you give up should be alcohol and cigarettes. A lot of money is spent on bad habits, but there is no benefit from them.

Signs of counterfeit Russian banknotes

To avoid becoming a victim of scammers and accidentally paying with counterfeit money, you need to know several distinctive features of real banknotes. Money is printed on bank paper, on which there are watermarks, micro-perforations, security threads and fibers, and microprinting. Also, special substances are applied to banknotes, the presence of which can be easily checked using a special apparatus.

100 rubles - how to find out if they are fake or not?

100 ruble banknotes are practically not counterfeited by counterfeiters, because it is simply not profitable for them to do so. However, if you suddenly have suspicions about the authenticity of the money, you need to check the banknotes according to the following list.

Availability of protective tape.
Availability of circulation numbers.
Availability of watermarks. They can be viewed by holding the bill up to the light.
Micropatterns and microperforation.
The presence of parts that change color depending on the angle of inclination and viewing.
The presence of a certain relief on banknotes.
The presence of patterns that are visible under UV radiation.

In order to finally understand that the “hundredth” is not real, you need to find at least three signs that are listed above.

How to spot a counterfeit 500 ruble bill?

500 ruble bills are counterfeited extremely rarely, because it is unprofitable for counterfeiters. However, such instances do occur, so when you find suspicious “five hundred”, it is important to check the following differences.

The Bank of Russia sign on the original banknote changes its color from red and brown to gold and green when the angle of inclination changes.
There are moire stripes.
If you hold the banknote up to the light, you can clearly see “PP” on the ornamented ribbon. When the angle of inclination changes, they will change their shade from light to dark.
Watermarks are located on both sides of the bill: on the right is a portrait of Peter the Great, and on the left is the designation of the denomination “500”.
Next to Peter the Great there are relief symbols that are intended specifically for blind people.
The banknote has a metal thread that is sewn into the banknote. When viewed in the light it looks dark.
On the reverse side it is possible to discern the text “TsBR500” repeated many times.

Saving money from unmade purchases

The method is similar to the previous one, but it fights impulsive spending rather than constant spending. We spend money not only because we want to buy something. Often this is a way to please yourself. But the funds received in the savings account are also a reason for a good mood.

So, if you tend to make impulse purchases (whether it’s a pack of cookies or new jeans), think every time you go to the store whether this item is really necessary. And if not, save the amount you were planning to spend.

How to legally get rid of a fake?

There are two options for legally passing counterfeit bills.

If you discover counterfeit money, it is important to come to the Central Bank of Russia, contact an employee and tell them about the problem that has arisen. The specialist will check the banknote for authenticity, and if necessary, he will remove it for additional examination. The value of the bill will not change; the money will be returned to your account if it turns out to be genuine. Fake money is written off.
Go to the local police station, write a statement, where you need to indicate in what place and at what time the bill was received, for example, issued by an ATM, given change in a store. The police will begin an investigation, and if the criminals are discovered, the victim may be able to compensate for the damage.

Save on what you don't use

Everyone knows: in order to save, you need to save. But doing this is not so easy. Although there is an elementary way to save money - reduce expenses on what you don’t use. Let's say, why do you buy a gym membership year after year if you go there once a month? Terminate the contract and take the remaining funds.

Go through your subscriptions and services, get rid of what takes money out of you but brings virtually no benefit. All this will not be useful. And if so, well, subscribe again.

If money stops being real

Well, dear readers, I think at this point, we will define the concept that we have associated with real money, which is not at all as real as it seems to us, and we will show it, money, the right place in our lives , that is, near the bucket. But we will bring our loved ones to the fore. We, people, are certainly much more real than any money. I would like to immediately recommend that you read my article “Knowledge about Money”, unless of course you have already read it, after all, I tried to write it to give you more self-confidence. Knowing and understanding, nothing will scare you, no situation will unsettle you. You came to this article, as I understand it, because of your doubts about certain conventional units that people have agreed to consider as money, and which, in turn, seem very suspicious to you in this role. But I’m explaining to you in this entire, rather long article, that all money is not real and I don’t want to instill doubts in you about it so much as simply to change your perspective.

