Chapter 516 Don't Vintage Wine

In fact, this so-called 'earth-shattering case' is put in Huaxia, and it is really a big thing.

"Believe it or not, I'm going to kill you?"

"Wait! I'll blow up your house when I get back!"

Such cruel words, when the Chinese people quarrel with each other, they can almost be heard casually. If you say it, you just say it, it's nothing at all.

But what do you say in the Stars and Stripes? The Stars and Stripes are 'freedom of speech,' but that 'freedom' must be within the framework.

You can say 'all Jews are pigs, all Africans deserve to die' and be fine. Because this is your attitude towards these people, at best, it will make public opinion despise and meet with resistance in social life, but you will never break the law by saying these words.

But if you point to a person's nose and say, "I'm going to kill you!" I'm sorry, you're breaking the law.

If you say, 'I'm going to blow up the house?' I'm sorry, it's a terrorist attack. The people of Stars and Stripes are extremely sensitive to words such as "bombing" and "burning", especially after encountering terrorist attacks such as "911", whoever dares to say the words "bombing" and "burning" is a serious case suspected of terrorist attacks.

Otherwise, this matter can be caused by the FBI and DHS?

When Padgio's assistant told Padgio, who was thousands of miles away, it was too late.

The woman who quarreled with Yu Qian also took Yu Qian to court on the grounds that Yu Qian endangered her family's life. The FBI and DHS are investigating Yu Qian's alleged terrorist attack.

Padgio's lawyer told Padgio that in a situation like Yu Qian's, the best outcome would be to settle privately with the woman outside of court, so that he would not have to accept criminal punishment. But with the FBI and DHS working together to investigate, Padgio was powerless.

According to the previous case, Yu Qian will be repatriated 100%, and many Chinese people will be repatriated for similar reasons every year, which is not uncommon in the country of Stars and Stripes------ where there is zero tolerance for suspected terrorist attacks.

'I'd rather kill 10,000 by mistake than let go of one', this is the attitude of the Stars and Stripes to terrorist attacks.

Xiao Peng sighed: "Puji, this is already the case, you have no responsibility for this matter, on the contrary, I have to apologize to you, because such a thing involves you and will have a great impact on your reputation." Forget it, she asked for it, if she can avoid criminal accountability, that's the best, if it's difficult, don't care. We've done our best. ”

Pagio smiled and waved his hand, "It's nothing. I know what to do. Xiao, what are you going to do next?"

"What are you doing? Do you still need to ask? Come on, come on, arrange work!" Xiao Peng coughed dryly twice, and his voice brightened: "First of all, Di Wei, you take your wife and children to play, and the next content has nothing to do with you, it is forbidden to eavesdrop!" You just need to quickly organize the list of guests for the banquet, by the way, since there is a single night, who do you want to invite to invite yourself, this is your own business!"

Di Wei pretended to be reluctant after hearing this, but in fact, the beauty in his heart is not good, this Nima is so relaxed. I saw that he didn't know what he was muttering, but he dragged Li Ru and the child to escape faster than a rabbit.

"This kid is more shrewd than anyone else!, he knows that staying here is a lot of trouble!" Yang Meng pouted.

Xiao Peng smiled: "Okay, don't be serious with him, after all, he is the groom's official, and he is the most awesome at this time! Cai Fatzi, the wedding arrangement is still the service company last time." You are responsible for these things, including the banquet of the service staff, the wine and the food, remember, you want to have regular Chinese food, don't eat any messy things such as 'Zuo Zongtang chicken' and 'Li Hongzhang's chops'!"

Cai Fatzi responded: "Don't worry, I'm not good at anything else, I'm the best at 'eating'!"

"Mengzi, you and Gaga, you and Gaga, too, have to work hard. Well, in fact, what I said is also plain to say, this matter has nothing to do with you, the key is hard work. Xiao Peng continued.

