Tiger Police

Chapter 8 Counterfeit Wine
"38?" He felt that his tongue was obviously a little loud, and although his voice was vague, the meaning was clear enough: "U.S. dollars?"

The director of the catering department is an honest man: "How is it possible? Our water price is 38 yuan a bottle, RMB."

"Wait!" Chen Hong was anxious at the time: "I drank Weijue red wine in Dongqing Province before, and the selling price at that time was 38! Why are you only [-]?"

In Chen Hong's view, the huge gap in price is simply an insult.Today, he invited important customers. In his usual words: a single bottle of wine that is less than 500 yuan is not served at all. This is the most basic respect for guests.

Chen Hong immediately cast his eyes on Fu Yuehui who was sitting on the sofa diagonally opposite, pointed to the red wine bottle on the table, and asked unhappily: "Old Fu, this kind of wine sells for at least 1000 yuan outside, why is it only 100 yuan here?" Arrived? Could it be a fake bar?"

Everyone is a businessman. Normally, Chen Hong would not say that at all. After all, everyone wants to save face.But now that he is drunk, he only thinks about his lackluster face in front of clients, and he doesn't think about Fu Yuehui at all.

Fu Yuehui was also very annoyed.He knew that Chen Hong wanted to highlight the ostentation by entertaining customers today, but he had heard from the food and beverage department that "Wei Jue" was actually a low-grade red wine. To grow wine, we can only bring it first and then talk about it.

After listening to Chen Hong's boastful talk, Fu Yuehui finally understood that Chen Hong didn't know the real price of this wine, and he had no chance to explain it in the past. Asked if he was selling counterfeit wine...Fu Yuehui was furious immediately, so he replied coldly: "Boss Chen, all the drinks here are clearly marked, and the Industrial and Commercial Bureau will send people to check every year. It's no lie."

"I think you are deliberately selling fake wine!" Chen Hong's mind was full of rage, and he was irrational when he was enveloped by drunkenness.

Seeing the two people confronting each other, the client who was invited to the banquet quickly stood up to smooth things over: "Old Chen, don't be so excited, sit down and talk about something."

Chen Hong felt very embarrassed. He picked up the red wine bottle on the table and pointed to the English label on the bottle. Let’s not talk about the quality of the wine. Everyone is in business. Let’s analyze the wine itself: the imported original wine that can be approved by the Ministry of Commerce has its own quality assurance. Even if the American grapes are cheap, the wine producers The cost is low, but there must be a shipping fee to send the wine across the Pacific Ocean by ship? How much labor is involved? Also, customs must pay taxes, which is another expense. After entering, it must be distributed layer by layer. Boss, this should be considered the last link of sales. You are in a club, and you sell alcohol for profit. We are old acquaintances. If you say that this wine is 38 yuan a bottle, it is the cost price, then I am fine. It’s easy to talk about. But your water price is only so low, and you have the nerve to say that it’s imported original wine... Hmph, who are you kidding?”

What Chen Hong said was well-founded, and everyone present nodded their heads.

Fu Yuehui became anxious: "I never sell fake wine, this wine is indeed real!"

Chen Hong said contemptuously: "Imported original wine for only 38 yuan... You tell me where to buy the goods, and I want as much as I have."

Fu Yuehui was furious: "I have a purchase receipt, which is clearly written on it."

"The purchase order can also be forged." Chen Hong was too drunk, and spoke in a very aggressive tone: "Selling fake goods, of course there must be fake receipts."

Things have come to this point, the two sides have already quarreled.

So the two of them took out their mobile phones and dialed 110 to call the police.

……

Zhang Jianguo has dealt with similar disputes before.He said to Fu Yuehui: "Don't worry, there will always be a result of right and wrong. But this matter is not under the control of our police. I can only temporarily seal up these red wines and send them to the Quality Supervision Bureau for appraisal tomorrow. Everything will wait. The identification report is the basis."

Chen Hong was stunned: "Didn't you say that you should call the police for anything?"

Fu Yuehui was in a hurry: "This matter has to be resolved tonight anyway. I have been in business for so many years, and this is the first time someone accused me of selling fake wine. Officer Zhang, everyone said that the people's police are for the people, you have to give me justice." !"

