ps: To explain a little, buying cultural relics is to open a museum, spoiler that the address of the museum will not be in France in the end, so this is a link for the protagonist to make himself famous and promote his products. Although there is treasure digging, it will not be endless. Similar subplots seem to have nothing to do with the theme, but are actually for the main line from the side.

Although Xiao Yifei was eager to get these treasures he photographed, but now the winery is the most critical period, and he can't find time to go to Hong Kong, so he has to rush back to Napa overnight.

After a busy few days, the vineyard harvest was finally completed in mid-October, before the second rain arrived. Now, all that remains of the vineyard are the golden-brown and tea-gold leaves, which have been held out in the autumn wind and rain. The vineyards are quiet again, and the vines soon go dormant and do not grow again until the following spring.

On the night of the end of the harvest, Xiao Yifei invited all the harvesters and temporary workers of the winery to a buffet according to the practice here in Napa, so that everyone could enjoy the wine of the winery, thank everyone for their hard work, praise their performance, and hope that everyone will have the opportunity to cooperate in the future.

Now all that remains is the fermentation room and the cellar. Xiao Yifei finally found an opportunity to spend 3 days running to Hong Kong, put the treasure he photographed into the space, and rushed back to Napa.

Now, after finishing the affairs of the winery every day, he has to enter the space and enjoy playing with his treasures. He also deliberately placed the Qianlong throne in front of the marble tablet, carefully sat on the dragon chair, and shouted a few times to the open space below, "Zhongqing Ping", but unfortunately the grape seedlings in the middle do not give face, the olive tree on the right does not give face, and the oak tree on the left still does not give face, they all do not move, so you wave the branches or shake the leaves.

After deducting taxes and helping to pay the taxes generated by the Paris transaction, Cézanne's works auctioned by Nagao were actually only $2 million, but Xiao Yifei thought that he was taking advantage of the advantage anyway, so it didn't matter.

The reason why the family's visa was finally processed was that the visa officer was very worried about Xiao Yifei's family immigrating directly, or Sotheby and the people from Fuguo helped to pass it off, so they gave the visa. However, Xiao Yifei persuaded his brother and sister-in-law and parents to postpone their arrival in the United States, and it was best to come over together during the winter vacation, so that everyone could spend the Spring Festival in the United States together.

And Li Qinglin and the others have finally determined the date of going to the United States, and they have already set a ticket for October 28, but when Xiao Yifei saw the ticket photo he sent to the group of the three of them, he was angry, and he looked at Li Qinglin with a bloody dagger expression:

"You have a bag in your head, and you have a plane ticket there? That's Los Angeles, and I'm here in San Francisco. ”

Li Qinglin made a smug expression: "I know." ”

Xiao Yifei returned a pig's head to him: "Do you know that you still buy Los Angeles?" It's 800 kilometers from Napa. ”

"We came to see you from tens of thousands of kilometers, what's wrong with you running 800 kilometers?"

Xiao Yifei was.

"Okay, I'll fly to Los Angeles to pick you up."

"No, you have to drive."

"Your sister, 800 kilometers, you have to drive for a day."

Xiao Ya interjected with an expression covering her mouth and snickering.

Li Qinglin continued to chatter. "What's wrong with 800 kilometers, can it be compared to our tens of thousands of kilometers?"

"You're flying, okay?"

"You didn't walk either."

"You're not flying, I'm going to drive."

Xiao Ya made a laughing expression.

"Dude is considerate of you."

Xiao Yifei could only send a look of touching his head and not understanding.

"You said that you are too, you have been in the United States for so long, and the last time I asked you, it turned out that you went to San Francisco, and you didn't even go to many places in San Francisco. Dude, this is for you to accompany us to open your eyes. ”

This is true, Xiao Yifei said that it has been almost 5 months since he arrived in the United States, but in fact, he only started to travel in San Francisco for a few days, and then he either negotiated in Napa or went to Europe, and he had no chance to travel at all.

