bookrebus Chapter 48: A Seafood Feast That Makes the Audience's Mouths Cry
Chapter 48: A Seafood Feast That Makes the Audience's Mouths Cry
"Mr. Jiang, be careful!"
"Boss, be careful!"
Doug, Zhou Kai, Caroline, and Zhao Muqing were terrified when they watched Jiang Feng slip and stumble, even knocking over the wine cabinet.
They all gathered around, offering words of comfort and concern.
"Boss, are you alright?"
"Boss, are you alright? Oh shit, this place is so dark, why don't they change the lights?"
"President Jiang, wait, there's a secret room here!"
Suddenly, everyone was shocked to discover that behind the wine cabinet that the boss had knocked over, there was a secret wine cellar.
It's quite spacious, nearly forty square meters!
It was filled with all kinds of wines—
Screaming Eagle
Harlan
Schrader
Colgin
Aberru (A)
(eu)
...
These are all wines from Napa Valley cult wineries, which are top-tier wineries.
Napa Valley in California may not be as famous as Bordeaux in France, but its quality surpasses that of Bordeaux.
Why isn't it well-known in the Chinese market?
The main problem is that the output is too low!
It sold out in the United States.
In short supply!
Compared to the tens of thousands of cases produced by Château Lafite Rothschild, Château Latour, Château Mouton Rothschild, and Château Pétrus, the production of cult wineries in Napa Valley is very low, only a few thousand cases per year.
For example, Koujin Winery produces 3000 cases annually.
For example, Harlan Winery produces 2000 cases annually.
For example, Screaming Eagle Winery produces less than 800 cases of Sauvignon Blanc each year, and even with Cabernet Sauvignon, the total is only a few thousand cases.
In some years, there wasn't even a single bottle!
Small in scale, but of high quality.
This is characteristic of Napa Valley cult wineries.
Judging from the ratings, wines from the Bordeaux region have been surpassed by wines from Napa Valley, both in terms of quality and price, with Napa Valley wines generally exceeding Bordeaux's.
"Is this Harlan Winery's red wine?"
"A single bottle costs over a thousand US dollars!"
"This is Screaming Eagle Sauvignon Blanc? A top-tier white wine with a single bottle costing four or five thousand dollars?"
"And Realm Winery?"
“Kou Jin…”
“Shad…”
"Shit, there must be tens of thousands of bottles, right?"
Doug, Caroline, and several other lawyers, all very familiar with the wine brand, exclaimed in amazement.
A 40-square-meter wine cellar, piled high with wine!
If each square meter is stacked horizontally to a height of two meters, there are approximately five or six hundred bottles. In total, a 40-square-meter area would definitely contain tens of thousands of bottles, possibly even around twenty thousand.
The expensive ones cost $5000 per bottle.
The cheaper one is $600 per bottle.
On average, it's between $800 and $900!
A total value of tens of millions of US dollars?
hiss~
Doug sighed in shock:
"Boss, your luck is terrifying. You can even find treasure while wrestling. You have a special connection with this farm."
"This is the blessing of Lady Luck!"
"This is the old farmer's approval!"
"That's right~"
"That's right~"
"That's right~"
Doug, Gaimer, Kilson, and Caroline all felt that this was fate, that God had brought Jiang Feng here!
Loyalty ↑
Trust level increased
Teamwork level ↑
Jiang Feng shrugged: "Perhaps! But won't there be any disputes about the ownership of these wines?"
The lawyers smiled confidently and assured them:
"Certainly not!"
"The transfer agreement has been signed."
"The legal ownership is very clear!"
"Private property is sacred and inviolable. All the property found on the farm belongs to President Jiang without any dispute."
If you don't sell it, you don't have to pay taxes!
Because if no profit is generated and no benefit has been gained, no tax needs to be paid; however, if the product is sold, tax must be paid.
Federal tax + state tax, around 30%!
After legal tax avoidance and tax reduction benefits—
18% ～ 23%
Jiang Feng joked, "OK, since that's the case, everyone gets a share. Today, everyone can drink as much as they want. Come on, help yourselves to whatever you want to drink."
"Help me reduce my tax burden."
"Thank you, Mr. Jiang!"
"thank you boss!"
No one stood on ceremony. Americans are straightforward; if you ask them to take it, they really will, without any pretense.
Red Wine
White wine
Each person took two bottles and returned to the lobby.
