"They're still buying a lot of wine?"

Link was a little surprised by the information Douglas called: "Didn't buy grapes?"

Douglas affirmed: "They only buy wine, not grapes." And they bought a lot of Blue Lagoon grapes, mainly Blue Lagoon 223. ”

Blue Lagoon 223 is one of the lowest-priced Blue Lagoon wines, priced at just $24.99 including tax in the United States.

Link asked, "What other wines did they buy?"

"There are a lot of more than 30 kinds in total, all of which are low-priced wines, but Blue Lagoon 233 is the most. By now, they should have purchased more than 60% of the Blue Lagoon wines they purchased. ”

Perhaps because Blue Lagoon 233 has the highest yield.

Link remembers that it was a low-grade wine made the year before, mainly from some grapes left over from the selection. More than 8 million bottles were produced.

It's just Luke Truss, what do they want to do when they buy Blue Lagoon wine?

If, as he thought, they would not have bought his wine for the sake of blending the grape juice. The other party hates him, that's for sure. Even if there is no such relationship, there are more wines cheaper than Blue Lagoon 223, and they will not choose this wine for cost reasons.

He couldn't figure out the other party's purpose, and instructed Douglas to say, "Keep staring." Call me immediately if you find anything unusual. ”

After he hung up, he dialed Carrick's number: "When will those videos be edited?"

Carrick says it will only take two days at most.

He said, "I'll have someone bring it to me." ”

"OK! If I have time, I'll send it to you!"

Something like this is really not suitable for going through the network. If you mail it, you may lose it and end up in the hands of someone else.

Link wonders if Luke Truss will buy Blue Lagoon wine. If Luke Truss is in front of him, he will definitely say that he is also helpless.

In fact, at this time, Luke Truss and his partner Hull Donald were also arguing over this matter.

"I would say that we can fool Link Hans with just a few wines, even if we have to deal with the critics, who have more than a thousand bottles, and the rest can be remade with less than ten dollars of wine and new grapes. Your worries are completely unnecessary. ”

Hurl Donald watched the money they had raised go through the water, and his heart felt like he had been cut. What made him even more unbearable was that most of the money was earned by his most hated enemies.

There are more than a dozen different wines on the table in front of Luke Truss. Hull Donald said, but he carefully poured several different wines into his glass in different proportions with a graduated cylinder.

When he had made a cup, he picked it up and shook it, and said, "Hur, I have said it many times. We cannot afford to lose our reputation. Mr. Malone will not allow it either. ”

"him!" said Hul Donald, feeling his neck a little tight, and he pulled loosening his tie. "As long as he signs for it. It's up to us to decide whether the wine is good or not. Are you worried that he's going to take a sip of every bottle?"

Luke Truss took a sip of wine like gargling, then wrote down the taste on a piece of paper and said, "I know you're not happy about giving money to Hans." He looked up, stared into the other's eyes, and said. "I'm upset too. So I'm trying new recipes and hopefully making a wine that satisfies us with a lower price. So please don't bother me here. The most important thing you should do now is to lower the price of your wine. ”

Hull Donald slammed his feet and said, "If we continue to buy Blue Lagoon 223, we can't get a penny concession." Hell, Link Hans set the price to death. How are you going to ask me to lower the price?"

Luke Truss looked at him and said, "There are other wines. If you want to solve this problem at a lower cost, it's best to let me have a quiet environment!"

Hull Donald looked at him for a moment, then finally walked away.

Luke Truss heard a loud bang on the door and sneered in a low voice: "Idiot!"

He tossed the graduated cylinder on a few pieces, then picked up the phone and dialed it. He leaned lazily on the sofa, but his voice was unusually serious: "Mr. Ma Long, I have prepared a good recipe today, which can be only slightly worse than the previous one with Blue Lake 233 in terms of taste." ”

"You mean to say that it can replace the previous recipe?"

"Yes, the only problem is that it will sour if it is left out a little longer. ”

"You remember, Luke. I want a real wine, not a wine that only lasts for a short time. ”

According to the etiquette of drinking wine, when you want to pour wine again, you need to drink all the remaining wine in the glass. Something like red wine can sometimes oxidize in the glass for a long time. If it sours off after a while, that's a big problem.

John Malone wants to minimize losses as much as possible in his contract with Link, but is definitely not willing to tarnish his reputation.

So it is impossible for him to agree with Hul Donald's approach. If only a small number of wines have problems, it can be argued. If most of them go wrong. Even if Link doesn't win against him, he will lose his credibility in high society.

And even if Blue Lagoon 233 was used as the main blend for new wine, according to the contract with Link, the price of the Silver Award wine was $280 per bottle. With a billion dollars, Bell Farms will be able to recoup most of its losses, including compensation to wineries that have not had time to make their grapes.

