Chapter 1367: Complex Winemaking Process
"I said Lai, you Lai Mao was not quite famous before, why are you about to go bankrupt now. ”
"Mr. Mo, now that the market competition is so big, we are just a small winery, even if we were well-known before, we can't promote it without financial support. ”
"That's fine, now I'm here. ”
"Yes, with Mr. Mo's support, I believe that we will definitely be able to regain our fame in the future. ”
After the acquisition of the distillery, Mo Bai chatted with Lai Mao's director, that is, "Lai Changhong", about the development of the distillery.
"Revitalization is needed. However, Lai, I'll give you a year, can you do Wuliangye. ”
"I'll ......"
Lai Changhong vomited blood directly: "Mr. Mo, your requirements are too high, we are just a small winery, which is Wuliangye's opponent." ”
"If we don't turn over Wuliangye, are we just PK with those small brand liquors? ”
"Mr. Mo, you can't become a fat man by eating in one breath, the water in the wine industry is very deep, we have to come step by step. ”
"No, I'll only give you one year, and you must destroy Wuliangye within one year. ”
"Mr. Mo......"
Lai Changhong was extremely entangled.
He didn't say yes, and he didn't agree.
Well, yes, it's impossible.
If you don't agree, I'm afraid he, the factory director, will get out.
"Director Lai, don't frown, tell me, is it not enough money. ”
"No, no, no......"
Lai Changhong hurriedly shook his head: "With Mo Bai's investment, this capital is not a problem." However, the more money we have, the more money we have, the more we can make a name for ourselves. Wuliangye has a history of more than 1,000 years. ”
"...... In this way, our Lai Mao is still passed down from the Han Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,000 years. ”
"This, this, we just said it when we were propagandizing. ”
"The same goes for Wuliangye. ”
"Let's not talk about history. In terms of taste, Wuliangye is indeed extremely unique. ”
"I understand, you're saying that the taste of our Lai Mao is not comparable to that of Wuliangye. ”
"No, no, no, I think our Lai Mao is only a little bit worse than Wuliangye, just a little bit. It's just someone else's thing, and if I had to rate it, I'd say, it's not bad at all. ”
"It's bad, it's too embarrassing to admit it. ”
Mo Bai smiled and said: "It's okay, we know our shortcomings, and we will work hard to correct them." ”
"What Mr. Mo said is that we have been improving and innovating recently. ”
"Any ideas?"
"This ...... Not yet. However, Mr. Mo can rest assured that I will work hard to study when I go back. ”
"Forget it, you've been in the factory for decades, and I haven't seen you come up with any fame. Come, I have a plan for improving Lai Mao here, you can take a look. ”
As he spoke, Mo Bai handed Lai Changhong the Moutai formula and production process in the system in his mind.
Lai Changhong looked at it, his heart trembled, he looked at Mo Bai in great surprise, and asked, "Mr. Mo, where did you get this recipe and production process?"
"I thought. ”
"Is Mr. Mo also a master of winemaking?"
"It's not. ”
"Then you have this second feeding, nine distillations, eight fermentations, and seven pourings...... How did the process come about?"
"Well, it's a fool's errand. ”
"Foolish?"
"That's right, doesn't it mean that if we make the process more complicated, we can make good wine?"
"I'll go, who said that. ”
"It's not always said in the ads. ”
"My God, Mr. Mo, those wineries are all. It's just a wine, how can it be so complicated. ”
"I think we can try. ”
"Mr. Mo, I don't think it's necessary. ”
"Is it necessary, what if it succeeds?"
"Uh, Mr. Mo, I really want to try. ”
"Of course. ”
"Okay. ”
Seeing that Mo Bai was so determined, Lai Changhong had no choice but to agree.
There is no way, the factory is sold to Mo Bai, and what Mo Bai says is what it is.
Even if Mo Bai is fooling around, he can only follow.
……
For a period of time, Mo Bai completely ate and lived in the winery.
