When it comes to fashion or art, Texas is certainly not the object that comes to mind, and when people think of Texas, images of the West, cowboys, spurs, yellow sand, etc., will naturally drill into the brain. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

That's how the Stampede show, with its messy straws, messy vegetables, dazzling saddles, dazzling plaid shirts, rough shouts, and ubiquitous cowboy hats...... The whole exhibition is filled with a kind of rough and heroic, unadorned primitive atmosphere, as if the air can smell the smell of earth, horses, alcohol, and sweat.

But the booth in front of me was eye-catching.

Layers of vegetables lay neatly arranged, the rich and vibrant colors so pure and yet so turbulent that they almost overflowed, the red of carrots, the green of lettuce, the yellow of cheese, the purple of eggplant, the white of winter melon, the golden yellow of corn...... Rich colors light up the space with ease.

What's even better is that everything is neatly arranged, meticulously arranged according to size, size and shape, and the rigorous furnishings do not show any flaws, and there is an illusion of spotlessness that is clearly filled with countless products, which contrasts with the clutter around them.

It's like...... It's like an island in the middle of a raging sea, almost swallowed up by the sea, but it stands in a quiet place that easily attracts seabirds and marine animals.

In the midst of the roughness, such a small and fresh scene suddenly appeared, I thought it would be a little feminine and out of place, but unexpectedly, there was no at all. The rigorous arrangement and combination form a unique artistic charm, which easily makes the entire booth stand out and occupy the eye.

It's like "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", entering a magical and wonderful colorful country, turning all the fantasies of childhood into reality.

"Is this ...... 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'?" Because of Raymond's words, everyone's eyes turned to him, Mark's voice was slightly hesitant, and his eyes also showed a look of surprise, but after saying it, he realized that his expression was not clear enough, so he added, "I mean, all the symmetry, all the arrangement, all the details, this is the typical characteristic of OCD, just like the 'Grand Budapest Hotel'." ”

Lu Li showed a smile and nodded to show understanding, "There is an obsessive-compulsive person in our ranch, but his persistence is limited to vegetables. You should check out our underground warehouse, trust me, you'll be impressed. ”

Mark didn't answer, just nodded meaningfully, a look of "I can imagine what that looked like" in his eyes.

"Fourteen, this is the ......" After a brief exchange of two sentences, Richard and the others took two steps forward, and then they saw the sign clearly:

It was a bus stop sign made of wood, with a thin and tall support pole with a round sign inserted on it, painted in the shape of a red base and a white circle, and in the center it was written in a flower font, "Cloud Peak".

Continuing the consistent style of the entire booth, but with a little retro playfulness, and even a little British style, this is really a breath of fresh air at the Rodeo Convention, which is eye-catching, but it is different.

This is Texas, everything is straightforward, neat, arrogant, rough and reckless, those petty bourgeoisie, art, and literary youth, there is no market here at all, it is not popular at all, and it is even disliked. Maybe in terms of visual effects, it's really eye-catching, but that's just because of curiosity, and it's estimated that there are very few people who are willing to stop.

Texans don't eat that.

But the four Englishmen in front of him immediately lit up, and walked forward quickly, Richard turned his head and cast a verifying gaze, Lu Li nodded in affirmation, "Yes, this is our booth." ”

Richard thought for a moment, then gave a look of no surprise, just patted Lu Li on the shoulder, and then stepped forward—Raymond and Robinson couldn't wait to walk over.

Mark nodded politely to Lu Li, and then took a step, and the group came to the booth like this, Tony and Cole were standing in the booth, but Jessica and Randy were not there, they should have gone to the warehouse to get something, and the cheese and wine on the table were not yet finished.

It seems that because of Randy's obsessive-compulsive disorder, they have been stumbling here for a long time, and they have not finished their preparations until now.

Lu Li thought this was very novel, because before this, he had never noticed Randy's obsessive-compulsive disorder, but thinking about it, he had never had such an opportunity before-I wonder if Randy's room was the same...... Be in apple-pie order.

"Hey, Fourteen, where have you been? We all thought you were going to the game. Cole took the initiative to say hello, but his eyes fell on the other four people, and he asked with his eyes, "What's going on?"

