With Bo's consent, Xiao Yifei also arranged an easy task for himself to stabilize the morale of the army. What is the most afraid of acquiring a company, the most afraid is that the boss has just come to power, and he will encounter the original backbone of the collective job-hopping, if you are hired externally, you will also be black-eyed after taking the stage, and if you are promoted internally, you don't even know who has the ability to have the level.

Now that it has entered the summer, the jade lake is full of green, and even the weeping willows by the lake have faded to tender yellow and become emerald green, which is exactly the famous sentence of He Zhizhang: "Jasper is made into a tree high, and ten thousand green silk ribbons hang down." Several wild ducks were cruising comfortably in the lake, and Xiao Yifei even spotted a pair of mandarin ducks among them.

Greg, the current manager of the winery, walked up the wooden bridge and into the gazebo. He is mainly responsible for the management of the winery's tasting rooms, clubs, etc.

"Mr. Xiao, are you looking for me?"

"Sit down, Greg, you can call me Shaw."

"Mr. Xiao, what are you looking for me?"

"As you probably know, I'm interested in buying a winery, but I'm a newbie and I've never touched a winery before, so if I succeed in the acquisition, I still need you to stay, and I can promise not to cut salaries, and I'll consider giving you a raise next year at the end of the year. I want you to continue to be in charge of the current business, can you? ”

"Shaw, I'll think about it."

"Yes, okay."

Then Brian, the vice president and marketing manager of the winery, also came to the pavilion, Brian made it clear that he would continue to stay, he was very smart, and now the world is in a downturn, and now this job with an annual salary of 150,000 yuan is already very good. Xiao Yifei also clearly hopes that he will contact various distributors immediately from now on to ensure the stability of the winery's sales channels, and promised that his salary will be properly considered in the future.

Nala, the winery's PR manager, whom she had met before, was the next person to meet.

"Nala, we're meeting again."

"Xiao, I didn't think you really wanted to buy the winery."

"I hope you can stay and help me and continue to be in charge of the publicity and media side of the business, and I promise not to cut back on this."

"Okay, I'll definitely continue to do this well."

Xiao Yifei next met with the main members of the winemaker team, including winemaker Cameron. Parry, Assistant Winemaker Martin. Crafton. These winemakers, like the cellar staff, deride themselves as "cellar rats" because they work in the cellar all year round

Cameron received his Master of Science in Food Science from the University of California, Davis in 2002, joined the winery in '04 and became a winemaker last year.

Martin graduated from the University of Virginia in 2003, and although he studied economics in college, he worked as a cellar rat at Virginia's largest winery. Two years later, he continued his education at the University of California, Davis. I just joined the winery last year as an assistant winemaker.

"Cam (Cameron's nickname), Martin, you know, I don't know anything about making wine, Beau may agree to stay and finish the season, but starting next year, we'll have to do it ourselves, are you confident?"

Cameron is a 37-year-old semi-middle-aged man with a lot of work experience, and Xiao Yifei feels that the winery is not producing blended wines, and Cameron should be able to handle this.

Martin is younger than Cameron, only 28 years old but has a more lively personality, seeing that Cameron hesitated, he replied directly:

"Mr. Xiao, I believe Cam can do it, I have tasted the wine he made, and it tastes really good."

"Okay, then I'm more confident. In the future, the winemaking and wine cellar will be handed over to you. ”

Seeing that Martin had something to say, Xiao Yifei took the initiative to ask:

"What's wrong?"

"Well, well, I want to ask, after Cam is promoted to brewing supervisor, will his salary be raised?"

Xiao Yifei nodded:

"So, can I be promoted to winemaker?"

Xiao Yifei reacted, he said with a smile:

"I'll think about it, I'm optimistic about you."

Martin didn't understand Xiao Yifei's teasing and left happily.

Xiao Yifei looked at Martin's back and shook his head, crying and laughing. No wonder Beau said he looked like a kid who didn't grow up. However, it is understandable that the salary of the brewing supervisor is 120,000, the winemaker is 90,000, and the assistant winemaker is only more than 60,000, he must want to make more money, but Martin may be disappointed, he has only been an assistant for 1 year, and he cannot be promoted to winemaker for the time being.

Last but not least came the most important vineyard management team. Including manager Dave. DaveVella, and 4 employees.

