Risky Biznass

Last night we went out for dinner. We ended up being sitted in a "private" room (when there is more than 5 or 6 of us, they usually put us in a private room) but there were two other tables in this room, one table was empty, and the other was occupied by some Chinese businessmen. These guys were getting hammered. As I watched them out of the corner of my eye, they would pour a new shot of baijiu (rice liquor) every few minutes. Eventually, two of them came over to our table with wine and poured us all a glass of wine. After that two more of them came over with this really weird liquor. It had no burn when you tasted it but it was definitely strong. (Jake would later say that this liquor is supposed to help men perform better in bed...which, according to Jake, is a "bunch of bullshit"...it actually said on the bottle "for fragile men"). Anyway, we all ended up taking a few shots with them but I ended up taking a lot of shots with them and they invited Jake and I back to their table to drink beer (for some reason, they took a liking to me...I think it was I kept doing shots with them after other people didn't want to). As I took the shots and drank beer with them, Jake was doing all the translating. To be an asshole, Jake wasn't translating...correctly. This is how the conversation went:

"(Chinese I can't understand)"
"He says you're fabulous! He wants to take you home and have his way with you!" - Jake, in a flamingly gay voice
(me with a bewildered and incredulous expression)
"Xie xie" (Thank you)- Me
"(Jake laughing)"
"(Chinese I can't understand)"
"He says you're very handsome!" - Jake

So the conversation went on like that. That guy ended up calling me little brother (didi) and so I called him older brother (gege) to make him happy. This is a thing the Chinese do. They get drunk and start calling each other "brother." A perfectly normal occurence.

Not only did these guys end up paying for our meal, but they also invited us to dinner next week. A lobster dinner that runs about 500 yuan (the equivalent of about ($85) which is very expensive here. Jake is very unsure that this will happen because they were exceedingly intoxicated. One of them wanted us to hang out with his 16 year old son...crazy stuff.