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Chapter 38

"Leo, to be honest, I don't want to go to Huadu at all."

There were not many customers in the cafe, so I chose a good seat by the window.The warm sunshine is like melted syrup, covering the whole world stickily.The coffee in front of him curled up with hot mist, covering a handsome face indistinctly.

"Then what if I invite you to go?" Yue Renge did not give up, "You have only been active in East China and the capital area for the past ten years, but you don't know that the bartending industry in China has changed a lot."

"So?" Cao Yang took his time, "So what if the changes are big? In my opinion, these are the centers of bars. Leo, I have always wondered why you chose a southern city like Huadu? What is it? What attracted you? I have been persuading you to come to Shanghai to cooperate with me for so many years, as long as the two of us work together..."

Yue Renge laughed but didn't answer.

After a while, Cao Yang suddenly came to his senses, "Are you in love?"

It must be so, only love can make people give up part of their reason and settle down in a place that doesn't seem so suitable.

"Does it matter?" Yue Renge didn't refute.

Cao Yang suddenly understood, "So that's it! So that's it! I remember that the champion of the Laurel Cup this time is from Huadu, what's his name... Is it him? My God, it must be him. But..." Cao Yang frowned He frowned, "He doesn't look good at all, does he?"

The champion is inexplicably lying down.

Yue Renge shook his head, "Of course not. I haven't even seen what that child looks like."

Cao Yang failed to guess, and was not reconciled, "Then you have to give me a reason. Don't talk about those nonsense. You never mentioned before that you want to hold a master class in Huadu. This time there must be something else hidden."

What is it like to have a friend who is keen on gossip?Yue Renge blushed, "Yes, it's for a certain person, but it's also for those young people in Huadu who like bartending. Is it okay?"

Cao Yang sat up straight, "Then what does he look like? Is he coming to the competition this time? You should have told me earlier... You asked me to go to Huadu to give a master class, oh, that is to say, he will definitely come that day. "

"...I'm not sure." Yue Renge was thoughtful, "However, if he knew, he would definitely find a way to come."

Cao Yang laughed, "I'm afraid it's not that you two haven't established a relationship yet? I've never seen you so careful."

"He's different." Yue Renge didn't answer his question directly, but with a little complacency, "He's different from others."

The expression of love, in the eyes of the people who eat melons, is dog food.Cao Yang snickered for a while, "Since you are so sincere, I might as well go and see what kind of person you care about so much."

There are people coming and going in the venue.Accompanied by Yue Renge, Cao Yang officially gave a lecture in this southern city for the first time.After stepping into Huadu, Cao Yang knew that he was wrong. For the first time, he knew that in this emerging southern port city, there are so many young people who are crazy about this industry.

Maybe Yue Renge is right, this industry has changed, more blooming is the latest trend, he should not be limited to East China and the capital.

Cao Yang was also a little excited, talking to Yue Renge constantly along the way.Suddenly, his friend stopped talking, and Cao Yang followed Yue Renge's gaze, and immediately understood.

It was a very handsome young man.With vigorous vigor, as fresh as jasmine in summer.Yue Renge likes beautiful things and beautiful people, Cao Yang concluded at once, that is the fundamental reason why Yue Renge tried so hard to invite him to Huadu.

Is that so... Cao Yang thought.That beautiful face is very strange to him, and he seems to have never seen it at the game site.Yue Renge said something in a low voice, leading Cao Yang to go forward.

Cao Yang couldn't help but smiled at the young man.

That pretty face was stunned for a moment.

Sure enough, he was still too young.Cao Yang whistled happily, "Leo, your lover, is he here?"

Li Mu was submerged in the crowd, but his eyes followed Yue Renge and Cao Yang, and he almost forgot where he was.Zhao Shengyan gave him a hand, "Brat, where have you been? It's about to start, find a place to sit down."

There are limited places in the venue, and those limited places are of course reserved for the finalists of the Laurel Cup final.Li Mu followed Zhao Shengyan and found a place to stay in one of the few positions in the back row.

"Li Mu? Is it really you?" Someone called him.

Li Mu followed the sound, "Zhu Zhu?"

After several months of separation, Li Mu heard a lot of news about Zhu Zhu one after another.Zhu Zhu didn't change much, she still had a round face and sweet dimples. When she saw Li Mu following Zhao Shengyan, she immediately understood, "Brother Zhao said that the person he wanted to take with him is you."

"Really?" Li Mu was surprised.

Zhu Zhu said: "You don't know? One of the organizers of this master class is our bar. But not everyone can come, Brother Zhao brought me... But I didn't expect that the other one is you. "

Li Mu smiled awkwardly, he couldn't say that he didn't get such an opportunity in Dionysia.

"How are you doing in Dionysia?" Zhu Zhu started talking, but couldn't stop for a while, "You've lost a lot of weight, isn't it very hard work? I heard from Brother Zhao that you're learning bartending from Liang Chuan now? How is it? Is he strict with you?"

