Jessica watched him place the bottle on the table and open it, and found that the bottle was naked and had no label at all. She couldn't help but ask curiously, "What kind of red wine is this?" It can't be brewed by you. "She seemed to have seen a winery on the road just now.

Link pulled the cork out, handed it to her, and said, "Yes." Brewed in October last year. ”

Jessica took the plug, put it under her nose and sniffed it twice, saying, "Seems pretty good." ”

Link held the bottom of the bottle with one hand open and poured two glasses of wine.

When she saw the liquor poured into the glass, she couldn't help but reach out and pick up the wine that had been poured into the window, and then quickly shook it for a while and put it under her nose, and finally took a sip. Judging from her movements and gestures, she should indeed be used to drinking wine.

Just listen to her: "Wow, the wine is so much better than I thought." The wine is quite full-bodied. I have to say, you've got a very nice winemaker. ”

"Maybe. Although he is only a trainee winemaker. But he really is the best winemaker I could find last year. Link picked up the glass and shook it gently, smiling. "This year I found a new winemaker. He also said that the wine was okay. I wondered if maybe the salary I paid the winemaker last year would be too low. ”

Jessica glanced at him, noncommittal to his words. She gently shook the glass again, put it under her nose and sniffed it after a while, then took a sip, pursed her lips, and nodded, "Although I am not a taster." But I would say that at least this wine is not as bad as my mother's. You know, my mom's dry red bottle sells for forty-five dollars. ”

Link smiled and said, "Okay, Jessica." Maybe we should talk about how we can work together. ”

"Aren't you looking at the information I brought?"

Link took a sip of his wine and said, "That's not the most important thing. I trust the results I see more. ”

He said that he used chopsticks to clip a large piece of clear water chicken to her, and then clamped another piece for himself, and said, "I need to verify." Verification of experiments!"

Jessica saw the yellow chicken with chicken skin on the plate in front of her, which didn't look like it had been cut with a knife, but as if it had been torn by hand. The chicken with chicken wings was the size of her palm, and the fat under the skin was horrible. She didn't dare to move, and said, "How do you verify?"

Link said as he ate, "I'll build an enclosed glass greenhouse and transplant a small number of diseased grapes into it. Then you send someone to deal with it. I'll have a third party check the results. Only when the experimental results show that your company's method really does not cause harm to other cells, I can rest assured that I will cooperate with you. ”

"That kind of experiment takes at least two weeks. And that's not counting the time to build a glass greenhouse. ”

"I can afford to wait. Link watched as she forked a boiled cabbage heart with a fork, that is, not to eat the chicken, and didn't say anything about her. "You know, I have a large grassland here, and the ecology of the grassland needs a lot of bacteria to sustain it. If you're that kind of virus, it's also seriously harmful to other bacteria. Cow dung will soon spread all over the pasture. ”

Jessica nodded in understanding. While Link is exaggerating, cow dung does have the potential to build up without enough bacteria.

"We can do the experiments you ask for here. But the cost needs to be borne by you. ”

"Of course. ”

"And we're going to initialize an agreement. If the experiment proves harmless. You will have to sign a service agreement with our company. ”

"This one can be considered. "Link hasn't been fooled by beauty yet. Of course, he wouldn't agree to this so easily. "At least I want to know what the price of your service is. ”

"Our services are billed on an annual basis. It doesn't matter how many diseases occur that year, how much we spend. It's all taken care of by our company. Customers only need to pay a fixed amount of money every year. ”

"How is the fixed fee calculated?"

"We are only responsible for controlling specific pests and diseases. At present, we can control mold diseases such as grape blanket disease, black pox, downy mildew and gray mold, as well as four insect pests: phylloxera, tiger beetle, short-bearded mite and star leafhopper. However, we also study grape pests and diseases, and once the results are available, we can also provide value-added services to customers at a relatively favorable price. ”

She paused, seeing that Link didn't ask any questions, and continued, "If the area is smaller, we charge a fee based on the area, usually a hundred dollars per acre a year. She glanced at Link's face, but found nothing. She pouted inwardly and continued. "Of course, if the vineyard is more than 100 acres, we can negotiate the cost. But this cost will not be less than $10,000. In addition, the winery is responsible for the costs incurred by each of our technicians' business trips, such as accommodation and postage. ”

Link felt that this kind of cooperation was indeed good, if it wasn't for Jessica's confidence, or they were ready to do business at a loss.

