After the reception, Link went straight back to the hotel. Dealing with those people at the drinking party made his head a little hot. The sellers of the wine, and the women.

Those women are beautiful, most of them are young and not very popular model stars and the like.

But when you have a beautiful and lovely girlfriend, other beauties will look ordinary. He hasn't reached the level of hunger and thirst that "is used to eating big fish and meat, and wants to eat something light".

He kept the sellers' business cards, and planned to give them to Snapton in the United States so that she could contact them. As for the women's. He waved his hand and threw it into the trash, leaving the party without taking the slightest aroma with him.

After returning to the hotel, he took a shower and came out, it was already a little past twelve in the morning. He saw that there was a missed call from Jessica and called back.

Jessica says that Hannah misses him, and asks Hannah to video call him.

It wasn't until Hannah finished her story in a milky voice that she had done today in a somewhat jumbled voice that Jessica appeared in the video. She laughed and said, "It's been half an hour." It seems that you didn't take the woman back to the room. ”

Link laughed and said, "It turns out that Hannah misses me, it's all fake." Is this what you want to do your rounds?" is this woman who always likes to play tricks on him, but she tells him clearly. Not only does this not annoy him, but he thinks she is cute.

"Hee-hee. I believe you, but I don't trust the women! And Hannah asked you at least ten times today. She does miss you. Jessica said with a smile. "You've done a good job, and you'll get a prize when you come back. It's not early for you there, so hurry up and rest! Well, I'm actually missing you too. ”

Because of his biological clock, Link didn't feel a little sleepy until about three o'clock in the morning. But at dawn he woke up again.

His plane was not expected to take off until the afternoon, and he decided to buy some gifts for friends and family when he had time. However, when he goes shopping as a big man, he usually goes directly to the store where he thinks he is most likely to buy what he wants, and buys it when he sees the right one. Some order online and have the other party have it delivered directly to the hotel.

At lunchtime he went to the dining room to eat, and I don't know if it was a coincidence or a deliberate one, he met Petrov, but he didn't see his female companion today.

After a few pleasantries, Petrov asked him directly: "Mr. Hans, can I sit down here?"

He also knew that the other party had something to say to him, and he wanted to listen to him, so he asked him to sit down.

Petrov really wanted to continue the conversation of last night: "Mr. Hans, I would like to obtain the exclusive right to represent the Blue Lagoon wines in Russia. ”

Link had a puzzled look on his face: "But we didn't get the right to export to Russia." ”

"Of course I'll take care of the details, but I hope that only I can sell Blue Lagoon wines in Russia. This protects the interests of both of us. ”

Link pondered for a moment and said, "Mr. Petrov, I can't agree to your request unless you can get Russia to agree to import Blue Lagoon wine." Because our contract can't involve a market that doesn't exist. ”

Petrov listened to what he said, smiled, and said, "If you can guarantee the supply, I can try to get an import permit from the government." ”

It is not that Russia does not import Western things at all, otherwise French wine would not have been able to do so. When Link heard that he might be able to obtain legal import rights, he said, "Of course, we will supply as much as you can sell." ”

"Including the Empress and Fire Cloud?"

"Not included. We haven't planned for those two wines yet. ”

"But Mr. Hans, you know, the queen and the fire cloud are the real signatures of the Blue Lagoon wines. I need them to open the market for Russia's top rich. ”

Link thought about it for a moment and felt that the Russian market might be the biggest market missing out on Western wines, and that this might not last long. If Blue Lagoon wines can be the first to grab the market there, that's certainly the best.

Although he does not intend to sell both wines in large quantities at this stage. But it's not unreasonable to add some additional shipments to this market.

He pondered for a moment and said, "I can give you a maximum of twenty boxes a month." There are no restrictions on other high-end liquors, however, I require that all goods go through Russian customs. ”

He was reluctant to cooperate with Petrov because he was not a legitimate businessman in the first place. If the other party defaults on the payment, he has nowhere to reason. Even if he wanted to use other means, it was in Russia, not the United States.

So he is now specifically proposing this one. As long as Blue Lagoon wine is legal to enter Russia. He will be able to do things through the means of the law. That's at least a little more protection.

"Of course that's fine. I'd like to get more queens and fire clouds though. ”

"Twenty boxes of each kind is the only one I can give you at the moment. Link didn't let go. "You know, I used to sell only 300 bottles, 50 cases a month all over the world. You get the most abundant supply. ”

Seeing that he insisted, Petrov thought that if the number was small, he could operate in another way, so he gave up this request: "Okay, I think we have reached a preliminary agreement." ”

He also thought of the crux of the matter: Link would not cooperate with him in smuggling.

