Xia Ruofei's heart moved, he pulled the car over the side of the road, and said to Lin Qiao: "Qiao'er, let's talk about visiting the town later, how about visiting our neighbors first?"

"Is that the neighbor who produces Semillon wine?" Lin Qiao said, "yes, yes!"

"Can you not act so cheerful?" Xia Ruofei said with a smile and a smile, "Didn't you listen to Brother Liang say today that the West family's company has suffered a financial crisis?"

Lin Qiao stuck out his tongue and said, "Oh, I know......"

The two got out of the car and walked into the West Winery. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Carter West and his wife, Cabelli, were standing at the door of the winery, both with sad faces, and the elder West was still pacing back and forth, looking as if he was waiting for someone.

Xia Ruofei beckoned to them from afar, and greeted them loudly: "Uncle Carter, Aunt Cabelli, hello!"

Old West and Cabelli followed the prestige, and when they saw Xia Ruofei, the two of them first frowned, and then showed a warm smile—they still had a deep impression of this young and generous neighbor.

"Hey, dear Natsu, long time no see. Old West stepped forward and smiled.

Xia Ruofei could see that there was still a hint of melancholy in his smile.

Aunt Cabeli's personality is relatively more cheerful, and she gave Xia Ruofei a big hug when she came up, and with Aunt Cabeli's tonnage, Xia Ruofei was almost out of breath when she hugged her.

Aunt Cabelli then hugged Lin Qiao again, and made a veneer salute, and then smiled and said, "Xia, is this your girlfriend......?

Lin Qiao was a representative of the English department when he was in high school, and his English level is quite good, especially in listening, which is definitely no problem, but he is not very fluent in speaking due to less exercise.

So as soon as Aunt Kabeli finished speaking, Lin Qiao's face suddenly turned red, and she quickly explained in English: "No, no, I'm not his girlfriend......"

Xia Ruofei also said with some embarrassment: "Aunt Kabeli, this is called chaotic mandarin duck spectrum in our Huaxia...... Well, let me introduce it officially, this is my sister Lin Qiao. ”

Then Xia Ruofei said to Lin Qiao in Chinese: "Qiao'er, these are the two owners of West Winery, you can call them Uncle Carter and Aunt Cabery." ”

Lin Qiao blushed and said hello to the two.

Aunt Cabelli scratched her head and said, "Xia, why does your sister have a different surname than you......?" It's because I don't know much about the situation in Huaxia, maybe this is normal on your side?"

Xia Ruofei had to explain again: "I am not related to Qiao'er by blood, but she is indeed my sister. ”

"Ahh......h

Lin Qiao smiled and said, "Aunt Cabelli, I have drunk the Semillon that Ruo Fei Ge bought from your winery, and I am impressed by the rich and mellow taste!"

Aunt Cabelli smiled and said, "Lin, I feel very honored that you can like our Semillon!"

At this time, Old West said with a hint of apology: "Xia, I'm sorry, it's a mess here today, and the workers are on vacation, I can't entertain you like last time." ”

Xia Ruofei nodded and said, "Uncle Carter, I heard some of your situation from Brother Liang, but he doesn't know much about it, can you tell me more about it? Is it really to the point where you need to sell the winery?" uh...... I'm not looking into your privacy, I'm just trying to see if I can help. ”

Old West smiled and said: "The company's financial status is all public information, there are no secrets to speak of, since you are interested, then I will tell you." ”

Aunt Cabelli sighed and said, "Don't stand here, let's go sit inside!"

"Yes, yes, Natsu, please inside!" said Old West.

Everyone walked into the winery together, and the last time Xia Ruofei came, there were still a lot of tourists here, everyone tasted wine and food here, and many people bought fine wine. Today, however, it's deserted and slightly messy.

Old West invited Xia Ruofei and the two to sit down, Aunt Cabelli went to the bar to prepare drinks for everyone, and Old West told Xia Ruofei and Lin Qiao about what happened during this time.

It turned out that the elder West did not inherit the winery from the beginning, on the contrary, he had no interest in the historic family winery when he was young, and started his business in Melbourne after graduating from university, and soon his import and export trading company was doing well.

However, when his father was getting older and no longer able to run the winery, the elder West reluctantly took over the winery, but his focus was still on the Melbourne company.

However, as the days went by, the elder West became more and more fond of life on the winery, perhaps growing up in the Hunter Valley area, he had wine genes in his bones, but he had not activated it when he was young.