He finished a piece of chicken, then wiped his mouth, took another sip of red wine, and said, "This cooperation model is quite novel." But how much do you think my farm will cost per year?"

Jessica thought about it for a moment before she said, "I need to know how many acres of grapes there are on Ozette Farm." ”

"For the time being, there are 11,000 acres, and in the future there will be more, possibly up to 50,000 acres. ”

"Wow!" Jessica was honestly shocked by the area. She had never heard of a winery with such a large area of grape cultivation.

But even if she knew the area of vineyards, there were other factors to consider.

She pondered her words and said, "Mr. Hans." You know, grapes are susceptible to mold disease in rainy and humid conditions. Because mold is more likely to multiply in a humid environment. ”

Link has no objection to this: "Yes. I know this. But you also see it. Although my vines are infected, they are still very resistant to disease. I've heard that if a grape is infected with downy mildew, it only takes three days for it to start shedding its leaves. My grapes, on the other hand, are confined to a certain range on the leaves. prevents them from reproducing. ”

"But they do get very susceptible to infection. Isn't it?"

Link also had to admit it. He nodded and said, "Okay." You're right. So can you choose how much I'm going to pay?"

"Two million dollars a year! All the acreage in the future. ”

"I have three farms, all of which grow grapes at a large denomination. One in Nevawa and one in New Mexico. Each one is planted on more than 4,000 acres. If you say the price includes the other two farms, I can say yes. ”

"Oh, I'm just talking about Ozette, not the other farms. ”

Link looked up and smiled, "But I think it's worth two million dollars for three together." ”

"That's not fair, Mr. Hans. Jessica stopped and looked at Link and said. "We may have to use our products for your vineyard once a year. If that's true as you say, you have two other vineyards that add up to more than 8,000 acres. According to your price, we are helping you to do services at a loss. That's not business!"

"And how much do you think the three of them will need together?"

"At least two and a half million!" Jessica wrinkled her little face as if she was entangled.

"Two and two hundred thousand at most!"

"Deal. Jessica immediately changed her big smile and raised her glass and said. "Although it may not make any money, I think we should wish us a happy cooperation. ”

Seeing her smiling face, Link couldn't help but sneer, "You have such a good attitude. I'm so happy that I can't make money. But he raised his glass and clinked glasses with her.

Jessica took a big sip of wine and said with a smile, "Although we can't make money doing business with you, we can use your farm as a model." We can do a free advertisement. ”

Link listened to this, and his heart was completely unimpressed. Whatever the reason, no one can laugh so happily if they don't make money in business.

The two of them agreed on some things for the time being, but in order to do such an experiment, the farm side still needs to sit down and prepare first. At least one glass greenhouse should be built first. The greenhouse must also meet certain laboratory standards to isolate the viruses and fungi used inside.

After talking about it, Jessica didn't linger any longer.

And he left the construction of the glass greenhouse to the professionals.

After finding the man who built the greenhouse, he waited for Albert Anthony to arrive.

The other party said that he would come to Ozette today. He'll fly to Seattle first. Link asks Warren to pick him up in a small plane.

Albert came to Ozette mainly to verify his own guesses.

He first picked some grapes in Ozette, although they were not yet ripe. But he brought some grapes and asked Link to send him to Hans Farm and Habano Farm, where they picked some grapes and brought them with them for inspection.

Albert did those tests, and Link didn't stop them.

The grapes he planted might not have been of any value if it weren't for the high-level curse of the Vice Decay God. It was Albert who had other purposes, to take away his grape seeds, and to plant good grapes.

So whether Albert took it away was really just to test the sugar and tannic content of the grapes, he didn't care at all.

But two days later, Albert called him and said, "Link, I think you're growing the best Cabernet Sauvignon in the world." Or at the same time the best other breeds. And it's possible that this year's grapes from all three of your farms will be able to produce wines that have the potential to age for more than 50 years. I think I'm going to start from scratch with my brewing plan. ”

Albert's words, whether they were in the air or not, but Link's mood was undoubtedly much better because of his words.