Zhang Jianguo patiently persuaded: "Boss Fu, we have to follow the rules when dealing with civil disputes. I am not a professional wine appraiser, and I am not qualified to evaluate the quality of wine. This matter can only be handed over to the Quality Supervision Bureau, and It is not possible to draw conclusions in a day or two, at least fifteen working days."

Hearing this, Chen Hong and Fu Yuehui looked at each other in blank dismay.In fact, it's not a big deal. To put it bluntly, it's a matter of face.He called the police when he was in a hurry, not so much for help, but for a judgment, but he couldn't solve it on the spot, and had to wait for half a month at the Quality Supervision Bureau... Chen Hong's alcoholism has dropped a lot now, People also become calm.He felt a little regretful, and wanted to stop here, but he couldn't erase his face.

"Boss Fu didn't sell fake wine, this wine is indeed original from the United States."

Hu Pingtao's voice was not loud, but it attracted everyone's attention at this moment.

Zhang Jianguo quickly tugged at his arm, and reminded: "Little cat, don't talk nonsense. This matter is still in accordance with the rules. Seal the wine and hand it over to the Quality Supervision Bureau."

"Okay." Hu Pingtao nodded and agreed, "I'm just talking about the facts and talking about my own views."

Chen Hong looked gloomy. He looked at the young auxiliary police officer and asked coldly, "Young man, don't speak casually if you don't understand."

Hu Pingtao ignored him, walked to the table, picked up an unopened bottle of "Weijue" red wine, pointed to a line of small words on the full English label on the bottle, and said seriously: "This is marked as an aperitif wine." , also marked the original American wine, but not all foreign things can be sold at high prices. Many Chinese people tout foreign wines, thinking that the taste and quality are superior, and the price is naturally expensive. In fact, red wine is not a high-end consumer product abroad. , especially some low-end wines, have been reduced to compete with mineral water in stores. For example, Evian (Evian) is more expensive than this bottle of Vijay in foreign countries.”

Chen Hong's eyes widened.Of course he knew about Evian mineral water, but he didn't expect the young auxiliary policeman in front of him to compare mineral water with wine, and it sounded reasonable.Chen Hong faintly felt that this matter might be due to his own preconceived ideas, and he had entered a certain misunderstanding, but for the sake of face, he had to persevere no matter what.

Hu Pingtao didn't give him time to think, and continued: "California is the largest grape producing area in the United States. When it comes to cheap wine, one must mention Charles Shaw. He opened a winery in Napa, California, in In less than ten years, his product charged $13.5 per bottle, because the product had a good reputation and won many international awards. But in the early 90s, due to various reasons, Shaw went bankrupt. The company that took over his winery had its own Vineyards, reducing costs from the source."

"The emergence of picking machinery has reduced labor costs, saving 30.00% of the original cost."

"Finally, the wine is no longer fermented in oak barrels, but in ordinary light barrels with oak chips and the cheapest natural cork for corks."

"After such a series of reforms, the original cost of wine at US$13.5 plummeted, and cheap wines selling for only US$1.99 began to fully occupy the market. In just a few years, [-] million bottles were sold."

Chen Hong was stunned again, and said involuntarily: "It feels a bit shoddy!"

Hu Pingtao said with a smile: "In fact, many foreign wine merchants also have opinions on this, slandering the company's low-quality products, and there are a lot of branches and even dead birds in the wine barrels harvested by machines. The company's reply is : Yes, but they are all filtered out."

Feeling a little depressed, Chen Hong pointed to the bottle of red wine in Hu Pingtao's hand: "Could it be this kind of bar you're talking about?"

"I don't know." Hu Pingtao said frankly: "I'm just giving an example. Not all foreign original wines are high-end products that cost more than a thousand yuan. In fact, good wines are also very cheap abroad. A bottle of one dollar , a box of six bottles, and many people buy them in boxes, because the shopkeepers don’t want to take them apart and sell them, it’s too much trouble to do that.”

"The foreign market is flooded with a large number of cheap wines of various brands, ranging from one dollar to two dollars, including many big-name wineries. This is no secret in the market, so our domestic import wholesalers don't have to It will take a lot of trouble to do the second blending. It will cost money for bottling and labor again, and the cost of adulteration and fraud will be higher, which is far from enough for that little profit.”

