silent farm

Chapter 83 Intention to cooperate and self-isolation

Before Li Sheng figured out why Fernando invited him this time.The two left the wine cellar.

Fernando took him to the residence of the winery.

Li Sheng shook his wine glass, looked at this very oriental reception room, and asked a little strangely: "The decoration style of this villa makes me feel like returning to my motherland."

Fernando smiled and said: "Actually, I have stayed in Macau for a while, so I am very fascinated by some Chinese culture. If it is not because Chinese is too difficult to learn, maybe I will learn it too. But you know, when we Once we start working, the time is no longer ours.”

Li Sheng glanced at him, smiled and said, "You shouldn't be busy now."

"You mean the wine tasting session I held? This is actually a job. I hope to make Lemao's red wine one of the world's top brands. So this requires the winery to have a certain reputation."

Li Sheng also guessed the reason.He smiled and said: "I personally think that red wine is similar. As you said, all those who claim to know how to taste wine may not have the taste buds of a sommelier. Fame can indeed make red wine a lot more noble."

All of the famous wineries in the world have a history of decades or hundreds of years, and their fame is slowly earned.

"Yes, if the owner of a winery is an ordinary person, no matter how good his red wine is, it is impossible to be recognized. Because if you want red wine to become a luxury, you must have luxury consumers to help promote it. So I organized Such a wine tasting."

Li Sheng heard that he was pointing, but he pretended not to hear, he just said secretly: "Actually, my farm also planted a large area of ​​grapes, and I plan to make wine in the future. But now it seems that only Go downmarket."

The two talked about a new topic like old friends, as if what they said in the wine cellar just happened in a dream, and when they came out of the wine cellar, there was no trace of water.

Fernando knew that Li Sheng understood what he meant and responded.One of them said that good things need to be advertised, and the other said that his things really need to be advertised, but there is no way to do it.However, that's about the end of the story, after all, they haven't decided to cooperate yet.

As for Li Sheng, he also plans to build a winery.Fernando is not worried that Li Sheng will steal the market.Because when a winery advertises, it usually makes a fuss about the place of origin, the winemaker and the age of the vines.The vines of the Lemao winery are at least 30 years old. In addition, he has invited famous winemakers, and the Gaucho Valley is the most suitable area for growing grapes in Brazil.From these aspects, Silent Farm will be competitive with Lemao Chateau.

Wet places usually don't produce good grapes.Silent Farm is located in the tropical rainforest, and there is a rainy season for at least half a year every year. The large amount of rain may not soak the roots of the grapes, but those grapes are probably only suitable for sale as fresh fruit.

"I noticed that you did a great job at Silent Farm. A lush grassland, enough to make any farmer jealous. But I know that the land developed in that forest is more used for growing soybeans. I think growing soybeans It should be profitable."

Of course Li Sheng knew this.In fact, soybeans grown in South America are largely due to China's demand.Because of the increasing demand for meat in China, whether it is domestic pigs or poultry, as well as aquaculture with an annual output of up to [-] million tons, these farmed animals require a large amount of soybeans as feed ingredients.Therefore, China needs to import tens of millions of tons of soybeans every year.

Because most of the soybeans exported in the world are genetically modified varieties, Huaxia never directly regards soybeans as food, but as an oil crop.It is for this reason that China's food import figures are not scary.You know, for soybeans alone, China has a demand gap of 6000 million tons, and this gap can only be imported from abroad.

Brazil and Argentina are among the world's major soybean exporters.

The flat terrain of the Amazon plains is very suitable for large-scale agricultural machinery operations, so much of the reclaimed land here is used to grow soybeans.There are also many that were directly planted by people from Huaxia who rented the land.

However, Li Sheng does not think that planting soybeans is a good thing.While soybeans may be an easier sell, he shares Fernando's intentions to go the upscale route.

So what he planted was the fragrant rice in the space, as well as the wheat and corn found in the space.

The quality of those grain varieties is better than most of the varieties in the world today. If soybeans are grown, it is impossible for him to market soybeans in the high-end market.

Now he probably understood the reason why Fernando invited him here.Maybe it was the products of his farm.

He said: "Although soybeans are used as food, like corn, they are mainly used as raw materials for non-staple food or even animal feed. And I, like you, want to get the products from the farm into the market."

After listening to his reasons, Fernando said: "I have to say that our thoughts are consistent in some respects."

He paused and said, "How about the quality of your rice and wheat? Do you have any certification?"

