The Coke bottle collector Hans contacts is named Bauer Saunders, a tycoon in the book publishing industry. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

On the way to Phoenix, he contacted Bauer and rushed to Phoenix at noon, where they had lunch and then met at Bauer's suburban villa in the afternoon.

It's hot in Phoenix in mid-July, and the city lives up to its nickname 'Phoenix' and is literally a lair of the fiery phoenix.

At half past one in the afternoon, their truck stopped in the suburban villa area, an upscale residential area next to a small lake, surrounded by lush woods.

Hans made a phone call, and a middle-aged white man in sunglasses waved to them in front of the villa.

After the three of them entered the door, the middle-aged white man shook hands with them one by one and said with a smile: "I'm Bauer, you are welcome to come as a guest, please come in, I have prepared a cold drink." ”

Hans wiped his sweat and said, "Mr. Sanders, although Phoenix is a very developed city, I suggest that you better move to Flagpole City, which is suitable for people of your status." ”

Ball laughed and said, "I must admit that the summer in Phoenix is too hot, but I don't have the money to settle in Flagpole City, and my money is used to collect drinks and merchandise." ”

"Before, I didn't understand why anyone would like to collect drink bottles, but now I understand that Phoenix people must love cold drinks," Li said. ”

They entered the living room of the villa and saw that the walls were surrounded by wooden shelves with many drink bottles on the shelves.

Li Du probably looked at it, not to mention the bottles of Pepsi and Coca-Cola, in addition to Sprite, Heineken, Danone, Nestle, Budweiser, Gatorade, Red Bull, etc., and so on.

Among them, the bottles of soda drinks are all glass bottles, and there are no plastic bottles, because the taste of soda drinks is related to the carbon dioxide gas content in them, and if carbon dioxide is lost, it will not taste very good.

Glass bottles seal much better than plastic bottles and metal cans, and the carbonate content of soda can still reach 98% after six months, so glass bottles taste better.

In this case, the glass bottle is naturally considered to be a better container for soda, and it is also a more collectible container.

There was also a neatly arranged refrigerator freezer in the living room, and Ball opened the freezer and asked, "What do you want to drink?"

Hans said, "We've brought bottles of Coca-Cola, so let's get us some Coke." ”

Bauer smiled: "You made the right choice, I just got some good Cokes recently, and the most orthodox Coke, what flavor do you want?"

There are many flavors of Coca-Cola, the hottest in the United States is cherry, in addition to raspberry, orange, lemon, etc.

Hans asked Li Du to choose first, and Li Du shrugged and said, "Whatever, buddy, you can recommend one, I believe that with the level of your expert, it is much better than my own choice." ”

His compliments made Bauer quite useful, and his smile was bright.

"I recommend you a bottle of vanilla-flavored Coca-Cola, which has received rave reviews in China. ”

Li Du didn't pay attention to the taste of Coke, he used to buy it casually, and it was just a thirst-quenching drink for him.

When it was Hans's turn, he said, "I like the sensation, can you recommend one for me?"

"If you're looking for something exciting, you have to choose the ginger-flavored Coke, which is so popular in Japan," Bauer laughs. ”

After listening to it, Li Du admired the taste of the Japanese, ginger juice and cola, this is really refreshing and healthy, but it is more suitable to drink in winter, right?

There was nothing wrong with his idea, ginger cola was a hot drink, the best for winter, but Bauer was right, this thing was the most exciting.

When he arrived at Godzilla, Bauer didn't wait for him to speak, and said directly: "Oh, I know man, you definitely want traditional Coke, right?"

Godzilla shrugged and said, "Thank you." ”

Li Du asked, "Is there a difference between traditional cola and modern coke?"

"Of course, 30 years ago, Washington encouraged foodmakers to use corn products, and Coca-Cola replaced the carbonated sucrose with corn syrup, which contains high fructose," Bauer said. ”

"However, Coca-Cola from Mexico insists on flavoring with cane sugar because our neighbors have a lot of sugar cane, and the cost of cane sugar is lower for them. ”

Although The Coca-Cola Company has always claimed that there is no difference between the two, many die-hard Coca-Cola fans claim that the Mexican version of Coca-Cola is the real and most authentic Coca-Cola. As a result, cola that uses sucrose as a raw material is called traditional cola. ”

He handed Godzilla a large bottle of Coke as he introduced, took another small bottle for himself, and turned the bottle to show the three of them.

Hans immediately understood what he meant, that the goods were showing them off, so he asked with interest, "Is there anything special about this Coke?"

Bauer immediately said happily: "Yes, man, you have sharp eyes, this is a few bottles of seawater cola that you can't find in the whole of America." ”

"Seawater Coke, Coke made from seawater?" Li Du asked cooperatively, "Isn't that salty?"

Ball smiled and shook his head: "No, this is a drink made from desalinated seawater, which is produced on the island north of Malé, the capital of the Maldives, and is only sold locally." ”

Hans said admiringly: "You know Coca-Cola so well, I bet you must have spent a lot of money on these Cokes." ”

Bauer spread his hands and said, "Who makes me like them? Money is always there and happiness is not, and if you can spend money to be happy, then the money is worth it." ”

Godzilla nodded, there was nothing wrong with that, he would be happy when he ate, and it was worth the same amount of money spent on food.

Taking advantage of this topic, Hans opened the induction box and said, "We want you to see now if these bottles can bring you happiness?"

Li Du and Hans checked on the Internet, and this antique Coke bottle is valuable, and for some collectors, they are worth thousands or even tens of thousands.

But in front of Bauer, they are not very confident in their goods, Bauer has too many bottles in his collection here, maybe people already have their bottles.

Their fears became a reality, and Bauer picked up the Coke bottle and looked at it, and said with a smile: "Wow, good thing, the first generation of Coca-Cola bottles, I have collected a few here, this is good thing." ”

Hans and Li Du glanced at each other, both of them were a little disappointed, this deal was difficult to do today.

But the business is difficult to do, and Hans asked, "Can they still bring you happiness?"

Instead of speaking, Bauer picked up another green Coke bottle.

He held up the bottle and looked into the light and said, "It's kind of interesting, you still have Santa's treasure bottle, that's good!"