As for the reason, it's not for this Moutai.
Although Mo Bai told Lai Changhong that he was foolish, his wine-making process was nonsense.
This is a process created by the Moutai Distillery Company after several generations of painstaking efforts.
It's just that although there is a ready-made process, it is really uncertain whether it can be made into Moutai, and Mo Bai stares at it every day.
Throughout history, China and foreign countries, winemaking is divided into six steps.
One of them is the selection of materials.
The grain is the flesh of wine, and the water is the blood of wine.
Moutai is mainly a liquor made from high grains.
Therefore, in the selection of materials, Mo Bai also personally participated in it.
The second is to make music.
Third, fermentation.
Its four distillations.
The sixth is to be stored, that is, to be stored.
Seven of them are blended.
This blending does not mean adding water to the wine.
Because the distilled raw liquor, that is, the base liquor, generally has an alcohol content between 70-85 degrees, this alcohol content is inedible. Therefore, for the sake of the taste of the wine, and for the sake of style unity, it is necessary to adopt blending. Moutai's blending method adopts the method of liquor hooking, which combines more than 100 base liquors of different ages, different aroma types, different rounds and different degrees of liquor to finally brew.
It's just that the process is too complicated, even if Mo Bai simplifies some procedures, he still stays in the winery for nearly three months.
Until, three months later, Mo Bai brought Lai Changhong and his staff over again.
"In three months, we've made more than 100 base wines. Some have a high degree, some have a low degree, some are light fragrance type, and some are strong fragrance type...... In this way, as I said, more than 100 kinds of liquor are combined into one liquor. ”
Pointing to the more than 100 base wine jars in front of him, Mo Bai said.
"Mr. Mo, you really want to hook like this. ”
Lai Changhong has been making wine for decades, and he has never seen more than 100 kinds of wine hooked.
If you really want to make sake, you only need a few kinds of sake.
I really hooked up these more than 100 kinds of wine, and I don't know what it tastes like.
Isn't that all nonsense?
It's just that, although it is a fool's errand, before completing these seven steps, Lai Changhong has been with Mo Bai for three months.
Like the previous feeding, distillation, koji...... Nima, it's just done and done again and again.
They were almost driven crazy by Mo Bai.
If it weren't for the fact that the man in front of them was the richest man in the world, they would really think that this guy was the world's number one madman.
Is there any such sake brewing?
"That's not nonsense. ”
Mo Bai glared at Lai Changhong: "Hurry up, work." ”
"Tell you, don't grab the wine that will be hooked up in a while. ”
Mo Bai said the words first.
"I'll go, and I'll rob it. ”
Lai Changhong complained again.
Who would dare to rob such a hook.
Don't talk about grabbing, I don't know if anyone will dare to drink it at that time.
Of course, it is said that this is the case, but Lai Changhong is still directing the staff to blend these more than 100 kinds of base wines.
"A. ”
"Both. ”
"Three ......"
Dozens of staff members worked all day trying to make more than 100 base liquors.
Until 5 o'clock in the afternoon, it was almost time to get off work, and the staff was still blending.
"This is the last wine. ”
"Damn, I'm tired brother. ”
"Me too...... You say, Mo is always not rich, three months, he has been playing for three months. ”
"Don't talk nonsense, hook it well, after hooking the last altar, it is estimated that Mr. Mo will not be tossed around. ”
Seeing that there was only the last jar of wine, the staff divided the wine by two by three, and hooked the wine according to the blending ratio ordered by Mo Bai.
"Hey, where did the scent come from?"
"You smell it too?"
"Smelled. ”
"It's not going to be a hooked bar. ”
When the staff hooked the last jar of wine according to the proportion that Mo Bai said......
A smell of wine suddenly rolled in.
The aroma starts a little bit, then spreads little by little.
At the back, the entire winery was enveloped in the smell of wine.
At this moment, Mo Bai knew that the real Moutai was brewed by him.