With that said, Hu Pingtao walked up to Chen Hong and persuaded in a low voice: "Boss Fu is your friend. Since he has said that there are complete purchase documents for this batch of red wine, the possibility of malicious fraud is extremely small. Of course, You can also choose to go through the appraisal route of the Quality Supervision Bureau, but I can basically be sure that the inspection report issued by the Quality Supervision Bureau will confirm that this wine is genuine."

He almost said these words close to Chen Hong's ear, just to take care of the other party's face.

Chen Hong's heart skipped a beat, and his tense expression slowed down significantly.He frowned and asked in the same low tone: "But the brand and packaging of the Red Label Weijue I drank in Dongqing Province are exactly the same as this one, and it really sold for more than 1000 yuan!"

This is the biggest problem that bothers him.

"There are only two possibilities." Hu Pingtao said in a low voice: "The first one: you have been cheated. The second one: Chinese people blindly worship imported products. Especially in the past few years, as long as they are foreign products, they can be sold." High prices. But with time and the popularization of various information, our technology is also constantly improving, and the price of foreign goods has also dropped. The most obvious examples are Nike, and luxury cars such as Mercedes-Benz and BMW.”

Chen Hong lowered his head, twisted his chin with his short and thick fingers, and while feeling the soft subcutaneous fat, countless thoughts kept flashing through his mind.

The words Hu Pingtao said are well-founded and easy to verify, just turn on the phone and search the Internet casually.

Chen Hong already felt remorse in his heart——If he had known this before, why would he make the relationship so tense?
Hu Pingtao saw through Chen Hong's thoughts at the moment, leaned closer again and laughed in a low voice: "Boss Fu is a real person, but today's incident is actually a misunderstanding. Let's talk about it, we will still be friends in the future."

One sentence woke up Chen Hong.

He didn't hesitate anymore, strode to the table, picked up a bottle of unsealed red wine, poured two glasses, walked to Fu Yuehui with it, handed it over, and said sincerely: "Boss Fu, what happened today is my fault." .I drank too much, I punished myself with a drink, please forgive me."

After speaking, he drank the red wine in the glass in one gulp.

Everyone present was surprised, and Fu Yuehui didn't know what to say for a while. He took a sip of his wine and agreed to Chen Hong, but his eyes fell on Hu Pingtao who was standing in the distance.He had a feeling that if Hu Pingtao hadn't approached Chen Hong and said something he couldn't hear, today's matter would definitely not be good.

Thinking of this, Fu Yuehui walked over and said gratefully to Hu Pingtao: "Little brother, you have helped me a lot today."

Zhang Jianguo came over and introduced: "This is the new auxiliary police officer in our office. His name is Hu Pingtao."

"Your surname is cat?" Fu Yuehui is a native of the provincial capital. He then laughed and patted Hu Pingtao's shoulder: "What you said just now is very professional! Come, let's have a good drink."

"Drinking is not allowed during working hours." Hu Pingtao politely declined: "Actually, this is not some advanced professional knowledge, as long as you spend a little more time searching the Internet. In addition, please ask Boss Fu to make a transcript for us."

"Okay, okay." Fu Yuehui nodded in agreement, but his eyes were full of admiration for Hu Pingtao: "I really didn't realize that your level is so high, you can understand all English labels, and you know so many things in the industry. Boy, It’s a pity for you to be an auxiliary policeman! How about coming to my place? At least a deputy supervisor.”

Hu Pingtao smiled, opened the notebook with a blue cover, and did not answer.

Zhang Jianguo was a little unhappy: "Boss Fu, this is your fault, why are you poaching people in front of me?"

Fu Yuehui smiled and said: "Am I not right? Kitty is an auxiliary policeman, not an on-the-job policeman. His monthly salary is only more than 3000 yuan. If he comes to me, the probation period will be exempted, and he will be given a monthly salary of six thousand."

Zhang Jianguo was a little annoyed, but he couldn't find any words to respond, so he could only look at Hu Pingtao who was taking notes with Chen Hong.

The two sides have reached a consensus, and things can be easily resolved.After completing the notes, Hu Pingtao handed the notebook to Chen Hong for his signature, and said seriously: "Boss Chen, if you have any objections to the processing results, or have other ideas later, you can also send the red wine to the Quality Supervision Bureau for inspection. .”

Chen Hong slapped his signature on the paper: "No need, I believe in you. You are a very nice young man, and you can do things properly. Why don't you just come to work in my company! Hehe, my salary is definitely better than Boss Fu's." There are many."

(End of this chapter)