Chapter 570

"What's your situation? Is it true that all the relatives of Su's family want to go with them? " Duan Hong pushed Yan Kuo, who was sweating again, to ask.

Yan Kuo swallowed his saliva and said, "third brother, it's not what you think. This is the Su family's test for me. It's said that it's the most difficult test for the Su family to enter the three gates. You must pass the three gates before you can get the bride back."

"Oh? What are the three Duan Hong asked curiously.

Yan Kuo shook his head: "I don't know. My father said that the threshold of the Su family is very high. It's very difficult to be the uncle of the Su family."

Duan Hong saw some embarrassment in the scene and said, "you can't stand at the door all the time. The face of the Su family is important, but your Yan family is also a famous family. It's not much worse than him. Don't look down upon it."

"Yes." Yan Kuo nodded heavily and took the lead to step into the door. There were fifty or sixty people standing on both sides of the hall.

On the right of Mr. Su, an old man said in a high voice: "those who come will stop." The voice is much bigger than Yan Kuo just now.

The three stopped moving forward.

On the left of Mr. Su, an old man took out a red scroll and opened it: "I'm asking you, are you ready to break through?"

Yan Kuo looks at Duan Hong and the silly Li Bo, and says bravely, "my nephew is ready, please check!"

"Well, if you want to enter the three gates, you need to pass three passes. The three passes are divided into Wen pass, Wu pass and mysterious test pass. First of all, Wen pass will be assessed by yourself. There are three kinds of examination points: appreciation of couplets of ancient poems, assessment of modern arts and science, and evaluation of things. Which one do you choose first?"

Yan Kuo thought to himself: "this is a mysterious examination of his mother. Is it hard to imitate the ancient number one scholar and return the couplets of ancient poems? It's so fuckin 'complicated. Forget it, let's start with a simple one. " He said, "I'll take the second one."

"Well, let me ask you, there is a company under the Su family for international business, and now you are in trouble, what's your solution?"

Is this the assessment of Arts and science? How does it have to do with business?

Yan Kuo was puzzled, but this kind of business problem couldn't help him. After all, he had lived in business since he was a child. Influenced by his father, he said: "international trade, as the name suggests, is international trade. In previous years, China had a large number of labor, cheap raw materials, low cost of making things, and the exchange rate of the international currency, the US dollar, was high against the RMB, In foreign countries, China's things are cheap and durable, so in previous years, the business has developed rapidly and the profit is high.

Now, because of the shortage of labor, wages are rising sharply, raw material prices are rising rapidly, labor and raw materials are rising, and bank loan interest is also rising, so the cost of making finished products is much higher. With the continuous appreciation of RMB in the world, it is devalued in China, and the positive and negative prices are just twice as high. Naturally, foreign countries are not optimistic, They are all in a wait-and-see state. Coupled with the impact of the financial crisis, international trade is now in a period of frost. "

Yan Kuo talks freely. As he talks more, his mood is a little more relaxed. Duan Hong can't understand what he's talking about. Standing there with Li Bo, he's bored, scratching his crotch and waiting for the following.

Yan Kuo continued: "but not all business companies are like this in this frost period. Although profits are decreasing, they can make up for it in quantity. As far as I know, there is still a lot of room for food trade. The trade object can be changed slightly, and we can find some capable salesmen to expand our business abroad. In addition, this frost period will not be long, At most three years will pass, at least the next year, the country is now a strong country, will not look at their own enterprises have closed down and ignore

After hearing this, the old man looked at Mr. Su and another old man, and they nodded slightly. Yan Kuo was right. It was now that he was right about the difficulties faced by enterprises, especially foreign trade.

The old man said, "this is your pass. Next, please choose. "

Yan Kuo thought to himself, "next, there are two passes. One is the couplet of ancient poetry, which is really not good at. The other is the view of things. What does that mean? It's better to choose. "

So he chose the third level. The old man called a person, whispered, and the latter pushed a dining car with a bottle of red wine, no label, a bottle of Baijiu, a bottle opener and a goblet.

Cart to Yan Kuo in front of the latter, a Leng, looking at the old man.

"The old man said:" here are two bottles of wine with a very high age. Please taste the origin of the wine separately. Each one is no more than 30 seconds

"Ah?" Yan Kuo a Leng, this view of things turned out to be wine tasting? Although he likes to drink a few mouthfuls and knows some wine, he doesn't have a deep research on wine. These two wine bottles look simple. The corks on that bottle of red wine are dark yellow. The year is certainly not short. Let alone give him 30 seconds, even if it is 30 minutes, he can't produce it.

Can't help, Yan Kuo face, coupled with so many people watching, just relax the mood and nervous again.

Baijiu Baijiu is a boiling wine. Duan Hong is the one who studied the wine deeply. He did not know how much wine he had drunk in the two cellar. The wine had an accurate judgement of the major international wineries and years and tastes. It was more clear about Baijiu, and the good liquor was mellow and kept for a long time. It would be slightly yellow and precipitate, and the bottle of liquor was as transparent as boiling water. Duan Hong only looked at it and knew that it would not be more than five years old.

