Chapter 65: It's All Flatbread
(Ask for a ticket!) Ask for a ticket! )
Although Dongxing Tavern can survive by selling low-end and inferior wine, it is not a long-term way after all.
Of course, he didn't try to make his own wine, relying on the technology provided by Rothkov, and they have been working hard.
It's a pity that it is not satisfactory after all, Ron, a rich third-generation bartender, is also a half-ass, and he is expected to make a good wine that is enough to take the market by storm, I am afraid that it will be necessary to wait until Prohibition disappears completely.
Fortunately, the road to heaven and earth was originally to pay New Year's greetings to David Pinkerman, but he didn't expect him to find a treasure.
"Man, I put you in touch with that friend, you can always go to him, here's the address..."
David Pinkman handed over a note with a place in Soho that seemed to be not far from Rypinkman's house.
Hold up the note and gesture:
"Thank you, then, I won't stay longer~"
"I'll send you~"
Before leaving the door, David Pinkman reminded again:
"Man, don't be too long-winded, you have to be careful lately, I don't want to lose your best friend~"
Friend? The wallet is pretty much the same.
After slandering in his heart, Li Yaoyang said goodbye and left.
Originally, he did not let his guard down, and Pinkerman's words were just adding another layer of insurance to his speculation.
Along the way, I found out where Pinkerman's friend was, and found that it was actually a factory, and there were many workers coming and going, all wearing dirty work clothes.
"Hello, may I ask if this address should be here, right?" Li Yaoyang stopped an old black man and asked for directions.
The other party was surprised by Li Yaoyang's Chinese face, but when he saw that he was wearing a cheap suit, he didn't dare to ask more, and nodded:
"It's our factory~"
Li Yaoyang breathed a sigh of relief:
"Great, by the way, do you know Albert Louis?"
"Albert? Of course I know, he is our assistant to the factory director, we all like him very much, do you have something to do with him? ”
It seems that this person is very popular, Li Yaoyang made an evaluation in his heart.
"Yes, there is some personal matter to find him, can you tell me how to find him?"
The black man looked him up and down a few times, then turned around and pointed to the second floor behind the factory:
"See that two-story red brick building? He's over there~"
"Thank you~"
Li Yaoyang came to the red brick building with a stomach full of curiosity, hesitated for a moment at the gate, and walked into the building.
stopped a pregnant female white-collar worker, she licked her big belly and looked like she was about to give birth.
"Sorry to bother, is Albert Lewis here?"
"The innermost office on the left-hand side of the second floor~"
The pregnant woman replied crisply and neatly, without stopping in the slightest, and hurried out of the gate, not knowing what was urgent.
I stumbled upstairs and followed the pregnant woman's reminder to find the innermost office.
The door was closed, and there was no sound inside.
Li Yaoyang said in his heart: You won't get off work, will you?
I put my ear to the door and listened, but there was still no movement at all, and I hesitated and knocked on the door.
'Knock Knock~Knock Knock~'
Waited a few seconds, no response, and knocked again.
'Knock Knock~'
No one responded even after knocking more than a dozen times, it seemed that he was not there, Li Yaoyang thought that he had pounced, and turned around and left with a little regret.
Unexpectedly, just after taking two steps, there was a sound of 'Gada' behind him, and the door of 'Squeak~' opened in response.
A big head poked out, and its brown pupils were wary.
"Who are you?"
Li Yaoyang was startled, this head is also big, and he is about to catch up with the eldest son, and he feels that he has two big heads.
The key is that his neck is very thin, so that after Li Yaoyang saw it, his first reaction was - how can such a thin neck support such a big head?
Whether this neck will be easily broken is not what Li Yaoyang is most concerned about.
Introduce yourself immediately:
"Hello, is it Mr. Louis? My name is Li Yaoyang, you can call me Lee, I think Mr. Pinkman mentioned my name to you~"
The other party breathed a sigh of relief and opened the door slightly:
"He just called, you have something to do with me?"
"Hmm~ a little bit, about that bottle of wine~"
Albert hesitated for a moment, confirmed that there was no one behind Li Yaoyang, and then let him in:
"Come in~"
"Thank you~"
When you enter the office, you will be greeted by a huge desk, filled with flasks of various shapes, large and small, as well as reagent bottles, with cabinets on both sides, no sofas, only round stools.
Is this an office? Is it a laboratory at all?
Li Yaoyang was speechless in surprise, and behind him, Albert had already relocked the door, and the whole person relaxed a little.
"Just sit down, sorry, I'm a little messy here~"
I looked at the cardboard boxes and countless wine bottles on the floor, let alone sitting, and there was no place to put my feet.
"Eh~Don't sit, I'll just stand~"
"Whatever you want, what's the matter?" He himself sat down peacefully, without the slightest intention of entertaining the guests.