Ga Quack said with a smile: "Xiao, since I entered the entertainment industry, it has really not been as easy as this time, and I want to thank you for giving me such a good vacation time." Say whatever you want. ”

Xiao Peng said: "That's right, we plan to hold this wedding on the ship, don't we? After holding our traditional wedding banquet, I think the whole ship will become a big body, but you can also see that there are no card tables or anything on my boat, and there is no performance or anything." You will have to arrange these things, including wedding singers, various performances, etc., please contact you. ”

Gaga's thumb up: "Hey, what do I think is going on, what are you doing so politely? This is a small matter, I asked my agent and assistant to get this done as soon as possible." ”

Let's not talk about whether Gaga's EQ is high or not, just talk about Gaga's IQ, that is the real master, she knows the way it works in the entertainment industry, she herself is an academic from a formal professional class, but she uses a series of jaw-dropping commercial packaging methods, through name changes and strange costumes and exaggerated typhoons, to make herself a top celebrity in the entertainment industry. This is a reflection of her high IQ.

She has always been with Yang Meng, and she has not had too deep contact with Xiao Peng, but a big man like Padgio and his wife can have such a close relationship with Xiao Peng, there must be a reason for him.

However, she has not figured out the problem here, in her eyes, Xiao Peng is a horse racing champion, what else is there besides a ship? It can't even catch up with Yang Meng------ at least the family is the Tesha royal family, and this boat is still given to Xiao Peng by Yang Meng. And Xiao Peng really has no reason to have such a good relationship with Padgio.

Still, even if she couldn't figure out why. She also knows that it is right to follow the people who are successful. She is a super singer, but compared to a real tyrant like Padgio, it is still a world of difference, and it is not wrong to follow in Padgio's footsteps. So helping Xiao Peng is still very positive.

"Thank you so much, quack. Xiao Peng thanked him.

Yang Meng suddenly said: "You asked Ga Ga to do this, so what should I do?"

Xiao Peng grinned: "You, I'll give you a good job." After speaking, Xiao Peng walked to the table next to him, took a document from the table and handed it to Xiao Peng: "Mengzi, from today onwards, you will be responsible for spending money, right?"

Yang Meng took the document and saw that it was their car purchase contract: "What does this mean?"

"What do you mean? We'll go back after the wedding, can this car still be in the Stars and Stripes? Find a regular company to transport them back, just in time for Lao Pan and them to help us hang up the car on the license plate and get insurance or something before they come over." Xiao Peng said.

"What kind of work does this Nima cost, and how much can it cost?" Yang Meng pouted.

"How much do you spend? You underestimate our Huaxia tariffs, thanks to Raymond, the price of our car is more expensive than Bugatti, and the tariffs on these two cars are at least more than 2 million US dollars, that is, more than 10 million yuan! Xiao Peng said.

Yang Meng heard this and said angrily: "Raymond, this guy is just doing bad things with good intentions! And no one reimburses us, why do you pay such an expensive price? Now it's good, what kind of tariff insurance and the like, how much more do we have to pay!"

Xiao Peng smiled and waved his hand: "Okay, don't complain, our car is worth the price!"

Yang Meng put the folder away: "Is there anything else you want me to do?"

Xiao Peng said: "There is really a matter, you are responsible for the drinks of this wedding." The wine contacted Shen Bei, bought a batch from him, and shipped it as quickly as possible. Whiskey and brandy champagne and the like you go and buy a batch, don't save money. ”

Yang Meng asked, "Is it okay for us to drink liquor for our traditional wedding banquets?"

"Moutai Wuliangye can do anything, you go to 'do a lot of good things', you can buy any wine and empty it for them. Xiao Peng replied. It is said that buying wine in the country of stars and stripes is cheaper than buying in China.

The reason for this is that in order to encourage the export of high-end liquor, the national policy implements a preferential tax rebate policy of 15% for production enterprises, while when selling in China, according to the relative regulations of the state, high-end liquor needs to pay 20% consumption tax. This plus one minus plus the cost of transportation and monopoly is quite normal to generate 60% of the price.

The 'Costco' warehouse supermarket is known as the paradise of buying wine in the country of stars and stripes, and the price of the same bottle of Moutai in the country of stars and stripes is almost half of that in China.

Yang Meng just wanted to agree, but Xiao Peng added: "Dude, remember to buy wine and don't buy those so-called 'vintage wines', let's not let them fool you." ”

In China, when it comes to high-end wine, the first word that comes to people's minds----- fake wine.

