binnovel Chapter 189 Visit
Chapter 189 Visit
Shen Lin also brought her the financial statements of the grain company. The grain company's annual sales volume reached 6000 tons. Although the value of the grain was not high, it also brought in a profit of 60 yuan. Together with the income of 80 yuan from the grain produced in her space and the income of 20 yuan from the orchard, the annual income exceeded 200 million yuan.
Wen Qing called the village chief Lin of Xiangyang Village in Yunnan and transferred 5 yuan to him, asking him to buy some things for the five-guarantee households and the primary school in the village.
The feed factory had only been in production for less than a month and was still making a loss, with no money to distribute. Wen Qing called the shareholders together and explained the operating situation to everyone.
Wang Jianguo went out of town to buy wine, while Wen Qing stayed at home to make fruit wine. She washed and dried the apples and hawthorns, crushed them with a crusher, put them into a large stainless steel tank, added fruit wine yeast, stirred them evenly, and covered them with a one-way ventilation cap. Then the fermentation stage began.
Wen Qing and his workers spent three days to produce 10 kilograms of apples and 1 kilograms of hawthorns.
Wang Jianguo spent more than ten days on this trip and brought back 1 bottles of Moutai, 1 bottles of Wuliangye, 2 kilograms of Wuliangye bulk liquor, and 3 kilograms of Fenjiu bulk liquor.
Seeing that he was exhausted, Wen Qing asked him to go home and rest first. She arranged for the warehouse staff to transport the wine to the underground wine cellar. This was the asset of Changxia Winery.
A few days later, Wang Jianguo asked Wen Qing to go to the third workshop with him. Fifty new earthen vats had completed fermentation and they were preparing to steam wine. This time, all they were steaming were light-fragrance liquor. Watching the wine dripping into the stainless steel barrel and creating foam and waves of wine aroma wafting in the air, Wen Qing asked someone to take the wine for testing.
After Zhenzi's lees were steamed, Wang Jianguo poured out the grains, squeezed the lees with his hands, and asked the workers to spread them out to dry before adding koji to ferment again.
Wen Qing compared the test data with the data of the previous batch of wine and the data of the old winery's liquor, and found that the various indicators of this batch of new wine were comparable to the wine in the first workshop, so the finished wine blended in the future should not be bad.
Wen Qing asked someone to bring a bottle of original liquor from the old winery, and poured it into wine glasses together with the newly brewed liquor, five glasses each, a total of ten glasses of liquor, and asked someone to come over to taste the wine.
After five rounds of tasting, everyone agreed that the liquor freshly distilled from workshop three tasted stronger, the liquor from workshop one tasted softer, and the others tasted similar.
Wen Qing then had the wine jars transported to the wine cellar, and she then put the wine jars into the space for aging.
After the last water source incident, they dug a new well. After two months of practice, the water from this well fully met the needs for brewing wine. Wen Qing finally felt relieved at this moment.
When she returned to the office and just sat down, the guard reported that a man named Gu Zijing came to visit. He was driving an SUV. Wen Qing immediately thought of the people fishing by the lake and hurriedly asked someone to invite the visitor in.
It turned out to be Gu Zijing and his son who were fishing by the lake. Wen Qing invited them into the office and sat down. The elder Gu Zijing smiled and said, "Xiao Wen, I haven't introduced myself yet."
It turned out that he opened a hotel and a department store in Beijing, and the other person was his son Gu Qicheng.
Wen Qing was filled with awe. This was a wealthy family in Beijing. The Gu family had a long history, but they had always been very low-key and had never been prominent before. Only after the economy was liberalized did the Gu family begin to take off.
In the previous life, the Gu family's businesses included hotels and department stores. They were the leading real estate company in Beijing and had also developed high-tech enterprises. They were also one of the richest families in the country. However, she had never heard of Gu Zixi. She only knew that Gu Qicheng was the head of the Gu family.
Now two generations of the Gu family have come to her small workshop, but she wondered why.
Of course, what Wen Qing didn’t know was that the other party had already found out that there was a high possibility that she was Gu Zijing’s savior.
