Chapter 981 The Alternative Value of Qingque Wine
"Taste the mellow and pure nectar-like texture, feel the rhythm of the crimson light, enjoy the flying fairy feeling like the flying fairy, and experience the colorful tranquility; Qingque wine will give you a different experience!"
The first time a wine advertisement appeared in the Datang Daily.
"I like the bright rose color of wine, the charming gem luster, the charming charming wine, the fragrant smell of flowers, the slightly bitter and sweet taste. Just purse your lips and tongue, it will make people feel relaxed and happy, forget about everything, the mind sways, and the lips and teeth flow."
Not to mention Li Tai, his literary talent is still very impressive. All the advertising slogans were imitated and sublimated based on various advertisements from the Chu King's Mansion, which made people feel very extraordinary.
"A bunch of grapes is beautiful, still and pure, but it is always just a fruit; but once it is brewed, it becomes an animal, because after it becomes wine, it has animal life; Qingfeng wine gives you a different life."
Cui Qing looked at the string of advertising slogans and his face became solemn.
"Shopkeeper Cui, what is the origin of this Qingque wine? Why is the Tang Daily willing to take out a whole page to advertise it? Not only that, this Qingque wine actually uses a glass bottle. Is this a newly launched red wine brand by the King of Chu? There is no need for them to do this."
"Langjun, the area of grapes planted in the Chu Prince's Mansion this year should not have increased, and their focus is not on winemaking. This should be a red wine brand launched by any other nobleman."
As the person in charge of Cui’s Red Wine, Cui Xiangkun is naturally very concerned about the movements of his biggest rival, Penfolds Wine.
You can't hide the planting of this grape, and it's impossible to plant it at home.
Therefore, Cui Xiangkun dared not tell the grape planting situation in the Chu King's Mansion, but he still knew what the situation was.
"We have been looking for them many times, even if we raise the price to one silver coin and one bottle, they are not moved; now they are willing to sell it to Qingque Wine Factory. If there is no reason here, I will not believe it."
Cui Qing frowned, unable to figure out what was going on.
"Langjun, is there any noble in Chang'an City who is particularly close to the Chu Prince's Mansion? At the same time, the family has planted grapes on a large scale this year? If you can find such a family, you may be able to figure out the situation. Or you can just wait until the Qingque Wine Shop opens the day after tomorrow and you can find out some of the situation."
"I think this Qingque wine is like a person's name. Qingque... I think about which noble son is called Qingque. The Cheng family probably didn't have it, and the Fang Mansion didn't hear it... Could it be him?"
Cui Qing's face couldn't help but change, obviously he was thinking of something.
"Who is it?"
"His Royal Highness Li Tai, whose nickname is said to be Qingque. But he has been demoted to the Prince of Donglai. Chang'an City has not had any information about him for a long time. It is impossible for him to go back to Chang'an City to make a wine."
"The Prince of Donglai?"
Cui Xiangkun frowned and said, "Langjun, if it were the wine from the Prince's Mansion of Donglai County, it might be true!"
"How do you say this?"
"In recent years, sea boats who go out to sea like to carry wine. It is said that after drinking wine, they are not prone to illness at sea. In addition, the taste of this wine is also very good, and many people like it, so it is very popular in Dengzhou area.
To be honest, Dengzhou may be the place where Datang wine trades are the most prosperous, so Dengzhou also has the most wine workshops. With more wine workshops, there are naturally more farmers who grow grapes.
Laizhou is adjacent to Dengzhou, and it will naturally be affected. People have found that the harvest of planting one acre of vineyards is even better than planting two acres of land, and they are very enthusiastic. The grape planting area in Dengzhou Laizhou is probably dozens of times that of Chang'an City.
The place where the Prince of Donglai was demoted happened to be Laizhou, which produces grapes. The Qingque wine that suddenly popped up now can buy exquisite glass bottles from the Prince of Chu's Mansion. If these things are explained by the Qingque wine from the Prince of Donglai's Mansion, it will make sense."
