Chapter 465: Using wine as a metaphor for people
It’s not surprising to think about it. With the name of ghost wine, he jumped into the ranks of the super rich. For these taverns who earn one or two gold coins a day, The waitress said.
One million gold coins is a huge wealth that is unimaginable and immeasurable. Even if a little bit slips through the fingers, it is enough for them to enjoy it for a lifetime.
It is completely normal to trade your young and beautiful body for the ladder to the sky.
And Gavin’s appearance is also outstanding, plus he has special abilities.
In the past, I didn’t have much feeling when dealing with those special women. Now I suddenly return to the ordinary world. When facing these women at the bottom of society, my lethality is fully displayed. The typical male BUFF is stacked up - young and rich, Successful in career, good conversational skills, charming, and naturally likable.
Gavin, as the person involved, looked at the hands of the other man in the field with his eyes and nose, his nose and heart. It was not that he had any special hobbies, but that he was attracted by the other man's exquisite skills. Attracted by his bartending skills.
After Craven got the ghost wine, he did not start debugging immediately. Instead, he calmed down, closed his eyes and fell into deep thought.
Of course this is not pretentious, but in tune with the ghost wine and sensing its properties. The increasingly cold breath of Craven proves this.
When this aura blended with the ghost wine, his whole person looked eerie, wrapped in a black mist, looming, and at this time, his whole person started to move. The bartending equipment seemed to come alive and automatically jumped into his hands.
His bartending equipment is very strange, mainly a huge shaker, and the rest are glasses of different sizes.
Without any tools at all, the cork of the ghost wine jumped away with a bang. The other party used his own strength to force the cork out, and the entire bottle of ghost wine was covered by him. Pour into a shaker.
As the shaker began to sway, he added various auxiliary alcoholic beverages and materials one after another into the shaker.
No wine measuring device is used, every time is extremely accurate, no more, no less, even if it is freshly squeezed juice.
The whole process lasted for more than three minutes, flowing smoothly and pleasing to the eye. Even Gavin, who had never been interested in this, was watching intently, fearing that he would miss a detail. If anything is taken to an extreme, it will It's an art, and this old man's bartending skills are no exception.
Regardless of how he tastes, just with this set of moves, he can be ranked among the top three in the City of Glory, which is not just a boast.
A shaker produced a total of fourteen glasses of wine, and each glass was different.
Not only are the cups used different, but the color of the wine inside is also different, from as clear as water to as turbid as soup.
The two cups pushed to Gavin and Luna presented two extremes.
The cup in front of me looks clear at first, then turbid, and when I stare at it carefully, I can’t see the bottom. Is this a secret message about my personality?
The cup in front of Luna was unclear at first glance, but in fact it was very clear and white. Ban Yueju did not drink it, but turned to look at herself. The meaning of her inquiry was obvious.
This is a strange place. Is it appropriate to drink a glass of this mixed wine with unknown ingredients added?
Gavin did not answer her directly, but picked up the wine and took a sip.
Seeing Gavin's reaction, Luna no longer hesitated, picked up the ghost wine in front of her, and began to imitate them and sip it little by little. She had drunk ghost wine before, but only in Half Moon In the state of the horse, after transforming into an adult, I have never had the chance to try it.
According to her understanding of Gavin, if he dared to do this, he either knew the group of people in front of him very well and believed in their character, or he had made other preparations and had other powerful beings following them. Behind, protect their safety, such as the dog demon that often lurks in the dark.
Compared to the former, Luna believed that the latter was more likely. Soon Ban Yueju stopped caring about it and was completely immersed in the unique taste and feeling of the wine in front of her.
Gavin also carefully tasted the difference of the blended ghost wine. When he first tasted it, there was a coolness unique to ghost wine.
In the previous process of mixing wine, Craven did not use any ice cubes or the like, and did not even add any cooling ingredients. He added more neutral and warm ingredients. This substance completely neutralizes the deep cold of ghost wine that will explode in the intestines and stomach, but does not weaken the heat-relieving effect.
The first taste is bitter, then the sweet taste, and the aftertaste is a little bitter. In the end, it turns into a mouthful, a mouthful, and a stomach full of sweetness. Just like my own life, after going around four times, I finally accumulated The mouth is full of sweetness.
Use wine as a metaphor for people.
This old gentleman definitely used wine as a metaphor for people, and then used wine to make the person reflect on his own life.
It doesn’t matter whether the wine is good or bad, people are already drunk in it.
Just look at the reactions of the female mages and waitresses next to you.
Some were holding wine glasses and having fun there.
Some looked sad.
Some sobbed softly.
Some couldn't help crying loudly.
No one reaction is the same.
Gavin was the one with the least reaction. At most, his expression changed a few times before he returned to his natural state, showing his strong self-control ability.
Creven couldn't help but give Gavin a thumbs up. He had seen this kind of self-control before, but this was the first time he had seen it in such a young man.
