Chapter 195: The Horse Urine Incident
Two days later, the family was reunited.
In addition to my sister's family, my parents also came. They say that there are not many people in China, who are tired of the routine after decades of traditional Spring Festival, and come here to change their tastes and catch up with fashion...... An Feng has always agreed with this free attitude to life, and there is no need to be stupid when you have money in your pocket?
Everyone stayed at SLO, Joanna didn't go back to San Raphael after school, anyway, the plane was fast enough, and the office workers in the big city were still stuck in the road and honked their horns to catch fire, so she went home for tea. But this kind of fast and comfortable life is only enjoyed by a very few people, and it is too expensive.
John Sr. and assistant Cathy took them home. After being promoted to a winery, the title of the position naturally had to be upgraded, the partner Lin Hai was naturally the "sales supervisor", and the old John was the "production supervisor", Cathy did a very good job, as the assistant to the supervisor, and the salary also increased accordingly.
After all, An Feng is not short of money, as long as he is happy, it doesn't matter.
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With the increased investment, the change in the vineyard is also obvious.
The first is the appearance.
The hilltop mansion is a landmark of the vineyard, and it is quite spectacular from a distance, and after John Sr. took charge of the money, he made a major renovation on the original foundation. First of all, the sides of the road up the mountain are no longer bare - the "wild road" that Anfeng used to drive down the mountain on an off-road motorcycle has disappeared, and green grass and flowers have been planted.
When I drove up, I saw a wooden sign of "Ann's Winery" erected high above the gate. The iron gate was also repainted with paint, and a mailbox was added next to it. Pushing open the door and entering, the flowers and trees in the yard have been carefully groomed, and the two hounds have become garden guards.
My mother looked at the new winery and sighed: "I haven't seen you for many months, the changes here are really not small, and it feels a little bit like on TV." ”
Everyone agrees. It's changed a lot.
An Feng said to everyone: "This is what you want!" Everyone, please come in! Welcome to the reborn Ann's Winery! ”
The interior of the house has also been remodeled, with some youthful objects removed, brown carpets and red themes added, burgundy furniture everywhere, and beautifully packaged red wines neatly arranged on the wine shelves...... From the visitor's point of view. It's like an expensive winery.
Compared with the house I lived in before, it used to be a traditional home style, but now I feel like a high-end style.
The brother-in-law admired: "The designer is amazing! ”
An Feng took credit: "There are also my opinions in it, okay?" ”
Joanna laughed: "Nonsense! You've put all your work on John, and you don't even mention him. ”
An Feng smiled, turned his head to Old John and said, "And you, the hero who provided the creative design of the winery, this beautiful place is really worthy of the artistic conception!" ”
Old John smiled: "We have a batch of freshly used red wine, would you like to try it?" ”
An Feng said: "No problem, everyone will enjoy it together at dinner." Don't forget about you. John, it's been a long time since I've sat down with you to talk, are you free tonight? ”
Old John said, "I'll be there on time." ”
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At dinner, John Sr. came back with two bottles of the winery's own wine.
It's February, and in addition to aging, some of the wines that were drunk that year, or produced in large quantities, have been bottled and ready to drink. Red wine is not to say that the longer it is, the better. Aging takes a long time. After bottling, it is stored for another three to five years. Get the fullest taste.
Now old John opened ordinary wine and poured some for the crowd.
An Feng picked up the wine glass and shook it gently, ignoring the eyes of the little girl in front of him who longed for "Coke", and said casually: "Red wine is mixed with horse urine, children can't drink it indiscriminately!" ”
Xiaoyu has seen both red and white before, but the red one has never explained to her. I didn't see her paying attention, and now she looked at him with eyes full of question marks, and her face was full of disbelief. saw that the adults were all serious, even the grandparents who usually didn't lie to her...... She was starting to get a little skeptical.
An Feng tasted a small bite, and the taste was rich. The aftertaste lingers for a long time, and it is not compromising with some thousand-dollar red wines ordered in Western restaurants before - there may be some reasons why you can't pull it off, plus the reason for the boastful halo, but even if you deduct the effect by 50%, isn't it still worth $500?
An Feng was very proud, and he asked Old John: "How many points do you think this batch of wine can score?" ”
Old John put down his glass and sighed first: "This is definitely a high-quality red wine, and several neighbors around have tasted it and are full of praise, and Frank has even made all the grapes you sold to him with traditional techniques, made into aging, preserved for five to ten years, and sealed into a top-quality wine." ”
An Feng nodded, there were not many people present who understood, but it felt very high-end.
John Sr. got to the point: "If you can ask a master taster to comment, a batch of aged wines will be highly praised." ”
An Feng said: "When do you usually start tasting wine? ”
"There is no specific time, generally depends on the schedule arrangement, as long as the red wine is brewed and bottled, you can invite some famous masters to taste the wine, give an authoritative score, we have plans to invite some domestic ones——"
An Feng interrupted him: "Why is it not at the world level?" ”
Old John smiled: "It's a bit expensive to do this, and our winery has just been established. ”
An Feng didn't care: "It's okay, the most famous is Robert. Parker, right? ”
Old John nodded: "Naturally, it's him, the title of 'Wine Emperor' is well deserved, and the industry is accustomed to using Parker scores to compare the quality of red wines." ”
An Feng had an idea: "I think it's him, and I have to get a high score from the master to be worthy of the grand press conference I held in May." ”
Anfeng's plan is to hold a red wine conference in May, and when the time comes, invite some public figures who can be taken out as much as possible, not necessarily all celebrities, what wine experts, fashionistas, etc. can be invited, everyone leaves their names on the signature wall, and takes photos to publicize.
