Fu Mingting felt like she was dreaming. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

When I arrived in Paris, I didn't even need to leave the airport, and it took only two and a half hours to board a helicopter and arrive in Bordeaux, the famous wine region of France.

As the sun sets, a European castle with a clear history comes into view.

The helicopter circled the brightly lit castle twice before landing in the castle's small square.

But the moment Fu Mingting stepped on the ground, facing the welcoming team of dozens of people in the square, she only felt that everything in front of her was too unreal.

The gray-haired, gentle-looking old butler.

Burly, unsmiling security guards.

Chef wearing a red towel and a kitchen supervisor wearing a black towel

A hunchbacked gardener, a spirited plantation boy, a shy and shy maid......

Holding Fu Zhengyi's arm and welcoming the castle employees through the mezzanine, she couldn't help but hold her breath when Fu Mingting passed by the main banquet hall in the inner castle.

The extravagant crystal chandeliers, the half-rolled velvet curtains, and the tower in the southwest corner of the castle outside the window all made her feel like she was in a trance of turning back time.

Under the guidance of the maid, when Fu Mingting stood in her room, turned around and saw her cousin Fu Zhengyi standing at the door with a smile, listening to the sound from the Loire River, she finally woke up and asked what was going on?

Fu Zhengyi shrugged his shoulders and smiled. "This castle is mine now, although I have seen pictures of this castle before, but I am very surprised to be here today, it is so beautiful......"

The strong feeling of dizziness made Fu Mingting have to sit down, and the soft mattress made her moan comfortably. "Justice, you're not kidding, are you? a French castle? yours you bought?"

"Well, the castle is an asset belonging to the Dikoma Group, which includes vineyards, cellars, distribution channels and tourist projects in the outer castle, as well as a whole bunch of bits and pieces. ”

"How much, how much did you buy?"

"Three and a half million dollars. However, this deal cannot be announced to the public at the moment, so for now I am only staying in the castle as a VIP of the castle!"

Fu Mingting couldn't believe her ears.

The cousin's very relaxed tone seemed that more than 300 million dollars was not a large amount, but the so-called 'silent clause' was more important in his opinion, and he needed to pay attention to it.

The strong curiosity made Fu Mingting want to ask her cousin how much his assets were, but when the words came to her mouth, she swallowed them again, thinking that no matter how much wealth and assets he had, he was still his cousin, wasn't it?

Dicoma is a second-class winery, and its land area has reached 80 acres, but the annual production of Dicoma castle red wine is only 10,000 cases, especially in the past few years, sales have continued to decline, resulting in a significant increase in inventory.

However, after the transfer of ownership, Guo Jianmin sent professionals to conduct an inventory, but there were some surprises, and two boxes of sparkling wine made in 1902 were forgotten under the shelves in his cellar, making them the oldest aged wine in the Château di Coma.

After dinner, after Guo Jianmin came to the wine cellar, Fu Zhengyi said that he wanted to open a bottle and taste it, but it seemed a bit luxurious to think that he would enjoy it alone, so in the end, he held back, and just smiled and said that these two boxes of wine can be called 'Zhenbao wine'.

Seeing that Fu Zhengyi had been entangled for a long time and put the bottle of sparkling wine back, Guo Jianmin spoke. "Boss, if the family of the Counts of Saluces can hold out for a few more years, maybe they won't sell this winery again. It is said that the family fund was hit hard, coupled with the maturity of the loan and the tightening of the bank, so they had to sell the winery in exchange for a large amount of cash to replenish the family fund, otherwise the bank would have forced them to sell the winery at the end of the year......"

Walking between the barrels in the wine cellar with his hands behind his back, Fu Zhengyi was in a very happy mood, and only then did he ask when he walked out of the wine cellar to face the cool night breeze. "Will the Southeast Asian financial turmoil have an impact on the European market?"

"Yes, but it's not particularly big. However, some European funds have downgraded the bonds of Southeast Asian countries, believing that the current risk is too high and it is not recommended to buy!"

"So in other words, these funds in Europe still think they can continue to hold?"

Guo Jianmin nodded, and after reporting the situation in the European financial market, he raised his hand and pointed to the direction of the upper reaches of the Loire River. "Boss, most of the first-class wineries in the Bordeaux region are in the Haut-Mecco-décorto, and the Château Latour was bought back from the British by the French billionaire Pierre family a few years ago, resulting in the continuous sales of the main and second brands of the Latour wine produced by it, which has caused a continuous impact on the distribution system of the Dicoma Group. And I suspect that the Count of Saluces family deliberately released rumors after the completion of the transaction to make the distributors put pressure on the group, hoping that Dicoma would lower the ex-factory price and reduce the inventory......"

