Afterwards Mr Cai and his assistants damp out the fire using long poles tipped with sponges, and then smudge the lines of ash so that the portrait looks like a huge charcoal drawingonthewall of the museum's reception hall.
The Fulton, his sports bar in the Financial District, packs in the power suits from Wall Street onthe regular and his recently opened South Hampton Social Club has already been drawing a select crowd.