Chapter 151 The King of Lafite
On May 5, Fang Hexuan went abroad again.

The main destinations of this inspection trip are France and Germany in Europe.

However, he decided to take a detour and go to the United States to see the development of Maple Leaf Company.

During the past six months, Maple Leaf's main task has been to develop computer motherboards with its own copyright.

The company is not very large at present, and most of its employees are R&D personnel.

Fang Hexuan's urgency in the field of computers is not as strong as that in the field of cars.

It doesn't make much difference whether it's earlier or later.

He was not very interested in competing for the title of "the first personal computer".

After arriving in California, he first went to Microsoft to visit Gates and learned about the development progress of the new generation of operating system that was embedded in the GUI.

Only then did he go south to Silicon Valley to inspect his own computer company.

Maple Leaf Company’s spare parts supply chain was also handed over to Jiang Guoyong’s team to help build.

Currently, they are in contact with some manufacturers in Neon and Sock Island.

After staying in Silicon Valley for two days, Fang Hexuan flew directly from the west coast of the United States to Europe, choosing France as his first stop.

While the global economic situation is not optimistic, it is actually a very appropriate time to choose to buy, buy, buy.

Fang Hexuan's trip to Europe was actually for a major purchase.

Bordeaux, Gironde, France.

In his previous life, Fang Hexuan had been to Bordeaux several times when he and other wealthy people came to France to buy wineries.

The city is an important industrial and commercial city in southwestern France, and is also the political, economic, cultural, transportation and educational center of the region.

In addition, Bordeaux is also the military, aviation research and manufacturing center of Europe.

It is also the center of French strategic nuclear bomb research and physical experiments.

It has many high-end technological institutions such as the Atomic Energy Research Center and the Megajoule Laser Program.

But what makes this city most well-known to the world is probably its rich tourism resources.

One of its characteristics is the many beautiful and well-preserved medieval castles.

Bordeaux is also known as the world's wine center, and the city's wine industry association holds a grand Vinexpo international wine exhibition every two years.

And our richest man in Hong Kong actually came here for Bordeaux red wine.

In later generations, when talking about ordinary wine, Bordeaux red wine cannot be avoided.

But in fact, this is not a specific brand, but refers to all red wines produced in the Bordeaux region.

Bordeaux is located at a similar latitude to Changchun.
However, due to its proximity to the Atlantic Ocean and the influence of the Atlantic warm current,

It has formed a unique marine climate with warm winters and cool summers, rainy winters and springs and dry summers.

This climate is particularly suitable for growing top-quality grapes and making premium-flavored wines.

This is actually similar to Kweichow Moutai, both of which have a unique flavor created by a special geographical location.

When Fang Hexuan acquired Kweichow Moutai last year, he planned to go to France to purchase Bordeaux red wine the following year.

Nowadays, he has rented an entire three-story industrial factory in Kowloon to temporarily store hundreds of thousands of bottles of Moutai shipped back to Hong Kong from Guizhou.

With the 40 bottles shipped last year plus the 20 bottles shipped this year, this richest man has become the true "King of Moutai".

According to his own plan, he had been purchasing Moutai for ten years, and after 90, he began to slow down his hoarding of Moutai.

Close to 600 million bottles of Moutai, what does this mean? According to the purchase price of a bottle of aged Moutai ranging from 2 to 8 RMB in later generations, he has hoarded high-quality assets worth hundreds of billions.

So, he wanted to copy the same model to red wine.

As we all know, there are five major wineries in Bordeaux.

They are Chateau Lafite-Rothshild, Chateau Margaux, Chateau Latour, Chateau Haut Brion, and Chateau Monton-Rothshild. The first one is the world-famous Chateau Lafite.

Chateau Lafite is located on a gravel hill north of the village of Pauillac in the Pauillac region of Bordeaux, France, with unique climate and soil conditions.

It covers an area of ​​178 hectares (of which 103 hectares are vineyards), making it the largest of the five top wineries and larger than most second- and third-level wineries.

Chateau Lafite was founded in 1354 by a nobleman named Lafite and was already quite famous in the th century.

In 1675, it was purchased by JD Segur, the world's leading winemaker at the time.

After the death of the third-generation head of the Sigan family in 1755, the ownership of Lafite entered a relatively chaotic historical period.

But the quality of Lafite wine still does not disappoint.

It was not until 1868 that Baron James Rothschild purchased it at a public auction for a whopping million francs.

The family has owned Château Lafite to this day, and has been able to maintain its quality and reputation as one of the world's top wines.

The current owner, Baron Eric de Rothchild, took office in 1974.
Fang Hexuan wanted to take over Chateau Lafite from this person.

Of course, he did his homework before coming.

In this world, there are too many companies and teams serving the rich.

Fang Hexuan wanted to invest in red wine, so an investment consulting company specializing in the red wine field provided him with services.

Therefore, it is not an easy task to snatch the precious pearl from the Rothschild family.

"Your Excellency, Baron, I believe you have already received my offer to buy the property. I wonder if you would be willing to give it up?"

"Haha, Mr. Fang, you are not the first person, nor the last person, who wants to take away the Lafite winery that the Rothschild family has owned for a hundred years."

"so what?"

"I'm sorry, I'm afraid Mr. Fang will have to make a wasted trip."

"You can name a price. I am very sincere."

"Haha, to be honest, I asked someone to look up your information, and it was very impressive."

"Especially since you are not even 21 years old yet you have become the richest man in Hong Kong, a colony of the British Empire in the Far East."

"When I was your age, I would have been keen on attending parties, fascinated by beauties and the world of travel."

"But you started building your own business empire three years ago. This is incredible."

"Thank you for your compliment, Baron. I am very happy to have the friendship of the Rothschild family."

"Hehe, I haven't finished yet."

"Even if you are worth tens of billions of dollars now, it is still not enough for my family to give up such a precious estate."

"What does your Excellency the Baron mean?"

"We are not interested in Mr. Fang's wealth. The Rothschild family has so much wealth that even I can't figure it out."

"What we need is a career, a career that we can work on together with true friends."

"Business, do you want to invest in my company?"

"Well, you're smart!"

"Haha, thank you for your favor, Baron. However, my companies are all small and cannot be compared with those world-class companies. Aren't you afraid of investment failure?"

"Haha, the Rothschild family is not just a name. Besides being rich, our perspective on the world is also far superior to that of ordinary people."

　Thanks to Huan Xingchen for the recommendation!

(End of this chapter)