【Chapter 385】 Snowy wine
Shangri-La is a very magical term for Europeans and Americans, and various legends about it have been circulating for a century!
Published in 1933, "Lost Horizon" depicted the 'paradise' in the minds of Westerners, and was brought to the big screen by Hollywood in 1944, bringing Shangri-La's fame to its peak.
There are sacred snow-capped mountains, deep canyons, dancing waterfalls, tranquil lakes surrounded by forests, herds of cattle and sheep roaming in beautiful grasslands, clear mirror-like skies, and golden temples, all of which are breathtakingly beautiful.
Pure and hospitable people warmly welcome guests from afar, a sacred place of religion, a paradise on earth, where the sun and moon are anchored in your heart - this is the legendary Shangri-La.
For Joseph, who was born after World War II, Shangri-La is a place of dreams, and over the years he has learned about this pure land through various literary works and photographic works, and has constantly sketched out his ideal country in his mind.
At the age of nearly sixty, he has never had the opportunity to set foot in this magical land, and he has always regretted it, always thinking of fulfilling his long-cherished wish in his lifetime.
This time, when he received an invitation from the Commercial Counselor of the Huaxia Embassy in London, saying that the 'Xiao Winery' invited him to go to Huaxia for business negotiations, Joseph did not hesitate and immediately agreed.
Joseph is no stranger to 'Xiao wine', he just made a big splash at the Paris competition a few days ago, and Joseph, as a top wine distributor in England, naturally did not miss this kind of news.
Since the "Paris Competition" has set "Xiao's wine" as a gold medal. This shows that it must be extraordinary, and Joseph tasted the sample sent by the Chinese side, which is really good. So Joseph gladly accepted the invitation and went to Ginkgo Village, which is only 100 kilometers away from Shangri-La.
Don't look at the English and the French will always look at each other, but the arrogant British Isles also have to pay attention to the level of the Gallic rooster in wine tasting, perhaps in the eyes of the English, the French are left with red wine to be proud of.
Of course, a Frenchman like Pierre thinks that the other side of the channel is the worst place, with terrible weather, dark cuisine, and a pseudo-powerhouse that will always be the best Three Lions in history!
After getting the invitation of 'Xiao's Winery'. Joseph brought his assistant and his grandson Wood. Take a China Express Airlines flight to Beiping, and then transfer from Beiping to Yaozhou.
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While waiting for his flight at Peking Airport, Joseph met the person he least wanted to see, and that was the annoying Frenchman - Pierre!
Like the vast majority of English. Joseph hated Pierre's pretentious aristocratic style. I think he's pretentious. And Pierre also thought that Joseph, the old man with a rosacea, was vulgar and loud, and there was no grace in sight.
Of course. Two people don't like each other because they are competitors to each other, and things with a stake in them can't always be sloppy.
Seeing that Pierre was also waiting to fly to Yaozhou in the departure hall, Joseph became nervous, knowing that this sissy's strength was much stronger than his own, if it weren't for his domestic advantage in England, he could barely resist the sissy's offensive.
It seems that this time the battle for the distribution rights of 'Xiao's wine' is not an easy matter.
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Seeing that the old drunkard also boarded the flight to Yaozhou, Pierre's face did not change much, anyway, the old guy did not pose a threat to himself, at most he gave up the distribution rights of the British Isles. However, even if you give up, you have to let the old guy bleed.
As one of the top wine merchants in the European continent, Pierre naturally has a lot of news channels, and he learned that 'Xiao Winery' invited many wine merchants to participate in this order fair, and it is unrealistic for him to monopolize the distribution rights of 'Xiao Wine' in Europe.
In Pierre's plan, being able to win the distribution rights in France and several surrounding countries is already quite a good result.
On the flight from Peking to Yaozhou, Pierre was smiling all the time, and Joseph next door was a little nervous, muttering from time to time.
The duo's itinerary had been informed of their trip before departure, so when they walked out of the airport passage, they saw two large cardboards with their names and the name of the company written on them.
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Zhang Liang graduated from the University of International Business and Economics in 2006, fluent in spoken English and good French, once worked in a French-funded company in Beiping, and is also a white-collar worker in Beiping. It's just that the housing prices in the imperial capital have been skyrocketing, and as a native of southern Yunnan, he doesn't know when he will be able to afford a house, and he feels a little adrift.
Some time ago, he saw that 'Xiaojia Farm' was recruiting a foreign trade supervisor who was proficient in English and French, and he thought about it for a long time, and finally resigned from the original company and left to join 'Xiaojia Farm'.
