President-elect Lai Ching-te travelled south to Pingtung on Friday to preside over the launch of a new Taiwan-based brewery of an international company. As he received a warm welcome from employees, Lai also worked as a bartender for a day and poured himself a tall one from a beer tap. Lai also encouraged the brewery to become the best among the hundreds scattered across the world, so it could become the pride of Pingtung.

President-elect Lai Ching-te personally pours himself a glass of draft beer and scrapes off the foam. Lai then started learning on the spot how to be a salesman for it, and he managed it in quite a stylish way.

Lai was at the international beer company’s Neipu factory in Pingtung to preside over its inauguration ceremony and served as bartender and brewer for a day. To be a brewer, you first need to understand how the process starts with raw materials.

Lai listened carefully to explanations and understood the minute details of the entire brewing process. He also played guessing games with the staff and snapped selfies with them.

Lai Ching-te
President-elect
I think today’s occasion is quite lively and full of enthusiasm. If the lights were dimmed, it might also be like a nightclub.

Lai was at the brewery all morning. Economics minister Wang Mei-hua, who was accompanying him, joked that it was the first time to see a presidential figure hang around at a company for so long. Lai also urged them to do their best.

Lai Ching-te
President-elect
All kinds of resources coming from water and the geographical environment are excellent in all aspects because you are in Pingtung. I believe that with your expertise, you can make Pingtung produce the best quality beer among the some 160 breweries across the world.

Lai also campaigned for Pingtung farmers, hoping that the brewery could make use of more local products and develop beers with more local characteristics. At the same time set up a model factory for tourists so it could become the pride of Pingtung.

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