Chapter 95: Wait for two and a half years? ?
LOL Global Finals in Paris!
"The LPL region was completely wiped out!"
Sicong watched the last team EDG being eliminated in the quarterfinals. He looked deflated and sat back in his chair with an expressionless face.
Even Su Chen who was standing aside had an unpleasant expression on his face, if for no other reason than the words of the audience around him.
"CNMD, did I fly all the way here from China just to watch you guys feed me shit?"
"Is this the level of the LPL region? And they claim to be the strongest of the season? I'm afraid they can only bully their own people! Hahahaha!"
"Some people said before that LPL would win the championship this season, but what happened? Not even one of them made it into the top eight. Our LCK region is still the strongest!"
There are insults, ridicule, and boasting.
But there is no refueling!
Many fans from the LPL region who came from far away from China had dejected looks on their faces, listening to others' contempt. Some people even wanted to refute, but when they thought of the result of the game, they all sighed and began to pack up their things, leaving the venue one after another.
Su Chen gently patted Si Cong's shoulder and said, "Okay, didn't you guess the result a few days ago? Why can't you accept it now?"
“Haha~” Si Cong laughed bitterly, “As a human being, you won’t turn back until you hit the wall. You will always feel that you can turn the tide until the last moment. Isn’t this the charm of competitive games? Unfortunately, we have disappointed domestic game enthusiasts this year!”
"It's a good idea. Although this year may be the most difficult year for the LPL region, I believe that all the major clubs will learn from their mistakes and then be brave enough!"
Su Chen had already anticipated in his mind how big a wave this result of the LPL region would cause in the country. After all, they were the ones that countless game enthusiasts pinned their hopes on.
As the saying goes, the greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment. I just hope that the players from those clubs can withstand the comments online after returning home!
"Let's go, and fight again next year!" Sicong stood up and looked at the victorious team celebrating in the center of the venue, with a high-spirited look on his face again.
The two put on masks and slowly left the venue following the audience.
"Old Su, please take out the fifty-year-old wine you brought back and drink it to comfort my wounded heart!" As soon as Sicong returned to the manor, he lay down on the sofa and looked at Su Chen with a wronged face.
Seeing this, Su Chen smiled and shook his head, but still asked the butler to bring out a bottle of wine and some food made by Jiang Hui.
During this time in Paris, Jiang Hui arranged all of Su Chen's meals.
There is nothing that can be done about it. There really is nothing good to eat in Paris. It's either steak or foie gras, snails, etc. Su Chen was banging his head when he saw them.
In the end, Jiang Hui took on the responsibility of being the head chef, while Chen Fei and Xiao Peng were responsible for assisting, which allowed Su Chen to eat relatively normal food.
As soon as the fifty-year-old wine was placed on the table, it was taken away by Sicong. He couldn't wait to pour himself a large glass and tasted it carefully.
"Ah, good wine is the best way to relieve your sorrow!"
After taking a sip of the wine, all the worries were forgotten.
Just as the two of them had a few drinks, the butler Bu Wei hurried in.
Seeing his hurried look, Su Chen frowned slightly and put down the wine glass in his hand, "What's wrong? Why are you in such a hurry?"
There was a hint of reproach in his tone.
"Sir, Mr. Arnault is here!" Bouvet said with some fear.
Hearing that it was Arno who came, Su Chen also understood why Buwei was in such a hurry. After all, he had served Arno for so many years, so how could he not be diligent when his old master came?
As for why Arnault came to visit again, Su Chen guessed that the matter he had mentioned before had been resolved.
"I see. Take Mr. Arno to the back garden first. I'll be there soon!"
Su Chen tidied his clothes a little, called Jiang Hui, and then walked towards the back garden.
Si Cong, who was sitting on the sofa, saw Su Chen leave and a smile appeared on his face, because he saw that the bottle of fifty-year-old wine was still on the table.
He immediately stood up, took the wine, served a few side dishes, called his girlfriend, and went straight back to the room.
As soon as Su Chen walked to the back garden, he saw Arno sitting leisurely on a chair drinking coffee, while Shulaya stood quietly beside him with a box in her hand.
With his eyes slightly narrowed, he already knew in his heart that the box contained the sheep head that had been talked about before!
"Sorry, Mr. Arno, I've kept you waiting for so long!" Su Chen said with a smile.