As a result, the focus of old West's work and life is more and more inclined to the winery.

The winery has also regained its second spring under his management, and has become a well-known winery in the Hunter Valley area, and many foreign tourists come to visit and buy.

Comparatively speaking, Melbourne's import and export trading companies began to be negligent in management.

Originally, the elder West didn't expect that company to make a lot of money, and at his age, he preferred a leisurely winery life, and the slow-paced state of Hunter Valley was exactly what he wanted.

However, since the beginning of this year, the economic situation in Europe has not been very good, and the old West's company in Melbourne is mainly engaged in the European market, and many payments have been delayed since March, and the company's working capital has begun to be stretched.

In the past few months, the situation has continued to deteriorate, on the one hand, the payment for goods in Europe has not been recovered, and on the other hand, the old West in Australia has begun to fail to pay the supplier's payment and employee salaries, and the capital chain has actually been broken.

Both the winery and the company are owned by West, and if the company goes bankrupt, the winery will certainly be auctioned off by the court to pay off debts.

Naturally, the elder West didn't want to see such an outcome, so he had to reluctantly sell the winery, hoping to exchange it for cash to deal with the company's crisis.

This winery has a history of more than 150 years, and it has been passed down from generation to generation by the West family, and he will definitely be reluctant to sell the winery if it is not a last resort.

In the words of the Chinese people, this is the ancestral inheritance!

Although this concept is not very strong in the West, West Sr. grew up here since he was a child, and he has been running the winery since he was in his forties, and has put a lot of effort and energy into it, so it was a really difficult decision for him.

After Xia Ruofei listened, he asked, "Uncle Carter, how much money does your company need to survive the crisis?"

The elder West said without hesitation: "We still have some personal savings, which is about $1.8 million shortfall. ”

At this time, Aunt Cabelli came over with fragrant pies and freshly squeezed juice, and she also heard the topic of old West and Xia Ruofei chatting.

Aunt Cabelli put the food on the table and said angrily: "Xia, our winery has been valued by a professional organization at least 2.4 million Australian dollars, but we have contacted several buyers, and they all know about Carter's financial crisis, so they hope to take the opportunity to buy the winery at a low price, and none of them are more than 1.5 million Australian dollars." ”

When Lin Qiao heard this, he also said indignantly: "Isn't this taking advantage of the fire to rob, how can they do this?"

Xia Ruofei said to Lin Qiao with a smile: "It's just business, Uncle Carter is in urgent need of money, and those buyers will definitely take the opportunity to lower the price, which has nothing to do with morality." ”

In order to take care of the feelings of the old West couple, Xia Ruofei also said this sentence in English.

After hearing this, Old West smiled bitterly and said, "Lin is right, the competition in the mall is so cruel. ”

Xia Ruofei smiled faintly and said, "But their offer is too low, which is a bit unsophisticated!"

"Yes, we've cut prices many times, but if the winery can't even get $1.8 million, then there's no point in us selling the winery, and it's not enough money to tide over the company's crisis," said Aunt Cabelli. ”

Lin Qiao couldn't help but feel a trace of compassion when she saw the sad faces of the West couple, and couldn't help but look at Xia Ruofei, but she was well-behaved and sensible, and she didn't say anything.

Before traveling to Australia, Lin Qiao also read some strategies, and naturally understood the exchange rate of the Australian dollar, she knew that 1.8 million Australian dollars was equivalent to 10 million Chinese dollars, which was not a small amount of money.

Although this money may be available to Xia Ruofei, after all, the West couple and Xia Ruofei are not related, and everyone has only met a few times, and they are just neighbors who have a good relationship.

There are countless people in this world who need help all the time, Xia Ruofei is a human being and not a god, how can he be able to help?

So Lin Qiao still chose to be silent.

Xia Ruofei smiled and asked, "Uncle Carter, if you can exchange the winery for enough funds, then what are you going to do next?"

Old West said a little tiredly, "I will use this money to pay off the company's debts and lay off the employees, and I think the remaining money should be enough for me to live with Cabelli." ”

Aunt Cabelli also said: "Now the economic situation in Europe is not very good, Carter wanted to end the company's business for a long time and concentrate on running the winery, but the company does not say that it can be ended at the end, and many capital transactions, debts and debts have to be dealt with step by step. ”

Xia Ruofei nodded and got the answer in his heart.

He pondered for a moment, then looked at the vintage-style winery, and said with a smile: "Uncle Carter, I'm also very interested in your winery, can we talk about the acquisition?"