When it comes to investing in wine estates, the Rothschilds have a lot of track record.

As early as 1868, Sir James Rothschild successfully bought Château Lafite at a public auction for a whopping 4.4 million francs, which has been preserved to this day.

At the beginning of this year, Han Chudong also heard that under the name of this rich family with a long history, there is a winery called "Mouton" that has successfully squeezed into the list of the five major red wine estates in France, in addition to Lafite, Latour, Obiang, Margaux These four are large, and there are many second-class wineries.

Let's be honest.

Even in terms of what the selection criteria of the winery were, Han Chudong hadn't figured out that a bottle of red wine worth $5 was much different from a bottle of red wine worth $5,000 a bottle.

But that doesn't prevent the idea of investing in them.

Because you can enjoy and earn money at the same time, you can get fixed assets while investing in enterprises.

Harvesting grapes every year, making wine, and bottling them after a period of time in the cellar are not too troublesome from the perspective of Han Chudong, a layman, especially in the case of investing in a winery that has been successful, the brewing technology is very stable, and the reputation has long been out, there will be no shortage of buyers, and there is no need to worry about the product being expired or outdated.

At that time, buying a private jet was an impulse purchase, and building a luxury home was barely a necessary expense, and it was more cost-effective to buy a winery than to spend tens of millions of dollars on a luxury yacht or simply buy a luxury estate, and it could be classified as both "doing business" and "enjoyment".

After making a decision, the old way is to let people investigate the market situation first, and then make a decision after finding out the situation.

After having capricious capital and instructing others to help him investigate the major wineries, Han Chudong was still not satisfied, and always felt that he had to spend some more money to enjoy himself, otherwise it would seem that it was meaningless to "hard" make money now, and he should do something interesting, such as taking some money out every quarter for shopping, without thinking about long-term interests.

It's like treating yourself to a big meal, but the price of the small reward he gives himself is slightly higher.

For the next half hour, I spotted a piece of land in the Mauna Loa region of Hawaii's Big Island, located in the coffee region, totaling more than 55,000 acres, with a price tag of 17.4 million US dollars, with 22 miles of coastline, as well as tropical rainforests, pastures, sea cliffs and nature reserves, including 14,000 acres of coastal coral reefs.

Han Chudong looked at the pictures in the brochure and thought that the coffee plantation and the pristine rainforest were more interesting, and he was also attracted by the scenery of the coastline that stretches for 22 miles, and suddenly realized that he could go to Hawaii for a few days in the name of purchasing assets.

What made him a little entangled was that in the French West Indies in the Caribbean Sea, there are also islands that are being sold, with a price tag of only six million dollars, called St. Barths.

Known for its beautiful scenery and pure waters, it is a tax haven in its own right, and attracts a large number of wealthy people to go on vacation.

After thinking about it, why bother, the price is not too high anyway, if you like it, just take it all......

With the rapid expansion of his worth and the weakening of the attractiveness of money itself, Han Chudong now pays more attention to his inner feelings, that is, to make himself happy.

Otherwise, in fact, he actually rejects all large expenses and concentrates funds for business investment expansion, which will definitely bring more income, but the kind of life kidnapped by money is not what he wants, and he is trying to find a balance between spending money and earning money.

It's not easy to find a balance, and who made him make too much money now.

In addition to these huge expenses such as the purchase of land, islands, and private jets, other small expenses can no longer arouse his concern, similar to Han Yigun's confused state, but Han Chudong can still have fun and add some small surprises to his ordinary life.

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Seeing Han Chudong picking and choosing, he chose these two targets that he planned to start.

After silently calculating the price, Assistant Arthur was almost a beep in his heart, and it was difficult to understand what the consumption mentality of the little boss was, and asked in a strange tone:

"Are you sure you want to contact the sellers of these two properties? I thought you were just looking for a wine estate, considering the Beverly Hills Gods Manor that is about to be built, and the aircraft that is being renovated, is it better to refrain from it for the time being, our company is more and more in debt, and the interest is still very high. ”

"As soon as the accounts are settled, the assets are in good health, so you can rest assured to help me arrange it, and the money spent will soon be able to earn it back. Work with me for a few years, and when the time comes, I'll consider giving you a house on the island as a reward, you know, don't tell the public. Han Chudong's tone was lazy, Arthur came to work by his side for more than half a year, and he has been doing his job diligently, which is to prevent the loss of talent.

The identity of the assistant is there, and it is easy for other secretaries and assistants to have negative emotions when they directly raise their salaries and give bonuses.

Two days ago, a rough year-end bonus plan was drawn up, even ordinary employees can get a bonus equivalent to two and a half months' salary, and there will be a round of salary increase at the beginning of next year, with a range of not less than 10 percent, and the executives' year-end bonus is doubled on the basis of the annual salary.

Before Han Chudong decided to make it public, this matter had already spread within the company, which made him feel that it was better to keep a low profile and replace it with a real thing.

Even though it was a blank check, Arthur's eyes still lit up, and he said, "I've been to Hawaii, and I like it very much, give me this house in Mona Loa Manor?"

"I'm talking about St. Barts, but if you like Hawaii, you should be fine, and when the time comes, remember to remind me. Now help me contact these two sellers first, and let me know the results when I get the news. ”

"Okay Mason, I'll go now!"

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That same evening.

When Han Chudong left the company, he brought a thick stack of detailed information about the major wineries.

Remembering the agreement I made yesterday with Miss Emma Lawrence, I was going straight home in the car and ready to appear in front of her friends at the right time, as if I was doing a good deed and improving the relationship between the neighbors.

The family hired a cook, a well-known Chinese chef in the Chinatown area, after digging from a certain restaurant, he took the assistant kitchen to cook for the Han family all day long, one at noon and one at night, and gave breakfast to the nanny, most of the time just drinking porridge and eating fried rice, and occasionally eating noodles.

When I got home, I smelled the fragrance and went to the kitchen to take a look, where the two pots were stewed with mutton soup and edamame roasted rooster.

The chef surnamed Tang has been working at his house for more than half a year, but Han Chudong has only met with the other party a handful of times, usually either eating out or when he goes home, Chef Tang has already cooked and left with the assistant chef under the supervision of the bodyguard.

"Boss Xiao Han, come back so early today...... Is there any food you want to eat? You can still buy it, and your dad won't be back until half an hour later, and these two dishes are just stewed first. ”

With little contact, coupled with the fact that it was rare to see Han Chudong come to the kitchen, Chef Tang was a little flustered.

Han Chudong said with a smile: "Eat as much as you want, you can eat meat in the restaurant outside, and get more vegetarian dishes at home in the future......"