Chapter 309 Buying the Vineyard, the Eve of the Gallery Opening(1/3)
After dinner at Yang Yeming's house, Zhang Junping helped the drunk Wu Xinping back to the Earl's Manor.
In fact, sometimes I envy Wu Xinping. Although he has a poor drinking capacity, he lives a free and easy life.
After drinking a glass of wine, you will be drunk and unconscious. You don't have to worry about other things, and you don't have to worry about things like drunkenness and immorality.
Back at the Earl's Manor, Judy came over and told Zhang Junping that George Fairburn had been here and asked Zhang Junping to come back and call him back.
Zhang Junping picked up the phone and called George Fairburn back.
Even if George Fairburn didn't come to find him, Zhang Junping was going to go find him.
"George, I am Zhang Junping."
"Haha! Dear Zhang! You are so uninteresting. You came to Paris and didn't come to see me."
"George, I just arrived yesterday, and today I took my elders to visit a senior living in Paris.
I was going to visit you tomorrow, but I didn't expect you to come here first." Zhang Junping explained with a smile.
"Dear Zhang, you should have noticed that the promotion of the touring exhibition of Chinese traditional arts and crafts has been launched throughout Europe."
"I see, George, you are a great businessman.
Keep your promises, I like doing business with people like you.
Don't worry, all the imitation oil paintings I promised will be paid in full before the touring exhibition begins." Zhang Junping understood what George Fairburn meant by this.
Therefore, without waiting for George Fairburn to speak, he gave him an answer directly.
"Haha, dear Zhang, I definitely don't care about imitation.
You know, what I care about is "Pastoral Scenery", when can all the 108 oil paintings you promised be painted."
"Don't worry, "Thirty-six Pastoral Styles" will definitely be painted soon before the touring exhibition.
Since I have promised you, I will naturally not leave it to anyone else.
Even if the other party pays more, I will not agree.
This is a matter of integrity." Zhang Junping gave George Fairburn reassurance.
"Haha, I believe you!
By the way, I have already contacted the vineyard I mentioned earlier for you. I am just waiting for you to come back and then we can trade with the other party.
From now on, the vineyard will be yours." George Fairburn said another thing.
Just before, when we were chatting, we came up with the idea of buying the vineyard next door.
Although the quality of the vineyards in Paris is not as good as that in Bordeaux.
But it’s not bad either.
Wines from good vintages are still very popular.
"Great! Dear George, you are simply my lucky star!" Zhang Junping was overjoyed.
He is not short of money and does not care about the income from the vineyard.
What I care about is that this vineyard is a good show-off prop.
In the future, when visiting friends or clients, you can take the red wine produced in your own manor as a gift.
"This is my manor. I brew the red wine myself and it tastes pretty good.
It's just a trivial matter, not respectful."
It’s exciting just thinking about it.
Of course, it would be better if it was a vineyard in Bordeaux.
However, he did not have the time or energy to go to Bordeaux to take care of the vineyards.
There is a vineyard in Paris that is also very nice.
The next day, Zhang Junping, accompanied by George Fairburn, took his lawyer and signed a sales contract with the other party.
After the payment was made, the vineyard officially belonged to him.
Not only the vineyard, but also several vintages of wine stored in the manor’s cellar.
They are wines from last year, the year before, and the year before that.
In other words, they are wines from 1978, 1977 and 1976 respectively.
Zhang Junping recalled the good wine vintages in the past few decades that he had specifically checked.
I instantly understood why the original manor owner was so generous in retaining the wines from these three vintages.
There was a lot of rain in 1976 and 1977, which were very bad years, while 1978 was just average.
The wines from these three years not only had low yields, but also had the lowest scores.
Why is the 1982 Lafite so popular?
Because the 1982 Bordeaux wine scored the highest in recent years.
Not only the wines from Chateau Lafite are good, but the wines from other Bordeaux chateaus are also good.
Zhang Junping bought the vineyard and also the winemaking workshop.
Zhang Junping chatted with the grape planting workers and the winemaker, and felt pretty good about it, so he kept them all.
According to winemakers and grape growers, this year is still not a good year, and it depends on the rain conditions during grape picking.
If there is less rain at that time, the RP score can reach above 85, but it will not exceed 90.
A score above 90 points is considered a good vintage, and a score above 95 points is considered a top vintage.
The years between eighty-five and eighty-nine are considered average years, while those below eighty-five are considered poor years.
In fact, apart from the impact on output, other impacts are not significant.
The winery that Zhang Junping bought is mainly focused on the mid- to low-end market.
Lafite was very good in 1982, but in Europe, 99% of people could not afford it.
Mid- to low-end wines are the main force in the market.
After taking over the vineyard simply and rudely, Zhang Junping returned to the Earl's Manor.
“I just bought the vineyard next door, which contains about the last three vintages of wine.
I decided to give the wines of these three vintages to everyone as a bonus.
Everyone can drink as much as they want, open it, but it cannot be used for bathing." After Zhang Junping returned to the Earl's Manor, he announced good news.
"marvelous!"
"Thank you sir!"
"Long live sir!"
"I want to sleep with wine every day!"
The wine from the vineyard next door is still very popular, and has a good reputation among middle and low-end customers.
In good vintages, mid-to-high-end wines will also be released.
"There is a small problem, that is, the wine can be given to you for free.
But you need to put in a little work."
"What kind of labor does sir need from us?"
"Sir, what do you need us to do?" A beautiful brown-haired clerk winked at Zhang Junping and asked with a smile.
"I need to merge the two manors together..."
Due to transportation considerations, the buildings in the two manors are not far apart. Standing on the third floor of the Earl's Manor Castle, you can see the buildings in the vineyard.
The two manors were separated by an iron fence. After Zhang Junping bought it, he naturally had to remove the iron fence in the middle.
Considering the work efficiency of the French, Zhang Junping does not plan to find locals.
"Zhou Yan, you, along with your comrades from the security department and other male colleagues, are responsible for removing the fence between the two manors.
Judy, please contact me and see if you need those fences.
Sell them, use the money to buy food, and have a party at night."
"yes!"
"Okay sir! I will contact the waste material recycling company."
“In addition, I plan to add some green plants between the two manors and build a stone road.
Girls, it’s up to you to plant green plants and expand the garden.
You can arrange and transform the entire garden according to your own wishes.
Will you feel a sense of accomplishment when you walk and play in the garden in the future?" Zhang Junping smiled and continued to assign tasks.
"Sir, we have left this matter to us. We are very happy to be able to arrange the garden according to our own wishes." Rosa and Lisa readily agreed.
To be continued...