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Chapter 76 You Missed an Opportunity to Get Rich

I haven't seen him for a few days, but Mr. Mond is still the same.It's just that he didn't wear the straight suit anymore, but an indigo shirt with long sleeves, and the cuffs were rolled up, revealing the fluffy arms that had already had age spots, looking more casual.

The old man's eyes were piercing, and his playful eyes fell from Yue Renge to Li Mu, and he said with a smile, "No wonder you were so rude to me that day, so it was because of your little lover."

His English is an elegant London accent, which is exactly the same as that of Yue Renge.The tone was not harsh, and even a little teasing.

Li Mu understood, but he was a little embarrassed, he hesitated and didn't know what to say.On the contrary, Yue Renge clenched his hand again, smiling like a spring breeze, "Yeah, so Uncle Mengde, you haven't apologized to Li Mu yet."

The old man laughed loudly, and tapped Yue Renge's leg lightly with his crutches, "You brat, I haven't settled the score with you yet, so you're counting on me!"

Yue Renge avoided the situation and winked at him, "Who made me meet you today?"

Mr. Mond made a long face on purpose, "Hey! Didn't you come to the door by yourself? I just came out of the store and saw you within a few steps."

He was right.As the center of Burgundy, Beaune has gathered hundreds or even thousands of wine merchants, large and small.Mr. Mond's store is opening in the old square, and many people will buy a few bottles of wine after visiting the morning market.

"Oh, what a coincidence." Yue Renge pretended to be surprised, "It really is. But uncle, today is really a pure accident."

Another crutch hit his leg, "Why, do you still want me, an old man, to stand here and continue chatting with you? Do you want to go? Go to my shop for a while."

Walking slowly along the abandoned trails of the square, weeds grow wantonly on both sides, which is a bit more wild than the deliberately pruned flowers and trees.Mr. Mond was walking in front, with vigorous steps, and Li Mu was walking behind him. He was worried that the old man would not walk steadily, and wanted to help him, but was blocked by Yue Renge.

Yue Renge shook his head slightly at him.

The wine shop of Mond's house is not that big, and there are several wine shops adjacent to it, which are also open. Many people who have finished the morning market come to buy wine, and some of them seem to be tourists.Entering the wine store, the decoration is not unusual, with ordinary furnishings, Li Mu saw the official Yue Renge family emblem printed on the label of a certain bottle of wine on the shelf at first sight.

"Jean and I have been friends for decades." Mr. Mond asked them to sit down, and the clerk who watched the store brought a few glasses and a bottle of wine according to his instructions, "I started this store from my father. More than 40 years have passed in the blink of an eye, Leo, do you know what is the secret of business success? It is to look for grand cru gardens.”

This is a good bottle of Chardonnay, poured into the glass, already smelling rich and fruity.Yue Renge's eyes rolled with a smile, "Uncle Meng, why are you being so kind to me suddenly today? I know, you must want Dad to lower the price for you."

Mond said helplessly, "You boy, why are you so out of shape?" Thinking that his old friend was going to bother to make Aligot, old Mond felt short of breath and chest tight.

"How is your winery's harvest this year?" He breathed a sigh of relief, "Pinot Noir should be good."

"Well, Aude is planning to brew another batch of good Aligot." Yue Renge stepped on his mine again, "Uncle Mond, are you really not interested?"

Mond smiled, "You are interested in Aligot, and I have my choice." He glanced at Li Mu, who was quietly on the sidelines the whole time. Good-looking is good-looking, but in his opinion, the difference from Yue Renge Just like the special garden and the regional level.

"What a pity." Yue Renge shook his head, sipping the Chardonnay in his glass, "You missed an opportunity to make a fortune."

Disagreements in the business field cannot be resolved in a day or two. Old Mond saw the two young people's secret eye contact and cleared his throat, "Instead of teaching me how to get rich, why don't you tell me? When were you together?"

"It's been a long time," Yue Renge said first, "He's an excellent bartender."

Mond frowned.

The Furlongs are ancestral outliers. Jean was the first wine grower in the town to marry a Chinese wife, and Leo and Jade grew up holding each other in the palm of their hands.The girl is better, quiet; and this Leo, who runs around all day long, has traveled all over the world, and even went to China, thousands of miles away, to open some cocktail bar.

What kind of culture can Americans have?It's just a matter of blending those messy things together.Mr. Mond is old school, with what he calls national pride and cultural identity.In his opinion, wine should be drunk with good wine, and those inferior alcohol and unexplained blending culture can't be elegant at all.

He didn't agree with Yue Renge's work in the first place, and when he heard that Li Mu was still working with Yue Renge, he didn't like him very much.

