After Qiao Zhi finished the dinner, he sat in Avril's car and drove for an hour and a half, Qiao Zhi took the time to open the navigation, and his location should be at the junction of Austria and Switzerland.

Because it was late at night, it was not clear to see the scenery along the road, Qiao Zhi and Avril had a wide range of chats, from music to philosophy, from art to collections, what surprised Avril was that Qiao Zhi's knowledge reserve was very deep, not only Chinese culture is very understanding, but also the history of Europe, especially the cultural factions and characteristics of the Renaissance.

Arriving at the destination, Qiao Zhi pushed the car door open, and finally realized why Avril just said that she wanted to drink enough!

This is a very traditional European winery, and despite the dim lighting, the buildings look shabby and have a sense of history, but with a quaint touch.

The winery arranged for a special reception, a tall, thin-haired, silver-haired middle-aged man named Hunter.

He took Qiao Zhi and Avril on a tour of the process and equipment for making wine.

When I came to the cellar, I saw the neatly arranged oak barrels, and the oil paintings hanging on the wall behind the oak barrels recorded the European countryside.

Walk through the cellar and see neat shelves with treasures from different vintages. Many of the wine racks are locked, and there is a bronze nameplate next to the lock, which records the wine owner's storage information on the wine shelf, including what year it is and the process of winemaking.

Avril said to Hunter, "Open a bottle of the most expensive!"

Hunter was stunned for a moment, "The most expensive, but not necessarily the best." Drinking is divided into different occasions, the most expensive wine is suitable for business reception, and the taste is generally stronger, so it can bring a deep impression, and on an occasion like today, just you and this friend, it is more suitable to drink some soft wine. ”

Avril glanced at Qiao Zhi, "What do you think?"

Qiao Zhi smiled: "Then drink the most expensive one! Although it may not taste very good, I drink it heartily." ”

Avril smiled at Qiao Zhi, "I really know you." ”

Hunter smiled helplessly, Qiao Zhi estimated that he was secretly scolding his tasteless dirt buns.

With a bottle of 92 years old, the top wines don't take too long to decant the wine.

Qiao Zhi took a sip, it tasted good, and the gap between it and the red wine on the market for dozens of dollars was obvious.

If Avril knew how she would have compared this wine to those blended inferior red wines, she wouldn't know what to do.

Expensive, so drink a little more.

Avril saw Qiao Zhi drink two glasses in a row, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, "How about I give you this winery?"

"Huh, this winery is yours?" Qiao Zhi looked at Avril in surprise.

Avril said, "If nothing else, I'll soon have three more wineries, and the owners of those wineries are Tracer Douglas, Owen's father." That's why there are more wineries!"

Qiao Zhi suddenly realized, "I see. ”

Avril said, "I didn't mean to show off, and I wasn't joking. I would like to give this winery to you. Although the winery is not as good as the eight famous wineries, in terms of historical background, it is actually no worse than those famous wineries, but it lacks packaging. ”

Qiao Zhi has a certain understanding of the winery, after all, wine and catering are inseparable, especially to understand Western food, all kinds of wine, is a compulsory basic homework.

Speaking of grapes

Wine is often associated with France, and in fact Austria, which is also located in Europe, is also internationally renowned.

Austria is known as the wine capital and is one of the best wine-producing countries in the world. It has always been mainly sold domestically, and it is difficult to find overseas.

In terms of quality, Austrian wines are classified as table wines, fine wines and excellent wines. In the classification criteria that distinguish the different grades, the sugar content of the grape juice plays a decisive role.

Whether it is a table wine, a fine wine or a fine wine, the grape yield in Austria must not exceed 9,000 kg per hectare and the wine produced must not exceed 6,750 kg.

In order to comply with the legal requirements, winegrowers must control the number of bunches of grapes growing on each vine through pruning techniques, so as to improve the ripeness of each bunch and the sugar content of the grapes, so that the grapes are rich in minerals, so as to ensure that the quality of the wines produced is not affected by the factors of blind increase.

Qiao Zhi roughly calculated the price of this manor, it must be over 100 million, he shook his head and said, "No merit will be lost." ”

Avril smiled faintly: "It's really strange that you are a person who accounts for the value of a bottle of wine, but you are familiar with such a large winery. ”

Qiao Zhi said: "Because I follow the principle of equivalent exchange, I drink a bottle of wine from you, which can be exchanged for a meal." I didn't give you the same value, but it is obviously unreasonable to charge you a winery. ”

Avril touched her chin and thought for a moment, "Well, I'll sell one-third of this winery to you for two million Huaxia dollars." ”

Qiao Zhi shook his head and smiled: "No, you can give me a card, and when I want to drink, I can come here and drink as much as I want." In addition, give me the distribution rights of this winery, and the wines of this winery are only allowed to be sold in a catering business owned by Joe. In the same way, in the future, Qiao's main canteen will only sell red wine from this winery. ”

Avril understood what Qiao Zhi meant, red wine can be sold to the outside world, but the catering channel is only sold to Qiao Gang.

