After the ruffle on Monday, Xiao Yifei offered to suspend the negotiations the next day, and he wanted to rush back to the winery. [ads:This site has a new URL,Shorthand method:,.] The other party was also happy to drag it out like this, so everyone got a day off.

When Xiao Yifei returned to the winery, it was already 10 o'clock in the evening, Los Angeles, which never sleeps, and returned to Callistoga in the dark light, Xiao Yifei was still a little uncomfortable for a while, but the black nose still warmly welcomed his return. It's a pity that Xiao Yifei drove the car for so long, and just played with it for a while before going to sleep.

The next day, Xiao Yifei got out of bed, and the black nose wagged his tail and came up, and Xiao Yifei took it slowly and walked towards the winery.

All the leaves of the grapes in the vineyard have fallen to the ground, and only the bare branches are waved into the air, and the rows of grapes are like an upside-down iron broom.

David, who had just returned from vacation, saw him from afar:

"David, when did you come back from vacation?"

"I came back two days ago."

"How's it going, did you catch a bear?"

"I didn't even see the bear's hair, I only hit a few deer."

"That's a shame."

"It's okay, we've made an appointment to go early next year."

"What month is hunting season?"

"The autumn hunt we chose was from September to November."

The vineyard harvest began in September, and this was a critical time for the vineyard, so how could it be without David.

"Ah, the vineyard was ...... then"

"It's okay, boss, I'll go back to the vineyard after the harvest, probably in mid-October, when there is not much going on in the vineyard."

As long as it's after the harvest season, it's fine

"Okay, as long as the vineyard is okay, you can go. By the way, David, how is the vineyard now? ”

"It's normal, in order to make it easier for them to install drip irrigation equipment, we started winter shearing early this year."

At this time, the Mexican named Ngapoi also came over:

"Boss Xiao, you're back."

"Ah Pei. You are leading the team in the winter scissors, and they are all familiar hands, right? ”

"You can rest assured, they are definitely all proficient, and the skills are all leveraged. Guaranteed to get it done quickly and well. ”

David impatiently chased him away:

"Go and guard your people, choose the branches carefully, I just saw that someone left two spores."

"Really? I'll talk about these guys right away, and you guys talk slowly. ”

David went on to say:

"Shaw, they're going to come in tomorrow with drip irrigation. The pool on the mountain is almost there, and when the cement is dry, it will be ready to use. ”

Xiao Yifei raised his eyes and let go, the outside of the pool was thoughtfully brushed with yellow and green colors, as if he had made a camouflage uniform for the pool, and it was integrated with Yuanbao Mountain, and he found that he couldn't do it.

"Okay, what else?"

"Maybe the price is higher?"

"Why, we negotiated $3,000 a acre in the first place."

"They said the pool was too high, the pressure was too high, and the pipes had to be replaced with a higher grade. in order to withstand the water pressure. ”

Xiao Yifei glanced up at the inconspicuous hill bag.

"Is it high? I don't think so. ”

"Xiao, you are looking at the wrong reference, you have to compare it with the St. Helena Mountain behind, this Yuan Bao Mound is a small dirt bag. But in fact he is 70 meters above the vineyard. ”

With ordinary vineyard drip irrigation equipment, the pool can be 10 meters higher than the vineyard, and he directly increased it by 7 times here, and ordinary pipes really can't withstand this water pressure.

Now it seems that this decision was too hasty at that time, and it really shouldn't have been built so high.

"You can solve it by adding money for materials, right?"

"Yes."

"Okay, let's change it then."

"They'll be able to come in tomorrow and install it."

"That's fine. Let's go, let's go to the winery together. ”

Knowing that today is a big day for the winery, although there are few tourists, the people are still relatively uniform. Xiao Yifei greeted his employees all the way and responded to them.

Coming to the fermentation room, the winemaking team such as Beau and Cameron are here. After decades of being an old friend, Beau was about to leave today, and David first gave him a big hug, patted him on the back, and gave him silent comfort.

Bo handed Xiao Yifei and David a wine glass. Everyone took turns tasting the raw sake in each jar.

During the whole process, Bo talked a lot about the characteristics and taste of the wine. He's been working here for decades, and now he's finally leaving, and he must have had mixed feelings.

Looking around at the huge fermentation tanks, Bo seemed to be a little emotional.

"The quality of the wine is okay, and if you are careful when blending, you can still ensure the quality."

