Chapter 195 The Horse Urine Incident
Two days later, the family in China reunited again.
In addition to my sister's family, my parents also came with me. They said that there were no people in China. After decades of the traditional Spring Festival, I was tired of routines and came here to change my tastes and follow the trends... An Feng has always agreed with this free attitude towards life. Don't be stupid if you have money to put it in your pocket?
Everyone stayed in Slo, and Joanna didn't return to San Raphael after school. Anyway, the plane was fast enough, and office workers in big cities were still stuck in the road and honking their horns to make them angry, so she went home to have tea. But only a few people can enjoy this fast and comfortable life, and it cost too much.
Old John and his assistant Cathy took them home. After upgrading to a winery, their job titles naturally had to be upgraded. Partner Lin Hai was naturally the "sales supervisor", while Old John was the "production supervisor". Cathy had a good job, so as the assistant of the supervisor, his salary also increased accordingly.
After all, An Feng is not short of money, as long as he is happy, it doesn't matter.
...
After increasing investment, changes in vineyards are also obvious.
First of all, the appearance.
The mansion on the top of the mountain is a landmark building of the vineyard. It looks quite spectacular from a distance. After Old John took the money, he made major modifications on the original basis. First of all, the sides of the road up the mountain are no longer bare. The "wild road" that was used to drive off-road motorcycles down the mountain in Anfeng has disappeared, and green grass and flowers are planted.
When I drove up, I looked up and saw a wooden sign of "An's Winery" erected at the gate. The iron gate was painted again and an email address was added next to it. When I opened the door, the flowers, plants and trees in the yard were carefully decorated, and the two hunting dogs became garden guards.
My mother looked at the freshly-looking winery and sighed: "I haven't seen each other for several months. The changes here are really big. It feels like it is on TV."
Everyone agrees. The changes are so big.
An Feng said to everyone: "What you want is this artistic conception! Please come in! Welcome to the reborn An's Winery!"
The house has also been renovated, some objects with a strong youthful atmosphere have been removed, brown carpets are laid, and red themes are added. Burgundy furniture can be seen everywhere, and beautifully packaged red wine is neatly placed on the wine racks... From the perspective of visitors, it is indeed like a precious winery.
Compared with the houses I lived in before, it used to be a traditional home style, but now it feels like it has become a high-end style.
My brother-in-law admired him: "The designer is so amazing!"
An Feng took credit: "Is there any opinion in it?"
Joanna laughed: "Nonsense! You pushed all your work to John, but you didn't mention him."
An Feng smiled and turned to Old John and said, "And you, the hero of providing creative design for the winery. This beautiful place really deserves the artistic conception!"
Old John smiled: "We have a batch of red wine for now. Do you want to try it?"
An Feng said: "No problem, everyone enjoy it together during dinner. Don't forget you. John, I haven't sat with you for a long time and chatted with you. Are you free tonight?"
John Older said: "I will arrive on time."
...
During dinner, Old John came back with two bottles of wine from the winery.
Now it is February. In addition to aging, some wines that were consumed in that year or produced large amounts have been bottled and can be drunk at any time. Red wine does not mean that the longer it is, the better. Aging requires long-term storage. After aging is bottled, continue to store for three to five years to obtain the most mellow taste.
Now Old John is selling ordinary wine, and poured some for everyone.
An Feng picked up the wine glass and shook it gently, ignoring the little girl in front of him who longed for "Cola", and casually said: "The red wine is mixed with horse urine, so children should not drink it randomly!"
Xiaoyu had seen all the red and white ones before, but the red ones had never explained to her. She had never noticed her. Now she looked at him with questions, her face full of disbelief. But she saw that the adults were serious, even the grandparents who didn't lie to her... She began to doubt it.
An Feng tasted a small bite and the taste was rich. The aftertaste did not dissipate for a long time. Compared to the thousand-dollar red wine ordered in Western restaurants before, there may be some that can't stand it, plus the reason for boasting about the halo, but even if the effect is reduced by 50%, it is still worth 500 US dollars, right?
An Feng was very proud. He asked Old John: "How many points do you think this batch of wine can be scored?"
Old John put down his wine glass and sighed first: "This is definitely a high-quality red wine. After tasting several neighbors around him, they praised it. Frank has even made all the grapes you sold to him in traditional crafts and made into aged wine. It has been preserved for five to ten years and sealed into top wine."
An Feng nodded. There were not many people present to understand, but they felt very high-end.
John Old is here to the point: "If you can ask the wine tasting master to comment, a high evaluation of aged wine is very promising."
An Feng said: "When do you usually start tasting wine?"
"There is no specific time. It usually depends on the schedule. As long as the red wine is brewed and bottled, you can invite some famous masters to taste the wine and give an authoritative score. We have plans to invite some domestic ones-"
An Feng interrupted him: "Why isn't it world-class?"
Old John smiled: "The cost is a bit big, and our winery has just been established."
An Feng didn't care: "It's okay, the most famous one is Robert Parker, right?"
Old John nodded: "Of course it's him. The title of 'Wine Emperor' is worthy of it. The industry is used to using Parker's score to compare the quality of red wine."
