Chapter 160: The Flowing Gironde

Cang Yaozu and Sophie Marceau chose to walk into Château Margaux, and before entering the winery, they could feel its unique charm, and the quiet and solemn boulevard of the French plane trees made people suddenly away from the hustle and bustle of the city, quietly immersed in nature. This tranquility is impressive and continues throughout the winery.

In the courtyard are the production halls and wine cellars, everything is in order, typical of the Médoc style. The owners of the winery have always taken great care of everything here and strive for perfection.

Corinna Menzepoulos stood right in front of the Château de Margaux to greet her guests, with her youngest daughter, Petit Menzepoulos. The castle is magnificent and is said to have been built during the Napoleonic period.

Cang Yaozu and Sophie walked forward quickly and met Corinna's mother and daughter. Corinna looked at the two people who arrived, Sophie she naturally knew, and the situation of Cang Yaozu Old Agnelli also told her some basic information.

She actually wanted to take back the shares of Margaux, but the cash was not available for a while, Margaux was actually relatively stable at this stage, and it was no longer a difficult time to find a big backer to prevent others from coveting. Corinna didn't want much of a change in Margaux.

Corinna brought Cang Yaozu and his party into the castle, where the architectural style is elegant and retro, revealing a sense of history. First of all, after visiting the castle, Sophie also knew a lot about the history, chattering with Corinna's youngest daughter Petty, who obviously knew her, and looked at her with adoration in her eyes, and chatted with her as a stranger at all. This is the treatment of his own family, Cang Yaozu's French is also very good, but no one chats with him.

The group sat down in a living room with good lighting. After a few polite words, Cangyao Ancestor opened the topic.

"Madam Menzepoulos, I'll call you Corinna, I like the Margaux brand very much, you know that our Seagram owners mainly sell whiskey and some fruit drinks, and some red wines, but the well-known brands don't.

We want to take the shares of Margaux in the hands of the Agnelli family and then enter the French wine market, we will not interfere with your management of the estate, on the contrary, we are very satisfied with your past achievements, and after we buy the shares of the Château Margaux, everything is the same as before.

The changes we bring are mainly in sales, and we can work more together in sales channels, and we at Seagram have recently created a series of private wine cellars, both star and rich. Citigroup has good sales channels in East Asia and Southeast Asia, and I hope that this acquisition will make the future of Margaux even more brilliant. ”

"Mr. Cang, thank you for agreeing, Mr. Agnelli told me about your situation, he thinks you can bring more good changes to Château Margaux, with your wealth, background and Seagram wines, in fact, you will be the best partner for our winery, we also hope that Margaux wine can go more to the Americas and Asia, our family has been managing Margaux for more than 20 years, we have always been relatively calm here, so I don't want to lose this peace, and I don't want the winery to be too commercial. ”

"Well, I fully understand your feelings and demands, and that's exactly what I want to say, Margaux will keep everything as it is, Seagram will help with sales, and I'll transfer 10% of the shares to Sophie's name, you should be familiar with her, I'm sure we'll get along very well." ”

"I heard that Agnelli Sr.'s granddaughter, Genie Elcan, will also own a 5% stake in the estate?"

"Well, yes, so that a lot of the shares of the winery are held in the hands of you women, we have a saying in China, that women can hold up half the sky, I am very optimistic about you, I hope you can have fun." ”

Sophie's appearance still dispelled the worries of many Menzepoulos' mothers and daughters, and the Menzepoulos family now has five women in three generations, and they do need some external help to resist some calculations.

After Cang Yaozu promised not to increase his stake in the winery and that everything would remain the same, Ms. Menzepoulos agreed to take over most of the shares of the winery, and everything was happy.

Miss Petty also had some good looks for Cang Yaozu, and when she talked about some movies and music, everyone relaxed. Sophie somehow wanted Cang Yaozu to sing a song to everyone, and Petty also found a guitar, which was a handmade guitar. I haven't played it, Cang Yaozu took it and started fiddling, well, it's probably not cheap.

"I sing it in a female voice, a song of Elaine Holless's "My Name is Elaine""

Cang Yaozu just sang this song once a few days ago, and there is no pressure at all to sing it again, although this song is not so elegant, but it is better than pop, the tune is very simple and brainwashing, Sophie and Petty have probably heard this song, after all, this song has dominated the charts in France for half a year.

The two of them were just surprised by the change in Cang Yaozu's voice, and the female voice he made was very clear.

