The Black Card - Chapter 1281

[Chapter 1279 The Wine King of 1613]

Shi Lei, , now has a pretty good understanding of red wine.

The so-called long-term illness becomes a cure, drinking too much red wine, it is impossible to understand more.

Chateau Mouton has always been a wonder in the history of French red wine. It has been famous since the 1920s and 1930s. Although it is not one of the four traditional top wineries, the price of its red wine is often higher than that of the four. Above the big top wineries.

This 1945 red wine can be said to be the top product among the top red wines. It is estimated that there are only a few barrels left in the world.

It was not until the 1970s that the owner of Chateau Mouton expressed his intention to upgrade the winery, so it was no surprise that it was successfully upgraded and became the only winery to be upgraded since the Bordeaux region implemented a classification system for red wineries. It also transformed the four top wineries into the five top wineries.

If nothing else, just because it says it can be upgraded, it is definitely an inspirational classic, and it has been consistently ranked among the most expensive among the five top wineries to this day.

For things like red wine, collecting is never the purpose. Of course, the ultimate purpose is to drink it.

The characteristic of drinking one bottle less makes the remaining wine more expensive.

For example, this 1945 Château Mouton has always been expensive and unavailable.

Today, Andre, a wealthy man from Haiti, opened a bottle as soon as he said so, without feeling any pain at all.

But considering that this was because Shi Lei saved his life, it seems that this gift is not too powerful.

After the two of them took a sip, the red wine was poured into the decanter. For a red wine of this level, it would definitely not be the best time to drink it if it was not allowed to decan for an hour or two.

So, Andre waved his hand, and the servant in the winery gave him another bottle of Kandy, which had been awake for a long time. Then, he drank glass after glass with Shi Lei as if he were drinking boiled water.

While drinking and talking with the beautiful translator, Shi Lei gradually learned that Andre’s family is the second-to-none richest in Haiti. Moreover, this second-to-none is not a polite term. Their family is the well-deserved richest man in Haiti, with more assets than the second-largest. A wealthy family can’t even quadruple its wealth.

Although the current president of Haiti got the support of the Americans to get on this big stage, at home, he also got the support of Andre’s father to finally sit in this position.

Shi Lei didn’t know how much exaggeration there was in Andre’s words, but according to Andre’s words, as long as their family didn’t make such ridiculous demands as genocide or killing civilians on a large scale, basically whether it was understandable or not, The Haitian president will implement any incomprehensible request without compromise.

This is a bit scary.

After much hesitation, Shi Lei still asked: “How rich is your family?”

The female translator told Andre the truth. Andre laughed and said: “Dear Shi, I’m sorry that I was on the way to pick you up. I have done some research on your background. I know that you are an admirable entrepreneur who started from scratch. Your net worth should now have steadily exceeded two billion U.S. dollars. And the total wealth of the companies you control The level is also very close to 10 billion U.S. dollars. This is probably the amount of money my family spent to help Haiti’s presidential campaign. It is no exaggeration to say that if many of our family’s industries are not related to industries such as military industry, the wealth It cannot be fully exposed. My father is at least one of the top ten richest people in the world.”

These words made the female translator hesitate for a long time. It was Andre who saw her hesitation and urged him several times before the female translator told Shi Lei. of.

Moreover, before translating this paragraph, the female translator very carefully told Shi Lei that Shi Lei must keep this information confidential.

Shi Lei had no doubts about this. After all, he had seen organizations like the Eyes of Dark Night, and he also knew that there were invisible rich not only in China, but also abroad.

In any corner of this world, there will be some people whose wealth cannot be fully exposed.

It was almost time, and Andre carried the decanter containing the 1945 Chateau Mouton and dragged Shi Lei outdoors.

He pointed to the large grape fields in front of him and said: “These are the grape fields owned by my winery, but these are not important. The reason why I bought this winery is because the history of this winery is long enough.” You may not know it, but this winery, although limited in scale, has a history of more than 300 years. The original owner of the winery collected many fine wines from history. However, his descendants are really a bit different. He has almost sold off his ancestors’ collection in recent years. Legend has it that the owner of this winery has a bottle of Lafite King from 1613, and there is only one bottle left in the world. But his descendants found it For many years, I could not find this bottle of red wine. Now it is basically recognized that this bottle of wine no longer exists. However, I searched a lot of information and thought that this bottle of red wine must still be hidden in this winery. So, I spent five years. I bought this winery for more than 100 million euros. Just for that bottle of King of Wine…”

After hearing this, Shi Lei said with a smile: “Can the wine from more than 400 years ago really still be drinkable?”

“Can I drink it or not? What’s important is that I can find even an empty bottle of wine. I have been most interested in food since I was a child, and red wine is my biggest preference. Over the years, I have invested in France, Spain, Chile and Australia. There are many red wineries, old and new, there must be thirty or forty of them together. Some of these wineries were directly acquired, some were invested in shares, and the total cost has exceeded 20 billion US dollars. However, Dear Shi, I see that you are also an expert in drinking red wine. You should know that ordinary wineries will not refuse to be acquired or invested, but the same cannot be said for those historical wineries. Over the years, my family has treated us The red wineries under it have integrated a lot of resources. However, the sales volume is not small, but the reputation is very limited. I have an ideal, that is, I want to turn the top five wineries into the top six. What Chateau Mouton can do , I can do it too. In addition to improving the wine-making process, etc., the most important thing is to have enough historical accumulation. This winery has an old enough history. If I can find that 17th century bottle again, To become the wine king, first-class wineries are definitely not qualified, but second-class wineries can definitely increase their quota. By becoming a second-class winery, I can become a director of the Red Wine Industry Association.”

Regarding Andre’s insistence Shi Lei can’t quite understand it. The ideal of a foodie can sometimes really catch people off guard.

Soon, the bottle of Mouton, worth at least hundreds of thousands of dollars, was divided between the two, and even the female translator also got a cup.

When he watched the female translator pick up the glass of red wine, he always felt that the female translator was almost crying.

Andre took Shi Lei around the winery.

It is said to be a winery, but its main building is actually an old castle. From the mottled outer wall, it can be seen that this old castle is indeed two to three hundred years old.

Andre told Shi Lei that according to the original winery owner, there was a tunnel in the castle, and that tunnel led directly to a wine cellar.

The bottle of 1613 King of Wine is hidden in that wine cellar.

However, it has been three months since he bought the winery, but he has not found the tunnel at all.

The former owner of the winery searched for decades but could not find the tunnel.

At this, Shi Lei smiled and said: “With your financial resources, you shouldn’t be reluctant to just demolish this castle and find out the tunnel, right?”

Andre waved his hand and said: “Go and find the handbook.” Bring it.”

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