An Feng had an idea: "I think it's him, and I have to have a high score from the master to be worthy of the grand press conference I held in May."
Anfeng plans to hold a red wine press conference in May. At that time, you can invite some public figures that can be produced as much as possible. They may not be celebrities. They can invite them, such as wine experts, fashion experts, etc., and everyone will leave their names on the signature wall and take photos to promote them.
Everyone looked at him in surprise. Listening to his description, the scale of this friendship aid is probably not smaller than the press conference of the Big Winery? And An's Winery is just a newcomer who is about to show his head... An Feng looked at them and said seriously: "You have to gather big brands to create an advertising effect."
Afterwards, An Feng modestly asked his father-in-law.
Frank has been in this industry for more than 20 years. He has a set of experience in press conferences, which is very knowledgeable. From the form and location, it is divided into high and low-end venues, bars, wineries or high-end hotels. In terms of form, there are noble and cool styles. Big brands walk a short red carpet and leave a look on the stage; or passionate and unrestrained styles. An Feng was confused and finally decided to ask for a professional planner.
This is the solution for lazy people, but it is also the most efficient.
Afterwards, considering the invitation issue, he decided to make the best choice a few months in advance, so he called friends from all walks of life. First of all, it was Roger's. This guy had a little influence in the circle - it was proved later that the relationship was not small. People in the upper class had little circle and everyone knew each other more or less, so when they shouted slogans, they spread to ten or hundreds of people, and they all came to know them, and they also led some friends who were not very familiar with them.
There is no big problem with the special guests at the press conference. Next, we have to ensure the quality of the wine. No matter how loud the advertisement is, the quality will not work. Sooner or later, it will fall into mediocrity. An Feng hopes to give this batch of wine a good reputation through the master's reputation and then sell it to all walks of life.
After all, it is a winery named after its surname, so it should be worth spending some money to change its reputation.
...
When there are more people, especially when there are children, the house becomes lively.
After being influenced by the environment and parents, Xiaoyu now uses some basic speaking language, and of course she also has the help of her friends. The blonde girl Mia taught her a lot of long and short sentences. There are few neighbors around the vineyard and only a few children, so whenever she has time, they will laugh together.
Children learn new languages the fastest, and they haven't seen each other for a few months. They can just say one sentence by one, and I will say it roughly. Although some words are a little vague, An Feng listened carefully and it was really like that! The environment here is so good, I stayed for a year and a half, and I must be proficient.
Of course, children are less interested in learning, and they are more interested in playing.
Especially when several cows raised in a small farm in the garden gave birth to calves, Coke ruined the children. An Feng observed that the calves were very cute when they were just a few months old and had not grown up. Do they all perform in all aspects meet the "round duo" standards, especially because they like to be arrogant.
The calf is very interesting. When a person shakes in front of it, it will come to you naughtyly. Sometimes if you don’t pay attention, this guy insists on rushing the obstacles in front of him before he can stop. An Feng showed his hand to the naughty children and pressed his hand on the head of one of the calfs. The guy lowered his head and began to exert force.
"Look!" An Feng looked at the naughty children who were eager to try. The calf lowered his head and pressed his hands hard, stretching his hind legs straight.
"Uncle (sir) I want to play too!" said the children.
"Ok!" An Feng made way out of the position, and the calf passed by him arrogantly, and then he watched the children come together to "fight bulls".
An Feng held his cell phone and recorded a video for them to record these childlike interests. When he grew up, he could still read and laugh.
After the naughty kids had enough fun and the calves were tired, he led the three guys and their pony back. The three knights all turned over and rode on the pony and ran ahead of An Feng. He waved to Joanna, who was trained in the distance, and signaled to prepare to go back for supper.
When they got home, the children continued walking their horses in the yard outside. An Feng walked into the house and heard everyone discussing plans for where to play.
An Feng casually gave an opinion: "How about changing the taste if you go to the eastern city, New York or something?"
After hearing this, everyone felt good about New York. When they came to the United States, they were all day long, and it was a bit unreasonable not to see the world's largest city.
My parents and brother-in-law decided to go to New York for the Spring Festival this time.
An Feng naturally had no objection. He was just casual, just by plane, just sending them away. Now it is private from the air to the land, and the ocean behind it.
After chatting about some plans, there was a sudden burst of screams outside. Xiaoyu ran in excitedly with a glass cup, which contained some unknown liquid.
The little girl stood in front of him and handed him a cup: "Uncle, I'll give you something good."
"What is this?" An Feng smelled a familiar smell.
"Red wine." said the little girl.
"This color..." An Feng frowned, naughty child! Is this clearly a horse urine good?
The girl is going to go against the will of heaven. The family discovered her feat and looked different. The sister held her face: "If you don't do a good job, why use a cup to hold a horse's urine?"
The little girl said aggrievedly: "It was what my uncle and grandfather said yesterday that the wine glass contains horse urine. Children cannot drink it. Seeing you all drink a little. Today, I saw Xiong Xiong (Pony) peeing, so I went to pretend so much to come back for you."
An Feng was stunned and turned to look at everyone: "This is called "If you don't commit suicide, you won't die?"
Chapter completed!