If this matter is resolved, he will still only lose about $100 million. But those wineries and cellars and other fixed assets are there. He can grow other grapes on Bell Farm, and he can also make wine. No matter how cheap the price is, it can be profitable. So he can finally make back this loss.

Luke Truss had a smile on his face, but his mouth was still serious: "I understand, Mr. Malone!"

Link doesn't know what Luke Truss is going to do. But since they wanted to buy Blue Lagoon 223, he satisfied them.

He called Snapton and asked her to assure Blue Lagoon distributors in the U.S. that they were in stock. But he soon received news from Douglas that the other party had basically stopped buying Blue Lagoon 223. And there was no increase in the purchase of other wines.

He didn't understand what the other party was playing.

Luke Truss did play a little trick. On the night he called John Malone, he made another call to Hull Donald, who had returned to New York.

"Hur, I think we can save some money. ”

"What's your idea?"

"I have a better recipe. It's going to save a little bit of money, but I think we can find a better recipe, so I just called Mr. Malone and suggested that we put a halt on Blue Lagoon wines. Gives me time to work on better formulas. Luke Truss said on the phone with regret. "You know, he'd rather want to keep his reputation. ”

Hull Donald didn't take Mr. Malone's damned reputation to heart. All he thinks about is his money.

He invested $100 million in Bell Farms' winemaking program, hoping to reach $2 billion in sales when Truss wines were made, so that he could make $100 million. It's just the opposite of what happened. Even if he could stop his losses now, he would have lost more than $30 million. If he continues, he will lose more than $50 million this season.

In this case, his contract with Shengshi International Trading Company did not have any obligations or powers, he only signed an investment agreement with John Malone and Bell Farms. So what happens to those wines in the end has nothing to do with him. But if he pulls out, the $100 million he invested will be completely lost.

Now he only needs to get back the 100 million he invested in that contract at the least cost. That's right, he just spent money to get back the money he had before. Success will also be a loss, but the loss will be much less.

So under the premise that it is obviously impossible to make money, he just wants to get back his previous investment with the least cost. And using the more expensive Blue Lake 223 is obviously not in his interests.

He thought for a moment and said, "Of course, Mr. Malone has a reason to protect his reputation, but I think we should also find ways to reduce our losses." Maybe we can temporarily reduce the amount of purchases from Blue Lagoon 223"

"Nice idea, but how much are you going to reduce?"

“10%。 What do you think?"

"That's not a big saving!" said Luke Truss. "I recommend a 40% reduction. Only then will we be able to save costs. ”

"No, no, Luke. I mean, down to 10%. ”

In this way, the shipment of Blue Lagoon 223 suddenly decreased.

The situation was a little weird, but Douglas was watching from Bell Farm. Link doesn't have to look at it either.

He's busy!

Jessica took over the job from a press conference in California, and she went to work. And Link became a family cook, taking care of the children at home. Of course, he has a lot of private careers, and he needs to worry about a lot.

Like his gold mines.

Alaskan summer was still a few months away, but some work plans for the mine had already been put into his hands.

There's a lot to plan ahead for gold mining in Alaska.

On his part of the wilderness, the permafrost was thick. The permafrost is hard as a stone in winter and thaws in summer. If he wants to mine all year round, it can only be underground. Because in the winter, heavy snow can make it impossible to carry out work. To ensure the safety of the mine, it is necessary to ensure that the frozen soil does not collapse after thawing.

How to excavate the mine, how to protect the mine, what machinery and tools are needed, and how to ensure logistics all need to be planned in advance in Alaska. What he wants to see is the plan for mining in the mine.

The exploration team and the mining team discussed a plan together, and Morris got it and sent it to him directly.

The costs and risks of different mining methods are explained in the scheme. Of course, the required implements are also listed. It also gave him a choice of two mining options.

One is to mine all of them underground. The other is that the rich ore area is mined underground, and the other side of the ore site with relatively low gold content, shallow burial and high terrain adopts open-pit mining.

After thinking about it, Link decided to go with the second option. The first option is slower. In the second option, the open-pit mining sites are only mined in the summer, while the bonanza is mined all year round. In the winter, the miners and other miners in the poor mines are given shifts.

As for the slag, the mining team recommends leaving it alone for the time being. Because the gold particles there are small, they need to be extracted with chemicals, which is costly and labor-intensive.

Link also heeded their advice and ignored the gold mines for the time being.

He called Morris back and told him his decision so that the mining team could start getting ready for mining.

And Luke Truss played another little trick at this time.

This time, however, he called John Malone again and expressed concern that he would not be able to source enough wine in the limited time: "Hur is sending a lot less wine these days. Perhaps it was the Blue Lagoon 223 that reduced shipments. I'm worried that we're not going to get enough raw materials in the planned time. ”

The next day, John Malone stripped Hull Donald of the purchase rights and gave it to Luke Truss.

After Luke Truss got the purchasing rights, he made a phone call with a smile: "Man, you can show off your skills." ”