Volume 2 Chapter 29 Intention to Cooperate and Self-isolation

didn't wait for Li Sheng to figure out the purpose of Fernando's invitation to him this time. The two of them left the cellar www.biquge.info.

Fernando took him to the winery's residence.

Li Sheng shook his wine glass, looked at this reception room with a very oriental atmosphere, and asked a little strangely: "The decoration style of this villa makes me feel like I am returning to my motherland." ”

Fernando smiled and said, "Actually, I spent some time in Macau, so I was very fascinated by some of the Chinese culture. If it weren't for the fact that Chinese is so difficult to learn, maybe I would have learned it too. But you know, when we get to work, time doesn't belong to us anymore. ”

Li Sheng glanced at him and said with a smile, "You shouldn't be busy now." ”

"You mean I'm hosting this tasting? It's actually work. I want to make LemaΓ₯t's red wine one of the world's premium brands. So this needs to make the winery have a certain reputation. ”

Li Sheng also guessed this reason. He smiled and said, "Personally, I think red wine is about the same." As you said, all those who claim to be good at wine don't necessarily have the taste buds of a sommelier. Fame can indeed make red wine a lot more noble. ”

The world's famous brand wineries all have decades or hundreds of years of history, and those fame are slowly boiled out.

"That's right, if the owner of a winery is an ordinary person, no matter how good his red wine is, it is impossible to be recognized. Because if you want to make red wine a luxury product, you must have luxury consumers to help promote it. That's why I'm hosting wine tastings like this. ”

Li Sheng heard what he was referring to, but he didn't think he heard it, and just said secretly: "Actually, my farm also grows a large area of grapes, and I plan to make wine in the future." But now it seems that it can only go to the low-end market. ”

The two of them talked about a new topic like old friends, as if the words in the cellar were just a dream, and when they came out of the cellar, they passed the back of the duck without a trace.

Fernando knew that Li Sheng understood what he meant, and he responded. One of them said that good things should be advertised, and the other said that his things really need to be advertised, but there is no way to do it. However, that's pretty much it, they haven't decided to work together yet.

As for Li Sheng, he also plans to build a winery. Fernando is not worried that Li Sheng will steal the market. Because when wineries advertise, they usually make a fuss about the origin, winemakers and the age of the vines. The vines at Lemaau are at least 30 years old, and he has hired a renowned winemaker, and Valle Gaucho is one of the most important areas in Brazil to grow grapes. In these respects, Silent Farms is simply competitive with ChΓ’teau LemaΓ₯r.

Good grapes are often not produced in rainy places. Silent Farm is located in a tropical rainforest, and there is at least half a year of the rainy season, and the abundant rain may not cause the grapes to rot the roots, but those grapes are probably only suitable for sale as fresh fruit.

"I noticed you did a great job at Silent Farm. A lush grassland is enough to make all farmers jealous. But I know that the land developed in that forest is more for growing soybeans. I feel that growing soybeans should be profitable. ”

Li Sheng certainly knows this. In fact, soybeans grown in South America are largely due to demand from China. China's demand for meat is rising, from domestic pigs to poultry, as well as to aquaculture, which produces up to 10 million tons of soybeans every year, and these farmed animals need large quantities of soybeans as feed ingredients. Therefore, China needs to import tens of millions of tons of soybeans every year.

Because most of the soybeans exported in the world are genetically modified varieties, Huaxia has never regarded soybeans directly as food, but as oil cash crops. It is precisely for this reason that China's grain import figures are not scared to death. Do you know, just soybeans, China has a demand gap of 60 million tons, and this gap can only be imported from abroad.

Among the world's major soybean exporters are Brazil and Argentina.

The flat terrain of the Amazon is ideal for large agricultural machinery, so much of the land reclaimed here is used to grow soybeans. There are also many people who rent land from Huaxia to plant.

But Li Sheng doesn't think growing soybeans is a good thing. While soybeans may be a little easier to sell, he, like Fernando, intends to go the upscale route.

So he grows fragrant rice in the space, as well as wheat and corn found in the space.

The quality of those grain varieties is better than most of the varieties in the world today, and if soybeans are grown, it is impossible for him to put soybeans on the high-end market.

He would have some idea of why Fernando had invited him here. Maybe it's because he likes the products of his farm.

"Soybeans are used as food, but like corn, they are mainly used as non-staple food ingredients and even animal feed ingredients," he said. And I, like you, want to get the farm's products into the market. ”

Listening to his reasoning, Fernando said: "I have to say that our ideas are in agreement in some ways. ”

He paused and said, "What about the quality of your rice and wheat?

