A person who is particular about appearances will still maintain his manners in front of others, even if he wants to kill the other person.
Zhu Baorong smiled and took the initiative to extend his hand and shook hands with Lin Sanqi and the others:
"It turns out to be Mr. Lin from Lingnan Hall. I've long heard of Lingnan Hall's great reputation in the Chinese herbal medicine market. I came here this time to buy some wild ginseng for nourishment. Mr. Lin, please give me a discount."
Lin Sanqi could tell that the other party was trying to point it out to him. "You sell ginseng, why are you mixing it with tea?" So he pretended to be stupid and said:
"I'm naturally very happy that President Zhu has come to our small exhibition. There's no need to worry about buying anything. Before he leaves, I'll give him some wild ginseng. I also want to thank you. Without you, I wouldn't be able to sell my Pu'er tea at a good price."
"you……"
The people in the Pu'er Tea Association could all tell that Lin Sanqi was mocking them for losing more than they gained.
Chairman Ni saw that things were not going well and quickly tried to smooth things over:
"Alright, alright, Lao Zhu, Lao Wang, Lao Li, we're all businessmen, and harmony is the most important thing. There's always a way to have the best of both worlds. So, let's look at the tea leaves first. Behind me is the Pu'er tea area. Would you like to have them appraised?"
Dean Liu also helped to mediate:
"Yes, the domestic market plus the overseas market and the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan markets is a huge market with a population of more than 2 billion, which is enough for all of us to feed. There is no need for us to fight among ourselves.
It's not easy to hype up Pu'er tea, but it's easy to crash it. Everyone needs to be rational. Chairman Zhu, Vice Chairman Wang, Vice Chairman Li, and several other bosses, let's discuss and come up with a charter today."
Zhu Baorong took a deep breath and smiled again.
"President Ni and Dean Liu are right. Let's go taste the Pu'er tea from Lingnan Hall first. On the one hand, we can learn from each other, and on the other hand, we can help Director Lin check the quality. Director Lin doesn't mind, right?"
Lin Sanqi saw a group of Yunnan staff carrying boxes in their hands. How could he not know that they were full of instruments?
In addition to the observation, smell and taste by experienced tea artists, tea appreciating also requires the use of instruments to identify the trace elements in the tea leaves. The indicators of different tea mountains are different.
"No problem. Today we are holding a tasting session at Lingnan Hall. Of course, everyone is welcome to come and appraise and taste. We at Lingnan Hall will not stop you."
President Ni smiled and clapped his hands lightly:
"Okay, okay, Director Lin is so generous. This is what we tea people should have in our hearts, haha."
Zhu Baorong and a dozen Yunnan Pu'er tea merchants then came to the display cabinet.
In front of the counter, in addition to the packaged finished tea cakes, there are also high-end sealed glass jars containing loose tea for exhibition.
At the same time, there are beautiful young female tea artists who are brewing tea elegantly and welcoming everyone to taste it with a smile.
As Lingnan Hall said, this is a tasting session where everyone can get up close and personal with the tea and identify it.
In fact, ever since Lingnan Tang made the promise of paying ten times the price for counterfeit goods, few people have suspected that Lingnan Tang's tea was counterfeit.
After all, there were more than a thousand people in the venue, all of whom were in the tea industry. If you could escape the eyes of one person, you couldn't escape the eyes of more than a thousand pairs of eyes.
President Zhu came to a counter and took a deep breath. This was Mansong Pu'er tea, one of the teas that he had an exclusive monopoly on.
He only took a few glances and was certain in his heart that this was top-grade Mansong tea. After all, it was he who promoted Mansong and poured the most effort into it.
But Zhu Baorong, who was unwilling to give up, picked up a cake of Mansong Pu'er tea cake, smelled it, took a piece and tasted it, and his heart was alarmed.
Because the Mansong he tasted was purer, more authentic, and full of original wild flavor.
(Lin Sanqi: That’s nonsense! It’s made without chemical fertilizers or pesticides, but it’s not pure natural organic tea. It’s full of game flavor.)
At this time, the beautiful tea artist also brewed a cup of tea and served it with both hands:
"Sir, please have a taste."
Zhu Baorong took the teacup and took a look at it. He could see the obvious purple-gold ring in the tea, which is one of the characteristics of Mansong Pu'er.
The other people from the Yunnan Pu'er Tea Association also stared at it, sighing in their hearts, knowing that this was undoubtedly the real Mansong.
Vice President Liu Xiaode asked with some reluctance:
"Director Lin, the Mansong Pu'er tea from your Lingnan Hall is really good, but can you guarantee that all your stock is of this grade and quality? It's not that it's just a seller's show on the surface, but becomes a buyer's show once it's delivered, right?"
