Xiao Ping asked in surprise: "You don't charge money? You didn't say you wanted to be free! You still work overtime, how can I be happy with this?"

Old Mardan shook his head and said, "It is the dream of every true cooper to make a batch of barrels from such fine oak. You've helped me fulfill this dream, how can I still take your money?, but next spring there's a World Cask Contest, and I'd like you to agree to lend me a cask to participate in it so that my peers can see what a really good cask looks like. ”

"That's no problem, I'll talk to Hao Sue and let him borrow your barrel. Xiao Ping agreed, and continued sincerely: "But this money is not only a reward, but also my respect for your Ma Dan family's cooperating skills, you must accept it." ”

Xiao Ping said that when it came to this, Old Ma Dan couldn't help but accept it, took the check and looked at it in surprise and said: "100,000 euros?

Xiao Ping shook his head with a smile and said, "I have already inquired, the craftsmanship of the Ma Dan family is worth so much. And you are also working overtime to deliver on time, I really don't give these much, you can take it. ”

Xiao Ping's attitude was very sincere, and Old Ma Dan thought about it for a while and nodded: "Then I'm welcome, thank you, Mr. Xiao." ”

"Mr. Mardan is so polite, if I can get a similar oak in the future, I will trouble you. Xiao Ping had already seen the business opportunities, and said to Ma Dan with a smile: "When the time comes, please ask Mr. Ma Dan to help me a lot." ”

Old Mardan immediately replied simply: "Of course, it is the dream of all coopers to make barrels from such good wood, as long as there is such good wood." Come to me!"

While the two were chatting happily, Haucer had already jumped down from the pickup truck and shouted to the vineyard workers: "Come and help." Move these barrels to the cellar!"

"Hey, don't worry. Just move to the villa. Seeing this, Xiao Ping hurriedly stopped everyone: "I want to take these barrels away, don't be so troublesome to move them to the cellar." ”

Hao Sue was not happy when he heard this, and hurriedly came over and asked Xiao Ping: "Mr. Xiao, these barrels can only play the greatest role if they stay in the winery, what do you want them to do?"

Xiao Ping said with a smile: "Of course, the barrels are used to make wine, and some grapes have been planted in my residence, so I just brought these barrels back to make wine." ”

Haucer has already regarded these excellent quality casks as the treasures of the winery, and he is really reluctant to give up any of them. However, Xiao Ping is the boss after all, and theoretically no one can stop him from moving all the barrels. was so anxious that Hao Sue scratched his ears and cheeks, but he didn't know how to persuade Xiao Ping to give up this plan.

Old Ma Dan and Hao Chau are old friends, and when they saw his appearance, they knew what Hao Chau was thinking, and said to him with a smile: "The amount of wood provided by Mr. Xiao is very sufficient, and it can make more than 300 standard wine barrels, which is enough for the winery to use, so it doesn't matter if he takes a few." ”

Hearing what Old Ma Dan said, Hao Sue put down his snack a little and beckoned the workers to move the barrels into the villa. But he was still very reluctant to give up these three good wine barrels. Wu Zi muttered to himself: "Just use ordinary oak barrels to make your own wine, there are a lot of ready-made ones in the winery, why use such a good barrel, what a waste!"

Xiao Ping heard Hao Sue's words clearly. But he didn't mean to bother with him, just laughed it off. It's not a bad thing to have a manager who thinks about the winery wholeheartedly, and Xiao Ping won't think anything bad about Hao Chau just because he thinks about the winery.

Xiao Ping stayed at the winery that night. Take advantage of the fact that there is no one at the winery in the evening. He got all three barrels into the Demon Refining Pot. Xiao Ping moved the barrel to the spring and carefully cleaned it with spring water. Then the bucket was filled with spring water.

Of course, Xiao Ping did this for a purpose, Old Ma Dan said. If the barrel is not used for a long time, it should be filled with water to keep it moist, so as not to cause cracking due to excessive drying, which is a very serious injury to the barrel and even directly cause the barrel to fall apart.

The oak is made of fine and heavy material, and the weight of these three barrels filled with water is not light. But for Xiao Ping, this amount is naturally nothing. He easily carried the barrels into the hut and placed them side by side in a corner of the bedroom.

With the evolution of the Demon Refining Pot several times, the area of the thatched hut is also much larger than before. Although Xiao Ping often went into the demon refining pot to inspect, there were very few opportunities to rest in the hut, and at the moment he was using these three rooms as a warehouse.

In addition to the original furnishings in the hut, the most common vegetable seeds are of various varieties. The seeds are all soaked in the springs and are usually kept in the hut for occasional use, and can be taken out and used immediately when needed.

