So...people are interested in our Ice Wine. Shit is about to pop off, but the Chinse business environment presents numerous obstacles. A lot of people bitch to us about the price (suggest retail is 80 USD for a bottle of 200ml), even though they are aware that we're selling a luxury product that is not meant to be purchased by everyone. People also want exclusive rights to sell our wine in China, which is worth a lot to us considering how massive the market is. One company even wanted us to pay him 50,000 RMB, ship him an entire container from Quebec to China (on our dime), and give them exclusivity.
So, we don't have any sales as of yet, because as you can see an optimal partnership is hard to find. Nonetheless, this shit has been fun. In one meeting, the president of an investment firm interested in the wine popped a bottle of 1,200 RMB cognac during our discussion. We proceeded to get FUCKED UP. By the end of the meeting, this guy was wobbling while walking us out.
It's not all great though, especially when you don't know much Chinese. But I can fake it pretty well. It's kind of a weird sensation when a Chinese man is looking at you directly in your eyes as if you understand him. You better not flinch though, and laugh at every joke he says. At a certain point their translator was struggling with her English. Not all was lost though, as they had a French translator because they deal with French wines a lot. My partner is from Quebec, so it allowed the meeting to continue. I, however, speak no French. At a certain point, my drunken self looked around and realized "I'm the only one here who has no clue what the fuck is going on"
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