When she finished listening, Sophie shouted again, "Ah Yao, you can sing a new song, we haven't heard it, and we have to use a female voice in French." ”

This is too demanding, cangyaozu plucked the guitar strings meaninglessly, he really hasn't heard many french songs, and his mind began to search for those french songs he has heard, fortunately, cang yaozu has been in the bar for a long time, and his memory is super good now, has.

"The name of the song is 'Le Long De L'Eau', and it flows along the river. ”

Cang Yaozu sang softly in a female voice that was clearer than just now. This song belongs to the kind of shallow chanting and low singing, and it is not as catchy as the song "My Name is Elaine".

The years are like poetry, a few notes on the pages of the book. Flowing along the river, leaving only my out-of-control feelings. ...... The melody is like a poem, and I lost my own song. Follow the stream and retrieve it. Our promise is mixed with the melody of the violin. Go with the wind and flow along the river. Those free birds, she is like light, singing poetic melodies to us. Convey your love and change your life. ...... In this beautiful world, my heart is about to set sail. The moon guides the dance steps and is the direction of the flow to the long river. ......

The song is fresh and beautiful, very appropriate to the environment of the Médoc, the melody is poetic, and it flows along the river, and it just so happens that the Gironde is flowing quietly not far away.

Not only Corinna's mother and daughter, Sophie also likes this song, this French song is indeed very charming, otherwise, Cang Yaozu would not remember it. Dude said in "The Last Lesson" that French is the most beautiful language in the world, well, there is a certain truth, at least in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese and other languages, French is still very noble and beautiful, Dude said this sentence, just a complex emotion when lost, not objective enough, after all, Dude definitely does not understand Chinese.

At the very least, Cang Yaozu, who is proficient in several languages, does not agree with this, you must know that their Cang family is the descendant of Cangjie, and the legend of Cangjie making characters has been passed down for a long time. Cang Yaozu agreed with Mr. Lu Xun's words, he said that Chinese characters have three beauties: the beauty of meaning is to feel the heart, one is also, the sound is beautiful to feel the ear, the second is also, the form is beautiful to feel the eye, and the third is also. Yes, the beauty of the meaning, the beauty of the sound, the beauty of the shape, everywhere is not beautiful, it is so domineering.

Petty's eyes finally have a worship of Cang Yaozu, Cang Yaozu's voice is really against the sky, although in Corinna's eyes, it is a little too feminine, but I have to say that this is really a very beautiful French song.

Cang Yaozu and Corinna said that Sophie recently broke up with her ex-boyfriend, and she is currently with him, and she will go to Italy in the summer to shoot a summer lovelorn healing film, and she will turn into a director. Sophie's image is very good, it is the kiss of France, the rose of France, so Cang Yaozu intends to let her be the image ambassador of Margaux wine, uh, of course, Sophie has no money to take it, she also has shares of Margaux Village, and she always has to contribute her own strength.

In the afternoon, it was time to taste red wine, Petty took Cang Yaozu and Sophie to the wine cellar to check the precious wine in the Margaux cellar, well, there are a lot of wine to taste, the degree of red wine is not high, but Sophie and Cang Yaozu drank a lot, when they came out, Sophie's face was already red, it was extremely attractive, obviously drunk.

Margaux is fruity, full-bodied, well-layered, with smooth tannins and a great taste to drink. The long storage in the oak barrels also gives the wine a pronounced nutty taste, and the ripe aroma is complemented by a fresh fruity aroma that is a feast for the palate.

Sophie and Cang Yaozu lived for a few days at Margaux Manor, where life was very leisurely and the relationship with Corinna's mother and daughter became more harmonious. Sophie and Cang Yaozu are handsome and handsome, and the winemakers and managers of the winery are familiar with them, and Corinna and her daughter invite them to come and stay every summer and autumn, and the quiet life here can make people less impetuous.

Yes, Cang Yaozu also likes the slow life here, and he said to Corinna that he has many girlfriends, so ah, there will definitely be no shortage of girls who will live here in the future, so let their mother and daughter not treat them as outsiders. Corinna's mother and daughter were shocked by these words, and they confirmed it several times before they knew that Cang Yaozu was not joking.

Petty also paid special attention to the change in Sophie's face, but did not notice anything. Sophie knew about this, so naturally she didn't have much reaction, she mainly didn't have much of a concept, otherwise, with her more exposed and real style of acting, maybe she could really let Petty see a Sophie Marceau who was different from what she imagined.

Sophie and Cang Yaozu live a quiet idyllic life on the Left Bank of Bordeaux, but the newspapers in Paris break the big news.

Book Reading House