David and Beau are old friends, and he and Beau met at the University of California, Fresno in 1977 and became good friends. In 1985, the previous vineyard manager of the estate retired, and Beau invited his old friend David to take the position. Now, he has been managing the vineyard for 24 years, and he has the highest salary of 90,000 yuan among vineyard supervisors of the same grade.

The other four are all full-time workers, and the youngest has been working in the vineyards of the Monterena winery for 17 years. They manage dozens of seasonal workers and are responsible for all aspects of the vineyard.

"David, I know you and Beau are old friends, but I want you to stay and help me manage the vineyard, I really need your experience and help."

"Mr. Xiao, I also like this land, many of the vines here are planted by my own hands, and I am very happy to continue to manage the vineyards."

"Really, that's great."

"Also, Mr. Shaw, I hope that the winery will continue to hire Bob as a soil consultant, and he has been helping us improve the soil over the years."

"No problem, I know that the soil has a big influence on the grapes, and I won't mess around with that."

"That's good."

After getting Bo's team and ensuring that the winery could continue to operate after he took over, Xiao Yifei cleared the biggest obstacle to the acquisition. Regardless of whether these people are sincere or deal with it, as long as they survive for 1 year or even half a year, Xiao Yifei will have a general understanding of the operation of a winery.

Of course, in addition to calming people's hearts, Xiao Yifei also has daily tasks to do, such as continuing to translate diaries, learning French, and cleaning up space and land, digging pits, ploughing, and leveling.

As the days passed, the cellar inspectors quickly reported that there were no problems in the cellar, and the hazards such as mold that affected the wine production and storage were very low and met the standards.

This was followed by the accountant's report, and in general there were no problems with the winery's accounts. However, after the deal collapsed, Bo used the winery to borrow 20 million yuan, which was to be repaid in May 2011, and there was no problem with other receivables and payables.

The lawyer's report also states that the winery has no other legal problems, and that the 55-acre leased Drycreek vineyard was re-signed last year for a period of up to 30 years. Xiao Yifei looked at the owner of the vineyard named "Frank Takahashi" (Fleck. Needless to say, this must be of Japanese descent.

Xiao Yifei feels that he has to pay rent every year to rent land, and the rent is much higher than the real estate tax. So he said to Concubine Yue:

"Ask Takahashi if you can buy this vineyard."

Concubine Yue must be happy, this is another business, and there is a commission to take.

Xiao Yifei watched the news in the evening and found that Sobis was on the news, to be precise, his four oil paintings were on the news.

Sosby didn't announce all the news in one go, and first announced that another Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" was born.

Although in recent years, some people have said that "Sunflowers" have been discovered from time to time, but those oil paintings that claim to be made by Van Gogh have not been sent for identification. Soon, when the oil painting was sent to an appraisal agency for identification, it was determined to be a fake.

And this one is clearly different, it is Sotheby who is announced. Although Southby has been chased close by Christie's in second place, he is currently the number one auction house. At the same time, the results of the instrumental appraisal of the oil painting were announced, indicating that the oil painting had indeed been appraised by experts and machines. Such an authentic work is bound to cause a sensation.

Sotheby also specially invited two other experts, who identified it and showed that it was indeed an authentic Van Gogh work.

Then Sosby announced even more exciting news, a more legendary and topical Picasso masterpiece.

The fact that a draft of the painting appears in Picasso's sketchbook suggests that it is highly probable that the painting is genuine, but no one has ever heard of it. So it naturally caused more controversy, some people said it was true, some people said it was false. This time, Sotheby chose to sit on the sidelines, allowing all sides of the media to quarrel, forming a topic that expanded from what was initially limited to the art world to the mainstream media.

When the heat was almost up, Sosby threw out the remaining two paintings. The continuous appearance of oil paintings of tens of millions of levels, especially one oil painting of more than 50 million yuan and two oil paintings of more than 100 million yuan, has caused a sensation in the mainstream media.

Some say it's fake, or it's Sotheby's hype to inflate the share price. Others look at the paintings with amazement, estimating their value and expecting them to have a timetable to enter the market. Others began to look for the origin of the oil painting, to find loopholes in the view, and to make the painting their own.

Sotheby welcomed the lively discussion, taking the opportunity to promote the autumn auction and teasing the skeptical pundits. This continued exposure has made Sotheby's stock price better.

In the end, Sotheby announced that the paintings had been entrusted to them by the client for safekeeping and rental, which attracted some interested people, mainly from major museums, who wanted to negotiate the rental business after personally appraising them. Xiao Yifei didn't care about these things, he was now waiting for the start of negotiations.