There are large crowds of people gathered outside Broadway in New York, mostly wine lovers. Of course, there are a lot of journalists.

In the past few days, the ISC has been held here, and many people have had the opportunity to buy tickets to taste wines from all over the world. Today is the last day, and they have the opportunity to mingle with more than 200 sommeliers and taste the wines that have reached the finals.

Catherine and Amanda flew in from Las Vegas, and Catherine had to know the result on the spot in preparation for the next publicity. Amanda, on the other hand, took Link's money to interview the tasters for their views on the Blue Lagoon wines, and then make a feature.

They don't have to wait for the usual wine lovers to party, they just have the pass Snapton has in hand and can enter through the special lane.

When they entered, Amanda smiled and said, "Your boss is so calm. I seem to have seen quite a few owners of famous French wine estates coming. ”

"You know, it's not a good time for him to step in. Catherine whispered. "It's a wine show. The Blue Lagoon wine has almost no fame, and he will be snubbed when he comes. ”

"Isn't he confident in his wines? Maybe now is his highlight moment. ”

"Do you think he needs that exposure?" Catherine didn't think was necessary.

Amanda didn't understand what Link and his team were thinking. But she doesn't need to understand either. As long as Link is willing to pay, and the demands are not excessive, she can do things with the money. She laughs and says, "I'm going to interview those tasters." I hope your wine will come out of their mouths on its own. ”

Catherine watched as she twisted her waist towards the crowd. She smiled. She believed it would be easy for the woman to interview the men.

She had an in-depth knowledge of Link's. She thinks Link is right not to show up at the tournament.

Link broke into the ranks of America's top billionaires as a Chinese-American, and he did not have a good relationship with the American elite. This meant that he had to be more cautious than other rich people.

She felt that Link should avoid giving people the high-profile of a star. Instead, it should give everyone the impression of being as low-key as possible.

For example, he can make money, but he shouldn't expose too much in this area, and the more low-key he is in this regard, the better. But in terms of the social benefits generated, it is necessary to publicize more, such as the positive news about the society in his business, and the charity he does. These can give him more exposure.

In doing so, over time, Americans can get the impression that Link Hans is a socially responsible businessman.

She believes that with Link's worth, it is not difficult to break into the top position of the pyramid of American society. But even if he goes up, he must be the most unstable in his position.

Because he lacks the support of the American political hierarchy and the same class of people. When something happens and it needs to be sacrificed, he will definitely be the top priority for other people of the same class and the American political class.

So Link needs more people's support. The more people who support him, the more scruples those people will have when they want to do so. Besides, even if he fails for a while, as long as there are people who support him, he will rise again one day.

Therefore, she believes that the focus of propaganda about Link should be to make the impression of Link as positive as possible for ordinary Americans. She feels that Link's active involvement in charity now is a good place to start. That would have reversed his previous impression that he had made a gambling breakout.

There are many stories of nouveau riche in the United States, but not many positive. After having money, he spends all day drinking, gambling, full of famous brand jewels, and squandering everywhere, as if he is afraid that others will not know that he is rich. But for those people, the results are usually not good. Many people are destitute within a few years.

Perhaps the nouveau riche is also an American dream for Americans. But nouveau riche is also a derogatory term in the United States.

Link's nouveau riche hat has already been picked up for most of the shorting of GE stock in New York. That operation is known to many, and it makes people feel that he is not useless. At least, in addition to gambling, he can make money on his side.

She knew that the GE operation had cost a lot of people. Some people even lost their money. But the stock market is a place where each can show its ability. If you make money, you are great, but if you lose, you have no ability and can't complain about others. She also believes that even people who want to jump off the building with a loss will not think that Link is doing something wrong.

So, Link's reputation is changing for the better, and it's her job to make it more and more positive. And she felt that taking the swaggering route was not suitable for him.

However, she also knows that if she wants Americans to accept Link's social status in the United States, Link's exposure cannot be low. But she thinks that it doesn't necessarily need to be exposed head-on, and that more people can know about Link's greatness from the side. For example, this time she suggested that Link take out the money and ask Amanda to make a special trip to do a special feature about the wine competition.

In agreement with Amanda, this session will cover some of the best wines and wineries. And if Link's wines achieve relatively good results, it will be a miracle for a winery that has just planted grapes for two years. So she didn't worry that Amanda couldn't tout Link's wine. Of course, the focus is on recommending wines and wineries, but Amanda is not the first day to write a report. How to get people to notice Link, that is not difficult for her.

Not long after Link returned to Mora Manor in his carriage, he received a call from Martha. Martha went to Australia and South America for a visit.

She only returned to the United States yesterday. I called today to have a video call with Link to report on her investigation during this time.

