Chapter 50: Leaving the scene
The small hall was already full of people.
"Zhou, you see, the big fat man sitting next to him is the deputy editor of BC Wine Magazine. Also, seeing that bearded man, he is a famous researcher at the Wine Academy and a master wine connoisseur; If we can get his praise, our wine will soon be recognized by the French wine industry...... "Johansen knew a lot of people, pointed to them one by one, and introduced them to Zhou Yi.
At the door of the venue, a chaotic crowd came, Zhou Yi turned his head to look, but he didn't see a figure yet, and many Chinese people in the venue also began to look at the door and discuss, pointing, and even some people had already run to the door.
Zhou Yi saw a familiar face from the crowd, which turned out to be a big star-Zhao Wei.
He heard that the big star had purchased a big winery in France, and perhaps her arrival had something to do with it.
A group of French people sitting in front of them were a little puzzled by the liveliness of the Chinese people, some frowned, some looked at and disgusted with inherent thinking and colored glasses, and many people were puzzled by the coming.
"Zhou, is that your star in China? It really doesn't look good...... "Johansen used Western-style aesthetics to look at Zhao Wei, who had a "big pie face".
"It's not sexy at all." Andrew glanced at it and said without interest.
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The wine exchange began soon.
Each of them held a ruby red glass goblet in one hand and a bilingual leaflet in the other.
"John, we seem to have forgotten something." Andrew looked at the people handing out leaflets and said.
"Look, what is this?" Johansen took out a large stack of color-printed cellophane from the bag beside him, raised it, divided the cellophane into three parts, and distributed them to Zhou Yi and Andrew, "Guys, let's start doing it too!" ”
Just when the three of them were enthusiastically distributing the leaflets in their hands, on the rostrum, those guests and professors who tasted wine made movements.
A Gallic chicken with glasses stood up, didn't know what to say in French, got up and left.
There was an uproar below, and almost all the Chinese people who knew the meaning of his words were not good-looking.
"John, what did he say?" Zhou Yi could be sure that that person must have said something bad.
He said: "The wine of China is the worst wine he has ever tasted in his life, and he does not want to continue this bad experience." John replied.
"Perhaps, this time, it won't go so well." He said helplessly.
Sure enough, as the middle-aged man got up just now, several more invited guests left one after another. Seeing them holding their heads high, frowning, and squinting at the appearance of the Huaxia people present, it was almost certain that what came out of their mouths was not a good word.
"When will our wine come up?" Zhou Yi looked at the fewer and fewer people in the venue, and his face was a little ugly. Although he didn't care much about the sale of wine in France, since he came, he absolutely couldn't accept such a result.
Johansen lowered his head and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Zhou, my partner, this time, I really did something wrong. I thought that with the beauty of our wines, I would be able to make a splash and amaze everyone, so I took it upon myself to put our wines to the end......"
"We don't have a chance -- by the time we do, everyone is done." Andrew said dejectedly.
Sure enough, soon, there were only two guests and heavyweights sitting on the podium in the venue, and it was the deputy editor and bearded master taster of BC Wine Magazine that Johansen began to introduce.
However, at this time, the bearded man also stood up and said in disappointment, "I am very disappointed with the wine from China." I'm sorry, friends from the Far East, but if I taste what you call wine, my tongue may not be able to stand it. I think it was my worst wine experience. ”
The bearded man's tone was very polite, but the meaning of his words left almost no room for error. As soon as he finished speaking, he also walked outside.
The merchants didn't really care.
Many savvy businessmen began to have people take cameras and take pictures everywhere as important materials for future wine promotion.
Perhaps, this is their real purpose.
Businessmen, making money is the most important thing, as for the subtle taste differences in wine, is it really that important to the local tyrants in China?
People who really know how to taste wine, people who really care about wine, almost the vast majority, will not taste the local wine of China.
Compared with the sound wine industry in France, from low-level professional grape harvesters to high-end wine tasters, winemakers, to cultural history, and finally to widespread public acceptance, the wine industry in China can only be regarded as a "Handan toddler" in any way.
The most uncomfortable thing is the wine estate owners.
If they don't have a love for wine, how can they become wine estate owners?
Almost every bottle of wine is poured with all their sweat, it is their blood flowing in their bodies, and it is their cherished children.
When your cherished child suffers such contempt and contempt from others, you can imagine how heartbreaking it is!
Although Zhang Cheng is a strong woman, at this moment, a certain nerve in her brain was stimulated, and tears fell as if she had broken the embankment, and she could no longer stop it.
"It's okay." Zhou Yi didn't know how to comfort people, just handed over a tissue, "Why didn't you see your wine?" ”
"It's okay, I don't know why, I just can't help it." Zhang Cheng wiped his tears and said, "They haven't tasted my wine yet." ”
"I also know a lot of things in China, not to mention the exquisiteness of planting technology, and even a lot of them, in terms of basic brewing technology, there are indeed fatal flaws...... China's immature market is not able to produce enough good wines, and this is unavoidable. ”
Zhang Cheng obviously has a lot of research on Chinese wine and the wine market, and he is rational enough; But it is precisely in this way that it proves more and more that she loves wine, and hopes to make a wine that truly belongs to China, a wine that can be recognized by France and the world.
The more you give, the more uncomfortable it is for this kind of fruitless failure......
"It was really a terrible experience. I thought, I should go too! The chubby associate editor of BC Magazine, with a piercing smile on his face that didn't know whether it was a mockery or a joke, walked past everyone and headed out the door.
At this time, Zhang Cheng's wine had not really appeared on the stage.
She was finally still unwilling, took her own wine, and chased after her, "Sir, can you taste my wine?" It only takes a few tens of seconds of your time. She still wants to be recognized.
