Two Chinese officials got drunk and cut off power to a hotel after they were not invited to its opening party and forced managers to drink spirits before they would turn the electricity back on. The two officials, who were subsequently fired, said they would lessen the power outage by one hour for every bottle of “baijiu” – a strong grain-based alcohol – two female managers drank. The two officials, who worked at the power company in the central province of Hunan, were found to have “caused a depraved social disturbance” with chaos and black-outs for surrounding residents.