"What is the opinion of the sales department of Dikoma Group?"

"At present, the cellar can only store another 10,000 bottles, and next year's pre-sale is currently less than 6,000 cases, so the pressure on storage and sales is quite high. However, although the inventory problem can be solved, it will be very difficult to raise the price in the future!"

"It's easy to reduce prices, but it's hard to increase prices!"

Fu Zhengyi turned his face as he spoke, looked at the big iron door leading to the underground wine cellar, thought for a while, and then asked how much it would cost to build another wine cellar and how long would it take?

Guo Jianmin was stunned for a moment before asking. "Aren't you going to take the advice of the sales department?"

"Well, lowering the price doesn't outweigh the benefits, so let's just build a big wine cellar to solve the inventory problem. Didn't I remember that red wine said that the older the better?"

"This is true, but in fact, red wine is not something that can be preserved forever, and it will get worse after the peak of the wine season, just like the beauty has a twilight period, and then gradually it will become old and enter a period of degradation. Wine needs to be drunk at the right time to taste its peak flavours, and according to the winemaker's calculations, it will take 30 years to reach the peak of Dicomar. So if you squeeze 3,000 cases a year, you need to build two new cellars, and the key is that 30 years of aging is expensive, and according to the current sales record, it is not a good idea to keep it for a long time and wait for the value to appreciate......"

I thought that the domestic red wine market would begin to blow out in a few years, and no matter how much aged red wine there was, I would not worry about sales, so Fu Zhengyi waved his hand. At most, it's a waste of money, the price of the pre-sale will not move, and the existing channel providers will be notified at the beginning of spring next year, Dikoma wine will reduce shipments year by year and increase the ex-factory price, the market capacity is expanding, and the income of consumers is also increasing year by year, there is no reason why the vintage wine market will need to reduce the price to compete!"

Guo Jianmin scratched his head a little, what the boss said was almost the opposite of what the senior salesmen said, and it seemed that it was necessary to let the senior sales director of Dikoma Group come over to report the specific situation.

After learning in detail about the current operation of the London company, Fu Zhengyi learned that the operation of the funds under his command was relatively aggressive, and Fu Zhengyi also understood that the profits of the London company must be relatively rich, so he asked Guo Jianmin to pay attention to the concealment of the operation, and not to become the target of the public, and be noticed by people with intentions about the way it operates and the amount of funds under its control.

After listening to the request, Guo Jianmin stopped and spoke. "Boss, there are some funds that want to invest in the company, or invest money in it to get profits, some are normal, but some are from the Arab region. The other party seems to be aware of the capital efficiency of the London company, so several customers with a relatively large amount of funds have proposed that as long as the safety and freedom of access of the funds can be guaranteed, the funds can be handed over to the London company at a lower rate than the bank loan interest rate......"

Without waiting for Guo Jianmin's words to finish, Fu Zhengyi became vigilant. "No! No funds from unknown sources! An internal investigation was immediately launched, and all leakers were fired without discussion!"

Guo Jianmin was stunned.

Seeing the puzzlement on his face, Fu Zheng said solemnly. "The larger the amount of funds, the more difficult it is to operate! If you want to get a stable and clean income, you should do what I say in similar situations in the future, otherwise even if you can get more than expected returns in a short time, but in the long run, as long as something happens, it will be a catastrophe!"

With a tight heart, Guo Jianmin hesitated before asking. "Boss, do you know the background of the source of these funds?"

"I don't know! And I don't want to know! The London company has only been established for more than two years, and there are some things that you need to make your own decisions, and some money is very hot and you can't touch it......"

Fu Zhengyi didn't know if Guo Jianmin listened, but he felt that with Guo Jianmin's personality, he should not make an unwise decision.

When he returned to the inner castle, Fu Zheng saw that Fu's father and mother were still walking in the garden, so he walked over and said that the scenery outside the castle on the banks of the Loire River was beautiful, especially the sunset at sunset.

Fu's mother dragged him over, pointed to the floor lamps and lights around the garden and complained. "Justice, this is too wasteful, isn't it? Look, you see, the whole garden is just our old couple but there are so many lights! Also, we are four people here, but I see at least dozens of foreigners in the castle, and the kitchen is bigger than our home, how much money will be wasted in this day!"

Fu Zhengyi patted the back of Fu's mother's hand with a smile, hugged Fu's father over and said with a smile. "Don't worry about money, son, if I can buy this castle, then there will be enough money for you to enjoy it......" (To be continued.) )