The dog is with them with money, well, for example, I cleared a few chips and earned money, but that’s not what I value, I value what I write about here on this site, I value the understanding of money, the flexibility of thinking that I He also acquired a good temperament, that’s what you could call it. By the way, I would like to thank those few of my readers at the moment for their gratitude, which they expressed to me, being attentive and understanding, thank you friends, it’s much more fun to work this way. Well, I, in turn, will give each of my readers a lot of useful information, by understanding which he can significantly change his life for the better. But in it, money, no matter how you look at it, is still not the main thing, the main thing in it is the person, first of all, of course.

But other people are also important to you, they bring you their money, they pay you for your actions, and if you learn to be useful to people, then even if you abolish money altogether, you will not remain hungry. An official can be driven out of his warm place, and if he knows nothing but to parasitize on others, it is not a fact that he will be able to settle somewhere as profitable as on the state feeding trough. A person who has studied some kind of money-making scheme may also one day discover for himself that this scheme does not work. And what remains is to look for new solutions, just like that, but can a person find them if he is not properly prepared for this? Life shows us a variety of cases, so we will not be unambiguous in our answer, because I think you have already understood the most important thing.

Money, whatever it is, is actually all illusory, don’t worry too much about it, because there are more real things in this life, that is, you and your abilities. If everything is taken away from me tomorrow, if tomorrow they dispossess me of their mother, the eternally dissatisfied working class, so what, I didn’t steal, I didn’t take it away, I thought of money for myself, I’ll think of more, people won’t even have time to blink an eye before I bring your life in order. So, even Robin Hood, even all kinds of officials there, they are all the same, they just want to take away and deceive, that is, take away someone else’s. Today some of you don’t know how to earn money, and hate those who know how to do it, and tomorrow you learn how to do it, immediately say that those who can’t are lazy.

We are all shouting from our bell towers, I’m right, what’s mine, well, yours, they’ll take it away, it won’t be yours. So people who have power in their hands can easily fuck us whenever they want, but they won’t do it if we are strong and smart, we don’t envy each other and try to deceive each other, but we help each other, teach, suggest. Collective harmoniousness should become a common desire for everyone to become stronger people, when, no matter what happens, we will survive, under any conditions, and no damn crises and other tricks of those in power will break us. So don’t rack your brains with fears about money, learn, develop, become stronger, and we will make the fairy tale come true, and the unreal real.

Start a piggy bank

As a child, you probably waited for your dad to shake his jeans or trousers so that coins would fall out. If you properly examined the carpet and the space under the sofa, you could get rich!

Now the purchasing power of coins is not what it used to be. But if you use cash, you shouldn't neglect it. Get a piggy bank and empty change from your pockets into it every evening. If you are ready to go further, set aside a portion of the money from each bill you change. By the way, this is one of the principles of the Japanese Kakebo saving system, and the Japanese are a good judge of this.

Signs of real banknotes

It is difficult for an inexperienced person to recognize the real signs.

Find out how to spot counterfeit money.

The main criteria for determining authenticity are:

Watermark. If you illuminate a banknote, the image on the paper becomes visible.
Protective fibers. They are colored areas with short thin threads inside the paper.
Security thread. Embedded in the paper layer and visible in the form of rectangles.
Invisible stripes. When examining the banknote at an angle of 90°, the lines merge, the design becomes monochromatic, and multi-colored stripes are visible at an acute angle.
Microperforation. Pinpoint through micro-holes in the form of numbers are detected against the direction of light.
Color-variable paint. If you turn the paper, the background changes in some areas.
Relief. The inscriptions can be easily felt with your fingers.
Hidden inscription. When placing the banknote at eye level on the ornament, the letters PP are readable when light hits it at an acute angle.
Microtext. Recognized without a magnifying glass.

Feel free to save and save

One of the main obstacles to saving is the idea that it is shameful, even though it shouldn't be. Trying to avoid unnecessary spending is logical and rational, what's wrong with that? On the contrary, the thought “Why should I save at all, am I a beggar or what?” reveals the trauma caused by poverty. Usually this approach ends in unnecessary spending in attempts to prove that there is money, although in fact there is not much of it.

