On June 24, 1985, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg signed the Schengen Agreement in the Luxembourg border town of Schengen. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The INFO agreement stipulates that its member states issue a single-format visa to short-term visitors, known as a Schengen visa, and once the applicant has obtained a visa from a certain country, he or she can travel freely within all Schengen member states during the validity period and stay of the visa, but from the second country, it is necessary to declare it to the local authorities within 3 days.

As a master brewer and a senior sommelier, Claude naturally has a relevant Schengen visa, so it is very convenient for him to travel between Germany and France, and it took him more than an hour to fly from Leipzig to Bordeaux, and he got off the plane and got into the car sent by Wood to pick up the airport.

"Claude, we're finally meeting. Zeng Gong, who was standing at the door of St. Oak Winery to greet Claude, saw him get out of the car, walked forward quickly, and shook hands excitedly.

Claude was a very sturdy middle-aged German man, with a serious expression, a meticulous face like a marble sculpture, and brown eyes flashing with stereotypical stubbornness and pride from the depths of his heart.

"Boss. Claude screamed stereologically, knowing that because of this Chinese boss he had never met, he and Schroeder had been spared imprisonment, and his stiff face involved a somewhat unnatural look of excitement.

"Hehe, Claude, relax a little, although we are in an employment relationship, I haven't paid attention to it, I just treat you as a friend. Zeng Gong patted Claude on the shoulder, motioning for him to relax.

Claude grinned, but unfortunately the rigid stubbornness of the Germans had long been deeply rooted in his bone marrow, and it was not easy to make him change for a while.

"Okay. Zeng Gong shrugged helplessly, and then pointed to Elena and introduced: "This is my girlfriend Elena, who came from the United States like me." ”

Claude saw that Elena was also slightly distracted, and was amazed by Elena's delicate appearance, but soon came back to his senses, his face stiffened slightly, and he said dryly to Elena, "Hello, Miss Elena." ”

"Hello, Monsieur Claude, you have been mentioned a lot lately, that you are a very outstanding master winemaker and taster, and he believes that you will lead Qinglian Ranch to become one of the top wineries in the world. Elena shook Claude's hand generously, and praised Claude like a real hostess.

Although Elena has not transformed from a gentle and virtuous girl to a powerful woman in the past few months of working in Belgium, she has learned a lot from some of her hands to the clouds and her hands to the rain, and she has long been able to advance and retreat freely in front of a stranger.

"Thank you. Although Claude is a person who has experienced strong winds and waves, and has received countless praises, he is still a little excited.

"This is Wood, a wine tycoon from the United States, their family has been in the wine business for generations, and there are many wineries in the United States and Canada, and we have a problem here this time, so we asked you to come and help. Zeng Gong pointed to Wood beside him and continued.

"Hello Mr. Wood, the quality of the red wine of your family's winery is very good, why are you interested in investing in Europe?" Claude was slightly startled, and immediately said with a smile.

"Hehe, it seems that Zeng is still more charming, but my father invited you to join our winery several times without success, I didn't expect Zeng to succeed so easily. Wood touched his nose and said sourly, in fact, he had heard of Claude's name in the wine world for a long time, and Hans had invited him many times, but unfortunately none of them succeeded.

"Huh. Claude smiled awkwardly, he knew his own affairs, and now it was no longer what it used to be, it could be said that it was a moment in time, even the arrogant Van Gogh also sold his own paintings, although it was not very successful.

"Okay, Wood, do you still want to solve your problem?" Zeng Gong saw that Claude was a little embarrassed on his face, and quickly changed the topic.

"Of course, I can't wait now. When Wood heard this, he also felt that he had asked a little too much, and quickly changed the subject.

To be honest, this time he came to Europe to expand his business, and the choice of St. Oak Winery was a test for Wood to see if he could bring the winery back to life, and if successful, he would have the foundation to inherit the family business and control part of the family business, and the old guys within the group would have nothing to say.

"Hehe, in fact, I have heard some stories of St. Oak Winery, and I have specially visited here before, after all, the huge potential he showed before, it can't help but make people look sideways, but it is a pity that many changes in more than a hundred years have made it obscure to everyone, and I have to make people sigh, but I immediately left here after exploring. Claude looked at the sign of St. Oak Winery and shook his head.

"What, Claude, you can't do it?" asked Zeng Gong, pretending to be eager, although he knew the reason, he didn't want to expose it easily.

"It's not that there is no way, and without finding out the cause, my method is just to treat the symptoms but not the root cause, and invest a lot of money every year, and in the end it has little effect, who would do this. Claude shook his head, he knew that even if the Wood family knew how to solve it, they wouldn't have the money to solve it, not to mention that the situation was not that simple.

"What can you say, Mr. Claude?" asked Wood, excitedly, the first good news he had heard.

"It's very simple, fertilize the vines. Claude said with a shrug.

"Fertilizing minerals?" Wood asked, looking at Claude suspiciously, "but we haven't detected any minerals missing in the soil composition. ”

"Then I don't know, but that's what I've come to from tasting the wines of St. Oak's vintage, and the more recent the vintage, the worse the situation becomes, and the Sessions family knows about it, didn't they tell you when they bought the winery?" Claude shook his head, he didn't believe too much in the results of the high technology, preferring to trust his tongue.

Hearing this, Wood's face suddenly gloomy, the Sessions family originally agreed to sell to him It seems that it is not only because of the break of the capital chain, but also because they don't know how the minerals in the soil are reduced, and they don't want to pay for this bottomless pit, so they will find a family to get rid of it.

"Let me think about it. Wood frowned, and the man fell into deep thought. (To be continued.) )