Li Sheng spread his hands and said, "There is no certification. But from the inspection report, they are more organic than organic food. But many people like to see those certificates."

"I noticed that there seems to be rice from Silent Farm for sale in London. I think the products of Silent Farm will soon be recognized by the market." Fernando said with a smile. "However, promotion of this process is very important. What do you think?"

He knew that Fernando understood that he also had the intention to cooperate, otherwise he would not have asked so many questions about farm products.But he needs to confirm the intention of the other party.

He looked at him seriously and said, "Fernando, are you going to talk to me about business? If that's the case, I have to talk to you in a different way."

Fernando laughed and said, "Yes, Li. I plan to act as an agent for the food produced by Silent Farm in continental Europe. Of course, my plan is still to take the high-end route."

Li Sheng smiled and said, "I don't know how you plan to act as an agent?"

"What is your current sales model?"

"Because now is the start of market testing, so it is sold to an agent at an agreed price. But the current agent is my friend in China, and his main market is also in China."

"Then we can also cooperate in this way." Fernando said, taking a sip of the red wine. "Although rice is not the staple food of Europeans, the consumption of rice is still not small. Especially in high-end hotels. With the promotion of Chinese culture, those Chinese delicacies are becoming more and more popular among Europeans, and the consumption of rice is also increasing. It's increasing every year. I think Europe is a good market. But you know, the European rice market is saturated right now, and we need to continue marketing."

Of course Li Sheng knew that Europe would be a market.I also know that it takes a lot of effort to occupy a certain share of the European market.And with his own strength, it is impossible to break the agricultural trade barriers of various countries.Maybe Fernando is a good choice.

However, he is still not sure of the other party's true intentions, so he thought for a while and said, "I need to think about this before I can answer you."

Fernando's smile remained unchanged, and he said, "Of course." He paused, and said again. "The wine tasting will start at six o'clock, why don't you take a rest first."

Li Sheng also needed to think carefully about what Fernando wanted to say to him during this meeting.He nodded his thanks.

Fernando asked a housekeeper to lead Li Sheng upstairs, and arranged a room for him to rest.

Li Sheng spent the night in the winery.

The next afternoon, the guests invited by Fernando arrived one after another, and they all arrived by helicopter.Of course, it is impossible for these rich or famous people from all over the world to have planes in Brazil.Most of the planes that sent them here were rented by Fernando.

It seems that Fernando spent a lot of money on this wine tasting.

Li Sheng is just a guest, and he doesn't need to follow Fernando to greet these later guests.He also only met these people at night.Fernando did not specifically introduce each other for others.Because people in such a circle do not need to be led in communication in this area.

There is no insurance salesman with a business card.They are all dignified people, talking to each other is the best way.On such a relaxed occasion, if the host takes him to chat, it will give the guest a feeling that the host feels that he is not worthy of getting acquainted with another person.

So Fernando did not specifically introduce Li Sheng to other guests.

Fernando only invited more than 30 main guests this time, and all of them were men.They talk about the political economy of countries around the world, or football sports or something.In short, you can find topics in twos and threes to form small groups with common topics.

Li Sheng is isolated.

But among these people, there were some things that made Li Sheng pleasing to the eye.

Those present are all successful people, and of course women are indispensable.And they are all beautiful women.

All of them are tall models, or they may all be models.At least several Li Shengs have seen it on TV variety shows.

They shuttle around these successful men, always listening to their talks with the most graceful posture.But it can be seen that most of these women are still young.

Don't look at how they look at least 27 or [-], but Westerners generally look more anxious.Obviously born after the [-], but it seems to be born after the [-].Of course, some of them may be born in the [-]s, but they look no different from those born in the [-]s.It has to be said that modern makeup techniques are superb-makeup and makeup removal are like plastic surgery back and forth.

Li Sheng sat alone in the corner, not because he was introverted, but because he was not interested in what the other party was talking about.They are all elites in various fields, but there must be no farmers, but he is now a farmer.Even if he got together with those small groups, he couldn't find a topic with those people.

It may not be a pleasure for him to taste wine alone and watch the Western life with cold eyes.

The so-called wine tasting party is actually a social gathering.The sommelier invited by Fernando commented on the several red wines that Fernando brought out one by one, and then there was free activity.

Fernando is of course the busiest guy and he needs to make all his guests feel at home.He even took care of Li Sheng who was alone, and came over to chat with Li Sheng for a while.

(End of this chapter)