Chapter 527: The "Contender" Finally Appears
The car stopped, Jessica looked at the large glass greenhouse in front of her, and couldn't help but ask Link, who was driving, "Why did you bring me here today?"
Link got out of the car with a smile, turned around and opened the car door for her, pulled her out of the car, took out a strip of black cloth and said, "A little surprise for you!"
Jessica looked at him mysteriously, but obediently let him blindfold him.
Then she was led by him into a fragrant space. She knew she had already walked into the flower room. It wasn't until Link stopped that she asked, "Can I watch it now?"
Link smiled and helped her remove the strip of black cloth as he pressed the button on the remote control in his hand.
Jessica only heard a crunch sound of "pop", and then saw the red petals in the sky, and the scene in front of her. Covering his mouth in surprise, he hugged him for a long time and said, "How did you do that?" It was exactly the same as when he proposed to her a year ago.
"Remember, at this time last year, you agreed to marry me here!"
"How did you do that?" The roses in this flower room only had a problem some time ago, and although she had people maintain them, it was absolutely impossible for them to re-bloom in such a short time.
Link smiled and said, "I asked people to buy the flowers and plant them in their original locations." Do you like it?"
Jessica nodded her head and gave her most fiery kiss. Prove that you like it with your actions. In the enclosed space, the movements of the two became more and more intense.
Link even started to untie his trousers, and his phone rang......
Jessica came to her senses, giggled and said, "Oh my God!" she looked around and didn't notice anyone reassured. She almost did it here with Link. The gardener who manages the area lives nearby.
Link cursed in frustration, "Damn it!"
The other day, their youngest daughter, Caitlin, accidentally contracted pneumonia, and Jessica was nervous and blamed herself, and both of them focused on the child. He hadn't been near her in days. Now that his daughter has recovered, he took advantage of the opportunity to bring her here today, and specially gave the gardener a day off to have a romantic time. As a result, he was interrupted by a Deere call at a critical moment.
He answered the phone and said angrily, "Diel, you'd better have something to do." Otherwise, I'll deduct your bonus for this year!"
Martha is also helping him lay out his agricultural empire around the world. Dill took over her main job.
Dill was visibly stunned for a moment, but he immediately smiled and said, "Sorry to disturb your good work, boss!" He is a psychologist and knows very well when men can suddenly become irritable. "But I think you need to know about it as early as possible. ”
Link let out a sigh of relief and said, "Hopefully it's not bad news." ”
"We've found a gold mine!"
"What?" Link still had the charm in his mind, and he didn't come back to his senses for a while. But he reacted quickly. "You mean ......"
"Yes, in the northwest part of that land in Alaska, the exploration team is conducting a sample of the sands from the sixty-ninth exploratory well. It was an ancient sedimentary secondary mine, just below several layers of sedimentary sandstone, at a depth of about two hundred and sixty meters above the surface. They are in the process of determining the extent and reserves of the gold mines. ”
"Well done!" Link's words were less exciting, more of a relief.
As the team explored more and more areas in the 26,000-acre wasteland, he became more and more worried about the results. He feared that the Vice-Decrepit God did not favor him as much as he had imagined.
Now it seems that his worries are somewhat unnecessary. He thought for a moment and said, "Temporarily block the news!"
"Understood!"
Dill agreed, but he didn't understand why Link was blocking the news. Over the past year, Link's reluctance to drill in Alaska in search of gold has made many people laugh at it.
"What's going on?"
Jessica watched Link say "Well done", but her face suddenly relaxed. She thought he was in trouble again, and she was hiding it from her now.
Link put his phone away and said with a smile, "They found gold in Alaska." ”
Jessica was much more pleasantly surprised than Link: "On your land?"
Link nodded and said with a smile, "You said that when the gold is mined, will our family all cast a life-size golden statue?"
Jessica was happy and said hatefully, "If those people found out, they would definitely regret it and want to kill themselves." ”
Link also remembered the gang that set him up in the first place, and his eyes darkened undetectably. But he laughed and said, "They will!"
One of the people they couldn't kill was now triumphant.
Luke Truss didn't have a good first half of last year.
Due to the ongoing drought, Bell Farm was starved of water, and the tens of thousands of acres of grapes planted had almost stopped growing, and by the end of the year there was not much fragrant fruit.
At the end of the year, his Ekobe farm, which had received some money from some fools, gave him the money to buy water rights from some cities to pump water from Lake Mead, but because of the relatively short years of cultivation, it did not produce fragrant fruit.
And this year he had a much better time. This year, the drought is finally over.
Now the wineries that grow the kind of grapes he has cultivated are all enjoying a good harvest. Especially at Bell Farm, which was first planted, tens of thousands of acres of vineyards are covered with fragrant fruits. The winemakers invited by John Malone thought the grapes were perfect for winemaking.