Wen Qing only saw a depressed victim at the time, completely different from the energetic middle-aged man now, so she didn't recognize him.
In the past two months, Gu Zixi had someone investigate Wen Qing's movements before and after the incident. They found out that Wen Qing did go to the back mountain that day. Although no one knew when she came back, someone saw her at the winery early the next morning.
Gu Zijing did not mention the kidnapping case, but just said: "Xiao Wen, please forgive us for coming to visit you without permission. Last time I heard you say that the scenery on the mountain is beautiful, and I have always wanted to see it. Today I have time, so I came here. I hope I didn't disturb you?"
Wen Qing said: "Uncle Gu, it's my honor that you can come. I also set up a winery here, mainly producing white wine. If you have time, I will take you to visit, okay?"
Gu Zijing nodded: "Okay, let's go and take a look."
The group first went to take a look at a workshop of the old winery. Gu Zijing especially looked at their koji room and mud cellar. His demeanor showed that he was an expert. Wen Qing asked her questions, and Gu Zijing smiled and said, "There was also a winery at home when I was a child. It was bombed during the war, and we haven't opened it since then." He looked regretful.
Wen Qing called Master Wang over and introduced to Gu Zijing the process of making koji and brewing wine in their winery, and brought a bottle of ten-year-aged fragrant liquor for the two to taste.
Gu Zijing and Gu Qicheng each picked up a glass of wine to taste. Gu Qicheng said, "Xiao Wen, the wine you make is really good."
Gu Zijing also said: "Your Changxia Qingjiu is as good as Jinjiu."
Then he asked, "What is the output of your winery?"
Wen Qing didn't think they were asking about business secrets, so she answered, "We produce about 1000 tons of wine a year, with a : split between strong aroma and light aroma."
Gu Zijing said, "Xiao Wen, our hotel has a catering department. Although our department store is not as big as Wangfujing Department Store, it has stores in several major cities. Do you want to sell here?"
Wen Qing smiled and said, “Uncle Gu, you are taking care of our winery’s business, which is troublesome.”
Wen Qing discussed with Gu Qicheng and prepared to find time to discuss the details of the cooperation. Gu Zijing also told his son that the department store should waive the entry fee of Changxia Winery, and the commission should be calculated according to the lowest level. The hotel should purchase goods directly and pay cash on delivery.
Wen Qing knew very well that the other person was taking care of her. After thinking it over, she connected the person in front of her with the middle-aged man in the gray shirt in the iron cage. She guessed that the other person knew something, otherwise how could there be love without reason?
Since the other party did not bring up the kidnapping case, she followed their wishes and took them to the mountains for a tour after visiting the winery.
In the mountains in winter, the leaves have all fallen, but occasionally there are still apples and pears on the branches that have not been picked.
Wen Qing said: "Uncle Gu, Brother Gu, it's winter now and the scenery is average; in spring, the mountains and fields are full of peach and apricot blossoms, and the scenery is very beautiful."
After walking around for a while, the wind on the mountain was too strong, so a few people returned to the winery.
At noon, Wen Qing took out chicken and rabbit from the space and asked the canteen to prepare a table of dishes. She also took out a bottle of ten-year-old Changxia Special Brew. Wen Qing said: "In the morning we tasted the ten-year-old light-fragrance wine. At noon we will taste this strong-flavor liquor. This wine was brewed by me ten years ago. You can try it." She filled everyone's glasses.
The clear, slightly yellowish wine exudes a charming fragrance, and tastes sweet and mellow. Gu Qicheng smiled and said, "Xiao Wen, your wine tastes good, better than the blue Zhijiang wine."
Although it was a country style meal, the ingredients were fresh and produced in the space. Coupled with Liu Quan's eloquence, the four of them were in harmony. After the meal, everyone's relationship became more harmonious. When Gu Zijing and Gu Qicheng left, Wen Qing gave them two boxes of space tea.
Before the Spring Festival, Wen Qing signed a purchasing contract for the hotel and an entry agreement for the department store with Gu Qicheng. They rented counters in Gu's department stores in five northern cities to sell Changxia liquor. Changxia liquor has gained a firm foothold in the high-end catering industry in Beijing.