Taking a long breath, Gavin said from the bottom of his heart: "The old man's level of bartending is completely beyond my understanding. This is no longer just a drink, but an art, a kind of magic. The negative energy contained in ghost wine has been used to the extreme. "
Negative energy can easily resonate with human emotions and combine to give birth to various undead creatures, especially spiritual ones.
This is what Craven takes advantage of, using ghost wine as a catalyst to arouse the emotions of the person involved, make them extreme, and then vent and release them.
Whether it is sadness or happiness, once it is vented, the whole person will definitely feel a lot more relaxed.
“It’s not that my bartending skills are good, but that the ghost wine itself is unique enough. Without this kind of wine, no matter how high my bartending skills are, I wouldn’t be able to conjure up this cocktail out of thin air.” Ruiwen said humbly, "This is the first time in my life that I have made this kind of wine. Since I am using Mr.'s wine, please help me come up with a name!"
"Observe the mind!" Gavin replied without thinking.
"Guan Xin Cocktail! Guan Xin with wine, this is a good name, we will call it this name from now on, it will become the new signature of our Antler Pot Tavern." Craven instantly understood what Gavin was talking about. The real meaning of the name, but in the end couldn't help but change the subject, "But there is a small prerequisite, that is, you can buy the ghost wine produced in your manor, otherwise this sign will not be the same. It’s just empty talk. This kind of wine of yours is so popular. It is said that there are no more than a hundred bottles in the entire Glorious City. I pulled my old face and went to beg my old friend, but it was just a glimpse and a touch. , there is no chance to get it.”
From the beginning to the end, the tavern owner did not question Gavin’s origins, not because he had met him, but because he knew how difficult it was to get ghost wine.
Even if the other party is a liar who can deceive someone with a bottle of ghost wine, he is not an ordinary person.
So, before you are sure that the other party is fake, you should take it seriously. This is the instinct of an old adventurer.
"This is simple." Gavin took out a twenty kilogram barrel of ghost wine from his Howard bag, placed it on the bar and said, "This is the ghost wine for my own use. I will give it to the old man as a gift." Bartending fee, thank you for letting me taste such a different My ghost wine, if there are a few more bartenders like you, my ghost wine will sell better.”
Creven couldn’t help but feel the ghost wine in front of him, which was different from the previous one. The bottled ones are generally the same, the only difference is the container.
Now it is basically certain that the young man in front of me is not a counterfeit with ulterior motives, but the owner of Vizeme Manor, because at the ghost wine auction, all the items auctioned are bottles of ghost wine, barrels Pretended, there is no circulation in the market.
"Then I'm not welcome." Craven was not the kind of person to be coy. He laughed and said, "I'll accept this barrel of wine. If you want to drink Guanxin cocktail in the future, , just come to me, the premise is that you bring your own ghost wine.”
Craven is still full of confidence in his bartending skills. What Olila said before was a bit conservative. Among the bartenders in the Glory City, he is not the top three, but the well-deserved number one. In the entire Northland, there are few who can match him in this aspect.
If you want to ask him to bartend, you must make an appointment in advance. It also depends on your mood. Every time you do it, it will cost at least a thousand gold.
This skill alone can make him make a lot of money every day, but it is a pity that this former soldier and former thief has reached the age where money is regarded as garbage. Compared with those nobles with hypocritical and ugly faces, He prefers the simple pastoral life of Amphiel, and by training a few disciples, he might be able to add some ink to Faerun's adventurous life in the future.
Gavin tapped on the bar, pondered for a few seconds and then said: "Old sir, I want to negotiate a deal with you."
"Oh? What deal?" Craven was seduced. Curiosity aroused.
"I still have a part of the ghost wine cellar in my manor. I can give you one hundred bottles of ghost wine at the same price as our original auction price in the valley, and I guarantee that I will sell you one hundred bottles of ghost wine at this price every year in the future." Wen is a big spender from the moment he gets started.
The auction price of ghost wine in the valley is 180 bottles. In the Glory City, it has been sold for 320 bottles. There is still a price but no market. The price difference alone is as high as 1. Four thousand gold coins is equivalent to what Gavin gave to Craven for free.
And this is a long-term transaction. From now on, Craven will not have to do anything else but just resell the Shadow Wine, earning tens of thousands of gold coins every year.
Based on the uniqueness of the Guanxin Cocktail, in the future there will be a large number of thrill-seeking nobles from the Glory City who will come to the Antler Pot Tavern to taste the wine, and it will not be difficult to directly create ten times the value. , because cocktails, to a certain extent, sell technology. When pricing, the water content is the greatest, and it all depends on one mouth.
As long as you dare to ask for it, it’s not surprising that there is a cup of ten thousand, provided that someone pays the bill.
Craven is a veteran adventurer who has seen the world. He is not easily confused by money. He smiled and asked: "What do you want?"
There is no free lunch in the world. Once there is, There must be benefits you don't know about.
