When the female bartender heard what Gu Chen said, she suddenly burst into laughter and said:
"We would like to, but now the competition in cosmetics is so fierce. In many cases, everyone's products have similar effects."
"If dealers want to make money, the prices must be low. But the cosmetics we make from grape seeds, although they focus on the original ecology, can't bear the high cost."
"Furthermore, our products are not well-known enough, so we don't make much money."
Seeing a male colleague in formal attire passing in front of her, the female bartender immediately stopped talking.
After seeing her colleagues walking away, she approached Gu Chen and whispered: "The products are good, but the sales outside are not very good. They are usually sold to tourists like you."
"Moreover, most tourists who come here are willing to take some back with them."
"We have a lot of products on display here. If you like it, you can pick some and take them back."
"Well, it seems pretty good." Gu Chen nodded slightly when he heard this, and then said:
"Then you should have foreign tourists here too."
"Yes." The female bartender nodded silently and couldn't help but said, "There are quite a lot of foreign tourists."
“Some foreigners also like to sign up for a tour group and then come here to visit and play.”
"However, if they are European tourists, many of them grow grapes locally, so they are not interested in our place."
"But after all, this is an incidental activity for the tour group, so sometimes, they have to come."
"But they are still quite interested in the products we develop here."
"Really?" Seeing what the female bartender said, Officer Wang, who realized Gu Chen's intentions, quickly asked:
"But you guys don't seem to see any foreigners here? You don't even see any foreigners with Asian faces."
"Haha, I just happened to miss it." The female bartender also smiled.
So Officer Wang shamelessly asked, "Are you the regular employees here?"
"Yes, they are basically all old employees here." said the female bartender.
"Will guests be accommodated here?" Officer Wang asked again.
"Well, let's talk about reception? We actually don't have particularly good hotel rooms here. After all, we are a winery, a place that produces red wine."
"So many guests take buses back to the city after visiting. After all, there are many hotels in the city."
"That means that guests who want to experience winery life in your winery for a few days will not have the opportunity to stay?" Officer Wang asked again.
The female bartender was stunned, as if she didn't understand what Officer Wang meant.
Then Officer Wang explained: "Because I am taking a small, boutique group, my guest told me that he wanted to stay in a place like the winery for a few days."
"But you don't seem to have any rooms here, which is quite a pity."
"Oh, is that so?" After listening to what Officer Wang said, the female bartender thought for a moment and then said:
"Actually, we also have rooms here. Just go through the cellar passage below us and walk to another area. There are some accommodation houses over there."
"Generally speaking, if important businessmen come to visit, our management staff will arrange some rooms for the businessmen to stay."
“To allow merchants to immerse themselves in the charm of our winery, we also want to retain merchants and do business here.”
"So, do you have a room here?" Lu Weiwei asked quickly.
"Yes, but you must discuss it with the manager." said the female bartender.
"Can we go visit it?" Yuan Shasha asked again.
"Shall we visit? In principle, it is not allowed. Visiting is only allowed in fixed areas, but if the iron gate over there is not closed, you can go and have a look."
"Is that so? That's good." After listening to the female bartender's explanation, Yuan Shasha also asked casually:
"So where you are staying, are there any other guests staying there now?"
"Other guests? This... I'm not sure about this. Anyway, they are usually the boss's friends or relatives. Sometimes they come over to use the room."
"Then there is the management of the winery, like the managers, who think that this place is under their control."
"So sometimes, they will live here, and sometimes they will bring some friends to stay here. I really don't know the details."
"Okay, thank you very much. I will take my guests there for a visit later. Thank you." Officer Wang felt that he had almost asked the question, and if he asked any more questions, he would appear to be particularly deliberate.
So he quickly communicated with the female bartender for a few words, and then led Gu Chen and others in the next direction.
Everyone walked through the balcony outside the exhibition hall.
This is a place similar to a bar terrace. The entire row of large balconies is filled with some leisure seats.
It is also a rest area for tour groups, where Wang Jun and other tour guides sit and rest.
Gu Chen and the others did not bother them, but walked into the exhibition area along the terrace, then passed through some cultural products sales exhibition areas and walked out of the exhibition hall area.
Based on the results of previous investigations, everyone quickly found the entrance to the underground wine cellar.
In fact, you just go down the stairs outside the exhibition hall.
This place is like a tunnel, with iron railings on both sides surrounding the room. It is filled with various wine barrels and some guest rooms, which looks very private.
The dim lights add some mysterious color to the place.
At this moment, there are also some tourists who are guided by winery staff to explain and visit these areas.
But the destination of Gu Chen and others was not here. Instead, they needed to quickly pass through the corridor of this underground wine cellar and reach the exit.
When everyone walked out of this underground wine cellar, which was like a bomb shelter, they came directly to a garden.
Through the iron gate in front of the picture, you can see some houses and buildings inside.
The structure of the building is relatively simple, but there are various flowers and plants planted around it.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! There is also a sign on the iron door that reads "No entry for idlers."
"It should be here, right?" Lu Weiwei walked to the iron gate and asked.
Gu Chen nodded silently: "Yes, after walking through this iron gate, you will find your accommodation."
"Then be careful, don't let the people here kick you out." Yuan Shasha also warned.
Officer Wang came to the iron gate, observed the position of the door bolt, and said with a smile: "The door is not locked, it is open."
"Go in and take a look." Gu Chen said.
Everyone carefully opened the iron gate, then walked along the walking path and passed through a sea of flowers.
Lu Weiwei looked around and couldn't help but sigh: "It looks like the area is quite large. I really enjoy living here."
"Look, someone seems to live here." Yuan Shasha also pointed to one of the houses and reminded.