"Then I don't need to drive, I'll fly directly to Los Angeles and rent a car there."

"No, buddy plans to play all the way north from Los Angeles, and finally go to your winery to see it and go back home."

"At this time, there is nothing to see at the winery, the grapes are all picked."

"It's okay, you're just having a little fun there, the focus is on other places."

"Okay, okay, I've been cheated by you."

Laboratory tests confirmed that Merlot had finished fermentation.

Here's an explanation of why Chardonnay was the first to ferment, but Merlot, which followed Chardonnay, was fermented first. The reason is that Chardonnay is a white wine and Merlot is a red wine.

As mentioned earlier, white grapes should be fermented at a low temperature of 17 or less, so that the fermentation time can last for 1 to 3 months. The fermentation of red wine, on the other hand, involves maceration of pigments and tannins, so the temperature must be higher, reaching 30 to 35 degrees, so the fermentation time of red wine is much shorter and the fermentation is much more violent. From the top of the fermenter, you can see that there are bubbles churning in the fermenter, and at its most intense, it is as violent as the fermentation tank is full of boiling water, and the fire is burning underneath.

I don't know why every time Xiao Yifei climbed up the shelf and saw the boiling liquor from the opening of the fermentation tank, he remembered the little trick of "making money in the oil pot".

The yeast fermentation is finished, but the next step cannot be carried out immediately, and the fermentation must be left in the fermentation tank while the wine juice continues to be extracted. At this time, it is still necessary to carry out two manual cycles a day, that is, to pour the cans. A pipe connects the outlet at the lower end of the fermenter to the pump, and the outlet of the pump is connected to the top of the fermenter. As soon as the electricity is turned on, you can see the red wine cascade from the empowerment into the fermentation tank like a waterfall. The purpose of the pouring is to keep the wine homogeneous in the huge fermentation tank so as not to affect the extraction. The challenge is to choose the right outlet, because now there is a layer of sludge at the bottom of the fermenter, and once the sludge is in the pump, you have to wait to disassemble the pump and clean it.

After playing for a day of pouring cans, Xiao Yifei ushered in designer Bruce King.

"Boss Xiao, are you busy?"

"Oh, Boss Wang is here, go to my office."

"No, let's go to the field and make it clearer."

Wang Feng took Xiao Yifei to the largest parking lot by the Jade Lake, which was originally rented from Old Lady Erin.

"Mr. Xiao, according to my plan, I intend to integrate this resort with the Green Lake and the winery to form a whole. It's just that there is a difficulty. ”

"What are the difficulties, you can tell me."

"The main thoroughfare of what is now the vineyard needs to be rerouted."

The main thoroughfare, he said, is between the winery and the old lady Erin's house, through the middle of the vineyards, and all the way to the lower road of Yuanbao Mountain. This is a cement avenue of more than 4 meters, which is the main road for transporting supplies to the vineyard and ripe grapes to the winery, and it is also the main route for Xiao Yifei to enter and exit the beehill now.

This road has to go through this parking lot. If you dig up this place, it is not impossible, but when you go home and sleep in the future, you can only pass in front of the winery castle, and then go around the Jade Lake for half a circle, re-drive the original avenue, and then go to the bee hill.

Xiao Yifei thought of the consequences of interrupting this road, and pouted:

"What do you want to do here after the diversion?"

"If we dig up a section, it will connect the resort water with the Jade Lake. You see, in this way, we can build a large pond around the eggplant mound to the winery, on which we can make a long covered bridge, plant some lotus flowers, and we can also arrange a few pavilions near the lake, and we can also make a few small islands in the middle of the pond, and arrange pavilions on top of them. ”

"What happens if you don't divert your route?"

"If we don't change the route, then we can only divide the winery and the resort into two sections, and we can't merge them. If the flow of water is to be uniform, it is necessary to lift the channel to build a bridge or bury a pipe underground to pass the water. Then the road is out of harmony with both sides. ”

"It's a big question, let me think about it."

