Dare to cook

Chapter 252 Li Cheng's Stubbornness

"Who is Yao Yunjian to you?"

Yao Yu was slightly taken aback when he heard this, and said, "It's my second uncle."

As soon as this remark came out, Li Cheng's indifferent expression towards strangers seemed to soften a little.

Kuangtu Yu's second uncle is Yao Yunjian, which is almost universally known in the Chinese culinary world.

Both their uncle and nephew are famous chefs with exaggerated reputations. As long as one is mentioned, people will naturally think of the other.

Li Cheng has long ceased to be a chef, and he rarely pays attention to competitions in the culinary world.

However, Li Cheng has heard about news such as Yao Yu's return to the culinary world and winning the championship.

He asked a question just now, and he just wanted to further confirm Yao Yu's identity.

"So you are Yao Yunjian's nephew. Are you really here to buy wine?" Li Cheng glanced at Yao Yu and asked again.

"Yes." Yao Yu nodded.

"Then come in first." After Li Cheng finished speaking, he turned and went back to the room.

Yao Yu and Lu Chenyu looked at each other and followed inside.

In the house where Li Cheng lived, the furnishings were very simple.

Entering the door is the living room and dining room.

Near the innermost side of the living room, there is a boxy Eight Immortals table.A bamboo cage was covered on the table of the Eight Immortals, and inside the bamboo cage should be the leftovers from Li Cheng's lunch.

To the right of the living room, a wooden sofa set sits below the window.

Over there, a young man in a suit and leather shoes and a jeweled young woman were sitting.

The young woman looks good, with delicate light makeup.

Look at that aura, tsk tsk, it's very similar to the cold and proud female president in Bing Wang's novel.

Seeing Yao Yu and Lu Chenyu coming in, these two people were also slightly taken aback.

However, Li Cheng didn't seem to care about the awkward atmosphere.

Perhaps in his opinion, both Yao Yu and the young woman in front of him are unwelcome uninvited guests.

"There is cold tea on the table, and there are paper cups in the cabinet under the water dispenser. If you are thirsty, pour it yourself."

Li Cheng said stiffly to Yao Yu, then sat down opposite the young man and woman, picked up a thick contract and continued reading.

Once Yao Yu saw this posture, he didn't know that he was discussing business.

He was not interested in standing aside and listening, he poured two cups of herbal tea on his own, and sat outside the door where Lu Chenyu temporarily retreated.

Outside the small building, there is also a grape trellis.

The grape leaves on the shelf are emerald green and pleasing, and several hanging grapes that are about to ripen are hanging heavily.

There is a pair of stone tables under the grape trellis, which is the kind that is very common in ordinary parks.

Yao Yu and Lu Chenyu sat down at the stone table.

In the distance, the three big dogs who had been dismissed by Li Cheng also retreated under the poplar tree to enjoy the cool air.

Seemingly noticing that Yao Yu and the others had come out again, the three fierce dogs stared at Yao Yu with a somewhat unkind expression, but they did not bark again or rush over.

About five or six minutes later, Li Cheng's voice sounded in the room: "I won't sign your contract."

"Why? Mr. Li, the conditions given by our Luming Group are very sincere. Not only are we willing to spend 800 million yuan to buy out your secret wine making recipe, but we also promise to invest in the new winery and reserve 3% of the shares for you. ."

"You know, the initial investment cost of our winery is as much as [-] million yuan. We also contacted a special agricultural production base to prepare for mass planting of mulberries."

"Once the brand awareness of mulberry wine is fully established, the profit dividend you can enjoy every year will not be less than 500 million."

"And we'll also pay you a monthly salary as a technical consultant to the winery."

"Except for our Luming Group, there is no other company that can afford such a generous treatment."

Inside the room, the young man in a suit looked at him in disbelief when he heard that Li Cheng had rejected the contract.

Li Cheng shook his head, not attracted by the generous terms in the contract at all.