If this winery is given to Qiao Zhi, Qiao Zhi can completely call the shots.

Avril and Hunter asked, "Do you understand?"

Hunter said, "I see!"

Avril said to Hunter, "I'll leave this matter to you." ”

Hunter said: "I will send a message to the wine merchants later, prohibiting the sale of wine from our estate to catering companies. ”

The cellar is largely closed to the public, and most of the wine is supplied to the family.

The eight famous wineries of Bordeaux are famous, but in fact, the European giants taste red wine and will not pursue the wine of the eight famous wineries.

Under the effect of commercialization, wineries will actually deteriorate.

Taking Château Lafite as an example, the authentic winery produces very little wine, and most of the red wines are produced by sub-brands or other estates, with the logo of the winery.

Just like the hairy crabs in Yangcheng Lake on the market, normal people can rarely eat authentic ones, most of the hairy crabs are bred in other places, and then washed in Yangcheng Lake, and they become Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs.

Avril tried her best to prepare a gift for Qiao Zhi, but unfortunately she didn't find out what Qiao Zhi wanted.

For European aristocrats, owning a winery is equivalent to improving their status and taste.

Especially a winery like this winery, which has a history of more than 100 years, is even more one

a scarce resource.

It's a pity that in Qiao Zhi's opinion, the value of the winery is not much.

Some people have calculated that the rate of return on a winery is about 2 to 5 percent, which means that it takes more than 50 years to invest in a winery to pay for itself, and the return on keeping money in the bank is higher than investing in a winery.

Of course, for those who like to pretend, the winery is definitely an artifact.

It's a pity that Qiao Zhi has always thought that he is a person who never pretends to be forced and is particularly low-key and down-to-earth.

If you accept Avril's gift, wouldn't it be different from your own personality?

Wouldn't it be the kind of person you tried to avoid the most?

Qiao Zhi thought to himself that if Avril gave herself a single-family villa in Vienna, the richest man in Austria, the temptation would definitely be much stronger than that of giving this winery.

Although Qiao Zhi still won't accept it, he will at least be moved a lot, and after refusing, he will also feel a little heartache.

Leaving the cellar, Avril said, "You will stay at the winery tonight, and I will arrange a room for you." ”

Qiao Zhi looked at the time, it was already one o'clock in the morning, and it was indeed a little late to rush back at this time.

I don't go home at night, I don't know if it will make Cao Ruiyan have an opinion about himself.

Qiao Zhi was mainly worried that living in this winery with Avril Lavigne would affect his reputation, although he was confident that nothing would happen.

Qiao Zhi was about to insist on going back.

It suddenly rained outside, and he was instantly dumbfounded.

The danger of driving at night on a rainy day is very high, and the sky is not beautiful, "greedy for life and afraid of death" - Qiao Zhi finally decided to stay overnight.

Qiao Zhi sent a message to Da Lao Kai, "I was on a business trip to a manor in Austria tonight, it was too late, and it was raining outside, so I couldn't go back to live." ”

Qiao Zhi also sent a position.

Da Lao Kai replied to the message: "You are an adult, I don't have time to care about you." But you have to explain to Ru Xue that you don't go home at night. ”

Qiao Zhi sighed and replied, "Ru Xue has always trusted me. Don't worry, I'll take care of myself!"

When Da Lao Kai received the news, he shook his head and smiled bitterly, he was still very relieved about Qiao Zhi.

After all, if you were to stay overnight outside, you wouldn't think about greeting others.

Avril asked Qiao Zhi to prepare pajamas, Qiao Zhi took a hot bath, and the tense muscles all over his body were finally relaxed.

On the surface, Qiao Zhi easily solved the problem, but in fact, he needed to rack his brains and fight wits and courage, which seemed to be smooth sailing, but in fact, Qiao Zhi had a lot of brain cells.

Fortunately, Qiao Zhi had a hunch in advance that someone would make a fuss about food safety, so Qiao Zhi spent a lot of effort.

Not only the University of Zurich canteen, but all the other canteens, Qiao Zhi has put a lot of energy.

Everyone thinks that the price of the dishes in the Qiao Gang Leader's canteen has risen again and again, but in fact, the Qiao Gang Leader has not improved anything, and the improvement is in the invisible place, that is, the software service.

After taking a shower and changing clothes, Qiao Zhi walked into the room and locked the door.

I don't know if Avril will come to push her door at night, the taste of closed door soup should be very good!

Thinking of this, a pure and flawless smile appeared on his face!