He connected the video with Martha in the study: "Martha, everything is going well on this expedition." ”

"Yes, everything was fine except for a little bit of trouble getting into Peru as soon as you got in. Martha said with a smile. "I have sent the written report to your mailbox. Let me first give you a brief introduction to my assessment. ”

Link opened the mailbox and said, "Okay, here you go!"

"I first went to Victoria and New South Wales in Australia to look at five baby alpaca farms. Three research institutes working on artificial embryo transfer of baby alpacas were also examined. Because the alpaca has a long breeding cycle, up to eleven and a half months, almost a year. And usually only one cub is born at a time. So there aren't many alpacas in Australia that can be exported, and their domestic demand is very strong. ”

"That's because the little alpacas have less need for pasture and are the animals that make the most use of crop straw," she said. So they want to replace sheep farming in some areas with alpacas. As a result, only a small number of alpacas are exported in the country each year. However, we can probably get 1,000 to 2,000 head of imports from them. ”

Link asked, "So, if we want to breed alpacas, we will face a lack of provenance. ”

"Yes, if you're going to breed on a large scale, the best thing to do is to buy baby alpacas, because the price of a breeding llama is high, $30,000. That's an unaffordable price. ”

Link nodded and said, "That's really high." "$30,000, maybe it's worth it. But he is a large-scale breeder, and alpacas have a long breeding cycle. The number of alpacas he needs to buy is large, which is very powerful.

"Now there are research institutes in Australia that want to increase the fertility of alpacas through artificial technology. Their approach is to hope that the alpaca will be able to conceive multiple babies through artificial embryo transfer. and increase the pregnancy rate. ”

"They succeeded?"

"The success rate is too low. Multiple births can cause a lot of physiological stress to the mother. Moreover, alpacas are timid animals, and once they receive external pressure, they are very prone to miscarriage. Alpacas with multiple births are more likely to have miscarriages. The only thing they do now is to ensure that the vast majority of female alpacas are conceived and have a birth rate of cubs. ”

"That said, the trip to Australia was not very fruitful. ”

Martha smiled and said, "You can say that! But you can't say that it's completely useless." She paused and continued. "The trip to Australia allowed me to get some data that I could use to convince the Peruvian Ministry of Agriculture to agree to export alpacas. ”

"You did it?"

"Not yet. But I think they'll take my suggestion into account. I let them know that the number of alpacas in Australia has grown from less than 40,000 a decade ago to more than 300,000 now, and that there will be at least 60,000 more every year. The growth rate is much higher than that of Peru. It doesn't make much sense for them to want to continue to protect the alpaca industry. You know that they restrict the export of alpacas in order to ensure that they have an absolute monopoly on the alpaca industry. Ten years ago, there were more than 3 million alpacas in the country, accounting for more than 90% of the world's total alpacas. But now because the alpaca fertility rate in China is too low, this number has dropped to about 80%, and the downward trend is becoming more and more obvious. ”

"At this amount, their monopoly on the alpaca industry will continue for a long time. Will they really agree to export alpacas in large quantities?"

"The data I came up with is that the growth rate of alpacas in Australia has reached more than 20 percent, while the growth rate in Peru is less than 1 percent. If they continue to strictly restrict exports, they will not only lose their monopoly position in the world of alpaca wool, but also soon lose the world market for alpaca exports. ”

"So they're considering your request to import alpacas?"

"yes, I think they'll think about it. I offered them to import 20,000 to 30,000 calves, not breeding camels, but young camels of about five months. ”

"Do you think they'll agree?"

"I proposed that if they agreed, we could invest in a research institute for the artificial breeding of baby alpacas to help them increase the birth rate of alpacas. ”

"But there are too many alpacas, which will definitely affect the value of alpacas. ”

"That's an inevitable trend. Alpacas have a lower yield than sheep, but they also have a lower use of grassland than sheep. The breeding technology of people and alpacas is very promising. Their hair production rate may be a little higher. When the number of alpacas increases, the profit of the alpaca industry chain will no longer be alpaca wool, but the textile industry. ”

Link thought for a moment and said, "You mean, we can promote alpaca breeding in the United States?" According to his plan, at Fairy Peak Farm, the maximum number of alpacas he can breed can be 360,000 heads. Of course, he couldn't have raised that much. He originally thought that it would be enough to breed about 100,000 heads and form intensive farming.

But as a supplier of alpaca breeding in the United States, that number is clearly not enough. And it will take time for alpacas to reach that number. Unless other countries can get alpacas in large quantities.

"Yes, we can take advantage of the time difference to introduce a large number of alpacas, preemptively become the largest breeding base in the United States, and promote alpaca breeding throughout the United States. Then the alpaca textile industry was established. ”10