If it had been replaced before, Zhang Liang would have been hesitant, but when the recruitment advertisement of 'Xiao Family Farm' was published, it was the moment when the 'Forbes Rich List' was newly released. The Xiao family and its companies are famous, especially the salaries and benefits of employees, which have been discussed in depth by the media and netizens.
Joining the 'Xiao Family Farm' allows Zhang Liang to return to his home on the shore of Erhai Lake to accompany his family on weekends, and of course, the high salary paid by the 'Xiao Family Farm' is also an important reason.
As the head of foreign trade of 'Xiaojia Farm', Zhang Liang served as the general manager of 'Xiao's Food', with an annual salary of 100,000 yuan, although it was a little worse than the income of Beiping, but considering the consumption level of Yaozhou, his income actually increased.
Some time ago, Zhang Liang, as Xiao Tao's assistant, followed the three giants of Xiao's farm to Paris to participate in the 'Paris Competition', but he never thought that he would return with a full load.
Zhang Liang's first business after taking up the post of general manager of 'Xiao's Food' was the overseas market development of 'Xiao's Wine', which was a new challenge for him.
For this reason, these days he has been studying all kinds of information of various dealers, and he does not dare to be careless; today Joseph and Pierre two dealers arrived together, Zhang Liang naturally has to pick up the plane in person!
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After greeting for a while, Zhang Liang arranged two groups of merchants to get on two Audi A8 cars, and in order to avoid suspicion, he got on his own Audi A6L, left the airport on the spot, and went straight to the 'Yaoyin Expressway'.
As the scale of the Jinghu system grows larger and the benefits are getting better and better, the welfare benefits enjoyed by employees are also rising, which is not inferior to that of enterprises in big cities.
Taking car distribution as an example, Yang Yuanhang, as the person in charge of a first-class company, took over Xu Mengyao's Jaguar; while Ma Wanli was older, he chose the more stable million-level luxury car Audi A8 low-profile car as his own car; and like Zheng Xia, Zhang Liang, Du Ming and other second-level unit supervisors, all the cars were uniformly replaced with domestically produced Audi A6L; as for some of the previous vehicles, they eventually became the official cars of the Jinghu system and the low-level supervisors' car allocation, but there was no waste.
In fact, the opening of the 'Yaoyin Expressway', the happiest thing is the well-paid Jinghu system employees, because they can drive their own private cars at any time, use the rest time to go to Yaozhou city shopping, watch movies, etc., it can be said that the 'Yaoyin Expressway' has improved the quality of life of the employees of the Jinghu system and the villagers of Ginkgo Village by several grades.
Not to mention that Zhang Liang sat in the car and thought about it, after the two groups of foreigners left Yaozhou City, their eyes were immediately attracted by the beautiful natural scenery along the way.
The first time Pierre came to Ginkgo Village was in March, after the beginning of spring, when the snow on the mountains had begun to melt, the forests had not yet woken up from their slumber, and the flowers and plants all over the mountains had not yet bloomed.
Now towards the end of the year, the peaks above 4,000 meters above sea level are covered with snow, and the blue sky is reflected in the blue sky, and the colorful forests below the snow line make the whole world look like a giant oil painting.
The 'Yaoyin Expressway' passes through the mountains, as if bringing people from the bustling city into the world closest to nature, and makes people's whole hearts calm down.
Pierre, who came to Ginkgo Village for the second time, was dizzying, not to mention Joseph, who had always had a longing for 'Shangri-La', and he felt his heart beat faster and faster along the way.
Shangri-La' in Lost Horizon is the perfect place for nature, humanity and Western technology, but isn't it the world of legends with its towering snow-capped peaks, glittering rivers and calm lakes, and modern equipment?
Intoxicated by the beautiful scenery all the way, the business representatives from the Western society were quickly attracted by the beautiful natural scenery of northwest Yunnan, not to mention anything else, at least they had firmly established the idea of cooperating with the 'Xiao Winery'.
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The feelings of Pierre and Joseph are just a microcosm of the many merchant representatives, no matter who they are, they cannot remain indifferent to the mysterious and beautiful scenery of northwest Yunnan.
In a sense, the two-hour highway ride has become the best negotiation assistant for Xiao's winery, so that these merchant representatives are impressed by the magnificence of the land before they even begin negotiations.
It is foreseeable that in the face of the excitement and the unique taste of 'Xiao's wine', the major wine merchants should not put forward too harsh requirements to 'Xiao's wine', after all, it is a seller's market now, and the 'Xiao's wine' that is not short of money is not in a hurry to sell the 'Xiao's wine' in their hands, and they can even seal all the fine wines and keep them for future appreciation.
All kinds of factors are powerful for 'Xiao's Winery', Xiao Feng and others are sitting firmly in Diaoyutai, waiting for the best negotiation results to appear......!
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