Charlie was plagued by the animals in Liu Yunxuan's ranch today, and Liu Yunxuan, the owner, naturally had to help appease him. In the evening, Charlie ordered several of his favorite dishes.

But even so, Charlie is very depressed, his appearance is too wolf, and he was recorded by Robert with his mobile phone, which is a lifetime of black material.

"Andy, come here, show you something good." After dinner, Charlie couldn't wait to pull Liu Yunxuan and Robert to the cigar room in the main house, which had not been used much.

As for Hou Xingyu and Qiuqiu, one of them went to rest early, and the other went to the safari park to play. Liu Yunxuan made it over there, and for them, they could go over at any time.

"Isn't this cigar just the smell of smoking, what's mysterious about it?" Liu Yunxuan said angrily.

He had come to the cigar room a few times to smoke it, but it felt like that was how it was smoked. He couldn't understand why so many people loved this thing and made it so expensive.

"This time it's not the ones we smoked before, this time a friend got it back from Cuba." Charlie said mysteriously.

"Your friend is very powerful." Liu Yunxuan said with a smile.

Cuban cigars are banned in the United States, as a result of a ban imposed by U.S. President John F. Kennedy on a total blockade of the Cuban economy. Any U.S. citizen who buys and enjoys Cuban cigars anywhere in the world is now subject to penalties up to imprisonment.

"In fact, because of this ban, Cuban cigars have been flooded on the black market in the United States, and many people are secretly smoking them." Charlie sniffed and said with some embarrassment.

"In the eyes of cigar aficionados, whether they are produced in Brazil, Mexico, Jamaica or the Netherlands, cigars are expensive, but the first place in their minds will always be Cuban cigars."

"This time I got a regular Cohiba model. A box of 25 bottles cost me $1,000. In 2006, the company launched a 40th anniversary 'behike', a box of 40 pieces, which was sold for 15,000 euros at the time. ”

He saw that Liu Yunxuan didn't pay attention to the cigars he had worked so hard to get, so he had to popularize knowledge for him.

"Is this thing so expensive?" Liu Yunxuan asked with some surprise. He knew that cigars were usually quite expensive, but they were usually sold for a few dollars a piece. No matter how expensive it was, he thought that more than 100 dollars would be the sky.

According to Charlie, this "behike" cigar can be sold for more than 2,500 Chinese coins, which is really unimaginable.

"Cuba launches these cigars for a successful business person aged 30-50. They earn more than $150,000 a year, and only such people have the time and the financial resources to enjoy cigars all year round. Robert sat down and said as he took one in his hand and played with it.

"In fact, 60 to 70 percent of men in Cuba smoke cigars. When I was a child, when I heard my father talk to them, he mentioned a very apt metaphor about cigarettes, cigars, and pipes, which were likened to prostitutes. Female, lover and wife. ”

"I've heard of this, it seems to be because it's different from the way they taste it." Liu Yunxuan nodded and said.

"Hey, I said you still taste cigars?" Charlie watched the two chat, ignoring his own cigar contributor's existence. A little petty.

"Ok, Charlie, let's start tasting your hard-earned cigar now." Liu Yunxuan shook his head and said with a smile. Charlie is like that, occasionally showing his childish side.

"What's going on, what's going on with our American company lately?" When the three of them began to spit out clouds and mist, Liu Yunxuan asked the two of them.

"Our company's industry is developing steadily, and we have also found a private detective to investigate the fake milk powder that Jack called and said, and we haven't found it yet." Charlie replied.

After receiving a call from Jack, Charlie arranged for someone to investigate. The results of the investigation were good, and neither light nor dark were found.

"Actually, it may have something to do with food-related laws in the United States. Food safety laws in the United States stipulate that no matter how big or small the amount is. As long as there is an act of making and selling counterfeit goods, it is a crime. is punishable by a fine of between $250,000 and $1,000,000 and imprisonment for not less than five years. If you have a criminal record, the punishment will be increased. Charlie added.

"Hey, it seems that the punishment standard for such cases in our country is still a bit light." Liu Yunxuan sighed and said.

In the past two days, he has not been idle, and when he chatted with Bei Yi, he also talked about the country's punishment standards for food counterfeiting and sales, which is indeed a little lighter than the law in the United States.

In the United States, the cost of the crime of selling food is too high. With $250,000 and more than five years in prison, the average person doesn't want to take such a big risk because of a few doses of powdered milk.

"Andy, how are you doing in the country?" Robert asked.

"It's not funny, I still don't have much of a clue over there. I guess it will take a while to find out. Liu Yunxuan shook his head and said.

"You don't have to worry too much, after a long time, these fake people will always show flaws." Robert said comfortingly.

"That's right. Can you two help me find out about the 'FSC forest certification'? Liu Yunxuan didn't want to talk too much about these fake milk powders, and he was bored when he thought about it.

