Episode 21 recap: The frost disaster has dealt a blow to the wine-producing region.
The foreign director learned that Liu Lijun was going to cooperate and set her sights on the Ningxia grape wine region, so he immediately rushed over to stop her, demanding that she cease all cooperation with the Helan Mountain region, but Liu Lijun was unfazed by this. Afterwards, Liu Lijun signed a contract with Xingxing Winery, requiring them to provide Pinot Noir, and declared that she would use the delicate Pinot Noir to carve out a path in the market for the region.
However, Professor Wang and others reminded the owners of the major wineries that the biggest threat to Pinot Noir is frost, especially as the frost season is about to arrive, and they must be well-prepared. As a result, the staff at Xingxing Winery picked the Pinot Noir grapes overnight, even if they couldn't save all of them, they wanted to recover as many as possible to avoid a total loss.
Lv Xiaoying, in the Xingxing Winery vineyard, was reminded of her late husband Qi Beishan, who had loved this land so deeply and fought for it, even giving his life for it. She told Ou Yangyi Xing that a truly good wine requires the weathering and precipitation of time, and must go through an extremely painful process of subtraction and refinement to extract the essence and discard the dregs, in order to become a wine that truly exudes the alluring fragrance of time.
Qin Heming sent Zheng the section chief to negotiate with Professor Wang, stating that wine production is key to the grapes and climate, but they only have meteorological data at the macro-geographic level, lacking support from micro-climate data, so he believes they need to accelerate their efforts for long-term development. In addition, Zheng's biggest concern is the frost issue, so he discussed with Professor Wang prioritizing improvements to frost warning capabilities.
Xie Yong, on Shi Mingshan's request, spoke privately with Gao Yujie, telling him that when the eight of them went to the Soviet Union to learn winemaking, there was actually a ninth person, who was Gao's father. Because Gao's father passed away early, the nine of them were like brothers, and Shi Mingshan dutifully took on the responsibility of teaching Gao winemaking, but felt that due to over-protection, he had cultivated in her a narrow and weak character.
As such, Shi Mingshan was not surprised that Gao Yujie left Xingxing Winery, and the reason Qiu Yihan hired Gao was to use her as an intelligence station to obtain the secrets of Xingxing Winery. Xie Yong told Gao Yujie that Qiu Yihan is a refined egoist, but not fundamentally bad, so for Gao, there is no place more suitable than Aideburge to allow her to grow and be tested, which was Shi Mingshan's sincere intention.
After hearing Xie Yong's words, Gao Yujie had a question - if Aideburge were to conflict with Xingxing Winery, how should she choose? Xie Yong said that one should be loyal to wherever they are, which is the professional code of conduct for winemakers. However, when Gao Yujie disappeared for a while, Qiu Yihan flew into a rage, suspecting that she had gone to Xingxing Winery, fearing that Ou Yangyi Xing and Liu Lijun had already secured the contract.
Gao Yujie assured Qiu Yihan that she would not let this happen, and immediately went to fight for the contract back. In contrast, Yu Han, after being fired by Liu Lijun, spent his days drinking to drown his sorrows, living in a daze. Qiu Yihan personally went to see Professor Wang, pleading with him to arrange a meeting with Liu Lijun.
Ou Yang Yi Xing and Qi Lu also toiled tirelessly for the vineyard, but felt that it was deeply meaningful.
Ultimately, both Ou Yang Yi Xing and Qiu Yi Han secured formal contracts with Liu Li Jun, but Liu Li Jun's demands were extremely exacting - she would only purchase the most difficult-to-grow Cabernet Sauvignon, and declared that she would use the delicate Cabernet Sauvignon to carve out a path for the region in the market. Just as everyone was anxiously awaiting the arrival of the pressing season, a sudden frost brought a massive, unknown disaster to the region.
When Qin He Ming received the news, he urgently notified all the wineries on the eastern slopes of Helan Mountain and assembled all departments to activate Plan No. 5. In an instant, the public and the government worked together to rush the harvest, minimizing the losses as much as possible. This frost disaster prompted Qi Lu to start considering and attempting mechanized burying of vines to improve frost resistance.
Most of the Cabernet Sauvignon was lost, and Qiu Yi Han was unwilling to give up Liu Li Jun's contract. She found a batch of replacement raw materials and was willing to share them with Ou Yang Yi Xing, but the condition was that Qi Lu had to help her with the winemaking, leaving Yi Xing torn between two difficult choices. Liu Li Jun's assistant saw that the Cabernet Sauvignon grapes of many wineries were affected, and was worried that the resulting wine would not meet market requirements, but Liu Li Jun saw this as an opportunity to weed out the weak and select the most trustworthy partners.
Section Chief Zheng also feared that the frost would impact Liu Li Jun's cooperation with the wineries, but Qin He Ming guessed that the other party was already psychologically prepared. Subsequently, the approval for the first phase of the wellness town project was officially greenlit for groundbreaking in the middle of this month, and Qin He Ming announced the personnel list for the wellness town leadership team, with him as the team leader and Zheng Yang and Li He Kai as deputy leaders.
Qin Yao and Zhang Xiao Mi got into a fight at school due to a classmate's big mouth, drawing the attention of both their fathers. After understanding the ins and outs of the situation, Qin He Ming felt that it was his own fault that the children were wronged, and the primary responsibility lay with the adults. Qin Yao felt that her father had worked so hard for the region, only to not be understood by people, and Qin He Ming expressed that everyone has a different perspective depending on their position, and he could also understand the anger and feelings of those people.
Soon, the wellness town project officially broke ground, much to Qin He Ming's satisfaction. After much consideration, Ou Yang Yi Xing still chose to reject Qiu Yi Han's offer, as based on his understanding of Liu Li Jun, he felt that she would definitely not allow the wineries to engage in any deception. Leno couldn't hold back and went to find Liu Li Jun, willing to offer her extremely favorable terms on the condition that she cease all cooperation with the Helan Mountain region, but was ultimately rejected by Liu Li Jun.
Afterwards, Liu Li Jun chatted with Lv Xiao Ying, and Lv Xiao Ying revealed that Leno was extremely cunning and unscrupulous in pursuit of his goals, especially adept at exploiting interpersonal relationships.
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