"Well, Beau, I have a request, this is the last batch of wine you made in Monterena, can you come back when it is mixed and barreled."

According to the contract, the transition period ends today, and in the future, unless there are legal issues involving the past, Bo has no responsibility or obligation to the winery. At this point, malolactic fermentation will take a few days, then let it sit for a few days, and the wine will be aged in oak barrels until mid-month.

"Well, I'll come back when I have time."

Xiao Yifei accompanied him to the processing area to take a look around, and Bo stroked these machines one by one, which made Xiao Yifei, who accompanied him, feel a little sour.

After shopping around the other areas, the two walked to the office area.

"Xiao, there's one thing I don't know if I should talk about."

"Just say it."

"I see you're still buying vineyards, and I don't know if it's good or bad for the winery. I just hope that you don't blindly expand production, and that the vineyards produced by new vineyards are better to experiment and experiment before they are blindly incorporated into the current brand. ”

"Well, I just think that the price of the vineyard is reduced now, and it is better to buy it now than to buy it again when the price rises in the future."

"It's a good idea, I hope the Monterena brand can be carried forward in your hands."

When Xiao Yifei handed the final payment check to Bo and signed the final payment agreement to confirm, his hands trembled a little. After the signing was completed, it meant that the winery was completely owned by Xiao Yifei, and the winery's lawyer Corian accepted the documents, and the onlookers applauded politely.

Bo stabilized his emotions, smiled reluctantly at everyone, and said:

"Thank you for all these years of cooperation, these years of cooperation with you have been the happiest day of my life. Alright, you guys are busy, I'll go back and pack my things. ”

Xiao Yifei took advantage of the situation and arranged:

"That's good. Let's all go back to their respective places, and remember to attend Bo's send-off reception on time in the evening. Chelsea, come and see off your father with you. ”

"No, you guys are busy. I have a car. ”

Xiao Yifei and Chelsea still sent Bo to the parking lot, and Xiao Yifei once again thanked Bo:

"Beau, thank you so much for this time, if it weren't for your help, I don't know what the winery would have been."

"Nothing. These are the things I should do. ”

"Thank you so much for letting me know how to manage a winery."

"But, Shaw, you shouldn't run around, you should calm down and take care of the winery. Back then, I always wanted to go to Cuba and had no time, but now I should have time to go there. ”

"I know, I won't be running around next year, so I wish you a happy time in advance."

"Yes. Monterena will depend on you in the future. ”

Beau's car turned onto Tubbs Street. Since then, the winery has been completely controlled by Xiao Yifei, and he feels that he still has a heavy feeling on his shoulders.

"Chelsea, how did you learn the blend with your mother?"

"The blending is about personal perception and feeling, and I haven't met her requirements yet. The owner wanted to ......"

"Your father is right, it's not a good idea to expand hastily, and the newly bought vineyards do need to be observed, so I thought we should test them."

"You're the boss, you have the final say."

"Next year's vineyard harvest wines, we'll do the Napa Cabernet Sauvignon first, if not. We'll start a sub-brand, and if it works, we'll start with the Napa Cabernet Sauvignon brand. In addition, we will get a batch of wine for you to try the blend, try it and maybe you will find a feeling. ”

"Okay. I try my best. ”

Now that Bo is gone, Xiao Yifei definitely doesn't want to be like Bo, where the CEO and winemaker are shoulder-to-shoulder, and he doesn't have much rest time for a year, he wants to live an easy life, so finding a CEO for the winery is the most important thing to do at present.

After this period of observation. At present, among the several senior executives of the winery, Cameron, the head of winemaking, has just come to power, and he is a person who is not good at words, and has little interest in the position of CEO, so Xiao Yifei did not include him in the scope of inspection. Among the remaining three winery manager Grieg, vineyard manager David, and vice president Brian, Xiao Yifei still prefers Greg to be the CEO of the winery.

But before the announcement, he reassured David and Brian that they would not feel that they had no hope of rising and would jump ship.

There are a lot of things here in Davy's Vineyard, and he will come back to work after sending Bo, and he doesn't know what Xiao Yifei is looking for him to do.

"Shaw, what are you looking for me? Is something wrong? ”

"No, I want to talk to you about the personnel arrangement."

"Personnel arrangement? What do you mean? ”

"As you probably know, I have other businesses that I may have to deal with at any time, so I wanted to have a CEO at the winery. I already have a candidate now. ”

"Xiao, you don't want me to come, do you?"