"What a poor woman." The fat foreigner looked at the woman in front of him with red eyes and tears that had not been wiped clean, and said with crocodile sympathy with an unfriendly smile.
"But I don't want to have another bad experience! Chinese Wine - Ha - ! The deputy editor-in-chief held his head high, glanced at the woman in front of him with contempt, looked around at all the Chinese people in the hall, and walked out haughtily.
The smile on his face, in the sun, in Zhang Cheng's eyes, gradually became cold.
"Damn! I forgot that this guy is an extreme and arrogant nationalist. I think he didn't feel good when he started coming here! He's here to see our jokes...... Didn't you notice that he didn't drink a single sip of wine from beginning to end! ”
"What does it matter? Anyway, we're here for nothing! Andrew was devastated by this. He felt that his career had not yet begun and was about to end.
He has failed too many times, and as a result, he is prone to falling into the abyss of decadence.
"No, man, you should trust our wines. I believe that he will shock the whole of France! Shock the whole wine world! Johansen said loudly.
"Maybe you're right." The frustration on Andrew's face has not yet erased, "I need a glass of Zhou's wine to boost my confidence......" he said, raising the wine in his hand and pouring it into his mouth.
"Gentlemen, can you give me a taste of your wine?" A girl who looked like a student and had a lot of freckles on the side of her nose looked at a few people and said.
She sniffled, "It's so fruity!" I think this must be a special wine. ”
"Of course! You're in for a peculiar treat! The wine of the week will not disappoint you! Andrew heard the girl's words and immediately said excitedly.
The liquor choked into his trachea, causing him to cough.
In any case, the girl's request gave him great encouragement.
Johansen pushed Andrew, a disgusting guy with a mouthful of wine, halfway through, took the wine, and poured it for the girl.
When the pure, fruity ruby red wine soaked into the girl's mouth, it soaked her whole body, and made her moan involuntarily. She closed her eyes, as if listening to a good concert, or the whispers of lovers......
It took a long time for her to come back to her senses, "Oh my God, I can barely describe the smell!" She is definitely the best wine I've ever had! I can't explain this subtle experience in terms of taste and smell alone, these ordinary senses......" The girl opened her eyes, which were bright to shine, and exclaimed loudly.
"Lilith, aren't you leaving?" Several men and women gathered around.
"No, I've found a good wine, definitely the best red wine in the world. Compared to her, even the queen of red wine, Lafite, is not worth mentioning! ”
"Lilith, are you crazy? What do you have in your hand is 'Made in China'? One boy said sarcastically.
"Henry, can't you trust me once? Well, I guess between us, there is nothing more to say. Lilith said displeased.
"Oh- Lilith, may you let me taste it? I'm exaggerating, but I'm willing to give it a try. A girl stepped forward and lifted the almost frozen atmosphere between Lilith and Henry.
"Sir, may you give me some wine?" The girl held the glass and looked at Andrew as she spoke.
"Of course!" Andrew affirmed, "I promise, this is the best experience of your life!" This is an attempt you won't regret! Those who lose this opportunity will definitely regret it for the rest of their lives! ”
The girl pursed her lips disapprovingly, and put the red wine glass filled with half a glass in front of her mouth......
……
The wine was quickly appreciated by almost all the remaining students.
Those wine merchants, after tasting Zhou Yi's red wine, also sounded openly and secretly, as if they were trying to find out if there was any secret brewing method.
"If your wine comes out a little earlier, I believe that no one will dare to despise our wine, even if the wine is bad later." Zhang Cheng took a sip of wine, immersed himself in his heart, and came back to his senses for a long time, and said with a sigh.
Although she still has many questions about the wine made by Zhou Yi; But at this time, she was no longer in the mood to get to the bottom of it.
"I still have something to do here. In a few days, if you have time, we will have a meal together. Zhang Cheng said, took his things, and left the venue.
"May I taste your wine?" A slightly low, hoarse and somewhat familiar and unfamiliar voice sounded beside Zhou Yi.
Zhou Yi turned his head to look, was surprised in his heart, and said with a smile, "Hello! I'm really lucky to meet such a big star as you! As he spoke, he poured wine for Zhao Wei.
She took a deep breath of wine, "It is indeed a special smell." I really want to know what is the magic of your wine that attracts so many people. She glanced at the growing line of tastings, at the ones with their eyes closed and sipping slightly, and said.
When you take a sip of red wine, the aroma of the wine immediately brews and becomes rich in the mouth, and after a few aftertastes, a wonderful taste comes to your heart, which is the taste of youth, the taste of youth, the taste of nostalgia, and more complex things mixed in it......
She has been preparing to change careers to become a director for a long time, and she has been thinking about the subject matter of her first film - just when she swallowed this sip of wine, in the reverberating taste, all the memories of youth and a certain era rolled out, and almost no longer hesitated, so that she decided on the subject of the film she was about to shoot.
This is a brand-new attempt, in China, there has hardly been a movie with this theme, so she has been thinking about whether to put this theme on the big screen recently.
But just now, at that moment, it seemed that a voice was telling her that it was it!
"It's the best wine I've ever had."
Zhao Wei looked at the "big boy" in front of him, who was more handsome than ordinary film and television stars, with a unique temperament, and suddenly said: "Do you come to France alone?" I have a winery here, and if you have time, I invite you to visit my winery. ”
For some reason, she always felt that the "boy" in front of her made her want to be close, just like seeing a cute child, she wanted to tease and pinch it.
She patted Zhou Yi on the shoulder and gave him her private mobile phone number, "Don't give it to others casually!" If you have time, CALL me! Be sure to remember! My sister has time to introduce big stars to you! ”
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Thanks to the support of book friends such as "Pickled Cucumber 99", "Mothed Bamboo" and "Yimeng Prodigal Son"!
Thanks to the "low-key conspirators" for their tipping support!