And his Ekobe farm will be able to make its first wines this year.
But there's a catch. Their grape production is too large, and if the wine they make is not marketable, there is also a big problem in it.
Of course, he had thought about it before. So he needed a lot of money to invest in the winery, buy oak barrels, build a large number of cellars, and so on.
And he didn't have any money, so he united with some people and set up a bureau for Link.
Link bought his vines and later sold them to him for $50 million. These two transactions made him feel that no matter how rich Link was, he couldn't avoid the cheap dick mentality. So he set up a game with a bigger bargain.
Link did get in.
The group of them got a billion dollars out of the bureau. And he got 200 million. So he also had the money to lay the foundations for his wine kingdom.
Seeing that this year's grapes were about to be made, a businessman from China offered to buy their wine.
But Luke Truss is very suspicious of this Chinese. Because he remembered that this Chinese was quite close to Link Hans.
"Mr. Sheng, of course we can provide the wine you want. But I wonder, why are you looking for us?" a merchant from China came to his Ekobe farm. "As far as I know, you and Link Hans have had many successful collaborations. ”
This Chinese businessman surnamed Sheng is none other than Sheng Bingheng. He asked to visit the vineyard. Luke Truss also took him to see it.
He pulled off a grape and put it in his mouth. Grapes are very sweet and do not have as much water as grapes for fruit. But that's exactly what grapes should look like. That's the difference between that and a real Blue Lagoon grape. The Blue Lagoon grape is a grape that can be used to make wine and is suitable for eating directly as a fruit.
He nodded and said, "These grapes are really good." He clapped his hands and glanced at the rotating wind turbine blades in the distance. That's Hans's farm over there. He retracted his gaze and said. "Mr. Truss, you know that China is now the number one consumer of luxury goods. ”
Truss pouted in her heart, but had to nod in agreement. China's current middle class even exceeds the total population of the United States. Nowadays, if it is the world's largest consumer, it is absolutely impossible to choose China: "Does this have anything to do with your coming to Ekobe?"
"Of course there is!" Sheng Bingheng put away his smile and said. "Maybe you also know the news that the price of Blue Lagoon wine is going to be raised!"
Truss nodded and said, "Yes." I heard. "In the first half of the year, there was news that the price of Blue Lagoon wines was going to increase, on the grounds that the wines that had been cellared were better. However, it is also said that the price of the Blue Lagoon wine made last year will also be raised.
Some people say that this is because Blue Lagoon wines are not satisfied with the price after achieving excellent results in the Wine & Spirits Competition for three consecutive years. Others say that this is because Link's business began to strain money after the expansion of his business, hoping to make more profit from the wine side.
Teresa Snapton, who is in charge of the sales of Blue Lagoon wines, also claimed in an interview with the wine specialist press that the price of Blue Lagoon wine may increase.
Sheng Bingheng smiled and said: "That's true! They have officially sent me a letter proposing that after January 1 next year, the price of all Blue Lagoon wines will increase by 5% to 15%. The more high-end the liquor, the greater the price increase. So I'm hoping to get a replacement. He paused and added. "And they don't want me to be the sole agent in the Chinese market alone. ”
Truss listened to what he said basically the same as what she knew, and the doubts in her heart also disappeared a little: "Although we are confident that we can make wines that are not as bad as Blue Lagoon wines, our wines will not be suitable for drinking until next summer at the earliest." ”
"That's just right. You know, our main festivals in China are after summer. The Mid-Autumn Festival and the Spring Festival are the biggest festivals for alcohol consumption. Some time in advance is just enough time for us to do publicity. Publicity, those two festivals just give us the opportunity to open up the market. ”
"We certainly have confidence in our grapes. Now, many people expect us to make wines that can compete with Blue Lagoon grapes. But most are on the sidelines. I am curious about Mr. Sheng's confidence in us. ”
Sheng Bingheng said with a smile: "I'm actually waiting. I also wanted to get a wine that could be compared to the Blue Lagoon wine. At least not too badly. ”
He paused, looked at Luke Truss and said, "Now most wine lovers in China know that you have cultivated Blue Lagoon grapes. We are looking forward to your wines. I just wanted to contact the source. But to replace Blue Lagoon wines, your wines have to have a certain performance. ”
"What's the performance?"
"Like winning a Grand Prix. Only then can we have propaganda gimmicks. ”
Truss nodded in understanding: "So Mr. Sheng, you came this time just to come and see?"
"Of course not!" Sheng Bingheng said with a smile. "I hope to sign an agreement with Mr. Truss that I will purchase from you at a trading company in the United States for the award-winning wines. ”