“Hahaha~ I just arrived too!”
The two of them exchanged some pleasantries.
Su Chen raised his eyes slightly and looked at the box in Shulaya's hand. He didn't say anything and went straight to the point.
"Mr. Arno, is this the sheep head you told me about before?" There was some anticipation in Su Chen's eyes.
"Of course! I talked with old John for two days before he agreed to give it to me!" Arno said with a smile, and his words also showed that he had put in a lot of effort!
How could Su Chen not understand what Arno meant? He was simply saying how much effort he had put in to get it, and wanted Su Chen to remember his kindness.
"Hahaha~ This is really hard work for Mr. Arnault!"
Shulaya was also very sensible and put the box in front of Su Chen.
Su Chen looked at the box for a moment, then waved to Jiang Hui, signaling him to take the box away.
After being together for so long, Jiang Hui knew what Su Chen was thinking at a glance. He picked up the box and walked aside.
The two drank coffee and admired the swans in the lake. Whether Arnault intended it or not, the topic unknowingly turned to the vineyard.
“I just visited the vineyard a few days ago and learned a little bit about it. I didn’t expect there were so many fine wines hidden in the warehouse!”
When he heard the word "hidden", a trace of discomfort flashed in Arno's eyes. When he transferred the manor to Su Chen, he forgot to separate the vineyard.
He felt a little sad when he thought of the old wines in the wine cellar.
You should know that the Gauls rank first in the world when it comes to drinking wine. This is not only an important pillar of their industry, but also a kind of cultural heritage.
You should know that the wine in the vineyard is top-quality red wine carefully selected by the Arnault family, and the quality is top-notch!
Su Chen also took in Arno's expression, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Mr. Arno, there are still a lot of aged wines in the vineyard. You know that we Chinese people don't like to drink this. If you like it, you can move some!"
"Mr. Su, you are so generous!" Arno did not expect Su Chen to be so straightforward. He thought he would have to spend some time talking.
"We are friends, Mr. Arno!"
"Yes, we are friends!" Arno said with a smile.
Arno stayed for about an hour and then asked to leave. As for the task of Arno sending people to move wine from the vineyard, Su Chen also assigned it to Jiang Hui.
Let him be more careful. Although he promised to give Arno some wine, he would not give away all of it. Su Chen is not so generous as to do that.
As for Yang Shou and Arno, they did not charge Su Chen a penny. Su Chen originally wanted to ask for money, but then he thought that this thing was originally his own thing, so why should he spend money on it.
This is also the reason why Su Chen was so willing to share some of the wine with Arno.
You have to give others some benefits!
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"Are these a snake head and a sheep head?" Si Cong asked, looking at the two animal heads placed on the table.
This scene made him feel like he was dreaming. These two animal heads had disappeared for more than a hundred years and there had been no relevant information. However, Su Chen had only been in Gaul for a short time and he had already obtained two of them!
How could this not surprise him?
"Well~ Isn't it all in front of you, why are you still asking me!" Su Chen said as he stuffed two grapes into his mouth.
"I mean, is this thing real or fake!" Looking at Su Chen's lazy look, Si Cong could only calm down the excitement in his heart.
"Of course it's real. Arno gave it to me. Do you think he would give me a fake one?"
When Sicong heard that it was sent by Arnault, he knew it was the real thing.
"Tsk tsk, these are snake heads and sheep heads. If you bring them back to China, it will be big news! By the way, what are you going to do with them when you bring them back? Are you going to donate them to the National Museum?"
Su Chen was also stunned when he heard this. He had never thought about this question. After thinking for a while, Su Chen had an idea in his mind, "I don't plan to donate them to the National Museum. I plan to keep these two animal heads at home and appreciate them slowly. If there is a chance later, I will bring back some cultural relics and open a private museum!"
Donate to the National Museum? Don't even think about it. How can you get rid of yourself with 500 yuan and a banner? !
This is something I got in return by doing a favor to others!
It can't be that my favor is only worth 500 yuan, right? ?
Hearing Su Chen's words, Sicong smacked his lips, not knowing what to say. After all, these two animal heads were Su Chen's private property, and whether to donate them or not was up to Su Chen's own wishes.
"Awesome!" After a long silence, Sicong finally squeezed out a word.
