Chapter 367 The Orchid Storm
Toasting and laughing, or carefully evaluating, three or five people gathered together and chatted about topics of interest, until they were startled by Parton's rudeness and frowned slightly. Patton also realized that he was impolite, although he wished he could pull Li Han over and beat him up right now.
But at this moment, Parton could only grit his teeth and curse Li Han secretly, even though the Chris family was one of the organizers, facing the world's best wine tasters and winery owners.
Not to mention just Parton, even Paul Chris himself would not abuse or provoke anyone at will, which is unwise. Compared with beer, wine reflects more people's taste and elegance, and this is the largest red wine tasting event in Napa, the American wine center in 2009.
Li Han smiled when he saw that Patton had lost his composure. "Paton, why don't you have a glass of red wine, maybe you can calm your anger." Li Han poured a glass of red wine and handed it to Parton. Parton gritted his teeth and stared at Li Han. Li Han looked at Parton with a smile and held up his glass .
The people talking around paused for a while, or from the corner of their eyes, maybe they nodded at Li Han with a smile. Patton's position at this time made him a little angry, but he couldn't vent it. It was too rude to refuse in public. This was not an honorable thing for him or the Chris family. "Thank you, Han. I don't think this matter will end so easily." Parton finished speaking every single word, then turned and left.
The confused Liu Ming looked at the angry Patton and the smiling Li Han, and became even more curious. "Han, what's going on?" "It's just a trivial matter, the members of the Chris family are too small-minded."
Li Han said with a smile. Poured a glass of red wine. "Don't you want to hear how the two masters commented on these wines?" "Of course." Liu Ming would not let go of the opportunity to get to know Jessie and Robert lightly.
Especially with Li Han as the medium, it doesn't seem so difficult to get acquainted with Jessie. Li Han and Liu Ming approached with red wine. Jessie is serious about her work and has an undeniable charm. Seeing Li Han approaching, Anna asked in a low voice. "Han, Patton is really rude, do you need my help?" "It's just a small matter, maybe Patton is in a bad mood, Anna, what is it?" Li Han was more interested in the red wine in front of him. Anna explained that this is a new wine from Screaming Eagle Winery. "Robert and Jessie spoke highly of it, Han, would you like to try it?"
"Of course, there's no reason to give up a fine wine, is there?"
Li Han took the wine glass, sniffed the taste, and faintly smelled the wine. Past fruity, it's good, it's not an aged wine. The mellowness, aftertaste time and residue are all better than the No. 1 work just tasted. No wonder Jessie, Robert favors it. Really good wine. "Ming, I think this wine is a good collection." Li Han smiled and said to Liu Ming, Liu Ming has been playing with wine for a long time, and he can still tell the difference between good and bad wine. "Sure enough, this wine is worth the investment."
Anna frowned. I have some disdain for Liu Ming investing in wine,
Li Han smiled. This guy really has good eyesight. Liu Ming smiled and pulled Li Han. "Han, this wine is pretty good, but the red wine market is not doing well recently."
It's not that Liu Ming is not optimistic, but he doesn't want to get involved in the competition for this wine. For a new wine, the investment cycle time is too long for Liu Ming now, and the profit margin is too low. "This thing is too annoying to play now, it's boring."
This guy has been focusing on wineries and farms recently, and his interest in red wine investment has completely dropped. Consciously or unintentionally, he wants to drag Li Han with him. "It's a pity, there may not be a few bottles of this wine from Screaming Eagle Winery on the market."
"It's hard to find good wine these days. It's hard to drink a bottle of good wine without knowing it. Maybe people don't know it because they are fooled. Good wine is not just about having money." Liu Ming shook the red wine in the glass and said stinky fart .
Li Han rolled his eyes, it was not a good thing you profiteers did. "Han, I have something to talk to you about." "You drink alone first." Li Han smiled and patted Liu Ming on the shoulder. Anna and Li Han came to a corner where there were far fewer people. "Han, do you intend to enter the wine industry?" "Oh, Anna, no such thing. There are too many rules in this industry. Besides, I prefer beer." Li Han did not expect that Anna thought that he intended to enter the wine industry.
Anna breathed a sigh of relief. Speaking of which, the red wine industry is not something that can be played with money alone. Besides, Li Han doesn't have much money. If there is a problem with investing in red wine, he will lose everything. Knowing how to store wine is also a science.
Good wine needs to be stored, but slight changes in temperature, humidity, fungus, and even corks and air exchange may turn a bottle of good wine into a bottle of garbage. Li Han understood that Anna was worried and smiled, and said. "It's just that there is a vineyard in Montana Farm, and I always want to learn to brew some wine by myself, so I don't need to buy it outside."
Anna originally wanted to give some Lafite, but Li Han postponed it several times. It was too good for Anna to send wine, but for Li Han, it was too wasteful. I am not a wine lover, maybe ordinary red wine is enough, Anna didn't say much.
"Excuse me, Anna, I have a call."
Li Han's phone kept vibrating, he said sorry, and Li Han left the wine tasting room. "Hi, Big Big Wolf, my friend, are you okay?" "Han, I think we need to have a good talk." Big Big Wolf's seemingly calm voice contained the feeling of depression before the eruption.