Khan, Xiao Yifei was taken aback, and he didn't know what to say, but fortunately David himself said:

"I can't, you let me take care of the vineyard, but the winery has to be messy."

"I'm going to make Greg the CEO, what do you think?"

"He's not bad, capable, experienced, communicative, and suitable."

"David, I'm worried about you when I came to you......"

"Boss, you don't have to worry about me, I love the vineyard, and I am happy to see grapes every day."

"Since you like vineyards, well, soon the winery will buy dozens of acres of Chardonnay vineyards at the mouth of the valley, and I don't plan to hand them over to Hannah for the time being, do you want to try how to manage Chardonnay?"

"It's long overdue, if you want me to say, those dozens of acres should also be recovered, Chardonnay management is not complicated, I can definitely handle it."

"Just then you need to run around Napa Valley all the time."

"It's okay, why don't you just drive, it's 30 minutes to the valley, it's okay. Just can our team ......"

"I know, I'm going to hire two more people from your team."

The next Brian Xiao Yifei doesn't plan to go around in circles, in case he thinks he's going to be promoted like David, it's going to be troublesome.

"Brian, I'm very satisfied with your work in the past few months, and you know, I'm a young man, so I'll expand the winery when I have money, I'm just buying vineyards now, and I'm definitely going to buy other wineries in the future, and I already have plans to buy another winery next year or the year after."

Brian was confused by Xiao Yifei's words, and Xiao Yifei also felt that he had made too much of a detour.

"When the time comes, I'm sure I'm not going to let the wineries sell their own wines. I will bring together the marketing teams of each winery into a unified marketing department. And for such a department, I hope that you will be in charge of it at that time. ”

Xiao Yifei first described his career plan for Brian, so as not to think that he had no hope of rising.

"In this way, I will definitely not be the manager of the winery, so there will be a CEO in charge of each winery."

Having said this, Brian finally understood what was going on:

"Boss, I know what you mean, you want Greg to be the CEO of Monterena."

"Yes, I have the intention of doing so."

"Don't worry, I will be his deputy and cooperate with him to do a good job in the winery."

"It's great that you think so."

"Also, boss, may I ask?"

"Just ask."

"Do you Chinese all talk like this?"

Xiao Yifei was dumbfounded.

"Boss, can you be direct next time, I almost can't understand what you said."

Xiao Yifei can't laugh or cry, this cultural difference is too big and it is indeed a troublesome thing.

After getting these two done, he plans to inform the owner.

Xiao Yifei came to the public tasting room upstairs. The public tasting room bar, which used to have a dozen visitors and two waiters at any one time, now has only two or three tourists and one waiter.

"Boss, are you here?"

Xiao Yifei glanced at it, and it was actually the Beth who deliberately snorted in front of Xiao Ya last time.

"Are you there today? What about Kim? ”

"We're working shifts now."

Beth was pretty normal today, and she didn't mess around.

"Okay, then you can get back to work."

After a few words of greeting with the two or three tourists and selling the wine, Xiao Yifei came to the office of the winery manager, Greg.

"Greg, what's the hell you are up to?"

"It's the progress of the visitor center and the preparation for the overhaul of the castle."

"What about it?"

"Okay."

Xiao Yifei pulled out a chair and sat down.

"You know, now that Bo is gone, I still have business elsewhere, and it's unlikely that I'll be in charge of the day-to-day management of the winery, so we need a CEO for the winery. You've been doing well during this time, and I want you to take on this job. ”

Greg thought for a moment and nodded:

"Okay, thank you boss for your trust, I will definitely do a good job."

"There's something else I think I'd like to tell you in advance."

"That is, I may acquire wineries in the future, and when I acquire other wineries, I may integrate the marketing and promotional systems of each winery, and even the vineyards may be more distant and close. As a result, the CEO rights of individual wineries may be reduced. ”

Greg thought for a moment:

"It is true that this should be done to improve efficiency by uniting resources, but the integration of vineyards can be troublesome and can affect the taste of the wine."

"I'm talking about integration, but the integration of management, and the production of the vineyard will still be transported to the original winery."

"That's fine."

"It's still early for these things to be implemented, and it is estimated that it will be the end of next year to be implemented, and now it's just a precautionary shot for you."

“ok。”

"Then let's have a meeting in the afternoon and make an announcement. Also, I've brought you all gifts from Los Angeles, so you'll divide them later. ”

"I'll do it right away." (To be continued.) )xh118