"Asked, this certification is also quite cumbersome, and the certification procedures for organic vegetables are not as small as yours." Charlie nodded and said.

FSC is a non-profit organization founded in Toronto in 1993 and is now headquartered in Bonn, Germany. Although the organization is large, they do not do certification work on their own. Their main task is to assess, authorize, and monitor certification subjects. Charlie explained.

"If you really want to do this certification, we can entrust the American SCS, they have the certification authorization of the FSC. However, their certification process is also very strict, and you need to think carefully about forest management certification and chain of custody certification. ”

This certification is not just something you get and it is, it also has a time limit. It's usually five years. At any time during this period, people will come and evaluate you to see if you are still up to par.

Otherwise, there would not be only a small number of "FSC forest certification" in the world, it involves too many links, and if there is an inappropriateness, people will revoke it.

Anyway, Charlie thinks that instead of laboriously doing this, it is better to sell the timber directly to the local area in the future. In the United States, the demand for wood is so great. With Liu Yunxuan's current net worth, it shouldn't be bad to sell more and sell less.

"Actually, I'm not just thinking about the wood in our pasture, I think we can also invest more in forests in the future." Liu Yunxuan said with a smile. "Now European countries sell a lot of furniture made in our China, we have this condition, why not do it well?"

"Although Chinese furniture has been very popular in recent years, in terms of overall profits, I don't think it is as profitable as the industry we concentrate on developing ranches." Charlie said disapprovingly.

"Charlie, you're talking about mass-produced, machined furniture. And what I want to do is the kind of handmade furniture that we have traditional Chinese craftsmanship. Liu Yunxuan shook his head and said. Now as long as it involves handmade products, no matter what it is. The prices are very high, because handmade products take a long time. ”

Why are some of those supercars so expensive, in addition to having powerful engines, they are also built by hand with a lot of manpower in the production and manufacturing process.

"And in the future, our furniture company can also help customers tailor furniture to suit their home environment according to their requirements. At that time, there will be a lot of profit here. Liu Yunxuan continued.

He wasn't upset by Charlie's rebuttal, which was a normal discussion of company development. Now that the company's stall is bigger, the launch of the new industry must be carefully demonstrated, and we dare not insist on doing it again.

"If that's the case, you might want to think about it. However, it also takes more time for such a furniture company to set up. I don't think there are so many craftsmen like this in Huaxia, and they will all be willing to come to us? Robert chimed in.

"This should be about the same. In the early stage, we can reserve talents, or the number of such handmade furniture can be reduced. Qiuqiu, who came with me, was engaged in furniture production in Huaxia, and he has a talent reserve in this area. Liu Yunxuan nodded and said.

The plan to produce furniture is not so easy to succeed, that is, the quantity of the product is required as well as the quality of the product. This is different from the industries he has engaged in in the past, because those can basically cheat in the guò space and reduce the time for development. But this furniture relies on craftsmanship. This is something that takes time to accumulate.

But on the other hand, if the project is really done, the future benefits will be equally great. If you have your own forest, you can rest assured that you can use raw materials, and if you really recruit good carpenters in the future. Then the price of these furniture will not be low.

The furniture is beautiful and the wood is good enough, so the furniture is completely collectible. Especially in Europe, the requirements for home furnishing materials are very high, and rich people can buy a set of exquisite handmade furniture, and they can also get praise from friends at parties.

"Okay, we can do it, but there's not much room for profit in the short term, it all depends on the position of our brand and how quickly you recruit workers." Charlie said after thinking about it for a moment.

He recognized Liu Yunxuan's opinion, if he ran to a high level, he could do it, but this money-making day should be put later.

"Haha...... This cigar is really anti-pumping, let's talk about it for more than half an hour, and there is still a small section left. Liu Yunxuan said with a smile as he smelled the aroma of cigars filling the room.

Charlie agrees and will start to do this, so there is no need to worry about it. All that's left is to urge Qiuqiu to help recruit skilled craftsmen when he goes back.

"That's why I just said that this cigar is something that takes time and money to enjoy, maybe we can really enjoy it when we are old and less busy." Robert said with a smile.

"Yes, Professor Lille is very good now, he specializes in tea art when he has nothing to do, and we will have to find some little hobby to pass the time in the future." Liu Yunxuan said approvingly.

"By the way, I'll go to Mexico tomorrow to buy some cigars, and keep them for us to smoke." Liu Yunxuan said with a smile again.

I am not a citizen of the United States, and the ban of the United States does not control me. It's all by private jet, and it's nothing to bring some Cuban cigars.

"Oh my God, I think today is my bad day." Charlie complained, "I was bullied by the animals in your ranch, and now you want to smoke cigars in the future, and I bought so much for nothing." ”

Isn't it, he hadn't been buying this cigar for long. If Liu Yunxuan likes to smoke cigars, he can go here and smoke them in the future, and buy this Cuban cigar like a thief in vain. (To be continued......)