African Entrepreneurship Record

"There are fifty-seven people in total, so we will calculate it as sixty people." Mikhail bargained with the merchant.

"That's not okay. This is not how you wipe zero. Brother, your family has a big business and a large amount of property left by your ancestors. Why bother embarrassing me, a small laborer." Giovar, an employee of a Moscow labor service company Ni said to Mikhail.

"Brother, my life has been hard these years! Since the reform, my fields have not increased, and I have to pay more labor costs. So I wanted to buy some machines to save some costs, but the price was simply too low. My The batch of machines has not paid back yet!" Mikhail complained.

After listening to Mikhail's words, Giovanni seemed to have made a lot of determination and said: "Brother, I can't bear to see you suffer.

I know your character, you are a well-known honest man near Moscow, but business is business, and I cannot let the company lose money.

In this way, I will personally sponsor a bottle of Romantic Paris red wine, along with two bottles of Wrangler vodka, and what’s the price! Let's just go with what we agreed in advance, and I will suffer a little loss, but our friendship cannot be measured by money.

And what we are doing is not a one-time deal. Brother, you also know that we have not been together for a day or two. If there is any benefit, I will be the first to inform you.

Next time, when you have received the goods, just send them to us. Our company has been in great demand in the past two years. In my opinion, this business can be done for at least another ten years. Just save more and it will accumulate over time. , I dare not say anything else, but it is still possible to earn some money for tobacco and alcohol. "

After that, Giovanni took out a very high-end-looking box from the carriage and gave it to Mikhail with some reluctance, along with two bottles of Wrangler vodka tied with ropes that he got from nowhere.

Mikhail opened the box, and what he saw was a bottle of red wine with exquisite packaging. As a big boss, Mikhail directly took the opener in the box to open the red wine, and took a sip from the bottle with his mouth.

Then, he pursed his lips thoughtfully and said, "This wine tastes pretty good, but it's just not strong enough. I still prefer Wrangler."

Giovanni hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Brother, this is wine, which is naturally different from vodka. Nowadays, gentlemen in the city pay attention to style when drinking. Next time you invite some friends to a banquet, this wine will definitely give you face.

Look at the name, Romantic Paris, and you can tell it was imported from France. Look at the introduction, it’s all in French, what does it mean!

I may have heard people say that this romantic Paris is said to be the story of the ancient Roman Emperor Caesar, who conquered Gaul in the west. He was thirsty at a place called the Fountain of Lovers near Paris, and then drank from this spring. It felt very refreshing and sweet.

Later, a winemaker from the Roman city heard about this and came here from Rome, thousands of miles away, to use the water from this spring to make fine wine. It is said that the wine brewed from this spring will lose its flavor within three days after opening the bottle. Not scattered.

Because this wine was born near Paris and uses water from the Fountain of Love, it is called Romantic Paris. "

Mikhail was puzzled: "Since this wine has such a long history, why haven't I heard of it before?"

Giovanni said: “Although this wine has an older allusion and a long history, production was discontinued due to wars and other reasons. In addition, the Fountain of Love finally dried up, and it disappeared into history along with Rome.

It was more than ten years ago that an Italian businessman discovered this record and the approximate recipe of wine when he was sorting out his ancestors' manuscripts.

A French winemaker heard about it, bought the recipe from a businessman, and then specially reproduced this wine in Paris. "

"The Lovers' Fountain has disappeared, so the taste of this wine will be different!" Mikhail said.

Giovanni had been waiting here for a long time. He said: "Brother, you don't know this. No matter how good the water of the Lover's Spring is, it is also the water of Paris, so the quality of the water has not changed essentially.

Moreover, this wine has been verified by authoritative masters and won a gold medal at the 2nd European Winemaking Conference.

Look at the carvings on the lid of this box! This wine won the gold medal at the European Winemaking Congress in 1867.

The event was held in Hechingen, Germany. I heard that this wine won the gold medal among many old brands.

Twenty-four wine tasting masters gave unanimous praise. Can the taste be bad? "

It is basically clear at this point that this wine is a marketed brand, and it is absolutely inseparable from Ernst.

The so-called Fountain of Lovers, Italian merchants and French winemakers are all a fiction.

Moreover, Romantic Paris was not even produced in Paris. The raw material production areas and factories were all in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It was just marketed everywhere under a different brand name.

In order to sell the wine, the Hechingen Consortium frantically created more than thirty trademarks. Each trademark fabricated a romantic history or story, and none of them could be verified. They all came from a certain businessman or historical information from unknown sources.

The so-called European Winemaking Conference was also organized by the Hechingen Consortium itself. Basically, each of its own wines was given an award, and other manufacturers who were invited to the banquet also received the same treatment. The important thing is to participate!

Of course, in this era of relatively limited information, no one can tell whether these things are true or false. Mikhail was confused after a combination of punches.

Mikhail believed it and began to inquire about the information about this wine. He said to Giovanni: "Brother, where can this wine be sold and what is the price?"

Giovanni said: “You can basically buy it in stores in Moscow and other cities, but if you want to avoid buying fakes, you should go to the Gorrigan store, which has official certification.

The bottle I gave you is only mid-priced, worth six rubles. I heard that high-quality bottles cost twelve rubles. There is also a collector's edition, which is not accessible to ordinary people. I heard that there are only more than two thousand bottles in Russia. "

"So expensive!" Mikhail was a little surprised after hearing this.

"Brother, it's cheap enough. Compared with those famous wines, the price of this Romantic Paris is not expensive. Moreover, Romantic Paris requires history, taste and culture. You usually use this wine when entertaining guests. It’s definitely a face-saving thing,” Giovanni said.

"That's not necessary. Usually there aren't many big people coming to my house, and they are not well-educated people. It's enough to ask them to use Wrangler. I can just buy some Romantic Paris and drink it myself." Mikhail said miserably.

"The Wrangler is not bad, at least it tastes good in vodka." Giovanni said smoothly.

"That's right, vodka is the symbol of Russia. It's interesting enough to invite them and the Wrangler." Mikhail said.

In fact, Wrangler Vodka is still a product of the Hechingen Consortium, specially supplied to the Tsarist Russian market, and used to expand the civilian market of Tsarist Russia. It has gained a good reputation in Tsarist Russia for its high strength, purity, and low price.

Moreover, the name Wrangler Vodka makes many Russians think that this is Russia’s own brand.

Isn't the Wrangler a Cossack? Let’s just say vodka. As the Tsar’s cavalry, this Cossack really fits the high-strength characteristics of Wrangler Vodka.