Reborn in 1985: From Selling Braised Duck to Becoming the World's Richest Man

Seeing the director of the Shitou Township Guesthouse come to the winery in person, Liang Ming vaguely guessed what was going on, but still asked with a smile:

"Director, what brings you here? Are you here because of the 25 bottles of Golden Wine that our distillery delivered yesterday? Are they not selling well?"

Upon hearing this, the director of the Shitou Township Guesthouse quickly replied, "Of course not, the Golden Wine from your Golden Winery is simply too delicious."

"Our guesthouse canteen sold out in less than two days."

"25 bottles of Golden Wine, not a single one left, sold for six or seven hundred yuan."

"Not only that, we have a lot of guests today, and they were thinking of buying a few bottles of Golden Wine from us before they left to take back as gifts for their relatives and friends."

"Look, our guesthouse has sold out of Golden Wine, so we've come to your Golden Winery to order another batch!"

Upon hearing the words of the guesthouse director, Liang Wen and the other workers from the liquor factory were all taken aback.

The 25 bottles of Golden Wine delivered to the Shitou Township Guesthouse yesterday have all been sold out.

According to their distillery's suggested retail price, those golden wines sell for 25 yuan a bottle.

Does that mean that the guesthouse canteen sold over 600 yuan worth of drinks in less than two days?

Such a turnover would have been unthinkable for a traditional liquor distillery.

At this moment, Liang Wen seemed to understand why Liang Ming had set the price of Golden Wine so high.

This golden wine might actually be worth the price.

At this moment, the guesthouse director also turned his gaze to the troublemaking villagers and asked Liang Ming:

"Mr. Liang, I just heard these villagers say that your factory's Golden Wine isn't selling. What's going on?"

The villagers, noticing the guesthouse manager's gaze, all took a few steps back.

"It's nothing. They're all former customers of our distillery. They're just a little unwilling to accept the price increase after they learned about it."

Liang Ming said.

Upon hearing this, the guesthouse manager immediately addressed the villagers:

"Regardless of what price Liang's winery sold at before, the price of Golden Wine is now set at 25 yuan per bottle."

"At this price, there are plenty of people willing to buy it."

“If you can’t afford it, you can drink another kind of liquor. There’s no need to cause trouble in front of other people’s distilleries and delay their business.”

"In addition, I would like to remind you that the Golden Winery is a key private enterprise supported by the township!"

"If anyone dares to cause trouble at the Golden Winery, I can call the police station to take you away without the township even having to intervene!"

Upon hearing the guesthouse director's warning, the villagers all showed a hint of fear on their faces.

They all smirked and said in unison, "We wouldn't dare cause trouble, we'll leave now."

"Yes, yes, we just want to have a drink. If we can't afford it, we won't drink."

"We're leaving now."

After saying that, the villagers prepared to leave.

Now they understand that the Golden Distillery is no longer someone they can afford to offend.

Unexpectedly, just as the villagers were about to turn and leave, Liang Ming suddenly called out to them:

"Wait a minute, I haven't told you to leave yet."

Upon hearing Liang Ming's words, the villagers paused in their tracks, their faces showing tension.

Could it be that the owner of this Golden Winery saw them causing trouble at the winery and wanted to cause them some trouble?

If that's the case, they're in trouble.

"Boss Liang, you are a magnanimous man, please don't hold it against us. We are just country folk, we don't know anything."

The villager in the lead, with a fawning smile on his face, said...

"Yes, yes, Mr. Liang, we were wrong."

"We shouldn't have come to the distillery to cause trouble. If we kowtow to you, will you forgive us?"

As they spoke, they prepared to kneel down and kowtow.

When the guesthouse director and Liang Wen saw this, they also thought that Liang Ming was going to make an example of him.

"Boss Liang, they just want to drink, they don't mean any harm, so why don't we just let it go?"

The guesthouse director said to Liang Ming.

Liang Wen also lowered his voice and advised Liang Ming:

"Xiaoming, maybe we should just forget about it. They just can't accept that the price of baijiu they've been drinking for so many years has suddenly gone up..."

Hearing the words of the guesthouse director and Liang Wen, Liang Ming was somewhat amused and exasperated.

"What are you talking about? When did I say I was going to cause them trouble?"

As he spoke, he also waved his hand at the villagers, stopping them from kneeling, and said:

"I called you over not to cause you any trouble, but to ask if you would be willing to be the liquor quality inspectors at our Golden Winery?"

"A liquor quality inspector?"

The villagers were taken aback when they heard Liang Ming's words, seemingly not understanding what he meant.

"Mr. Liang, what is a liquor quality inspector?"

Liang Ming didn't waste any words and explained:

“Our Golden Winery produces many bottles of Golden Wine every day. In order to ensure the quality and taste of the product, the wine workers often need to taste the wine produced that day.”

“Our liquor factory has just been expanded, and many of the workers are new. They can’t taste the subtle changes in the product yet.”

"And you are all long-time customers of our winery. You can tell whether the wine meets our standards just by tasting it."

"The job of a liquor quality inspector is to taste the quality of the liquor produced at our distillery that day and then report the results to the team leader in charge of liquor production at our factory."

At this point, Liang Ming paused for a moment and said to the villagers:

"Simply put, our factory will set aside 2 jin of liquor every day for our liquor quality inspectors to taste for free."

"You are long-time customers of our distillery, so we can give you priority for the position of quality inspector for liquor."

The villagers' eyes lit up when they heard this.

They understood what Liang Ming meant.

As quality inspectors of this liquor, they can drink this golden liquor for free every day.

Although it's only 2 jin (1 catties), it's more than enough for them.

Moreover, each bottle of Golden Wine now sells for 25 yuan.

Two jin of Golden Wine, that's 50 yuan.

They work themselves to the bone all day and only earn about ten yuan.

Now they can drink 50 yuan worth of liquor without having to work, so why would they refuse?

Immediately, several villagers spoke up, saying, "Boss Liang, we are willing to be the liquor quality inspectors at Golden Winery."

"That's right, no matter how much liquor is released each day, we're willing to taste it!"

"Yes, we can still drink even if the liquor hasn't been properly brewed."

For these villagers who are obsessed with alcohol, nothing makes them happier than being able to sample wine for free.

Hearing what these villagers said, Liang Ming nodded slightly, then turned to Liang Wen and said:

"Deputy Factory Director Liang, give them two jin of liquor and have them do a quality inspection."

Upon hearing Liang Ming's words, Liang Wen nodded and said, "Yes, boss."

At this moment, Liang Wen's admiration for his nephew grew even stronger.

If this matter is not handled properly, it could have a significant impact on the reputation of Golden Winery.

If these villagers go back, they'll spread rumors that their Golden Winery is raising prices on the spot.

If word gets out that something used to sell for a certain price, and now it's worth many times more, it will definitely damage your reputation.

But now, Liang Ming only used 2 jin of liquor, yet he managed to get these villagers to willingly become free quality inspectors for the Golden Winery.

And judging from the villagers' excited expressions, it seemed as if they felt they had actually made a profit.

Just based on Liang Ming's methods, he is no ordinary person.