{"id":590,"date":"2017-04-08T03:45:16","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T19:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/2017\/04\/08\/wealthy-chinese-man-pays-usd10000-for-a-whisky-shot-guess-who\/"},"modified":"2017-04-08T03:45:16","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T19:45:16","slug":"wealthy-chinese-man-pays-usd10000-for-a-whisky-shot-guess-who","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wealthy-chinese-man-pays-usd10000-for-a-whisky-shot-guess-who\/","title":{"rendered":"Wealthy Chinese Man Pays USD10,000 For A Whisky Shot: Guess Who?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>On Wednesday, a picture shows a glass of whisky was done by a young Chinese man paid 9,999 Swiss francs (10,331 US dollars) at the luxury Waldhaus Hotel&#8217;s Devil&#8217;s Place Whisky Bar in St. Moritz, northeast Switzerland.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>On Wednesday, a picture shows a glass of whisky was done by a young Chinese man paid 9,999 Swiss francs (10,331 US dollars) at the luxury Waldhaus Hotel&#8217;s Devil&#8217;s Place Whisky Bar in St. Moritz, northeast Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1.jpg\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FjHA4_cFXv5DlyttxUFgOG1zdrij?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wealthy-chinese-man-pays-usd10000-for-a-whisky-shot-guess-who\/#Glass_with_2cl_whiskey_and_Macallan_1878s_cork_Photo_VCG\" title=\"Glass with 2cl whiskey and Macallan 1878&#8217;s cork. &nbsp;Photo:VCG\">Glass with 2cl whiskey and Macallan 1878&#8217;s cork. &nbsp;Photo:VCG<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wealthy-chinese-man-pays-usd10000-for-a-whisky-shot-guess-who\/#Photo_VCG\" title=\"Photo:VCG\">Photo:VCG<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wealthy-chinese-man-pays-usd10000-for-a-whisky-shot-guess-who\/#Macallan_1878_with_others_Macallan_whiskey_Photo_VCG\" title=\"Macallan 1878 with others Macallan whiskey &nbsp;Photo:VCG\">Macallan 1878 with others Macallan whiskey &nbsp;Photo:VCG<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Glass_with_2cl_whiskey_and_Macallan_1878s_cork_Photo_VCG\"><\/span>Glass with 2cl whiskey and Macallan 1878&#8217;s cork. &nbsp;Photo:VCG<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr>\n<p>The whisky made in 1878 by the revered Scotch maker Macallan. It is the last one Macallan 1787 and could be the most expensive whisky in the world. The hotel&#8217;s Devil&#8217;s Place Whisky Bar has been honored for its 2,500 bottle collection, including by the Guinness Book of World Records.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"2.jpg\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FohmP_43_oVdT-M_375zAZ0nn5PE?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photo_VCG\"><\/span>Photo:VCG<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr>\n<p>Under observation by Chinese Weibo followers, it was revealed the wealthy man was Zhang Wei, a famous online novelist in China. 36-years-old Zhang began writing novels online since 2004, and 4 times topped the list of China&#8217;s Internet novelists. The Swiss media\u2019s report also make him heat on the top of Chinese social networks research list. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"3.jpg\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FuvWNmYZLM73gRTp60NL5g_2DBkz?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Macallan_1878_with_others_Macallan_whiskey_Photo_VCG\"><\/span>Macallan 1878 with others Macallan whiskey &nbsp;Photo:VCG<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/p>\n<p>Macallans are highly sought-after among collectors. Last year an anonymous Asian collector paid 990,000 US dollars at auction for a lot containing several different Macallan malts, setting a new record for a whisky sale.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"GIC.jpg\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FlXXlKXBxtykYAuKbjvAxKMwIbVH?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"500\" height=\"543.2937181663837\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Wednesday, a picture shows a glass of whisky was done by a young Chinese man paid 9,999 Swiss francs (10,331 US dollars) at the luxury Waldhaus Hotel&#8217;s Devil&#8217;s Place &#8230;","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}