After saying that, Si Cong seemed to have thought of something. He calmly sat down opposite Su Chen, picked up a few grapes on the table and ate them. He asked casually, "Old Su, what are you going to do with the wine in your vineyard? Do you need my help? It just so happens that my friend has a wine company in China!"
"Hmm?" Su Chen stopped what he was doing and looked at Si Cong.
There is a hint of smile in the eyes!
Si Cong looked at Su Chen and coughed awkwardly twice. "I just thought that the vineyard's yield is high this year, and now there are no other sales channels, so I wanted to help you solve the problem."
The smile on Su Chen's face became even wider, "Are you helping me or are you still thinking about the aged wine in the three-story warehouse?"
"Cough cough~"
Having his secret plan exposed, Sicong felt a little embarrassed, but he still pretended to be calm and said, "I've been thinking about it. Just think about it. If we ship it back to China, change it into high-end packaging, and then participate in a wine tasting event, with the quality of our wine, it will become famous in an instant and resound throughout the domestic red wine market!"
You should know that the quality of wine produced by the vineyard is no worse than that of Romanee-Conti. As long as the publicity and planning are done well, a bottle of wine may not be sold for tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands like Romanee-Conti, but it should be possible to sell it for ten or twenty thousand.
You should know that this wine is all original and has not been blended in any way. Anyone who knows the value of it can tell its value.
If we reduce the sale of grapes further and expand the scale of production next year, we may create a wine company with annual sales of tens or even hundreds of billions.
Thinking of this beautiful future, Si Congzui almost smiled crookedly!
Su Chen watched Si Cong fall into lustful fantasies and couldn't help but kick him twice, "Hey~ wake up, what kind of sweet dream are you having? Your saliva is almost flowing down!"
Si Cong came back to his senses and looked at Su Chen, and asked with burning eyes: "Old Su, what do you think of my idea!"
It’s true that Sicong’s proposal is quite worthy of reference. The source of the wine is traceable and the quality is top-notch. As long as it is promoted a little in the country, I believe that with Sicong’s connections, this wine company will be promoted soon. As for whether it can become a leader in the industry, it’s hard to say!
Su Chen stroked his chin and pondered, still having some concerns in his heart, "Your idea is good, but how can your publicity compare with Romanee-Conti? Their reputation is deeply rooted in people's hearts, and you can't shake it in a short time!"
"What's more, the domestic market is full of red wine brands, and it is still very difficult to carve out a niche."
"Just leave it to me with confidence. In a year at most, I will definitely surprise you!" Sicong said with full confidence.
Seeing Sicong's confident look, Su Chen shrugged indifferently, "Alright, just do it. By the way, some of the aged wine in the warehouse has been moved away by Arno. As for how much is left, you can take some time to check it out!"
"What? Arno comes to you to ask for wine? With his status, does he think highly of this little wine?" Sicong stood up quickly. He now wanted to rely on those aged wines to carry out his plan!
Su Chen glanced at him unhappily, "What do you mean by want it? I gave it to him!"
Upon hearing this, Sicong said nothing more. He left the room in a hurry after saying "I'm going to the vineyard".
Looking at Sicong in a hurry, Su Chen shook his head helplessly. It seemed that he really wanted to start the wine business!
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Paris Private Jet Air Show!
"Tsk tsk tsk, I am the richest man in the world with just a piece of cloth on my head! These Middle Eastern tycoons are just rich!" Sicong complained in a low voice as he watched several Middle Eastern tycoons in white clothes directly place orders for three Airbus private jets.
"Okay, do you have any recommendations for these aircraft?"
Su Chen entered the air show directly through Sicong's VIP status. After a round, he found that only private jets from five aircraft manufacturers met Su Chen's requirements.
They are Airbus, Bombardier, Boeing, Gulfstream and Falcon.
Among them, the Falcon series is the private jet brand that Sicong bought.
"What's your budget?"
"Budget?"
Su Chen thought about it in his heart and realized that he still had more than 1.15 billion on him when he went to the imperial capital!
He spent 250 million to buy a courtyard house, 12 million to buy a car, invested 20 million in the Sicong Club, and 50 million from a private joint venture film and television investment company. Adding that to his usual expenses, Su Chen spent a total of about 334 million on his trip to the capital.
The 256 million system reward for November arrived two days ago. It seems that Su Chen now has about 1.8 billion!
If converted into US dollars, it would be around 160 million!
