Chapter 737 The Taken and the Rich

At a venue in Lanxi Prefecture, a winter wine tasting party was going on.

The Minister of Commerce of Lanxi Prefecture came up to deliver a speech in person, thanking all the wine masters and wine merchants for coming.

The pronunciation and syllables of French sometimes feel a bit like Chinese with an accent. At this moment, Dad Zhuang was squinting his eyes and listening with great interest. He was nodding and shaking his head while listening. He didn't know what Kong Er was like. .

"Zhuang, I didn't know you knew French!" The bearded man next to him saw Zhuang's father listening with interest and was shocked.

"Yes, yes, this guy is really verbose." Dad Zhuang nodded repeatedly with a smile.

"Then, Zhuang, how about you act as a translator for me later to discuss a business deal? After drinking the wine you made, even I want to play with low-alcohol wine. I want to buy a winery, and I'm afraid of outsiders. The translator will be fooled, you are an expert in low-alcohol wine, help me check it!"

Dad Zhuang nodded repeatedly: "You think so too! My stomach is almost full, and this guy is still nagging!"

Big Beard gave Dad Zhuang a thumbs up, Dad Zhuang is a good friend!

Next to him, Lao Zhao looked dull and didn't speak. He used a handheld device to record the conversation between the two.

This is definitely an epic chicken-and-duck talk!

In fact, this kind of winter wine tasting is hosted by the Lanxi Prefecture Ministry of Commerce. It is held every year and often travels around the world.

To put it bluntly, it is a wine exhibition. The quality of wine is largely limited by the quality of the grapes themselves. The quality of the grapes each year is affected by the climate, environment and cultivation technology, plus the difference in yield. , will affect the price of different batches of wine every year.

The tastings of top winemakers like Zhuangba and Big Beard will put different labels on wines of certain years, production areas, estates, and flavors. Sometimes, wines of a certain category and vintage can become The price is several times higher than other treasures.

This year, Lanxi Prefecture suffered a climate disaster in the summer, resulting in a large-scale reduction in grape production. However, drought and exposure also caused the grapes to be much sweeter than usual, so this year is a great year for wine. In this year, it is likely to produce a batch of classic wines that will last a long time.

But the reduction in grape production also means that if this year's wine cannot be sold at high prices, winery owners will lose everything.

But at what price this year's wine can be sold, today's tasting by these wine masters and major wine merchants is crucial.

Therefore, in order to attract the support of these wine masters and wine merchants, the scene is full of luxury and all kinds of services. Foie gras, caviar, French desserts, etc. are provided in unlimited quantities, and even the matching fruits include fruits from the manor. .

In this kind of occasion, everyone knows the rules. If they are served delicious food and drinks, they will carry the sedan chair themselves. Everyone is happy. After all, Lanxi Prefecture is a big wine-making country and a big alcohol consumption country. Everyone has to pay more or less to Lanxi Liquor seller in the state.

At the end of the cocktail party, a Lanxi guy with curly hair came over and enthusiastically wanted to hug the bearded man: "Big Beard, my friend!"

But Big Beard didn't want to see him. He turned around and was about to leave. He grabbed Big Beard, started chattering, and pulled Big Beard to ask him to introduce Dad Zhuang.

The bearded man said helplessly: "This is Leo, he is also a winemaker. He owns several local wineries. He wants to sell me a winery."

Then, the bearded man said to Leo: "I told you, I'm not interested in the wineries in the Bergen region. What I want to buy is the wineries in the Bordeaux region!"

"Big Beard, my friend, the wine from the Bergen region is the best wine in the world. You believe me, we are old friends. I won't lie to you! Compared with our Bergen region, It’s not even worthy of carrying shoes! And the wine from our Poniza Winery is second to none even in the entire Bergen region!”

"Our relationship is not that strong, and I only want to buy a winery in the Porto region." The bearded man shook his head.

Father Zhuang's ability to understand the mystery can still be used in most cases. He listened and said: "I also want to buy a winery to play in. My friend has one."

Mr. Chen, the general manager of Zhuangji Winery, owns a small winery.

Father Zhuang's words made Leo seize the opportunity. He worked hard and persuaded Father Zhuang and Big Beard to move.

In any case, there is nothing going on in Lanxi Prefecture anyway, so it would be good to go and have a look, maybe you can buy it?

After hearing that the two people agreed, Leo was overjoyed and hurriedly hid in a corner and called the person at the winery: "Lenoir, please clean up the winery quickly and change the labels on those old wine barrels. By the way, Then put up those empty wine barrels, and then go to the old ancient tower next door to pull a barrel of their best wine and put it on the outside. I will take the two gangsters to see the winery later. If we can get rid of the winery, we will Get rich. By the way, you can find a translator who understands Chinese, one who can speak eloquently. The Pang from last time was pretty good. I inquired carefully and found out that this native of the state is a rich man, worth at least 200 million Xizhou dollars! hey-hey……"

Neither the father nor the bearded man knew that they had been taken advantage of. They got in Leo's car and went straight to one of his wineries.

Lanxi Prefecture is one of the largest countries in Xizhou Continent, but the entire Xizhou Continent is only that big, so Lanxi Prefecture cannot be said to be big.

The Bergen production area is not far from the capital. They drove for more than two hours. When the terrain became undulating and there were more hills, they arrived at the production area.

Large tracts of vineyards spread under the sun, neatly planned, and look refreshing.

Father Zhuang looked out the window in ecstasy. Although there were grapes in the manor, the scenery was completely different from the one here.

Leo calls Lenore to warn him that his enemy is coming.

But I don’t know why, no one answered the phone.

Leo was anxious and worried that the things that should be prepared were not ready, so he decided to delay.

He stopped the car and pointed to the large vineyards next to him: "From here on, they are all the vineyards of our winery. You see, our vineyards are mainly Pinot Noir, with a few Chardonnay. These grapevines , most of them were planted thirty or forty years ago, and now is the peak of production. If you want to take over, you can definitely have a peak production period of more than ten years!"

Dad Zhuang got out of the car, stretched out his hand to touch the grapevines, and then peeled off the soil and looked at it.

"Zhuang, you look like a real connoisseur. Zhuang, please tell my friend Big Beard how great this grapevine is!"

Dad Zhuang said to the bearded man: "You are a dishonest friend. It is true that these trees are only thirty or forty years old, but due to poor management and poor cultivation techniques, they have begun to show aging symptoms, and some grapevines are infected. Disease, it looks healthy now, but the grape yields will be poor.”

Who is Dad Zhuang?

It's good that he is a wine master, but he is the wine master of the manor. There are probably more botanists in the manor than crops in the field.

Leo didn't know what they were talking about and took out his cell phone to make a call again.

At this moment, several soldiers wearing black combat uniforms rushed out from the side and warned them: "You should leave quickly, it is dangerous here!"

Inside the winery, there was a faint sound of intensive gunfire.

I got stuck on the last day...