So everyone started to visit clockwise along the perimeter of the building.
It's like a secret garden hidden in the winery, surrounded by many tall vegetation, which are natural walls.
But here, it feels like you are in a world of flowers and plants, and all kinds of noises outside seem to be isolated here.
"This winery owner really knows how to enjoy things." Lu Weiwei couldn't help but joked and continued to walk at the front.
Although everyone is here for investigation, they still need to pretend to be tourists.
So Officer Wang asked Lu Weiwei to follow him while he walked in front.
"This is the entrance." Gu Chen found a small door, so he took the initiative to walk to the small door.
First, he observed the surrounding situation, and after seeing that there was no movement, he unscrewed the door handle of the small door.
Only then did everyone realize that this was a small door leading to the inner garden of the building.
"Is there a garden here? It's really secretive." Lu Weiwei whispered.
Yuan Shasha reminded in a low voice: "Don't make too much noise, let's go in slowly."
Everyone cooperated tacitly and began to take turns taking cover and walking towards the inside of the building.
The garden here is smaller than the one outside, and it just looks like some decoration.
In the middle of the garden, when everyone got closer, they discovered that there was actually another layer below.
"Oh my God." Lu Weiwei couldn't help but exclaimed, and also couldn't help but say:
"How come this place is as mysterious as the underground wine cellar of the winery just now, and there is another layer hidden? Who lives here? Why can't I see two people?"
"Shh." Gu Chen made a shushing gesture towards Lu Weiwei, and then reminded him in a low voice:
"Attention everyone, let's start from the first floor."
"Understood." After hearing Gu Chen's words, everyone immediately understood.
So everyone started to search clockwise along the corridor on the first floor.
Since no cameras were found here, there was no problem of exposing oneself.
But everyone still has to pretend to be tourists and visit inside in a relaxed manner.
After going around, there was no movement.
All houses appear to be locked.
So everyone walked upstairs again along the stairs, to the second and third floors.
Until everyone walked along the stairs to the platform on the top of the building.
However, since the entrance to the platform is locked, everyone can only come down from the top.
But when everyone arrived at the first floor, Officer Wang also reminded everyone:
"There is only one underground floor left here, everyone, please pay attention."
"Yeah." Everyone looked at each other, understanding.
Then, everyone started looking for the stairs to go down.
But after going around for a while, everyone finally came to their senses.
Lu Weiwei exclaimed: "No, we just walked around the first floor, but why didn't we see the steps going down?"
"Yes, let's go to the stairs on the basement floor. There are no stairs in the corridor. How do we get down there?"
"Well……"
Officer Wang was stunned, and quickly looked around. He even leaned on the guardrail, stretched out his body, and looked down.
After retracting his body, Officer Wang scratched the back of his head in confusion and said with a look of disbelief:
"This place is a bit strange. What did these people think when they designed the building? Why not put the stairs in the corridor?"
"perhaps……"
Just as Officer Wang finished speaking, Gu Chen suddenly said: "Maybe the stairs of the building here are hidden inside a certain room."
"Hidden inside the room?"
"No way?"
When Gu Chen said this, Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha were stunned for a moment.
Gu Chen, on the other hand, explained calmly: "If there are no stairs in a building with such a strange structure, it must be due to various considerations on the owner's part, such as protecting privacy."
"Maybe the owner doesn't want the outside world to know, what is the bottom of this room used for?"
"Yes." Lu Weiwei shook her fingers and said with a slight frown:
"This place is not open to the public in the first place. Such a structure is set up to prevent others from entering the underground floor at will."
Taking a deep breath, Lu Weiwei added: "But we have already checked the places that should be checked."
"If we don't have the key, we might not be able to go down, right?"
"Yes." As soon as Lu Weiwei finished speaking, Yuan Shasha reminded her:
"I just checked...oh no, when I visited the first floor just now, I found that some rooms here are locked, but some are not."
"I estimate that there may be stairs leading down to the locked room."
"Or, they might not use the stairs at all to go down, but use..."
"Ladder." Before Yuan Shasha could finish speaking, Gu Chen directly answered.
"Yes." Yuan Shasha also nodded silently and confirmed:
"Maybe that's the way to go."
"That would be troublesome. Even if we use a ladder, they may lock the ladder in the room. We can't pry the door, right?"
"Let's do this." As soon as Officer Wang finished speaking, Gu Chen reminded him:
"You hold my feet and I stand on my head to see what's going on."
"This is too dangerous." Upon hearing Gu Chen's request, Lu Weiwei immediately objected.
But Gu Chen insisted on his opinion and said: "There is no other way. It shouldn't be a big problem if the three of you hold me."
"But..." Lu Weiwei was about to say another sentence, but the words came to her lips and she couldn't.
After hesitating for a few seconds, he reluctantly agreed: "Okay, just be careful."
"Come on." Gu Chen didn't have much thought at the moment, so he took his phone out of his pocket and put it on the guardrail aside.
Explaining to everyone: "If someone comes over and finds us later, I will throw the phone down and pretend that I accidentally dropped it."
"Good idea." After listening to Gu Chen's proper arrangements, Lu Weiwei no longer had any other ideas.
So Officer Wang grabbed Gu Chen's waist belt and one leg, and slowly lowered Gu Chen outside the guardrail.
Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha, on the other hand, held Gu Chen's other right leg tightly.
Afterwards, Gu Chen's body was continuously lowered outside the guardrail.
Gu Chen stood upside down and extended his body downwards, and soon saw the specific situation on the underground floor.
The height difference here is obviously much higher than the one upstairs, and Gu Chen also discovered that there are no windows in the room, but there are two entrances and exits. It's like a secret base inside, which is a bit unpredictable.