With a smile, he whispered: "brother Yan, just pretend to drink a few mouthfuls, and I'll help you answer. But remember to pour the red wine into the goblet, don't close the cork, and shake it more and write it down." Yan Kuo slightly side head, some flustered said: "third brother, this time depends on you, big brother really don't understand wine." According to Duan Hong, he used a bottle opener to open the red wine first. The cork on the red wine seemed to grow up, and it took a lot of effort to open it. The three elders shake their heads one after another. They regard wine tasting as culture, which is a test of Yan Kuo's amateur life and taste. Wine culture has a long history in China. During the period of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao drank wine and recited poems. Only Du Kang didn't know how many people followed his example. Li Bai is also known as the wine fairy, no wine without poetry, known as the golden bottle 800 not drunk. When the cork of the bottle of red wine was opened, Yan Kuo grasped the bottle and poured the dark red wine into the high wine cup. The old wine aroma was oxidized in the air, giving off a unique red wine aroma. The taste spread quickly with the air. Duan Hong smelled the moderate flavor, in which the proportion of wine aroma was relatively large, and the grape aroma was very few, which could be ignored. Immediately, his eyes lit up, and he said in secret: "the Su family is really willing. This bottle of wine is estimated to be some years old. If it's a new wine, the proportion of fruit aroma is very large, while the old wine keeps the fruit aroma in check." He looked at the glass carefully, and saw that the color was even, dark red with a little bit of brown. He understood immediately. With the passage of time, the color of aged red wine will gradually become brown yellow, while the color of this bottle of wine only becomes a little yellow. Obviously, the age is not enough. It will take at least 20 years to become this color. Maybe it's a red wine from the '80s or so. And red wine is not the older the better, most of the wine does not have aging ability, the best drinking period depends on different wine, generally between 2-10 years. Only a few very good wines have the ability to age. Some top French and Italian wines have been aged for decades or even hundreds of years. The most aging ability is a kind of Cabernet Sauvignon. Wine is suitable for aging, tannic acid is needed, and this Cabernet Sauvignon is the most suitable. By looking at the color and smell, we can judge that this is a bottle of red wine from the late 1980s. Nowadays, Cabernet Sauvignon is widely planted, but it was different 20 or 30 years ago. Because of the environmental and geographical factors, it is most suitable for Bordeaux in France. Therefore, to sum up, this bottle of wine came from the 1980s, and the best year in the 1980s was 1982, because the temperature and brewing technology reached a peak that year. It's obvious that the quality of Cabernet Sauvignon is the best if it can be preserved so well and the liquor is so uniform. Considering this, Duan Hong is 90% sure that this bottle of wine is from Bordeaux Chateau Cabernet Sauvignon king in 1982! At this moment, Duan Hong was a little excited. He couldn't help regretting that when he was with the second master, he scolded him behind his back every day for remembering the boring knowledge. If he hadn't urged the education, I'm afraid he couldn't help Yan Kuo today. At present, he used the smallest voice to pass the information of this bottle of wine to Yan Kuo. In fact, the eyes and ears of the three old men in front of him are extremely sensitive. From Yan Kuo's opening the wine, he knew that he was not good at it. Duan Hong secretly told him and pretended not to see it. After all, the situation is different now. Is it really because Yan Kuo can't get through this, and organize this marriage? At most, Yan Kuo was impressed. Yan Kuo pretended to drink a mouthful, feeling mellow taste, lips and teeth, then said: "if my nephew is right, this bottle of wine should be the best of the French Bordeaux 821 generation, Cabernet Sauvignon king wine." The old man on the left nodded slightly and said, "OK, this bottle of wine will be given to the little brother behind. After all, the sword is given to the hero." Yan Kuo blushed and knew what he saw. He didn't expect to see it every 30 meters. The old man's eyes stopped. The waiter gave Duan Hong the red wine. Duan Hong took it and swallowed. He had been looking forward to this moment for a long time. Just now, Yan Kuo was drinking like a cow. He felt that his meat was painful and wasted. This kind of wine had better be oxidized in the air for one hour, and the tannins in it could have complex changes. At that time, both the taste and the taste were the best. He handed the red wine to Li Bo and said, "Da Bo, you can hold it well. Don't drink it secretly. It's better to spank you." Li Bo looks at the red liquor and nods foolishly. At the moment, the old man said: "wenguanzhong, you have passed two passes, and you have no choice. The third pass is the couplet of ancient poetry. Let me test some simple couplets to see if you can take them. The first couplet: the mountain bows down, the river makes way, and the mountain and river are unified. You're in the second couplet. "“ This -- "Yan Kuo's eyes glared. He had seen couplets there. For him, these old things were almost touched, and his eyes swept to Duan Hong again.