If he imports wine in other countries, smuggle it into Russia. He wouldn't actually save much in customs duties by doing so. It would be better to spend money directly to find a relationship in Russia to get an import license. In doing so, he can sell openly.

Link nodded and said, "I'll have my marketing team contact you to negotiate a detailed agency contract." ”

Having achieved his goal, Petrov quickly and politely said goodbye.

For Link, it was a surprise that he could open up the market for Russia's legal exports. But he also remembered Banker's reminder last night. So he didn't plan to talk to the other party in detail.

He could get Snapton to negotiate a contract with the other party. Of course, he will also remind Snapton to be vigilant in terms of margin and settlement methods.

When it was time for the plane to take off, he left London. When he returned to the United States, he immediately called Snapton and asked her to contact the sellers.

I heard him say that he found a seller who could open the Russian market. Snapton was surprised and said, "Well done! boss." Russians have quite a few alcoholics, and although the population is not large, sales can be expected a lot. ”

Link smiled and said, "Teresa, when you talk to him, you must remember the monthly payment. If he doesn't accept it, we won't do it. ”

"Boss, isn't this a bit harsh. "A lot of their other clients are quarterly.

"He could be a smuggler. Who doesn't know when he's going to be thrown into jail!"

"Oh, I see! Then I think we need to have some restrictions on the supply volume. ”

"You'll take care of the rest. Link saw that she understood what she meant, and didn't say anything else. "You should also contact other sellers as soon as possible. ”

“OK。 I'll arrange it. ”

If it weren't for Petrov's words, Blue Lagoon wine could legally enter the Russian market. He would not agree to supply the other party.

Knowing that the other party intended to smuggle, he also cooperated with the other party, and once the other party was caught, the Blue Lagoon wine was smuggled into the Russian market. The Blue Lagoon wine is inevitably involved.

Petrov is at least right about the fact that if his Blue Lagoon wine is sold at the current price, the wine produced each year will provide him with at least tens of billions of after-tax income.

Therefore, "Blue Lagoon" is an extremely precious brand, and he must try to prevent any damage to this brand as much as possible.

Of course, he wanted to sell all the new wines every year, which was difficult.

However, the wine market is growing rapidly every year, and as long as he can manage the Blue Lagoon brand well, he may be able to do it in a few years.

He was about to go out to see how the winemaking work on the farm was going.

Hannah rubbed her eyes and walked out of the elevator, and when she saw him, she rushed to him in surprise: "Daddy, are you coming back to pull?"

He picked her up, kissed her twice, and said, "Just came back." Have you washed your face?"

"Washed!" Hannah brought her eyes to him.

"Then let's hang out together. ”

He drove Hannah to the brewery and saw that it was still in order. He talked to Robert for a while, and when he saw that there was no problem, he planned to go back. But before leaving, he reminded Robert: "The weather forecast says there could be heavy snow in a few days. You make arrangements in advance. ”

"I have received the message. Workers have been asked to work overtime to harvest grapes. However, there are still a lot of grapes left, and some of them are not yet ripe. ”

Due to the lack of manpower at the Ozette farm and some negligence in the daily management of the grapes, the ripening time of the grapes this year was somewhat uneven.

Link didn't care about that either. Anyway, he picks it by hand, as long as he picks ripe grapes.

And now there are enough ripe grapes. "Leave the grapes unripe first," he said. Pick as many ripe as possible first. If it can't be pressed for a while, put it in the freezer. The freezer is full. ”

Albert said he was going to make a batch of "ice wine". Put it in the freezer just for him to use.

After he had told him about it, he went back to the castle with Hannah. It's already quite cold. Or comfortable at home.

As we get closer to Christmas, the weather gets colder.

By mid-December, snow was falling on the Ozette farm. The first two days of snow were not too heavy, and the grape harvest continued. Ice and snow can be washed away by simply washing them with water, and pressing them is not a problem.

However, Link saw that there were still a lot of grapes to be harvested, and he had to accept the fact that this year's grapes may not be all vinified. Still, he allows the winemakers to make a little more.

It rained sleet for two days, and the workers worked overtime to harvest the grapes on these two days. But after that, it snowed heavily. More than 10% of the vineyards on the farm remain unharvested.

Such weather is not suitable for outdoor work at all. Link had no choice but to give the workers two days off first. Let's see if the weather can get better in two days.

It snowed heavily for two days and one night. It's finally stopped. But when it dawned, the snow outside was two or three feet deep. Link went to the vineyard to see that the low temperature had frozen the grapes on the tree.

Even the young winemakers would not dare to make such grapes. And they are all Europeans, and soon it will be Christmas. Link asked them to put the finishing touches on their previously made wines and get ready for the holidays.