This was the question everyone present had.
In addition to President Ni and Dean Liu, the two had already seen the tea warehouse of Lingnan Hall last night.
The subtle atmosphere of Lingnan Hall and Yunnan Pu'er Tea Association instantly attracted everyone's attention.
The reason why so many media reporters came today is to capture the famous scenes of quarrels or even fights between the two sides, which is news valuable.
Of course, the 10,000 yuan travel expenses given by a reporter from Lingnan Hall also played a big role, and the red envelopes given to reporters from major media outlets doubled.
Lin Sanqi was not annoyed. He waved his hand and the staff removed an advertising screen behind him. Then the people at the scene exclaimed.
All the cameras and camera lenses in the business hall were pointed at this side and started to take pictures.
Behind the screen were cylindrical bamboo frames, at least hundreds of them at a glance.
If it were an outsider, everyone might still be confused, but tea merchants could tell at a glance that this was a very traditional Pu'er tea warehouse packaging, and a box of tea usually weighed 20 kilograms.
There are hundreds of bamboo frames on site, which means at least several tons.
Note, it’s several tons of top-grade Mansong Pu’er tea.
Lin Sanqi smiled and introduced:
"President Zhu, other presidents, this is some of our Mansong Pu'er tea. I was worried that you might have questions about our inventory and quality, so I specially asked someone to bring 200 baskets over.
In addition, we have about 800 baskets of tea in the warehouse, and you can open each box of tea and inspect it. Oh, by the way, let me remind you that these Mansong teas may not be new, they are from various years.
Zhu Baorong was anxious, his eyes were red:
"Chairman Lin, how much Mansong tea do you have in stock? It's not a good idea to release it all at once. If the market knows there's so much Mansong tea, the price will drop."
"Is that so?"
Lin Sanqi pretended not to understand and waved his hand again, indicating that the advertising screen should be put up again to cover the bamboo basket behind it.
Zhu Baorong and more than a dozen bosses from the Pu'er Tea Association all looked as if they had seen a ghost.
Because through the gap, they had already seen the back half of the venue, which was filled with dense Pu'er tea inventory. It was obvious that Lingnan Hall came prepared.
Several staff members of the Pu'er Tea Association rushed into the warehouse area and began to randomly select various varieties of Pu'er tea for spot inspection.
Lin Sanqi also politely introduced:
"I'm sorry, Lingnan Hall isn't a professional tea company, so the tea is all messed up. Look over here, this is the barreled version of Fu Yuan Chang round tea, which is said to be very valuable.
I did some research and found out that a single barrel is worth 10 million yuan. We currently have over 30 barrels of this Fu Yuan Chang barreled tea at Lingnan Hall. It's not a large quantity, so I'm sorry to have embarrassed you all."
Vice President Wang twitched the corners of his mouth, revealing an expression that was uglier than crying.
Because Fu Yuanchang’s time-honored Pu’er tea is mainly hyped by his company and the capital behind him.
Among the top ten most expensive time-honored Pu'er teas at auction, Fu Yuanchang owns three.
The second-ranked Fuyuanchang Blue Neifei Round Tea is worth 5 million yuan per tube, and the ninth-ranked Fuyuanchang Blue Piaoyuan Tea is worth 640,000 yuan per cake.
Vice President Wang also happened to obtain a warehouse of Fu Yuanchang Tea House, and then took advantage of Fu Yuanchang's fame before liberation and its rarity, and spent over 100 million yuan in advertising fees to hype it up.
Well, now he has been ambushed by Lingnan Hall, and maybe Lingnan Hall’s inventory is more than his.
What's the point of selling it? All your hard work is just to make things easier for Lingnan Hall.
Lin Sanqi didn't care about Vice President Wang's expression and continued to introduce:
"If I were to say what Pu'er tea I have the most, it would definitely be Laobanzhang. I estimate it to be around 70 to 80 tons. And I have over 500 kilograms of Pu'er tea from the Laobanzhang King Tea Tree alone."
Wang Pan, the village chief of Banzhang Village and president of the tea cooperative, was frightened out of his wits when he heard this.
Outsiders cannot imagine how poor Banzhang Village was back then. With the implementation of the household contract responsibility system in the 1980s, the village began to divide the land and mountains.
At that time, families with connections were allocated terraced fields and could grow crops.
Families without connections in the village were allocated tea land. Each family had a contract certificate for how many Pu'er tea trees and how many acres of Pu'er tea forest they were allowed to own.
As a result, Pu'er tea suddenly became popular. (End of this chapter)
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