As soon as Hong Jilong said these words, the whole place fell into silence.
There are many people who love wine and wine.
However, most people just drink for the sake of drinking.
There are very few people who really know how to appreciate wine.
The walking path in the wine lane,
Brewing is not like other things. The brewing cycle is very long. Even for brewing the most common sweet rice brew, it still takes two or three days.
Not to mention the brewing of other wines, the fermentation period can often take several months or several years.
In this case, how do you prove that you are a winemaker?
Unless the entire brewing process is captured on video.
Otherwise, it will be difficult to produce evidence.
However, if a video is really used to prove it, it is possible that someone with an intention can piece together the brewing recipe from the video.
For a winemaker, craftsmanship is one thing, but recipe is the most critical point.
Only with a good recipe can you make good wine.
It is precisely because of this that no winemaker is willing to take the risk of exposing the recipe and get some kind of video proof?
For the same reason, there is an unspoken rule in the industry that winemakers are not asked for evidence.
Tang Yukun repeatedly asked Li Yang for evidence. This was no longer a question of whether he had violated any regulations, but was enough to prove that he was a pure layman.
The Tang family also started making wine, but he didn't understand the art of wine at all, which is really puzzling.
Everyone's eyes were now focused on Tang Yukun.
Li Yang raised his eyebrows unceremoniously and said, "Mr. Tang, do you still want to ask me for evidence now?"
Tang Yukun's face was extremely ugly. He glared at Hong Jilong fiercely, but did not speak again.
At this time, Hong Jilong didn't know if he was overthinking it. He simply ignored Tang Yukun's attitude and bowed deeply towards Li Yang and said:
"What happened today was a violation of morality. I hereby solemnly apologize. As for the result of the drinking fight, it is no longer important. Let's just let it go. How about that?"
"No matter what, the drinking fight will only be fruitless?" Li Yangqiang took the lead in front of Chen Meiqin and sneered:
"The lotus wine is made by me. Although it has not been cellared, the taste is relatively thin and has not reached its peak."
"But the wine is indeed real wine. Since it is real wine, how can it be mistaken for real wine?"
"I don't want to give evidence that I am the winemaker. Of course, I have no way to prove that this Lotus Brewing is Lotus Brewing. However, how to prove that this Lotus Brewing is real wine is very simple."
As he spoke, he ordered Chen Meiqin next to him:
"Sister Meiqin, help me prepare a transparent glass bottle, add pure water into it, and do a basic identification."
As soon as Chen Meiqin heard this, she immediately knew what Li Yang was going to do.
He turned around and took out a transparent glass bottle from the cabinet, poured in half a bottle of purified water, poured about two cups of lotus stuffing into the water, and started shaking it quickly.
Soon, the originally transparent water and wine started to become a little cloudy after being quickly shaken and mixed.
Chen Meiqin held the slightly turbid wine-water mixture under the light and said loudly:
"Everyone must know the method of mixing wine and water to identify whether it is grain wine."
"Everyone has seen all the steps I just took, and I believe there is no objection. Now that the results have come out, everyone must be aware of the real wine and fake wine."
The theory of this identification method is actually very simple. Even if the grain wine has been distilled, there will still be a small amount of residue of the raw materials remaining in it.
These residues are difficult to see with the naked eye, but if they are shaken in water, there will be obvious turbidity.
We are all people who love wine, so simple methods like this are basically known to everyone.
Because of this, everyone's eyes were all on Xiao Zhenkai at this moment.
Those eyes were full of ridicule and contempt, and some even deliberately shouted:
"Oh, didn't Vice President Xiao just say that this wine must be fake wine blended with essence and industrial alcohol?"
"It's a shame to withdraw so easily. This makes Vice-President Xiao lose his face!"
"Vice President Xiao is a senior sommelier, Miss Chen, and this blind gentleman. You overturned other people's conclusions so easily. Be careful of retaliation!"
"As someone who has seen this trick from beginning to end, I can responsibly say that Vice President Xiao must have received money from others. Otherwise, how could he be so blind..."
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Of course Xiao Zhenkai knew this method of verifying real and fake wine, but at that time, he didn't want to offend Tang Yukun, so he followed his words without thinking too much.
Now that I think about it, this lie that can be exposed immediately is really superficial and ridiculous.
Although a sommelier looks glamorous, this glamorous identity and authority are given by the people.
Once credibility collapses and character is questioned, all the glamor brought by this identity will instantly disintegrate.
When Xiao Zhenkai met everyone's gaze, his expression changed instantly.
When the time came, he finally couldn't help but become anxious, and subconsciously looked at Tang Yukun.
However, Tang Yukun did not even look at him, and still stared at Li Yang closely.
It's full of inquiry and cruelty.
In desperation, Xiao Zhenkai had no choice but to bite the bullet and explain himself:
"It's unfair! I didn't take anyone's money, I just... just..."
For a moment, he didn't even know how to explain it.
Seeing everyone's half-smiling eyes, he could only feel cruel, make a bitter expression, and said with extreme helplessness:
"Everyone, let me tell you the truth! In fact, I am not in good health during this period, and my sense of taste is sometimes not working well."
"When I tasted the lotus wine just now, my sense of taste must have failed again, and that's why I made a mistake in judgment."
Having said this, he sighed deeply and said with great regret:
"Of course I also know that I knew I had a taste problem and concealed my condition to be a referee. This is something I did wrong."
"To put it bluntly, I am still too greedy for good wine. I know there is good wine here, so I don't want to miss it. I am really too greedy."
"I'm really sorry for the misunderstanding between Miss Chen and this blind man caused by me. I hope you can forgive me for my negligence."
Between collecting money to do things and deliberately concealing your illness, the former is much more serious than the latter.
The former involves issues of character, while the latter can be covered up by selfishness.
Which one is more important between the two, Xiao Zhenkai knows very well in his heart.
Although Li Yang sneered in his heart, he knew very well that at this point, even if they broke up, the outcome would be like this.
So I didn't bother to continue arguing with Xiao Zhenkai, and said calmly:
"Okay, since Vice President Xiao said that he has a problem with his sense of taste, let's just let this matter go."
"Of course, it is absolutely impossible for me to forgive you. If you do something wrong, you have done it wrong. If you cause harm, you will cause it. If you say sorry in vain, why should you ask me to forgive you?"
"So, I hope that Vice President Xiao will stay away from me when he encounters me in the future, lest I think of you one day and cannot help but retaliate against you."