He said in a blunt and unhurried tone:

"Within five years, the annual output of mulberry wine cannot exceed [-] jars."

"If you want to keep the quality and quantity of mulberry wine brewed, you must strictly follow the ancient brewing method. Even if you are willing to invest and build a special industrial production line, it still cannot replace all the brewing processes."

"In the process of brewing mulberry wine, there are three processes that cannot be separated from manual operation."

"It takes time to develop skilled brewers."

"Also, the most important point. Domestic raw materials are insufficient, and if raw materials are insufficient, it is impossible to increase production."

Hearing this, the man in the suit immediately said:
"Mr. Li, did you not understand what I said? As I said just now, we have contacted the agricultural production base and are preparing to set aside a thousand acres of mountainous land for planting mulberries."

"Could it be that in three or four years, a batch of qualified mulberry trees can't be planted?"

Li Cheng shook his head, his tone was still calm and blunt:
"A mulberry tree that is only three or four years old can't bear sweet fruits at all."

"The mulberries I use to make wine are almost all the fruits of trees that are more than ten years old. Even if the trees are not ten years old, the minimum standard for mulberry trees should not be less than six years old."

"Unless you are willing to modify the plan."

"Otherwise, I won't lower the quality of the mulberry wine and cooperate with you."

Seeing Li Cheng's appearance of not eating oil and salt, and not eating hard and soft, the man in the suit was so angry and helpless that he almost stomped his feet in anxiety.

At this time, the young woman who had not spoken much said: "Mr. Li, you are the brewing master, can't you think of a way to work around it?"

"There is no way. Either you extend the preparation period. Otherwise, you can only reduce the investment scale and output of the winery." Li Cheng shook his head slowly.

Seeing that Li Cheng refused to let go, the young woman frowned her beautiful eyebrows.

Whether it is extending the preparation period of the winery or reducing investment in the winery, it is impossible.

Because investing in new wine products is an indispensable part of Luming Group's development plan for the next ten years.

The young woman in front of her was no ordinary professional manager.

She is the cousin of Chen Shaofeng, the young boss of Luming Group, Chen Dongxue.

Like Chen Shaofeng, Chen Dongxue is the leader of the third generation of Luming Group and the helm of Luming Wine Company, a subsidiary of Luming Group.

Today, the Chen family has long planned to turn Luming Red Wine into a listed company.

However, Luming Red Wine currently has a few middle and low-end red wines that are not bad, but there are not enough outstanding high-end red wines to sell.

In China, the competition in the high-end liquor and beer industry is too fierce.

If the Luming Group forcibly intervenes, it will only be thankless.

Therefore, after careful investigation of the market prospects, Chen Dongxue and a group of executives from Luming Red Wine set their sights on the fruit wine market.

Compared with the liquor and beer industries, the domestic fruit wine market is still a blue ocean with huge market potential.

Since ancient times, many people in China have the habit of brewing and drinking fruit wine.Such as plum wine, pear wine, peach wine, mulberry wine, bayberry wine, lychee wine and so on.There are various brewing methods, and there are many skilled brewers among the people.

However, the vast majority of fruit wines are made by private individuals for their own consumption. There are very few fruit wine industries that can form a workshop-like scale like Li Cheng's.

As for the large-scale fruit wine manufacturers that can occupy the market, there is no one.

Luming Group has strong capital. If it can acquire enough excellent fruit wine recipes, then Luming Red Wine can quickly occupy a large area of ​​the fruit wine market.

Then, Luming Red Wine can be transformed into Luming Wine Industry.

After Luming Distillery occupies enough market fundamentals, Luming Group can promote Luming Distillery to go public.

At that time, she, Chen Dongxue, can go to NASDAQ to ring the bell, and wait for the wealth in her hands to expand like a snowball.

However, Chen Dongxue and the executives of Luming Group had good ideas.

But it is not easy to actually implement it.

At least, at this moment, Chen Dongxue seemed unable to reach a consensus on cooperation with Li Cheng.

(End of this chapter)