Now that there are three more barrels in the hut, I don't think it's too crowded. Xiao Ping looked at the wine barrels stored side by side with satisfaction, touched his chin and muttered to himself: "The wine barrels are in place and waiting for the grapes, and no one sells the wine made here, so keep it for yourself!"

There are three things you need to make a great wine: high-quality grapes, good barrels and a good environment. In today's world, there is no place with better conditions than Xiao Ping, and it is needless to say how good the wine is. Today's Xiao Ping is also a rich man, and he no longer needs to sell his own wine to make money, it is better to keep it for himself and give it away as a favor.

The main purpose of Xiao Ping's visit to the winery this time is for these barrels. Now that the goal has been achieved, there is no need to stay in the winery for a long time. After greeting Haucer the next day, he hurried back to Paris.

The Paris branch was still as lively as the previous day, but Pierre seemed to be in a good mood. Seeing Xiao Ping walk into the office, the French took the initiative to greet him: "Hello, Xiao, came back quite quickly this time, did you see those wine barrels?"

"Of course. Xiao Ping sat down in a chair across from Pierre and said, "Those are very good barrels, and the cooper says they represent the pinnacle of his career." I just wanted to transport three of them back to China for my own use, and Haucer almost fell out with me, because he felt that he should keep all the good barrels in the winery. ”

Château Sacred Pot is also under the management of the French branch, so Pierre immediately came to his senses, stared at Xiao Ping with blazing eyes and asked: "Are these barrels really so good? Does it mean that the quality of the wines produced by the winery will be significantly improved in the future?"

"You don't have to worry about the quality of the wine, I'm not kidding when I say three years to overtake Château Lafite. Xiao Ping said confidently: "When the time comes, you just need to think about how to publicize it, so that consumers can know about our holy pot wine as soon as possible." ”

As a Frenchman, Pierre had an unusual affection for wine. Xiao Ping's words immediately aroused his ambition, rubbed his hands and smiled: "This is really good news, when the Holy Pot Wine is on the market, I must do a good job of promoting it and make it a high-end red wine brand." ”

This is the matter of the French branch, Xiao Ping didn't want to interfere too much, nodded casually and said: "You can just call the shots in this matter, by the way, I will return to China in the afternoon, and I can't continue to help you." ”

"Judging by your performance these days, it doesn't help much. The Frenchman couldn't help but complain, and then asked with concern: "Why are you in such a hurry?"

Xiao Ping also complained to Pierre: "You are still a China expert, why did you forget the Spring Festival? There is still more than a week before the Spring Festival, at this time the head office must be very busy, and I have to pay New Year's greetings to many elders and friends, there are many things, I have to rush back." ”

Pierre, who had been in China for several years, naturally knew what the Spring Festival meant to the Chinese, and nodded thoughtfully: "That's the time to go back early, but before you return home, I have good news to tell you." ”

Xiao Ping has always been unrejective of good news, and immediately asked with a smile: "What is a good thing?"

Pierre said happily: "In the past few days, the business of the branch has developed rapidly, and it has only been a few days since the promotion meeting, and we have signed supply contracts with 46 high-end restaurants in France, and more than 30 are being negotiated, and it is estimated that an agreement will be reached soon." If we are not only able to deal with end customers in France, we can also cooperate with fine dining restaurants in many other countries. ”

"That's really good news. Xiao Ping said with a smile: "The French branch has just started its official business, and it has such good results, and the future is limitless." ”

Pierre took Xiao Ping's compliments in full, then handed him a folder and said: "The list of customers and details that have reached an agreement with us are here, you can see if it is suitable, and whether there will be stricter restrictions on the qualifications of customers in the future." ”

At the beginning of the establishment of the branch, Xiao Ping and Pierre had a total of restrictions on the qualifications of the company's customers. After all, the company takes the high-end route, and must not let the ingredients produced appear in an obscure small restaurant, it must be a famous restaurant. In addition, those wholesalers are also excluded from the list of partners, so as to achieve strict control over the whereabouts of all goods.

Only Xiao Ping, who holds the demon refining pot, has such confidence, and it is fortunate that the average company can have customers, where is the idea of selecting customers?

How to choose customers is a big deal, Xiao Ping didn't dare to be careless, took the folder and read it from beginning to end. Xiao Ping was still satisfied with the customers selected by Pierre, and returned the folder to the other party and said: "For the time being, it will be implemented according to this standard, and we will talk about it when the situation changes in the future." ”

Xiao Ping's trust made Pierre feel very good, nodded and said: "I will have people fax this information and contract to the head office for filing, so that it can be queried later." ”

Xiao Ping didn't care about this kind of thing, and nodded to indicate that he had no opinion. After chatting with Pierre for a while, we headed to Charles de Gaulle International Airport to take a flight home. (To be continued......)