Chapter 388 Checking the Plantation
"Miss, the processing plant and the vineyard are ready. You can go there anytime today."
Just as Song Tang was sitting in the restaurant eating breakfast, Old George rushed back from outside.
Song Tang nodded, took a bite of the croissant in his hand, and then smiled and said to George who came to his side: "Thank you for your hard work. You are busy all over the place so early in the morning. Have you had breakfast? If not, sit down and have some together."
Song Tang's words shocked Old George so much that he widened his eyes and shook his head repeatedly.
"Thank you for your consideration, Miss. I have already eaten."
For him, he had never been served by a host in his life and was asked to sit at the table together. However, although he was shocked, he did not doubt the truthfulness of Song Tang's words.
Because based on his experience of observing people for most of his life, he knew that the look in Song Tang's eyes was very serious when he greeted him.
When seeing Old George shaking his head and indicating that he had already eaten, Song Tang smiled and nodded, then looked at the dining table in front of him.
"Uncle George, please have someone change this coffee and give me hot milk."
Song Tang could still accept croissants and sandwiches. After all, she often ate various breads and cakes when she was in China.
But she just tried the coffee in front of her and couldn't drink it at all. It was even more unacceptable to her than the coffee she had in China.
Song Tang's affectionate call of "Uncle George" startled old George standing beside him for a moment, and then his face instantly filled with smiles.
"Okay, miss, please wait a moment." After saying that, Old George smiled and went to personally change the hot milk for Song Tang.
Zhou Jing smiled as she watched old George leave. His back seemed to have become several years younger, and even his spine seemed to have straightened a little.
While heating the milk for Song Tang, Old George took out a small notebook and a pen from his pocket, in which he recorded some of Song Tang's living habits that he knew.
Now a new item has been added: [Miss doesn’t like coffee]
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With a group of Eastern and Western people behind him, Song Tang was now strolling in the endless grape plantation.
Looking at the plantation in front of him curiously, Song Tang smiled and said to George beside him: "Uncle George, can these grapes be eaten when they are ripe?"
Old George had already accepted Song Tang's change of addressing him by this time, "Miss, these grapes are edible, but they are not tasty."
"They are wine grapes. If you like eating grapes, we also have specially grown table grapes. I will arrange them for you when they are ripe."
Song Tang nodded seriously. His hometown, Urumqi, is on almost the same latitude as Bordeaux.
It is also a place where grapes are produced in abundance. Every year when the grapes are ripe, many outsiders go there to purchase them.
"Then I'll leave it to Uncle George. When the grapes in our garden are ripe, I guess I won't be in France. Please send me some of each kind to try."
Song Tang wanted to know how different the grapes from this world-famous grape-producing area were from those from his hometown of Urumqi.
Old George nodded seriously, then took out his little notebook and added something to it.
After a brief tour of his own grape plantation, Song Tang and his party went directly to the red wine processing workshop and wine cellar.
When many workers saw Old George coming with a beautiful oriental girl, they knew that the beautiful girl in front of them was the owner of the winery where they worked.
At the invitation of Old George, a burly middle-aged man with a big beard put down his work and came to Song Tang.
"Dear lady, my name is Simmons. I have always been in charge of the processing workshop." Simmons, a bearded man wearing work clothes, saluted like a gentleman to Song Tang.
"Hello Simmons, thank you for your hard work." Song Tang said with a smile.
Under the guidance of Simmons, Song Tang inspected the entire red wine processing workshop and understood the processing and production process of red wine.
All the winery workers he met along the way stopped their work and saluted Song Tang. Song Tang also learned their names through the introduction of bearded Simmons.
Through Simmons' introduction, Song Tang also roughly understood that his winery still uses the oldest production technology, and every link is the most primitive and purely manual.
Occupying the best grape-growing area and using ancient manual processing techniques, it's no wonder that their red wine tastes good but has a low yield.
Compared to many wineries or wine factories that now use modern machinery, Song Tang's winery is very valuable.
Of course, if you want to preserve the ancient craftsmanship, there are conditions.
First, it requires workers who know the traditional methods, and second, the winery does not have high requirements for profitability.
It just so happens that Song Tang possesses both of these qualities.
You should know that Simmons' family has always been the best winemakers, and Song Tang's winery has never changed its production model for the sake of profit.
Nowadays, in the entire Bordeaux region of France, there are only a few wineries like Song Tang’s that maintain the ancient manual brewing method. Song Tang’s is the largest and best one.
Under the leadership of Simmons, Song Tang followed everyone into the underground wine cellar.
As soon as he entered the wine cellar, Song Tang smelled the strong scent of red wine.
After visiting the wine barrel storage area of different years and grades, Song Tang quickly asked everyone to leave.
Because she felt that if she stayed a little longer, she would probably get drunk just from the smell.
Throughout the entire day today, Song Tang, accompanied by Old George and others, thoroughly inspected his entire estate and plantation area.
Even at lunch, he ate in the processing workshop with Simmons and other workers.
Song Tang's casual gentleness and beautiful face surprised all the winery workers who saw her, but at the same time they felt very lucky.
You have to know that they live in a capitalist society, have seen many rich people who look down on others and have also felt the arrogance of those people.
At first, they all felt it was a little unbelievable that a delicate young lady like Song Tang could eat simple meals with workers like them.
But gradually everyone realized that Song Tang was not pretending, but was really enjoying the food with them.
This discovery greatly encouraged Aunt France, who was cooking in the work area, and she ran back to the kitchen to prepare many of her signature dishes for Song Tang.
While Song Tang was enjoying his meal, the workers also had extra food.
In the evening, Song Tang sat in the living room of the castle. Standing beside her were Zhou Jing and other Long people who came with her, as well as Old George and Simmons.
Song Tang looked over the winery report in his hand, did some calculations in his mind, and then said to George and Simmons with a smile: "Starting from next month, adjust the salaries of everyone in the winery."
After hearing what Song Tang said, people like George and Simmons felt a jolt in their hearts. Is it finally coming?
But what Song Tang said next made them so happy that they almost cried out in surprise.
"Let's adjust it upwards by 50 percent first."
She just looked at the winery's profits. To be honest, even if the salaries of everyone at the winery were adjusted several times, it would not have much impact on her.
However, Song Tang, who had already understood a lot, knew in his heart that this kind of thing could not be done all at once, otherwise it would be difficult to end it in the future.
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