The man's tone gave the impression of being arrogant, as if he was the only one on top and everyone else deserved to crawl at his feet. And when he mentioned Hao Sue's retirement, he was full of ridicule and contempt, which made people feel very uncomfortable when they heard it.

Xiao Ping hurriedly turned around and looked back, and found that the one who sarcastically spoke about Hao Chau was Simon Raffi who he had seen outside before. This guy has finished the interview outside and is inside the venue.

Speaking from the heart, Simon Raffi's appearance is really good. With short blond hair, coupled with a handsome face and well-dressed dress, he really deserves the title of "handsome old guy".

But this guy's expression is a little unpleasant, not to mention the appearance of no one in his eyes, and there is always a bit of mockery in his eyes. When talking to Haucer, Simon Raffi's eyes were even more sarcastic, and he clearly had no intention of hiding it.

If it had been two years ago, Haucer, who was ridiculed like this by Simon Lafite, would have been furious. However, this year, the old French man has a new red wine in his hand, and he is very sure about the next selection. In this case, Hao Chau's mind is also much broader. In the face of Simon Lafite's provocation, the old French man just smiled faintly and said: "I'm just on vacation, and Monsieur Lafite doesn't need to make a fuss." You should pay more attention to your wine, and think about how you will explain to your father when you go back if you don't win the championship!"

Unexpectedly, Haucer would fight back, Simon Raffi sneered: "You don't need to worry about it, when did we lose Lafite's wine?"

Speaking of this, Simon Raffi seemed to suddenly think of something interesting, and said to Haucer in an exaggerated tone: "Monsieur Haucer, what did you mean by what you just said? Can you beat Château Lafite? It's simply the funniest joke I've ever heard this year!"

Simon Raffi's words caught the attention of several other people, who came over to laugh at Haucer.

"Old man Hauco. Aren't you old and confused, that's why you have such ridiculous thoughts?"

"That broken winery of yours is dreaming if he wants to defeat Château Lafite!"

"Hao Chau, I remember that the wine you brewed has been rated as middle and lower by everyone for several years in a row, and it is too wishful thinking to want to challenge Château Lafite!"

Seeing that Xiao Ping looked at these people who joined later with great interest, Bernard whispered in his ear: "These people are representatives of major wineries, and they belong to the same high-end winery alliance as Château Lafite, and they have always looked down on us small and medium-sized wineries. In the past few years, Hao Chau was ridiculed by them. That's why I thought he couldn't stand these retirements. ”

Bernard's words made Xiao Ping suddenly realize, it seems that the phrase "peers are enemies" is common all over the world. Although it stands to reason that Haucer has no threat to these big wineries, he still can't escape the fate of being excluded by them.

Although he was ridiculed by so many people, Hao Chau did not flinch in the slightest, but proudly announced loudly: "Now the winery where I work has been renamed 'Shengju Winery', this is our boss, Mr. Xiao from China! You all remember this name, and Shengju Winery will be a well-known name in the high-end red wine industry in the future!"

Haucer's words also surprised Simon Raffi a little, but he didn't expect this stubborn old man not to retire. actually climbed to the holy pot company, which has been shining in the food industry recently.

However, when Simon Raffi learned that the owner of the Holy Pot Company was from China, the wariness that had just risen in his heart immediately disappeared without a trace.

As the manager of Château Lafite, Simon Lafite still knows a little bit about China. Because there are many new wealthy people in that country, many rich people like to open a bottle of the famous Lafite red wine to taste on various occasions. In fact, in recent years. China has become one of the most important markets for Château Lafite.

However, even so, Simon Raffi simply does not look down on the consumers of that country. In his opinion, many Chinese consumers like Lafite just for the sake of grandeur – they simply can't drink good or bad wine. Order Lafite just because it's expensive enough to give them face in front of others.

In fact, Lafite is sold in China every year. That's more than Château Lafite produced in a year, and most of the Lafite wines are counterfeits made by local profiteers. Even so. Those who don't know how to drink are still happy, as if they are happy every time they drink red wine without ordering Lafite.

In Simon Lafite's view, it is almost impossible for a boss from such a country to run a winery well. If Xiao Ping buys a winery with a good reputation, he may be able to produce good wine for a few years. However, Xiao Ping bought a winery that was not well run in the first place, which doomed him to failure - how can you expect a person who does not understand red wine to save a winery with poor experience?

It is with this in mind that Simon Raffi hears Haucer's proclamation as a joke. Looking at Haucer with a serious face, Simon Raffi couldn't help but laugh: "Old Haucer, I think you are really old and confused! Why don't we make a bet, if the score of Château Saint Kettle is higher than our Château Lafite at this year's tasting, I will lose 10,000 euros to you, how about it?"

Simon Rafi's naked-naked-naked disdain made Hao Chau's old face flush, and he was going to accept the other party's bet without even thinking about it.

However, just before Hao Sue agreed to Simon, Xiao Ping had already spoken first, he squinted at Simon and said lightly: "Ten thousand euros...... That's not interesting, why don't we raise the stakes, how about half a million euros?"

As soon as Xiao Ping's words came out, everyone was immediately stunned.

Simon said that he would bet 10,000 euros with Hao Chau, which is actually a large amount. Simon was convinced that Haucer couldn't come up with that much money, and deliberately wanted to see his jokes. However, Xiao Ping raised the stakes fifty times as soon as he opened his mouth, and the person who fell into the embarrassment became Simon instead.

However, Simon was originally a very face-saving person, especially on the occasion of this kind of peer gathering, he would not be soft on a "layman" Chinese in public. What's more, Simon thought that he would never lose, so he just hesitated for a moment and nodded heavily: "Okay, I'll bet with you!"

Xiao Ping was waiting for Simon's words, for fear that he would think the stakes were too high and back down. Seeing Simon accept the bet in front of so many people, Xiao Ping finally couldn't help but smile with satisfaction. (To be continued......)

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