"Okay, Boss Xiao, then I'll design other places first, but please decide as soon as possible."

"Okay."

In addition to thinking about this, Xiao Yifei was also busy discussing the next board meeting with other brewers.

This kind of thing, Beau and David are not good to accompany him, Bart, who should also be the director, go with him, but Bart is the chief winemaker of the Arozhu winery, and his Cabernet Sauvignon harvest is late, this time is the critical period of winemaking, and he can't leave at all.

So Bart marked the location of some nearby wineries on the map to Xiao Yifei, and then called the winery owners and made an appointment for Xiao Yifei to come to the door, and Xiao Yifei took the time to visit these small wineries.

After a few days of visits, Xiao Yifei learned about the opinions of these winery owners on lowering the standards, which some people think is a good thing, because the winery can expand the amount of wine produced and make more money. Some people think that it doesn't matter, anyway, they don't lower their standards themselves. However, most small wineries are still opposed to lowering the bar, arguing that it will affect the overall brand of Napa Valley. There are even those who feel that the bar should be raised and that only 100% Napa grapes can be used with the Napa logo. Xiao Yifei recorded their opinions one by one and provided them to Bart. He made up his mind that this meeting would definitely not take the lead, and let Bart be in front.

Li Qinglin urged Xiao Yifei to make an itinerary on the circle again. Of course, the first thing to talk about is the problem of housing.

Speaking of living, Xiao Yifei felt that he really needed to buy a house near San Francisco, otherwise every time he got off the plane, he would be dizzy and wouldn't know where to go. I have to rent a car to go back to Napa, but this is nearly two hours away, and I don't dare to drive without jet lag. If you don't go back to Napa, you can only go to the hotel, but the hotel is expensive, not to mention, you still have to rent a car to go back to Napa, or let someone from the winery pick you up.

It's a different story if you buy a house nearby, you can park at your home, get some sleep and drive back to Napa. Although it is said that you have to pay property tax to buy a house, as long as you stay at the Four Seasons Hotel for 10 days, the property tax will go out.

Xiao Yifei made a phone call to Concubine Yue.

"Concubine Yue, I want to buy a house."

Concubine Yue was very happy, and the rich man finally remembered to buy a house. Buying and selling houses is her business, so she has never done any wineries and vineyards, so she can only start from scratch, although the commission is more, but the negotiation is really big for her.

"Okay, Mr. Xiao, what do you want?"

"First of all, it must be safe, don't introduce me to places where security is not good. Second, you need to be quiet. Oh yes, don't give me the landfill in the Bay Area, if the earthquake comes and you have a problem with soil liquefaction, it will be miserable. ”

Concubine Yue touched her forehead, this one couldn't grasp the point.

"Mr. Xiao, do you want to buy an apartment or a detached house?"

"Of course, it's best to be a single-family house."

"And what's your approximate price?"

"Less than 2 million."

Xiao Yifei only has more than 8 million cash in his hand now, and he doesn't know how much money is left after deducting the 25 million cultural relics in the London autumn auction, so he must save some money.

"And how many bedrooms do you want?"

Xiao Yifei thought for a while, in case his brother and sister-in-law brought their parents over, to be honest, Calistoga was too lonely. When the time comes, they can stay in Napa for a few days and then stay here so that they can take them around to see the sights. In this case, there will be fewer rooms to live in.

"At least four. Also, can you find a place where Chinese people live? Also, it's closer to Berkeley, but not in Berkeley and Orlando. ”

"Okay, Mr. Xiao, I'll look for you right away. Also, ask more questions, are you taking out a loan or cash. ”

Can't be cheap rich countries, they are too cheating, if early repayment is allowed, he will be able to repay the loan in two weeks, for the sake of interest, they actually don't let it be repaid early.

"Cash."