Zhou Kai and his team skinned the rabbit, removed its internal organs, and put the meat in the freezer so they could take it out and cook it whenever they wanted.
I'm going to make a few Sichuan dishes today—
Cold-cooked rabbit
Fresh Rabbit Hot Pot
Spicy Rabbit Head
Roasted whole rabbit
Hand-torn rabbit
In addition, a bowl of minced garlic was prepared to make garlic-flavored oysters, spicy crab, dry pot seafood, and so on.
American cooking methods are simple!
What Caroline and the others prepared was—
Geoduck sashimi
Stir-fried geoduck
Steamed Dungeness Crab
Boiled goose barnacles
Boiled mussels
...
It's impossible to say whose cooking skills are better; each has its own merits. Chinese and Western cuisines each have their own characteristics and suit the local tastes!
Geoduck clams costing several hundred yuan per kilogram
A serving of dog claw snails costing several hundred dollars
wild rabbits costing hundreds of dollars each
All kinds of seafood and wild game are available here as if they're free; you can cook whatever you want!
It is currently 6 PM Pacific Time.
+15
Domestically, it's 9 AM Beijing time.
Su Meng's best friend, Liu Jie (Wu Jiayi), had just started her live stream when Su Meng immediately connected with her to see what her best friend was up to.
The viewers in the live stream wanted to see Brother Feng even more!
This is a true winner in life.
The life they yearn for!
He's doing very well in China and making a fortune abroad, and he even attended Tesla's shareholder meeting.
That's absolutely awesome!
Who wouldn't want to see high society life?
(T_T)
Viewers in the live stream were speculating:
[Brother Feng is definitely in a five-star hotel!]
However, just as the connection was successfully established, everyone discovered that Mengmeng was in the hotel kitchen, cooking with Xu Jiao, Xu Lin, Zhou Kai, and several foreigners.
Wu Jiayi, also bewildered, asked curiously:
"Mengmeng, where are you?"
"You still cook for yourself?"
Su Meng was cleaning crabs when she replied with a smile, "We're on a farm in Northern California. Jiang Feng just bought a vineyard farm and a fish farm."
"We were all hunting this afternoon!"
"Look at these wild rabbits—"
"We shot them all!"
"Is it very fat?"
"I'm warning you, if you dare mess with me again, believe me, I'll shoot you twice. Ever seen a .50 caliber bald eagle?"
"I don't think you can even last 22!"
Wu Jiayi: "…………" (Confused)
What?
You guys bought a farm? A fish farm? A vineyard? Holy crap! Is that even possible?
Su Meng picked up the geoduck clam, a mischievous grin spreading across her face:
"What do you think this is?"
"This afternoon we dug up dozens of geoduck clams, hundreds of Dungeness crabs, dozens of kilograms of oysters, mussels, goose barnacles, and more than a hundred wild rabbits."
"I'm the one who shot these!"
The camera panned across several hunting rifles.
I didn't stay long.
(Showing a gun during a live stream could result in being banned)
But the viewers in the live stream had sharp eyes!
They all saw several guns.
Excited comments flooded the screen:
[Holy crap! Vulture! YYDS!]
[Holy crap, this is so awesome! I've killed over a hundred rabbits in half a day! Experienced player, give me a ride!]
Geoduck? Seems expensive, doesn't it?
[I also have geoduck clams][→_→]
[Take a look at the gun]
[Take a look at the gun]
[+1]
[+1]
[Please stream my hunting session!]
[+1]
[+1]
...
Wu Jiayi quickly shook her head: "No, no, live streaming is not allowed to include content about hunting wild animals."
"Shall we let Mengmeng post short videos?"
[Followed]
[Followed]
[Followed]
...
Su Meng's alternate account has seen its followers skyrocket!
She livestreamed several "chefs" cooking cold-served rabbit, spicy rabbit head, spicy crab, steamed Dungeness crab, geoduck sashimi, stir-fried geoduck, and garlic oysters.
Big basins of mussels
The market's dog claw snails
Sizzling, oily roasted rabbit
It made hundreds of thousands of viewers drool!
[Holy crap! Such a huge Dungeness crab? It smells amazing even through the screen! But look at the price, I can't afford it!]
[T_T]
[Give me a spicy rabbit head to try!]
How to eat goose barnacles?
How is geoduck eaten?
[envious]
[envious]
[envious]
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