Li Han looked at the time. "Well, I still have two days to go back to Montana. Let's talk again when we have time. By the way, my friend, if there is any problem, I think the contract can help you more. Be careful and don't be careless." "Han, I want to remind you that there seems to be a clause in the contract, and the penalty for breach of contract is ten times that."
"Big Big Wolf, don't be angry. I think you should really take a good look at the contract. If there is something wrong, I don't mind compensating for your losses. Of course, in case of breach of contract, I still have something to do. Goodbye, my friend."
Li Han hung up the phone with a smile on his lips.
On the Montana side, Big Big Wolf dropped the phone in his hand angrily, and his whole body was full of ferocity. "This damn guy, George, I want to sue him for breach of contract." "Big Big Wolf, I think we'd better settle the problem at hand first, I don't want half a million barrels of Orchid to turn into inferior beer that's not even as good as ordinary beer, You must know that we have brewed according to the recipe once, so maybe something went wrong with us." George and Big Big Wolf were a little too eager, and the first batch actually brewed 500,000 barrels, which is not a small amount.
The cost of Guangguang is close to 50 million U.S. dollars, which is not a small amount. Originally, according to Big Big Wolf's idea, the first batch of 1 million barrels was produced, but fortunately, George is not completely dizzy. "Maybe the next batch will be better?"
500,000 barrels, here just 50,000 barrels had a problem, Big Big Wolf thought it was a life-saving straw, you know, this cooperation with Asahi Brewery can make a big profit, and buy three medium-sized breweries. These three breweries are close to Bouton. Although Big Big Wolf and George dismissed Li Han's mention of the spring water in Hank's Manor, they somehow felt that the unique taste of Orchid might be related to the melting water of the snowy mountains. Check the surrounding water sources. These three water sources are all Come to the snow mountain.
Who would have thought that the first batch of 50,000 barrels of beer was completely unexpected. The taste was not as good as Asahi Beer, and the beer brewed according to the recipe turned out to be like the low-quality beer sold in ordinary bars. There was no shadow of Orchid. The two were stunned on the spot, Hui Tailang ordered people to fetch wine samples many times, but the taste did not change at all.
You Lan disappeared, Big Big Wolf and George's team were stunned, what's going on, they followed the same recipe, and even some of the raw materials were brought over last time. "Big Big Wolf, maybe tomorrow we will visit the winery in Mixing Town, maybe there will be surprises."
George comforted Big Big Wolf, a trace of worry flashed in the eyes of the two of them, this matter was too strange. In the same Napa Mondavi winery in California, Li Hanzheng had a joke with Constellation Vice President Howell, but Patton said something coldly, which made Howell pause.
Patton had just calmed down, and with a smile at this time, he was not afraid of embarrassing the Chris family, pointing out the problem with Youlan, as if telling Howell that Li Han is not a man of credibility. Howell frowned slightly, held a red wine, and just greeted an acquaintance opposite, "Han, I'm sorry, let me go over, we will talk later."
Howell found an excuse to leave, and Patton gestured to Li Han with a glass of wine, and smiled, but there was a special brilliance in his eyes, this guy really has a heart. Patton still greeted everyone with a smile, or chatted a few words, or gave a polite hello
Li Han didn't take it too seriously. Howell was interested in his traditional Chinese medicine health beer, but Li Han didn't plan to sell it. It's a scam, no, some things are enough once. Reputation, in the United States, is not just something to talk about. In the case of Youlan, one is that Li Han needs the money, and the other is that Big Big Wolf and George have done too much, and Li Han is not a very generous person.
Some things, don’t come back when you are at a disadvantage, it’s too unreasonable, Big Big Wolf treats himself as a fool, Li Han simply pushes the boat along, a fool does stupid things, and is grateful to Dade, Big Big Wolf may be very proud. People tend to get carried away when they are proud. You must know that Li Han's transformation of the Auramu Lake was somewhat related to Li Han's sudden acquisition of a lot of money and his mentality was out of balance. I lowered my head, never thinking that maybe this money that came easy would be easier to go.
Until the transformation process, the space was upgraded, and the source was cut off. Li Han slowly woke up, and the feeling of floating gradually faded away. George and Big Big Wolf may be as ecstatic and ecstatic as Li Han was at that time.
Li Han wandered around with the red wine, Anna and Jessie were chatting, Li Han didn't go up to disturb, watched Robert Parker's wine tasting for a while, and listened to Parker's opinion on this red wine from Shard Wine Cellar.
Li Han learned a little bit and was very happy. He imitated Robert Parker's experience and tasted this new wine again. As expected, the feeling was different from the previous one. It was really amazing. "It's really worthy of a master of wine. It's really admirable for wine tasting."
Li Han was savoring the demeanor of the master, when Liu Ming came over with a strange expression on his face. "Han, Han, what's going on, Patton said that there was a problem with the Orchid formula you sold to the Chris family."
PS: I bought a new computer today, and the touch screen is not easy to play, so I changed it, and I am still used to w7. New computer, I will have to work hard to code from tomorrow, one computer, one month's manuscript fee, and I am poor again.