Lu Li shrugged, "Just spent money to come back." This joking remark made Tony laugh, Cole couldn't help but roll his eyes, and Richard and the others standing next to him looked confused and didn't know why.

Seeing that Lu Li had no intention of introducing, Keer took the initiative to introduce himself, "I'm Cole, welcome to Texas, welcome to the booth of Yunding Ranch." Subsequently, Richard and others also introduced themselves, and in just a few short back and forth, the two sides knew each other.

"Can you tell us about the booth, what's here?" Raymond looked curiously, to the left and to the right.

Robinson, who was standing next to him, complained unhurriedly, "Everything here is clear at a glance, do you still need to introduce it? Or do you know nothing about common sense in life, even the most basic vegetables?" ”

Raymond didn't lift his head, bent down, and began to seriously look at the booth behind him, Tony exclaimed, "We've been busy for nearly forty minutes, and that's just to set this up. Randy is simply crazy!Not allowing the slightest error, this is crazy!" The excited expression made everyone laugh.

"But it worked outstanding. Raymond gave his own evaluation, and Robinson also didn't raise the bar for a rare time, nodding, "Indeed, it's eye-catching." ”

Tony spread his hands, "If it doesn't work out, it's a real disaster, isn't it?"

"Is this the wine you make on your ranch?" Richard picked up a bottle of wine next to him.

There was a case of twelve bottles of wine next to it, but it was not taken out of the box, let alone put on display, and there were no wine glasses, corkscrews, etc. Richard took the wine straight from the box.

Lu Li showed a look of surprise, "I thought Brandon hadn't mentioned it to you. ”

Richard chuckled twice, "He said it twice. But I don't think that's news worth paying attention to. Richard was a straight-hearted man, and to tell the truth, "This is Texas, not Napa Valley, after all, isn't it?"

Such prejudices are not just Richard's alone, but the world's prejudices, or rather deep-rooted beliefs, that have been perpetuated for centuries.

Lu Li didn't mind, if there was no space spring, it is estimated that the wine made by Yunding Ranch would not have a qualitative leap. As Nick said, wine is a matter of providence and craftsmanship, and it is only in the right vintage, in the right weather, and in the right soil that ordinary wine can be transformed into a work of art.

"Still, it looks ......," Richard said, looking at the label as he looked at the wine with a look of surprise, "it doesn't look like a New World wine at all." ”

Although Richard is not a lover of wine, living in the UK, he knows more than enough about wine than Texans.

"This is the New World Wine Region. It was Raymond who spoke, he came to Richard's side, glanced at the bottle of wine, then tilted his head and glanced at Lu Li, "The label is well designed, it can fool the layman." ”

Lu Li frowned slightly, and said with a smile, "There are only laymen here in Texas. This sentence succeeded in making Mark, who was standing next to him, chuckle, but Robinson said seriously, "Not just for laymen, for most wine lovers, this label is good enough." ”

Raymond glared at Robinson speechlessly, then lowered his head again and looked carefully at the small pendant hanging from the belly of the wine bottle, which was different, he picked up the pendant and looked at it carefully, "What language is this?"

"Chinese. Lu Li started to explain, that small pendant was Lu Li's idea, to bring a little novelty to the wine of Cloud Peak Ranch, but it should not be hung on a beer bottle, "Tony, these pendants should be in a box, why are they hanging?"

Lu Li knows that Westerners have an obsession with wine, just look at the label, it has been inherited for nearly a hundred years, but there is still not much change, just like the concept of aristocracy, carefully maintaining their etiquette and decency, and refusing to change.

If the wine of Cloud Peak Ranch suddenly adds a hanging ornament to the bottle, it will seem out of style, and Westerners will inevitably be reluctant to accept it, but it will seem too cheap. Wine, after all, is not bamboo.

But Lu Li still wanted to add some character to his wine, so he made a hanging ornament and put it in the wine box as part of the overall packaging, without destroying the integrity of the wine itself, and affixed the label of Cloud Top Ranch itself.

"That's what I told Jessica, but she insisted that it had to be hung up, and if it wasn't, it wouldn't work. Tony babbled and complained that he had apparently not been able to gain the upper hand in the argument just now, which made him very depressed, and now he was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief.

"What does that mean?" Raymond looked curious.