Everyone looked at him in amazement and listened to the description in his mouth, the scale of this friendship is probably not smaller than the press conference of a big winery, right? And Ann's Winery is just a newcomer ready to show its head...... An Feng looked at them and said seriously: "You have to gather big names to produce an advertising effect." ”
Afterwards, An Feng modestly consulted his father-in-law.
Frank has been in the business for more than 20 years, and he has a set of experience in press conferences. In terms of form and location, it is divided into high-end and low-end places, bars, wineries or high-end hotels, and in terms of form, there are noble and glamorous types, and big names walk a short red carpet and leave a shape on the stage; Or the enthusiastic and unrestrained type. Do a cabaret show...... An Feng heard it in a fog, and finally decided to hire a career planner.
This is the lazy man's solution, but it is also the most efficient.
After that, considering the issue of invitations, he decided that it was best to call friends from all walks of life a few months in advance, first of all, Roger's, this guy's influence in the circle was a bit - it turned out afterwards that the relationship was not small. People in the upper class have a small circle, and everyone knows each other more or less, so as soon as they shout slogans, they spread the word to the hundred, and everyone who knows them comes, and they also bring some friends who are not very familiar.
The special guests at the launch are not a big problem, and the next step is to ensure the quality of the wine. The ad hit louder again. If the quality is not good, it will fall into mediocrity sooner or later. An Feng hopes that through the master's reputation, this batch of wines will be put on a good name. And then sell to all walks of life.
After all, it is a winery named after his own surname, so he should spend some money to change his fame.
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When there are many people, especially children, the house is lively.
After the environment and the influence of her parents, Xiaoyu can now use some basic spoken language, of course, with the help of her friends. The blonde girl Mia taught her a lot of long and short sentences. There are few neighbors around the vineyard, and there are only a few children, so whenever they have time, they laugh and laugh together.
Children learn a new language the fastest, months without seeing each other. They can tell you a sentence, and I will say a rough sentence, although some words are still a little vague, but An Feng listened carefully, it really looks like that! The environment here is so good, stay for a year and a half, and be proficient.
Of course, children are less interested in learning and more in playing.
Especially when a few cows raised on a small farm in the garden gave birth to calves, and the coke spoiled the children. An Feng has observed that when the calf was just a few months old, it was very cute, and its body did not grow, and whether its performance in all aspects met the standard of "round and round", especially if it liked to top people.
The little calf is very interesting, people are dangling in front of it, it will be naughty to top you, sometimes don't pay attention, this guy has to turn the obstacles in front of him before stopping, An Feng showed his hand to the bear children, and pressed his hand on the head of one of the calves, this guy lowered his head and began to exert force.
"Look!" An Feng looked at a few eager bear children, the calf lowered his head and pressed against his hand, and his hind legs were straight.
"Uncle (sir), I want to play too!" The kids said.
“OK!” An Feng got out of the way, and the little calf passed by him proudly, and then he watched the two children come to the "bullfight" together.
An Feng held his mobile phone and recorded a video for them to record these childlike fun, and when they grow up, they can also watch and snicker.
After the bears had had enough, and the calves were tired, he led the three guys and their ponies back, and the three little knights all turned over and rode on the ponies, leading An Feng to run. He beckoned to Joanna, who was riding a horse in the distance, and motioned for him to go back for dinner.
Back home, the children continued to walk their horses in the courtyard outside, and An Feng walked into the house and heard everyone discussing where to play.
An Feng casually made an opinion: "How about going to an eastern city, New York or something, how about a change of taste?" ”
After listening to it, everyone felt good about New York, and it was a bit unreasonable to come to the United States and spend all day in the west not to see the largest city in the world.
My parents, my parents and brother-in-law decided to go to New York for the Spring Festival this time.
An Feng naturally has no opinion, anyway, he is casual, the plane will send them away, and now from the air to the land, as well as the sea behind, it is all private.
After chatting about some plans, there was a sudden shouting outside, and Xiao Yu rushed in with a glass cup containing some unknown liquid.
The little girl stood in front of him and handed him a cup: "Uncle, I'll give you something to drink." ”
"What is this?" An Feng smelled a familiar smell.
"Red wine." The little girl said.
"This color ......" An Feng frowned, bear child! This is clearly horse urine, is it good?
The girl is going against the sky, the family found out about her feat, and her expressions were different, and her sister pulled her face: "Don't do good things, why do you use a cup to fill horse urine?" ”
The little girl said aggrievedly: "It was my uncle and grandfather who said yesterday that the wine cup was filled with horse urine, and children can't drink it. ”
An Feng was stunned, and turned his head to look at everyone: "This is called not dying if you don't die?" ”
Everyone is crying and laughing, you said you want to blame the girl, this joke was made by them yesterday, if you don't say it, you can't use red wine as horse urine in the future? After everyone laughed, they explained carefully to the little girl again, and then translated it to her little friend, and the truth was revealed. (To be continued......)