Traveling through 70's wine

Chapter 249 Application

After returning to Beijing from the Spring Sugar Fair, Wen Qing called her account manager in Hongcheng to inquire about the situation of her investment account. According to the account manager, the market value of her securities investment account has reached 3.1 million Hong Kong dollars. The account manager praised her investment vision. Wen Qing herself did not think so. It took five years for the account to double. The account manager told her that the account statement for the previous year had been sent to her at the address of the winery three days ago.

Wen Qing called Louis again and asked about her study abroad in the United States. Louis said that her uncle had gone to the University of California, Davis to learn about the admission requirements and had sent her an application form. If she decided to study abroad, she could fill out the application form and send it to her uncle, and her uncle could guarantee her. Wen Qing thanked her and began to look forward to studying abroad.

Three days later, letters from Arthur and Hong Kong City's account manager arrived one after another. Wen Qing first looked at the situation of her investment account. Except for the fruit company whose stocks had been caught up in internal strife and had a relatively low increase, the other companies she bought were developing very well. The market value of Hong Kong City's two real estate companies had even doubled, and its current market value was 3.1 million Hong Kong dollars. This was the converted value. She herself invested in U.S. stocks, so the prices were denominated in U.S. dollars.

Wen Qing called the account manager of Gangcheng and decided to adjust her investment. She reduced her holdings in Gangcheng's real estate company and used all the cash to buy the Dow Jones 300 Index. The account manager adjusted the portfolio according to her request, recorded her call, and finally promised to send her the latest account status.

Arthur's letter said that Davis College's wine program was very famous in the industry and that the second half of the school would start in September. If she moved quickly enough, she would be able to enroll in the fall.

Wen Qing wrote a reply immediately, first thanking Arthur for his help, and then preparing her academic qualifications and financial proof according to the requirements. She also sent her proof of working in the brewing industry to Arthur along with the application form.

In May, the Xicheng Lijing project of Blue Sky Housing Development Company was topped out, and the company's funds became relatively loose. Gu Qicheng and Xie Yang decided to distribute dividends to shareholders. This was the first dividend since their company was established more than two years ago.

Shui Ya calculated the company's profits in the previous year. Dongcheng Lijing Phase II has a total of 1076 houses with a total construction area of ​​11 square meters, and achieved a net profit of 4500 million yuan. The six shareholders agreed to take out 70% as dividends, which is 3150 million yuan.

According to the shares held by each person in the company, Gu Qicheng held 25.5%, Xie Yang and Shui Ya each held 20%, and the remaining three each held 11.5%, and received 803 million yuan, 630 million yuan and 362 million yuan respectively.

Including the rent she received, Wen Qing now has nearly 2000 million yuan in current funds in her account. She went to the bank to deposit 1000 million yuan in a one-year time deposit. According to the current deposit interest rate, she can earn more than 70 yuan a year.

After cooperating with the two major wineries, the output and efficiency of Changxia Winery increased by leaps and bounds. Jinfen Winery and Gutan Factory respectively sent technicians to the factory to guide the work. Qingfen Liquor is packaged in blue and white porcelain bottles, so it is called "Blue and White Fen Liquor" in the market. It tastes better than ordinary Fenjiu, but is cheaper. It has become a substitute for Jinfen Liquor and is popular in the market.

Since the two companies signed a profit-sharing agreement, Jinfen Distillery can count this part of the sales as its own production and also get a profit. Changxia Distillery increased its sales and promoted profit growth, and everyone is happy.

Gutan Distillery was even more direct. They sent experts to guide Changxia Distillery to further improve the quality of its peach blossom qu. Now the peach blossom qu of Changxia Distillery is no worse than that of Gutan Distillery. The quality of some batches has surpassed that of Gutan Distillery due to moderate temperature control. The brewed strong-flavor liquor fully meets their requirements and can be directly used as the base wine of Gutan Distillery.

The output of Changxia Winery has increased by 40% compared to this time last year. After learning the technology of the two wineries, Wang Jianguo further optimized the processes of Changxia Qingniang and Changxia Teniang. In addition, Wen Qing continuously put the base wine from the factory into the space to accelerate aging, and the taste of the two blended wines is sweeter than before.

Liuquan accelerated its expansion in the Northwest market and formed a team of ten people responsible for maintaining dealers and expanding the local market. They traveled around the country all year round, assisting regional dealers in analyzing the market and carrying out various promotional activities.

Wen Qing commissioned the Electronics Department of the Industrial University to develop a computer management system for the winery. Although its functions were relatively simple, it only included the winery's production and warehousing under computer management, and also included distributors under computer management. This allowed the Changxia Winery to scientifically allocate the supply of various products, saving a lot of time and money.

The maintenance work of a new batch of wine cellars at Changxia Winery is still in progress. The current 100 wine cellars have been under maintenance for 7 months. Wen Qing visited the winery for a week. Wang Jianguo and Liu Quan were both there. She went to see the 100 wine cellars under maintenance, touched the cellar wall with her hand, felt the state of the cellar mud, and smelled the smell of the cellar mud. It felt good.

Wang Jianguo showed Wen Qing the test data and compared them with the data from the previous batches of wine cellars. The data from this batch of wine cellars was very good. After discussion among the three, they decided to put them into use, continue to improve the quality of the wine cellars during use, and then continue to maintain the next batch of wine cellars.

There are 1000 wine cellars in the new factory area of ​​Changxia Winery, 400 of which are now in use, and 600 need maintenance. After the maintenance, Changxia Winery will have great potential for development.

Wang Jianguo developed a method of maintaining cellars by combining old and new wine cellars. The old wine cellars are maintained while in use, contributing cellar mud to the new wine cellars. The new wine cellars are maintained by borrowing mud. That is, the cellar mud taken from the old cellar is mixed with new mud and applied to the cellar walls and bottom of the new cellar. Then the lees, head wine and yellow water wine are poured on top. After the cellar is sealed, they are allowed to ferment slowly.

Wang Guozhang and his apprentice were making koji. Wen Qing went to watch for a while. Their winery uses a lot of koji. Now the temperature is suitable, and the quality of the koji is the best. So Wang Guozhang has to make hundreds of tons of koji every spring. The workload is very heavy. Wen Qing also specially offered spring awards to the koji workshop and Wang Guozhang. After working hard for four or five months, they will get a reward of 2 to 3000 yuan, so the workers are very motivated.

After visiting the new factory, Wen Qing and Wang Jianguo went to the old distillery. The 110 wine cellars in a workshop produce about 800 tons of strong-flavor liquor every year, which is the best quality strong-flavor liquor in Changxia Distillery. There are more than 10 workers working in the old distillery. Usually, Wang Jianguo’s eldest apprentice Jin Zicong is in charge, who steams the lees from 3 to 4 wine cellars every day, taking turns every 60 to 80 days. The output is slightly lower during the hottest time in summer and the coldest time in winter.