Dozo America

In the daze, the sunlight was a little dazzling. When he opened his eyes, Johnny saw the car driving through the vineyards. There were vineyards on both sides of the road. The grape vines were covered with grape trellises, which looked pleasing to the eye.

.At this time, there were very few people in the vineyard, only a few women wearing headscarves.

"Through these, we arrived at my father's manor, but it will also be my manor in the future. The grapes here will not mature until September or October, depending on the weather. The scene at that time is the best.

It's fascinating. In the past, I would always go to Caipuo with my father and mother during that season. Unfortunately... now it's just my father.

I have been away from here for several years, and only my father is left." Sophia felt a little sad as she spoke, but soon she cheered up again, "But... now that I'm back, I will

Continue to pick grapes here and inherit my father’s winemaking skills. You must know that every time you pick grapes, there are people everywhere..."

"Isn't there a machine?" Bit said, "When I was in the wine valley, I saw many people using machines to pick grapes. It is very efficient and saves a lot of labor. You don't have to do the labor yourself, so why bother?

Why not? It doesn’t cost much, it’s even cheaper than hiring someone.”

"This is the difference between the wines made by Bordeaux and those made by Americans." Sofia laughed, "We have always insisted on picking grapes by hand, manually, in order to maintain the freshness and original flavor of the grapes.

Machines will cause damage to the grapes, and the wine produced will never taste as good as those harvested by hand."

Bit was still going to speak, but at this time Sophia had lowered the car window, stretched out her hand from the window, waved her hand at a woman wearing a headscarf in the vineyard, and shouted loudly: "Aunt Chiara,

Hello, I'm back. I will never go out again. I will stay at home and come with you for dinner in the evening. I will cook the food myself." She also drove the car very slowly so that the woman in the vineyard could hear her.

clear.

"I understand, go quickly. If your father knows that you are back, I don't know how happy he will be!" The woman named Chiara said loudly to Sophia and waved her hand, asking Sophia to go back quickly.

Looking at her expression, she looked very happy, and it was obvious that she loved Sophia very much.

Sofia took her hand back, stepped on the accelerator, and the car quickly drove along the country road towards a small manor in the distance. That was Sofia's home. A typical small manor that looked beautiful.

And it is a typical European style, with a yard in the front and lawns and trees in the back.

The car stopped in the yard in front. Then I saw the door of the house opened, and an old man in his fifties wearing a T-shirt came out. He was strong and had a bit of bronze skin. He looked like he had worked for a long time.

As a result, he has small curly hair that makes him look very energetic.

"Hey, Sofia, my little baby, you are finally back!" The old man saw Sofia coming out of the car at the first sight, and he opened his arms and gave Sofia a bear hug, and then said, "You are here this time.

How long do you plan to stay? I always want you to stay a few more days, but...when a daughter grows up, she will always fly away from the mother's nest."

"Dad, this time... I don't want to go out. This is my home. I want to stay here, be with you, and run my winery. When you get older, I will inherit your winery.

Then we will sell our wine all over the world." Sophia gently patted the face of the old man who was in a daze, "Dad, I have figured it out, I will stay here. Really."

"Oh, my God." The old man patted his forehead, then shouted in a low voice, slowly looked around for a place, and sat on the firewood pile next to him, "My God, you...

Have you finally figured it out? If you care about me...this is completely unnecessary."

"No, this is my decision. I made this decision after careful consideration, not an impulse. You know how difficult it must be to make such a decision." Sophia said to the old man, then turned around

After looking at Zhen Fan and the other three, they smiled and said, "Let me introduce these friends of mine to you."

The old man suddenly looked at Zhen Fan, then frowned, looked at Sophia, hesitated and said: "He... I should know, is his name Fan Zhen? It's very similar to what he saw on TV and in magazines.

Like." The old man looked at Zhen Fan and then became a little excited.

"Yes, dad, he is. He saved my life in Paris. I was almost shot by the thugs in Paris. Fortunately, Mr. Zhen saved me, so I brought him over to see our manor.

!Taste our Bordeaux wine!" Sofia said to the somewhat stunned old man.