Gavin did not hide it, and said directly: "I want your authorization from Guanxin Cocktail to allow me to teach others this mixing technique, and to mix and sell this cocktail in other places. . ”
Of course there is no protection of property rights in Phelan.
Gavin did this simply because he did not want to antagonize a powerful former adventurer, and he would do it openly and honestly if he could exchange benefits.
This proposal was completely unexpected by Craven. He had never seen all kinds of weird transactions in his life, including trading with souls, but he had never heard of buying one with money.
His receptive ability was also extraordinary, and he instantly understood the young man's plan in front of him.
My own Guanxin cocktail has broadened the channels for using ghost wine, and can be used as the main cocktail in any pub, especially in big cities.
The most important thing is that the young man in front of him has a unique advantage. He has a monopoly on ghost wine. When he opened the Guanxin Cocktail themed bar, no one could compete with him in this regard, because he This competition can be cut off at the source.
But there is a prerequisite: he must have a large number of bartenders who can prepare Guanxin cocktails.
Craven sighed and said: "I can give you the authorization, but do you think that any bartender can learn the bartending skills I just used?"
"For ordinary people, It is indeed very difficult because the skills are easy to learn, the wine is in sync with the ghost wine, and the opportunity is taken to observe the wine taster’s taste. It is difficult to prepare the emotional seeds that are integrated with its emotions and allow it to release emotions, but it is not so difficult that it cannot be copied. It is easier for those who are specialized in controlling emotions and negative energy to get started. "Gavin looked directly at the appearance to see the essence, and pointed directly at the essence of Craven's Mind-Watching Cocktail.
Craven, the creator of the Mind-Observing Cocktail, was deceived by Gavin’s theory.
Because he mixes drinks entirely based on experience and instinct. If you really ask him to tell the root cause, he will have to scratch his head. After all, his understanding of negative energy is far less than it has been in recent times. Gavin is experienced in it.
But if you think about it carefully, what Gavin said does contain truth, and it fits perfectly with this mind-watching cocktail.
The tavern owner couldn't help but look at the young man in front of him again, and couldn't help guessing: "Young man, you won't tell me that you have learned how to mix the Guanxin cocktail, right?"
"Me too. I'm not sure, but I want to give it a try, old gentleman, can you borrow the bartending equipment?" Gavin nodded and shook his head. The most important thing about this mind-watching cocktail is that it can arouse emotions. This is what counts as success.
"Okay." Craven walked out directly from behind the bar. His curiosity was completely aroused. He wanted to see what the young man in front of him could do.
Gavin was not polite and walked directly in. There was a big switch of identities with Craven. He became the bartender, and the tavern owner became the guest.
While picking up the huge wine shaker, imitating Craven's previous appearance, shaking it back and forth, he said to the tavern owner: "I won't mix multiple cups at once. That is not only good for the spirit. The burden was too great and the skills required were too high, so I tried to make a mind-gazing cocktail for the old man.”
As soon as the other party got started, Craven knew that the young man in front of him was a complete novice in bartending. Even if he tried his best to imitate, his movements were basically correct, but overall he felt unfamiliar and lacked the beauty of flowing water.
This situation only lasted for a few seconds. As the other party kept shaking the shaker, his movements became more and more skillful and beautiful.
Creven did not call him a genius, but he only confirmed one thing through this, that is, the opponent has rich combat skills and is good at using various weapons.
Many things are similar.
Shaking a potion pot and being good at using melee weapons have something in common - balance.
During this process, don't just use force. When necessary, follow the weapon and the cocktail mixer.
When this is done, beauty arises by itself.
That is to say, flowing clouds and flowing water.
It is estimated that the other party saw through this and dared to try.
But what surprised Craven was still behind. The shadow of the young man seemed to have come to life, winding up and overlapping with it. A cold breath suddenly filled the air. .
From the wine barrel that had the lid opened, a stream of ghost wine flew out automatically. It was directly sucked into the cocktail shaker that had been completely shaken, and then it was quickly operated.
Because Craven couldn't see the various actions he had taken when making the wine before, there was no way to compare. However, the other party's addition of ingredients was exactly the same as when he had made the wine before, including the order of addition.
After the opponent showed his proficiency in melee weapons, he also showed his strong memory.
Wouldn’t he really make a Guanxin cocktail just once?
This thought surged into Craven's mind uncontrollably, and the more he looked at it, the more likely he felt that this possibility was very high. This feeling did not come from the perfect reproduction of his movements. The most important thing was that this The aura of the young man named Gavin has completely merged with the Guanxin cocktail being prepared.
That's the key to the whole thing, the secret that makes the cocktails he mixes beyond ordinary people.
This is a secret that he has been immersed in for half a century before he figured it out, and it was so easily broken and learned?
Even though Craven thought he was broad-minded, he still had mixed feelings at this moment.
Just when his mood was extremely complicated, there was a bang, and a freshly baked Guanxin cocktail was placed in front of Craven.
Gavin said solemnly: "Please."
(End of this chapter)