After all, there used to be too many fake liquors in China's high-end liquor! Ordinary liquor mixed with dichlorvos dared to be sold as Moutai. (It's not a joke, it's true.) I thought that the grain wine blended with dichlorvos could come out of Moutai's unique sauce flavor. οΌ‰

But now? In fact, as long as you go to a regular tobacco and alcohol sales store to buy it, the possibility of buying fake wine is still not very large, unless he doesn't want to do it, or he has money and willfulness, and he doesn't care about the tenfold compensation for fake wine.

In Xiao Peng's eyes, the biggest scam about liquor is really not fake wine, but the so-called 'vintage wine', which is a sinkhole!

Originally, there was no so-called vintage liquor concept in this liquor, which was a concept derived from foreign liquor. The sake has a very strict vintage system.

For example, we are familiar with the brandy grade: it can only be called VO if it has been stored for more than two years, it can be called XO after at least eight and a half years of cellaring, and those top-quality XOs, such as RΓ©my Louis XIII, must be more than 40 years old. And wine too, they will strictly record the year of production, because every year because of the different climate and rain, the wine made from the grapes collected is different, so the year of production must be recorded to distinguish its difference, the most familiar to the Chinese people '82 Lafite', which is how it comes from.

Almost all of these European wineries have huge wine cellars. Every year, the sake is sealed inside, and strict procedures and inspection standards are carried out to build a vintage system for foreign wines. It must also be notarized by a notary public.

In fact, foreign wines also allow wines of different vintages to be blended together, and many good wines are blended together in this way. However, after blending, only the most recent vintage can be used. For example, if the 82-year-old wine and the 2017 wine are blended, then the vintage of the wine is 2017.

They don't cheat on this, it's a matter of the winery's reputation, no joke.

Since 97 years, Gujing Gongjiu launched the first so-called 'vintage wine', called 'Ten Years of Puree Gujing Gong', and later including Moutai, Wuliangye and other liquors have also launched their own vintage wines, which is lively. There are now more than 7,000 liquor brands in Huaxia, of which at least 5,000 brands have their own vintages.

No matter what kind of wine, as long as you add the word 'vintage', the price will be doubled!

As a result, all kinds of strange things have appeared: what kind of liquor has been stored for two years, and once it is bottled, it is said to be ten years; after five years, it dares to say that it has been stored for 50 years; some distilleries even dare to launch 20-year aging after being established for less than two years; and distilleries that have been established for less than 10 years have launched '100-year aging'.

According to our understanding, the so-called vintage, such as '10-year aging', should be left in the cellar for 10 years before it is sold. This is called 'ten-year aging', but the sad thing is that if you follow this standard, there is probably not a single bottle of real vintage liquor in the entire Huaxia liquor market。。。。。。

Well, maybe those big-name distilleries do have some 100-year-old liquor there, such as 'Moutai' and 'Wuliangye', they all have this strength, but will they bottle the original puree wine directly and sell it? That is too precious, how much is the right amount to sell? This wine cannot be copied or renewed, and if it is sold, it will be gone. How is it possible to mass-produce?

And if you want to stay in the present? It's really hard!

You must know that in the past, China practiced a planned economy. At that time, there was a department in the state, called the 'Sugar Tobacco and Liquor Monopoly Company', which implemented a monopoly on tobacco and liquor, and the amount produced by the manufacturer had to be stored and sold by the Tobacco Monopoly Company of the Light Industry Bureau. And alcohol is a scarce product, that is, there is a bottle to sell a bottle. (In the past, many people wanted to drink but couldn't buy alcohol, and in the end they had no choice but to drink Huoxiang Zhengqi to hydrolyze their cravings。。。。。 The production has not been sold fast yet, and it can be kept in stock for decades?

In the 90s, there was a stage when liquor was selling like crazy, and the TV station advertisements in that period were all liquor, what Confucius House, Confucian Mansion Banquet and the like, I appeared on the stage, turned on the TV at that time, and three of the ten advertisements were selling liquor. In 94 years, Qinchi wine was 66.66 million yuan for an advertisement, and the annual profit and tax of Confucius banquet wine was 380 million. At that time, the wine was selling like crazy, and what manufacturer would put the wine in the factory and not sell it? Isn't that sending money into other people's pockets?

Except for those liquor manufacturers who want to keep some base liquor for later flavoring or brand display of new liquor, otherwise it is impossible for anyone to leave the liquor until decades later before selling it.

So what is the matter with the 'vintage wine' in the Chinese market now?