Liang Chuan?That stinky face suddenly appeared in Li Mu's mind, and a drop of sweat trickled down his forehead, "Brother Chuan is very nice, very patient."

Zhao Shengyan choked next to him, coughing frantically.

The two looked at him inexplicably, Zhao Shengyan coughed for a while, and finally stopped, "It's okay... kids, stop chatting, the master class is about to start."

The lights in the venue were dimmed, and only the stage was illuminated.The hustle and bustle of the venue suddenly fell silent.Yue Renge stepped onto the stage gracefully and bowed briefly.Everyone at the scene obviously recognized him, and there was a round of warm applause.

Yue Renge was obviously good at dealing with such situations.He gently raised his hand, and pressed it down lightly as if playing a piano, and the hustle and bustle of the scene was put away.

He is the host of this master class.

Li Mu looked at him in the dark audience, as if looking at a shining pearl.Yue Renge briefly introduced Cao Yang's resume, "This time we have invited Mr. Cao Yang, the special judge of the Laurel Cup. He has high hopes for the bar industry in Huadu, and he is very pleased that many young and promising young people have emerged recently. bartender." Cao Yang raised his eyebrows at Yue Renge and smiled slightly.

There were people taking pictures at the bottom, Cao Yang stood up amidst warm applause, and bowed slightly.

Cao Yang is of mixed Chinese and German descent and speaks fluent Chinese.This is the first time for Li Mu to listen to his lectures, and just in case, he brought a recording pen.Zhu Zhu was even more fully armed, "I'll shoot the PPT, and we'll sort it out together later."

The college entrance examination is not so serious.

Cao Yang talked about the creativity of bartending with baijiu as the base wine.

Click on the PPT, everyone laughed, a bottle of Shanxi Fen, a bottle of Guojiao 1573, and a bottle of Qinghualang.

It is really surprising that baijiu is the protagonist of a lecture on cocktails.

"I'm half Chinese," Cao Yang began. "I lived in Shanxi, China until I was 15 years old. Fenjiu played a very important role in my childhood. I don't know when everyone drank alcohol for the first time? For me Said, when I was five years old, the first sip of wine I drank was Fenjiu."

Li Mu doesn't know much about baijiu, but he also knows its most basic types.Fen-flavor liquor, represented by Shanxi Fenjiu, can be divided into Daqu Qingxiang and Xiaoqu Qingxiang according to the craft.

The difference between national wine and foreign wine lies in "qu".The so-called "koji" refers to Aspergillus.Brewers will mix new koji made from new wheat into the leftover distiller's grains from brewing.The koji ingredients are mixed into the steamed sorghum or the main raw materials, and then fermented, it will have a mellow taste.

Cao Yang introduced, "National cellar 1573 is the representative of Luzhou-flavor liquor. Luzhou-flavor liquor needs to be fermented in the cellar, and the rich bacteria in the cellar can enrich the flavor of the liquor. 1573 is the year of the cellar. In my country No one in the cellar can match it."

As for Maotai-flavored Baijiu, it is the most complicated and precious one to brew.Cellars are also required, and the production process is more cumbersome.In addition to Qinghualang, the Maotai-flavored liquor that everyone is more familiar with is Moutai.

The notes in Li Mu's hand stopped, and he began to think about why Cao Yang turned his attention to Baijiu.

After all, Chinese people always have a special feeling for baijiu.

It is true that it is the national wine and plays an irreplaceable and important role on the Chinese wine table.Because of this, it is far away from youth. When everyone relaxes, they will say, go to the bar for a drink, but they will never say, drink some Moutai together.

Liquor belongs to Chinese people, but not necessarily to young people.

Li Mu couldn't help looking at the stage, the lights of the venue focused on Cao Yang, with a European face and a Chinese accent; in the cocktail course, baijiu was the protagonist.Cao Yang briefly introduced the history of baijiu, and at the same time explained his creativity and conception of using baijiu as a raw material for cocktail mixing.

It has always been the unique protagonist on the Chinese wine table. When mixed with various foreign wines, what kind of sparks can burst out, people can't help but look forward to it.

All these things seemed incompatible, but there was a strange sense of harmony, Li Mu was fascinated by it, and he vaguely knew that it was a world he had never been in contact with, but he must be yearning for it very much.

The class lasted a full two hours.Cao Yang spoke so dryly that some bold practitioners came to ask him for his autograph. "You didn't tell me that there is such a link." Cao Yang complained to Yue Renge with a smile.

Yue Renge stalled, "Who told you to be so popular? I don't have the ability to arrange fans for you in advance."

Cao Yang signed several names in succession, and took a photo with several enthusiastic fans, finally he was free.Cao Yang smiled and asked, "Why didn't yours come over? I saw him sitting in the last row. Come on, take me to meet him. I want to see what kind of person he is, who has the ability to take you Fascinated like this."

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

I have really studied hard. Hey, let's go and fall in love! !