"Well, anything within 160 million US dollars is fine!"
"One hundred and sixty million US dollars?" Sicong also took a breath of cold air. He never thought that Su Chen would have such a large amount of liquid funds!
"Lao Su, let me tell you this, you can choose any of the private jets on display, whether they are large or small!"
"Pick any one?" Su Chen didn't expect that these large private jets would be so cheap.
In fact, Su Chen was thinking wrongly. The reason why the private jets of the world's top billionaires are so expensive is mainly because of the luxurious interior decoration, especially those wealthy people in the Middle East. The interior decoration is magnificent, and this cost alone can buy a brand new one.
A normal private jet costs only tens of millions of US dollars, and even the large ones will not exceed 80 million US dollars. If the interior is luxurious, it will only exceed 100 million!
Finally, the two of them decided to go and see Bombardier's private jet first. After all, Bombardier is now a leader in the field of private jets. In addition, Sicong told him that the interior space of Bombardier is the most spacious of all private jets.
The current car of Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, is the Global Express series produced by Bombardier, which is worth 65 million US dollars, or 420 million!
Bombardier is worthy of being the leader in private jets. There were four or five people in the exhibition area asking for information related to private jets, including the "piece of cloth on the head" that Su Chen and others had seen before!
"Hello, sir, how can I help you?"
As soon as he entered the Bombardier exhibition area, a middle-aged man came to greet him. What surprised Su Chen was that the entire exhibition area was basically full of men, without a single female salesperson!
"I want to buy a private jet, and a friend recommended you Bombardier, so I came to take a look!" As Su Chen spoke, his eyes turned to the two planes parked in the exhibition area.
After hearing Su Chen's words, the middle-aged man looked at the two of them and evaluated their strength in his mind. After all, both Su Chen and Sicong were very young and dressed casually.
For a moment, the middle-aged man couldn't tell whether the two men really had this ability.
"Sir, I'm Jack, a staff member of Bombardier. Please come in!" In the end, the middle-aged man welcomed Su Chen and the other person in.
If for no other reason, just for the calmness on the two men's faces. Jack had also seen many rich second-generations who came to buy private jets, such as those from the Middle East and Europe, and many of them were not as calm as these two.
Jack took the two of them to a circular sofa area, and then a staff member brought up the coffee shop!
"Which model of our Bombardier aircraft would you like to know about, sir?" Jack brought over a tablet while speaking.
"Bombardier 7500!" When Su Chen came in just now, he looked at the display pictures outside and took a fancy to this one among the many Bombardier models.
"7500?" Jack was also shocked. He thought the man was looking at a small private jet, but he didn't expect that the man wanted to buy the latest large private jet developed by their company.
Jack took a deep look at Su Chen, and then asked, "Excuse me, sir, what is your budget?"
"More than 100 million!" Su Chen said casually, leaning back in his chair.
"I don't know if you mean US dollars, British pounds or ..."
Su Chen glanced at him and said two words in a flat tone: "US dollars!"
When Jack heard this budget, his eyes brightened and his attitude became much more enthusiastic!
He then picked up the tablet and started introducing it to Su Chen. When it came to the key points, he took Su Chen directly to the Bombardier 7500 on display for a live tour!
After the explanation and visit, Su Chen was very satisfied with this private jet. The space was large enough and the interior decoration was also quite good.
But when Su Chen asked when he could receive the plane after he bought it, he was completely speechless!
"Two and a half years!"
That’s right, exactly two and a half years. The current private jet orders have already been scheduled for next year, and by the time it’s Su Chen’s turn, it will be too late!
"Is there no current opportunity?"
"Sir, I'm very sorry. No matter which private jet manufacturer you go to the air show, the answer you get is basically that you have to wait two or three years. Even if there are aircraft available, they are reserved by others!"
Su Chen glanced at the onion next to him. He didn't know who had said that he could buy a plane at the air show...
Sicong did not expect that the current market for private jets would be so good. Looking at Su Chen's inquiring eyes, he didn't know what to do for a moment.
"Mr. Su, why are you here?" A crisp voice sounded beside him!
Su Chen looked in the direction of the voice and a person who surprised him appeared in his sight!
I don't know if it's yang, but now I feel a sharp pain in my right chest when I breathe after sitting in front of the computer for half an hour.
(End of this chapter)