In the end, Cui Xiangkun was basically sure that this Qingque wine was created by Li Tai.
"The Prince of Donglai, at that time, liked to gather with a group of literati and poets, hold poetry meetings, and discuss what books to compile to please His Majesty. Would he be interested in making wine?"
Cui Qing naturally knew Li Tai and even had many meals together.
It is precisely because he has a certain understanding of Li Tai that he feels a little strange about the appearance of Qingque wine.
It is a matter of raising a wine directly after your own name and putting it in front of a craftsman or a merchant.
But for a prince of the Tang Dynasty, this is not only not a glorious thing, but rather a manifestation of self-destruction.
No matter how hard Li Kuan works, he can't change everyone's views on businessmen in a short time.
Until now, merchants are still a low-ranking existence in the social structure of the Tang Dynasty.
Of course, because there are many foreign nationals and slaves in Chang'an City, the status of merchants is not at the bottom.
After all, no matter what, you are a Tang Dynasty person.
"At one moment, another. The prince of Donglai failed to compete for the crown prince. If he wanted to continue to do anything politically, he was seeking death. I think he should be a smart person and would not take any illusory things to take risks. So he turned around and wanted to do something for the people of Laizhou or find something for himself. This is very likely to happen."
"If Li Tai was still the King of Wei, so many ministers in the court supported him, and His Majesty loved him so much, our Cui family red wine naturally had to face the appearance of Qingque wine carefully. But now he angered His Majesty. Not only was the title of King of Wei unsecured, but he was also demoted to become a prince. As long as he was not confused, he should not jump out and argue with us."
Cui Qing still couldn't figure out how Li Tai would make a green cap wine.
Then did Li Tai still think that he was His Highness, King of Wei?
"I also think what you said makes sense, but only when this wine is from the Donglai County Prince's Mansion, everything can make sense. When the Donglai County Prince left the Weishui Wharf, only His Highness and his group of people were seeing him off there."
"Send someone to inquire more, don't be caught off guard by someone at that time. That Li Tai is very jealous and looks talented, but he doesn't have much patience to do anything. As long as we survive for a while, we will be fine in the future."
Cui Qing thought about it, but still couldn't figure out what happened.
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"I won't give gifts during the Chinese New Year this year, I'll give wine if I give gifts! Qingque wine is delicious and has a sense of face!"
When a group of newspaper boys shouted the advertising slogans and delivered the latest newspapers to the hands of various newspaper subscribers, they kept saying this advertising slogan.
The catchy sentences, coupled with the main newspapers such as "Da Tang Daily", "Chang'an Evening News", and "Qujiang Daily", so in a short time, many noble merchants in Chang'an City knew about this new wine.
"Lao Ren, don't you know what to buy to give gifts? In my opinion, this Qingque wine seems to be very good."
In the Wenqu Bookstore, Wen Qiming, the shopkeeper, saw Lao Ren walking around several times in his shop like a headless fly, couldn't help but point to the Qingque wine advertisement in the newspaper in his hand and put forward his own suggestions to him.
Although Lao Ren has no education, his son is now the shopkeeper of the Hongya Store, and he is not very knowledgeable.
However, Lao Ren is very concerned about his grandson who is still in elementary school.
It wasn't the winter vacation that was about to be on the verge of the teacher, but Lao Ren was preparing to give a gift to his grandson's teachers, which was also a New Year gift to his teachers in advance.
However, Lao Ren is a little confused about what gifts scholars like to receive.
Before this, although Lao Ren needed to give gifts to others, it was very simple, and he could handle it with one silver note.
If it doesn't work, then two silver notes!
However, now the gift is the teacher of his grandson, and when it comes to his own interests, he is a little confused.
Since ancient times, giving gifts has been a great subject.
The Tang Dynasty was a society of personal affection, and everyone’s connections were developed and maintained, and gifts were indispensable.
