Official launching of Zippo lighters in China
It was Show Day, the official launching of Zippo lighters in China!!
I sat at the head table with the Counsel General Guangzhou, and to my left was the Commerce Secretary, Robert S.
There were several conversations that revolved around the Liley’s.
After lunch, Dad & I explored the shops within the hotel.
I ended up buying two sets of Xi Dynasty figurines.
I am having them shipped back to the states by the hotel.
A group of us went around to six shops in the center of Guangzhou to look at displays.
While walking around in the streets, another little poor boy tried to get money out of Robert and I.
Very persistent devil.
There was another group dinner hosted by Oli at a friend’s restaurant in some back alley.
The sashimi was great!, but the rest of dinner was okay.
The “Kentucky Fired Snake” was about the only good part of the meal.
The bathroom was on the roof of the restaurant.
At dinner, I once again got into a drinking contest.
This time with Mr. Cheng.
The base of the shot drink was something called “Hung Fu”. This is the national wine of China, and it tastes dreadful. It makes tequila taste like Champagne!
There was something different about this drinking game. It was not so much how much one could drink, but what.
The first mixture was Green.
I looked at Mr. Cheng and gestured, you do one, I do one. Then we drank.
A giant laugh at the two tables.
The second mixture was Red.
I looked at Mr. Cheng and gestured, you do one, I do one. Then we drank.
Again a giant laugh from the two tables.
I was then asked if I knew what I had just drank. Of course I said no.
I was then told that the Green stuff was from the gallbladder of the snake, and the Red stuff was the blood!
In either case, it had the taste consistency of paint!!
Zippo Night at a local Guangzhou Disco!!
There was a contest to see if people could blow out the lights, and if they did, they won a light.
After the people had won their new lighter, I was running around filling the new lighters with fluid, and at one point, I managed to set myself on fire!!
Oli started to get me into trouble by getting me to speak Chinese to some of the single women that were hanging around our tables.
At another point, Dad, Brian, Robert, myself, the entire groups was out on the dance floor!! I was GREAT!! The entire time I was dancing, I was thinking to myself what a dream world I was in. Dancing in the middle of China at the age of 30!!
Dad and I got back to the room after 01:00AM!!
– Andrew
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