Xuchang Building Openhouse

My one minute of fame. I basically got paid to hold a ribbon for one minute for being white. Hooray for being white in China.

When I first got to China, I met a girl while buying a phone card. Her name is Susan (though I think she has changed it, and she uses another name now... I will continue to call her Susan though). Susan has more or less created her own business over having a network of.... I will say "models" (aka white people), on her phone. She has asked me to do a few various gigs since I have been here. I would have to say this last one was by far the easiest!

I guess I'm a model

Let let me do a recap of events from the last few days:

Saturday evening I get a call from my friend Susan asking if I could help do something in a few days. She mostly asked me if I was free on Tuesday (I was) and she said she would give me the details later. As a foreigner in China, this seems quite typical; often we are asked to do things and details are rarely given. Often we meet with others to tutor English, do school events, or just show up to an activity as a foreigner (which I am pretty good at considering that when I am in China, I am quite foreign). Susan is one of the first people I met here in China and has had me do a few things; usually just help with a few English things, or help tutor someone. I assumed what she wanted me to do on Tuesday would be something of that nature.

On Monday night, Susan sent me a text saying that "someone" would meet me "somewhere" near the school at 7:10 am and that I should wear jeans, a grey shirt and leather shoes. Those are the details I was given. Considering the dress standards, I now thought I was probably going to a show or meeting with other people wearing a similar uniform. Perhaps I would hand out fliers or just talk to people at a booth or something of that nature. Susan did tell me that the person (assistant) who would meet me would give me more details. I did find out though for the event, I would get paid 600RMB (almost $95 USD). Good enough for me.