"You misunderstood, Mr. Mond." Li Mu noticed the changing situation on the old man's face, and felt that he could no longer keep silent.Restoring his own image was secondary. Since the last time he met, although he felt that this old man was a bit stubborn, he had a wealth of experience and a deep understanding of alcohol. Those problems that had been accumulated in his heart had been brewing for a long time. At this moment, he can't vomit.

So, take courage, "I'm just a drinker."

This was almost the first time that Li Mu spoke to Mond seriously, with an American accent, but not slick.Mond raised his eyebrows, "Do you like wine?"

"Well." Li Mu said, "Actually, in China, we also have a very strong wine culture. You should know about our national wine, Moutai, a typical sauce-flavored baijiu. Romanee-Conti should be on par."

Mond shook his wine glass lightly, "Go ahead."

"I've been here for the past few days. To be honest, I like it very much. Mature industry chain, strong wine culture, wine brings happiness to people. I am also very happy here. And there are people like Mr. Jean, including I admire a senior like you who has worked so hard in this industry."

Li Mu was neither humble nor overbearing, his eyes were calm.Mond bowed his head and took a sip of his wine.

"After I came here, I actually thought about a lot of questions. One of the questions is, how can we promote our own wine culture?"

As soon as the question was raised, the other two were taken aback.

“I can understand your disdain for cocktails. After all, wine has a much deeper history than cocktails. Of course, it may also be that your knowledge of cocktails may be lacking – it’s not that you have a problem. I’m just analyzing the facts. "

"Here, the wine culture is strong, and everyone takes wine as a pride and pleasure." Li Mu said, "But in China, thousands of miles away, we also have baijiu that is not inferior to wine. But why, now Why are Chinese young people keeping away from baijiu?"

Yue Renge also put down the cup in his hand.He didn't understand why Li Mu suddenly raised such a question; he didn't even think that Li Mu had thought about such a question.

When did Chinese wine culture start?

Thousands of years ago, the sadness and boldness of drinking wine as a song, and the romantic and free and easy dance to understand the shadows under the moonlight, these are the tastes written in poems and flowing in the blood of culture.And in Yue Renge's memory, his grandfather just liked to drink baijiu.

But far away in a foreign country, how easy is it to drink a sip of pure hometown flavor?When his grandfather passed away, he still couldn't forget the mellow taste. Therefore, after living in Europe and America for 20 years, when Yue Renge set foot on his homeland, he vowed to find out about this mysterious wine.

Then he was surprised to find that there are too few young people drinking liquor now.

It's not too low-end, it's too high-end.The high-level put on airs, adding to the pressure.It is a distinguished guest on the wine table and a symbol of status and rank.Qinghualang, Xijiu, Guojiao, Moutai, and Yue Renge drank, but they didn't feel at ease.Drinking alone seems a bit boring; if you call someone, you may have to prepare a large table, otherwise it won't be good enough.

Drinking shouldn't be like this.It should not be ossified into some kind of symbol, alienating people into its servants and serving wine instead.

Wine can be noble, but also close to the people.The wine culture is not superior, but flying into the homes of ordinary people.It should be a part of life, in the melancholy of drinking alone in the middle of the night, and in the joyful arms of relatives and friends.

So Yue Renge made various attempts, some succeeded and others failed.He chose a cocktail.Cocktails are a very good and direct way. Young people are naturally close and like them, but Yue Renge still wants to add something to it.

Unexpectedly, Li Mu thought the same way.

Yue Renge felt moved by being understood.

Mond smiled, "Young man, if you think about such a big problem, you will be very distressed."

Li Mu seriously, "Mr. Mond, haven't you ever thought about it?"

Mond was silent for a while, "Son, you really stumped me... Maybe Aligot also has the meaning of Aligot."

Coming out of Mr. Mond's liquor store, the morning market is far less lively than it was when we came here.Yue Renge took out his mobile phone, Jade and Aude had already called him several times.

"Oops." Yue Renge smiled, "We should hurry to find them, we might as well be scolded again."

"No need to look for it." Li Mu smiled and pointed to the front.On the high steps of the square, a girl in a light yellow dress and a young man in a plaid shirt sit together.The young man held up two ice creams and was letting the girl choose.But what kind of taste is good?This is really a difficult choice.

Yue Renge looked at it, and laughed so hard that he couldn't find his eyes, "Aude is really smart! If I knew it, I should have brought them here earlier, just to create more opportunities for them."

Li Mu stopped him from going forward, "What are you doing in the past now? Let them finish eating the ice cream first."

--------The author says------------

Yue Renge: Aude rushes the duck!Don't let my sister harass my wife!

Cat mother: Xiao Yueyue is really talking about it.In addition, Aligot (Aligote) is a variety of grapes.After being cue many times, Aligot said that he would add chicken legs.Compared with Chardonnay (Chardonnay) dry white, the yield of Aligot dry white is higher, of course, the quality is not so good, and the price is relatively close to the people, so some people call it "poor man" Burgundy dry white.