But saving should not develop into mania. If you go to a cheaper store two blocks away to buy the same products for less, that's smart. If you buy a cheap product made from water and chewed paper instead of an expensive quality one, it’s worth spending the money you save on a psychoanalyst.

If you come across a counterfeit bill, what should you do and where should you hand over the counterfeit without intent?

If a person has a counterfeit bill in his hands, he should not try to get rid of it using illegal methods. Using this method, you can frame another person or be prosecuted. For selling counterfeit banknotes, you can receive up to five years of correctional labor and up to 8 years in a maximum security colony.

If you have any doubts about the authenticity of the money, the best solution would be to contact the bank. There, specialists will examine the counterfeit bills and analyze them within a few days, if necessary. If the money turns out to be real, the deposited amount will be transferred to your personal account; if it is fake, the amount will not be refunded.

If you find counterfeit money, you can contact law enforcement agencies, in particular the local police station. There you need to tell all the information, where, when, and what time these bills were received. Police officers will begin an investigation. It may be possible to compensate for the damage if the victim knows where the money came from.

If a bill is found in a store, then you need to call the police and collectors. The money is withdrawn, checked, and, if necessary, a write-off report is issued.

What are the consequences of making and using counterfeit paper money?

The Federal Law of the Russian Federation states that the production and sale of fake banknotes, coins, and papers is punishable by imprisonment from five to eight years in a maximum security colony, a fine of one million rubles or the wages of the perpetrator for five years.

If the crime was committed on a large scale, the perpetrator faces imprisonment from seven to twelve years and a fine of one million rubles.

Dollar

Just like when checking a ruble, you can tell a fake dollar by touch. Only in this case the paper should be rough; in addition, the relief should be palpable on the “clothes” of the presidents.

The dollar is not without a protective stripe, which must contain the repeating text USA TEN, USA TWENTY, USA 50, USA 100 and so on. At different angles on real dollars, you can see the denomination of the bill on the lower right corner of the front side. Moreover, when viewed at a right angle it should be green, and when viewed at an angle it should be black.

The watermark on US dollars must resemble the portrait of the president depicted on the bill. By the way, it’s worth talking about portraits of presidents separately. After all, scammers often skillfully paint an extra zero on a banknote. Therefore, it’s a good idea to remember which president corresponds to which currency denomination:

1 dollar - John Washington;
$2 - T. Jefferson;
5 dollars - A. Lincoln;
10 dollars - A. Hamilton;
$20 - E. Jackson;
$50 - W. Grant;
$100 - B. Franklin.

Having examined the bill from the front and back sides, make sure that the paint on it does not bleed, the images are clear, the lines are solid and do not consist of dots. By the way, the letters and numbers of the serial number must be located strictly on the same line, the distances between the numbers are the same, as well as the size of all characters in the number.

And yet, do not confuse old dollars with fake ones. Very often, fake dollars shine brighter than real ones. And, lured by the new crispy and pleasant-looking fake, people exchange their unpresentable but real money for it.

Visit all countries of the world

Traveling gives a person new impressions, emotions, memories, broadens his horizons, allows him to get acquainted with other cultures, learn a foreign language and take a fresh look at the world.

There are always “last minute tours”, you can purchase them at a big discount and have a good time with your family. It is better to travel regularly, at least 2 times a year. This may seem like an expensive pleasure, but, in fact, if you follow the tours, buy plane tickets in advance and check into hotels, it will work out on a budget.

Have you ever wondered what you will remember in your old age? What will you tell your children and grandchildren? How did you sit at work 24/7, watch TV shows at home and sleep? Everyone needs to be distracted, unwind, have fun, allow yourself to see the world, and the world to see you. Spending money on travel means investing in vivid emotions and cool memories.

Set a goal: to leave the city at least twice a year. Let it first be small natural areas in your region, then travel around Russia and the CIS, and then build up momentum, visit Asia, the East, Europe, America, Canada, the Maldives.