Li Sheng spread his hands and said, "There is no certification." However, according to the test report, they are more organic than organic food. But a lot of people like to look at those certificates. ”

"I noticed that there seemed to be rice from Silent Farm for sale in London. I think Silent Farm's products will soon be recognized by the market. Fernando said with a smile. "But it's a very important process to get rollout. What do you think?"

He knew that Fernando knew that he also had the intention of cooperating, otherwise he would not have asked so many questions about farm products. However, he needs to confirm the other party's intentions.

He looked at him seriously and said, "Fernando, are you going to talk to me about business? If that's the case, I'll have to talk to you in a different way." ”

Fernando laughed, "Yes, Lee. I'm going to represent the grain produced by Silent Farms on the European continent. Of course, my plan is still to go the upscale route. ”

Li Sheng smiled and said, "I don't know how you plan to act as an agent?"

"What's your current sales model?"

"Because it is only now the beginning of the market exploration, it is sold to the agent at the agreed price. However, the current agent is my friend in Huaxia, and his main market is also in Huaxia. ”

"Then we can work together in this way. Fernando took a sip of red wine and said. "Although rice is not a staple food in Europe, it is still consumed in large quantities. Especially in high-class hotels. With the promotion of Chinese culture, those Chinese delicacies are becoming more and more popular among Europeans, and the consumption of rice is also increasing year by year. I think Europe is a good market. But you know, the rice market in Europe is saturated right now, and we need to continue to market it. ”

Li Sheng certainly knows that Europe will be a market. I also know that if you want to occupy a certain share of the European market, it will take a lot of effort. And with his own strength, it is impossible to break down the barriers to agricultural trade in various countries. Maybe Fernando is a good choice.

However, he was still unsure of the other party's true intentions, and thought for a while and said, "I need to think about this before I can reply to you." ”

Fernando's smile remained unchanged and he said, "Of course. He paused, then added. "The wine tasting will start at six o'clock, so why don't you take a break. ”

Li Sheng also needs to think carefully about what Fernando wants to say to him about this meeting. He nodded in acknowledgement.

Fernando asked a housekeeper-like person to lead Li Sheng upstairs and arranged a room for him to rest.

Li Sheng spent the night in the winery.

In the afternoon of the next day, Fernando's invited guests arrived, all by helicopter. Of course, these rich and famous people from all over the world can't have airplanes in Brazil. Most of the planes that sent them were rented by Fernando.

It seems that Fernando also spent a lot of money for this wine tasting.

Li Sheng was just a guest, and he didn't need to follow Fernando to meet these later guests. He only met with them at night. Fernando didn't go out of his way to introduce each other to each other. Because people in such a circle do not need to be led in this area of communication.

There are no salesmen with business cards peddling insurance. They are all people with heads and faces, and talking to each other is the best way. In such a relaxed occasion, if the host takes him to talk, on the contrary, it will make the guest feel that the host feels that he is not worthy of meeting another person.

Therefore, Fernando did not introduce Li Sheng to other guests.

Fernando only invited more than thirty main guests this time, and all of them were men. They're talking about the political economy of the world, or football and so on. In short, you can find topics in twos and threes, forming small groups with common topics.

Li Sheng is isolated.

But among these people, there are some things that make Li Sheng pleasing to the eye.

The people present are all successful people, and of course women are indispensable. And they are all very beautiful women.

All of them are tall models, or they may all be models. At least several Li Sheng have seen it on TV variety shows.

They shuttle around these successful men, always listening to their eloquent talk in the most beautiful manner. However, it can be seen that most of these women are still young.

Don't look at them looking at least twenty-seven or eight, but Westerners are generally more anxious. It's obviously a post-95 generation, but it looks like a post-85 generation. Of course, there are some who may be post-80s, but they look no different from the post-90s. This has to be said that modern makeup techniques are clever - makeup and makeup removal are like plastic surgery back and forth.

Li Sheng sat alone in the corner, not because he was introverted and unsociable, but because he was not interested in what the other party was talking about. They are all elites in various fields, but they certainly don't work as farmers, but he is now a farmer. Even if he gets into those small groups, he can't find a topic with those people.

It may not be a pleasure for him to taste wine alone now, looking at the Western-style life with a cold eye.

The so-called wine tasting is actually a social gathering. After Fernando's invited sommelier commented on the several red wines that Fernando brought out, it was time for free time.

Fernando is certainly the busiest person and he needs to make all his guests feel at home. Even Li Sheng, who was alone, he took care of it, and came over to talk to Li Sheng for a while.