"Oh my god, is it really you?" This time the old man used honorifics. It may not only be because Zhen Fan saved his daughter's life. It may also be because of the wine Zhen Fan brewed. "I actually met you. This is worse than the fact that Zhen Fan saved his daughter's life."

The time I expected has been shortened a lot. Really... this may be the wonderful relationship between us."

"You expected to see me within the time?" Zhen Fan heard the old man's words and said hesitantly, "Have you... ever planned to meet me? In the United States or here?" He felt a little incredible at the old man's words.

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"Of course it's here!" The old man smiled, "Now that trade barriers have been opened, it is inevitable that your hcd wine will enter the European market, including France. I think... we are already making wine.

I have lost to you in terms of craftsmanship, so to resist the invasion of your hcd, there is only one way, cooperation!"

"Cooperation? Have you thought of it a long time ago? I think some large estates like Lafite do not want to cooperate with me. They want to stick to their own camp. I even know that they are preparing to threaten those sellers in Europe.

Let them also unite to boycott my wine." Zhen Fan couldn't help but shake his head and laugh.

"Yes, you are right. It is impossible for their large estates to cooperate with you. They have their own wine heritage. They will stick to their positions and may even adopt the methods you mentioned. In this way,

It’s nothing more than a lose-lose situation.” The old man laughed, “Your hcd sales will definitely be affected, and their products will also withstand your blow to them, so it’s a lose-lose situation.”

Zhen Fan pondered for a moment and nodded: "You are right, this is indeed a lose-lose situation. So...how can we achieve a win-win situation? I am very curious about why small and medium-sized vineyard owners like you want to cooperate with me,

Isn’t this the opposite of them? You must have already thought of countermeasures.”

"Of course, if we don't come up with countermeasures, we small and medium-sized vineyard owners will be the first to be wiped out." The old man smiled, "There are not only a few large estates in Bordeaux, but we small and medium-sized vineyard owners are also a force to be reckoned with."

The power of neglect. So I want us small and medium-sized gardeners to unite and cooperate with you to form a relatively large winery. This will form a new comparison.

Huge power and locality, not only the cost is greatly reduced, but also you will not be afraid of the resistance of local sellers. And all you have to pay is to deal with some shares of these small and medium-sized vineyard owners.

, what do you think? If possible, I will convey this news to the owners of small and medium-sized vineyards." The old man talked about these things without stopping.

"Of course... this is a win-win solution, but... we only have some intentions now. When we really want to talk, I will ask my team to come over and negotiate with you." Zhen Fan thought the old man's idea was quite good, so he

He nodded and agreed, "This is not because of your daughter, but because we have mutual interests. We do business first!"

"Of course, but if those people know the news, they will definitely be ecstatic!" The old man smiled, opened his arms, hugged Zhen Fan, and patted his back shoulder and said, "

We are sincere and I hope you understand this."

At this time, Sofia said angrily: "Dad - there are two friends of mine here. This is Bit Jackson, and this is Johnny Depp. One of them is a big Hollywood director, and the other is a big Hollywood star.

.They are all friends of Mr. Zhen, they are all very good people!"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. This is my problem. This is not the attitude that the master should have, this is my neglect!" The old man quickly turned around, shook hands with Bit and Johnny, and then invited the three of them into the hall of the manor.

.The furnishings in the hall are relatively simple, with a nineteenth-century European style.

"Please sit down, please sit down!" The old man asked Zhen Fan and the others to sit on the sofa. Then he went to the bar, took out the glasses, and when he got four glasses of wine, he asked Sophia to bring two glasses over and handed them to Johnny and

Bit. Holding two glasses of wine, he walked to Zhen Fan and handed over a glass, "Try it, this is my wine from 1982."

"Wine from 1982?" Zhen Fan couldn't help but be stunned, and then smiled, "I've heard of Lafite from 1982. It's the most popular wine in the world right now. I never thought we would be there.

You can also taste the 1982 wine here. Really...this is our luck!" As he said that, he shook the glass slowly, then raised it and tasted it slowly.

Zhen Fan has only heard some rumors, which can be regarded as rumors. In fact, 1982 was not the best year for French grapes to mature, but it was indeed the best year in the Bordeaux region, and there was relatively little wine produced that year, so it was

It seems very precious. But Zhen Fan really doesn’t know why exactly. (To be continued.)

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