How to get closer and establish stronger connections between the two parties, sometimes giving gifts often becomes a turning point in the relationship.
However, how to give gifts is really something that most people are not good at.
In fact, giving gifts is about exploring human nature!
Giving gifts is to give them to your heart!
What kind of gifts are given away? It reveals your personal situation, vision and insight.
At the same time, it also indicates your grasp of the recipient's hobbies, interests, tastes, grades and values.
Therefore, it is very difficult to say that being in time, being appropriate, and allowing the recipient to leave a deep impression in his heart.
Obviously, Lao Ren and his grandson's teachings are not people in the same circle, and they actually don't know much about these teachings' hobbies.
I just took it for granted that the other party was a scholar, so I came to Wenqu Academy to buy some books and other things for them, which should be pretty good.
After all, books will not appear tacky and the price is not low, which is a good gift that Lao Ren thinks is good.
However, after walking around the shop, Lao Ren was confused again.
Except for being familiar with "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", he did not read many other books.
"Qingque Wine? Isn't it great to give wine to the teacher as a gift?"
Lao Ren could see clearly the content of Manager Wen’s finger.
"How could it be bad? There was a saying that if you don't give gifts during the Chinese New Year this year, you'll give Yongping pocket watches. Now there is a saying that if you don't give gifts during the Chinese New Year this year, you'll give wine. The packaging of this Qingque wine is very elegant. Not to mention wine, this wine bottle alone is already very elegant and has great collection value. Those scholars will definitely like it."
Manager Wen sells books, so his understanding of scholars is naturally much deeper than Lao Ren.
"It seems to be good, compared to some of the Penfold wines sold in the Treasure Pavilion; but I remember that the cheapest Penfold wines require a gold coin. If I give gifts, I will have to give at least two bottles, right? In this way, the gift is a bit heavy."
Although Lao Ren does not understand scholars, he still has rich experience in human relationships.
Gifts worth more than two gold coins are obviously too expensive as the first time gift to the teachings of his grandson.
It's like you just met someone and you might ask him for something, but if you give it to him directly, the other party may accept it happily, but the bigger thing is that you were shocked and thought you had something big to deal with.
So the possibility of this gift being rejected is very high.
Besides, there are several teachings I want to give, and each of them gives such a high-value gift, so Lao Ren is a little reluctant to let it go.
It’s like giving gifts to children’s teachers on Teacher’s Day in the future. If you don’t give gifts, it won’t work, but the gifts are too expensive and everyone feels so painful.
"I thought the same as you at the beginning, but you didn't notice it here? Starting at 999 cents, the cheapest Qingque wine is less than a bottle. Even less than one-tenth of Penfold wine. Of course, you may not necessarily buy the cheapest one, but since the starting price is so cheap, you will naturally have more choices.
Tomorrow is the opening ceremony of the Qingque Wine Shop. I looked at the address on the advertisement and there should be a semicolon not far ahead. Then you go directly to the bottles of Qingque Wine and then package them well. It will definitely be a great gift."
Lao Ren and Wen Qiming have always met each other, otherwise he would not have left the business in his shop and actually persuaded Lao Ren to buy wine.
"Nine hundred and ninety-nine cents a bottle? It's really that cheap? The value of this bottle is more than this money, right?"
Lao Ren looked at Wen Qiming in disbelief, and then couldn't help but reach out to grab the newspaper in his hand.
"That's why I said you can buy this wine to give gifts. You may not be able to buy Qingque wine at 999 yen per bottle. It is very likely that someone will symbolically take out some of it for advertising."
In recent years, Wen Qiming has seen various advertisements and is more clear about the merchant's routines.
After all, he is in business.
"I think what you said makes sense. I will go over and take a look tomorrow and I will definitely grab a few bottles back. Even if you don't use gifts, you can buy a few more bottles. If you put them at home, it will likely appreciate."
Lao Ren is a professional scalper. He soon discovered the alternative value of Qingque wine and immediately had an idea.
Chapter completed!