In just a few minutes of contact, Li Yaoyang has already figured out the other party's personality, a nerd.
Note that nerd is not a derogatory term here, but rather the highest praise for someone with a special talent.
This person is either a real idiot or a genius.
Obviously, Li Yaoyang prefers the latter.
To deal with this kind of person, it is best not to go around the bend, go straight, and don't waste the other party's time.
"I want to know where that bottle of whiskey you gave Mr. Pinkerman came from."
After a pause, he spread his hands:
"Well, I think the answer is already obvious~"
Albert stroked his hair:
"That's right, obviously, I made the wine, how about it? Not bad, right? ”
"I think the word 'amazing' is more accurate~"
"I like your evaluation~" Albert smiled, the kind that he didn't disguise, like a child who scored 100 points in the test and was rewarded by his parents for watching a 2-hour cartoon.
"In that case, I wonder if there is any possibility for us to cooperate?" Li Yaoyang had no nonsense at all and went straight to the point.
"You're a knowledgeable person, but I'm sorry, I can't work with you~" Albert didn't have a tactful idea, and the one who refused was called a simply.
"Can I see why?" Li Yaoyang is not in a hurry, there is nothing that can be done overnight.
"You see, I don't have the possibility of large-scale production here, and I want to support my family, so I can't do without the job of assistant to the factory director~"
"Damn, I'm willing to swear to all the gods in the world, follow me, and you can get several times more than the assistant to the factory director, or even more than ten times or dozens of times the income."
"By you?" Albert shook his head, clearly not optimistic.
"Not only me, but also my brothers, believe me, with your skills and my support, our wine can be invincible!" Li Yaoyang began to paint flatbread.
"Hehe~ I'm not a three-year-old child, I can't be fooled by this, by the way, the bastard who lied to me last time is already in the morgue at this time."
Li Yaoyang sighed in his heart, no wonder he was so resistant, it turned out that he had been cheated.
"You can't overturn a boatload of people with one rod, in addition to liars in this world, there are also good people who really want to cooperate with you~"
He patted his chest: "Like me! ”
Still unconvinced, Albert picked up a flask containing a caramel-colored liquid that was slightly thicker.
"Lee, maybe you are a good person, but I don't want to participate in your big career, I just want to work in peace and stability, and when the time comes, get married and have children, I don't have much ambition."
These words sounded like heartfelt words, but Li Yaoyang didn't believe half a word.
A man without ambition would give wine to David Pinkerman?
Li Yaoyang chuckled, and his voice changed:
"You are very popular in the factory?"
Albert didn't expect Li Yaoyang's topic to change so quickly, he was a little caught off guard, and was stunned for a while before pretending to be relaxed and said:
"It's okay, everyone really likes me~"
"Because of what?"
"Maybe I'm good-looking?"
A joke that was not funny, but it made Li Yaoyang laugh out loud:
"Although you are not ugly, but it has nothing to do with good looks, I think they like your wine more than you as a person, it is cheap and delicious, and it is super cost-effective."
In a word, Albert broke the defense, and the whole person was excited, like a teddy who was in a hurry.
"Damn, I knew your purpose was not pure, say, what are you doing here? Extort? Extortion? Bastard, I don't have any money, and I don't have money to kill me~"
Albert's irritability further confirmed Li Yaoyang's speculation:
"Man, I didn't say anything, don't worry, it's very angry."
His calmness and calmness set off Albert's weakness.
After a few deep breaths, Albert pointed out the door:
"Now, please go out, you're not welcome here, now! Right away! ”
Li Yaoyang was unmoved, just kidding, you let me go, don't lose face?
"Do you know Titanic?" Change the subject again.
"What?"
"Titanic, Jack and Roush, don't tell me you haven't heard of it, are you an alien?"
"I know, what the hell are you trying to say?" Albert couldn't bear it, and his brow was about to twist into a twist.
"I did it!"
"Huh?"
"I said, I made that play~"
Albert opened his mouth:
"So what?"
"I just want to tell you that the two of us are actually the same kind of people, each with a main business, and winemaking is a side business, and the two are not in conflict."
After a pause, he came to Albert and looked at the other party:
"And my main business is obviously more successful than your main business, but I still haven't given up the opportunity to make more money, because I have ambition, and in the same way, I see the same ambition in your eyes as mine."
Albert looks like he is twenty-four or five years old, older than Li Yaoyang, but the two face each other, Li Yaoyang is mature like a middle-aged man, and the other party is like a child.
"You..."
Without waiting for him to say more, Li Yaoyang stepped back, pointed to the wine bottles all over the ground and said:
"Let's fill the bottles here and do a big business, moonshine is only temporary, sooner or later, we will have a real distillery and sell the fine wine with your name on it all over the world!"