I want to find a word to describe this person, but I feel that I am short of words. The reason is that there are too many things that can be said about this person. Putting aside the life of a Beijinger in New York for more than ten years, he has also held shares in a clothing company, worked as a gallery owner, studied antique cars, and likes red wine.
I like red wine and collect red wine, but I only love Bordeaux. Wu Jianxin's wine collection is scattered in the United States and China. When he came to his wine room, the wooden shelves on both sides were filled with wine and champagne. When he was about to take a closer look, he discovered that there was an empty door next to the wine room. The small, inconspicuous wooden door was locked with a heavy lock, and this was the real owner. Opening the door, a burst of cold air hit the small room. There were wines on all sides of the small room, and even all kinds of wines were neatly placed in the middle of the room. The electronic thermometer on the wall showed that the temperature in the room was 16 degrees Celsius. It turns out that the wine outside is just table wine for daily drinking, but the wine inside the house is really the wine Wu Jianxin carefully collected, all from 54 wineries around the world.
In his opinion, "Only wines from Bordeaux wineries in France are the most collectible." Of course he is a little paranoid, but most people who really love something are paranoid. To love everyone is to have no love. Paranoia is paranoia. Regarding domestic red wine, he also said some very objective issues, which are also the reality of Chinese red wine: On the one hand, there is no mature commodity inspection or quality inspection system for red wine in China, especially in China. The grading system for red wine is even more confusing. Under such circumstances, the futures value of red wine produced in China cannot be discussed at all. On the other hand, when it comes to vintage wine, it is difficult to have vintage wine in China. Apart from grape varieties and some other technical reasons, the most important thing is that there is no driving force. This driving force should come from the businessmen operating red wine in China. Usually high-quality fine red wine needs to be stored in new oak barrels for 18-24 months before bottling, which means that the process from investment to profit will take two years or more, even if some businessmen have the patience to take risks , I am afraid it will take some time for the general environment for the production of vintage red wine in China.
However, the development of red wine in China requires only the above reasons. China still lacks people who understand red wine. Most people know the name of red wine but do not know the actual fact. Someone once called Chinese red wine It was put into a bottle of Lafite, but people who drank it actually exclaimed, "Lafite is Lafite!" This made people lament that Chinese red wine still has a long way to go.
When it comes to red wine, Wu Jianxin always hopes to connect it with the inheritance and cultivation of culture, discussing China’s cultural faults and the inheritance of red wine collection from generation to generation; the collection of red wine, like the transmission of culture, requires each generation Carefully managed. He also talked about the conflict and integration of Eastern and Western cultures. He saw that the ancient Chinese wood and stone structure in the guild hall was harmoniously integrated with Western culture, and knew that every brick and wood here was designed by Wu Jianxin himself. He discussed with the master in detail where to go. So, he simply thought that Wu Jianxin was tolerant and willing to accept the integration of Chinese and Western cultures. In fact, this was not the case. He even seemed quite serious about this issue. Wearing Chinese clothes such as a mandarin jacket and cheongsam and drinking red wine seemed to him A rather ridiculous thing, this is not integration but chaos.
Looking at Wu Jianxin, who was wearing Armani and smoking a cigar, he occasionally held his chin with the hand holding the cigar, thinking about how to express his thoughts more clearly.
Suddenly I understood that the word that best describes this person is sober.
He knows what he wants and how to do it. This kind of sobriety is not the calculation of a petty businessman. For example, it is natural to spend tens of thousands or eight thousand dollars to maintain something worth millions. For red wine, good wine should be maintained in a good environment, otherwise no matter how good the wine is, it will not be good. Using 24-hour constant temperature control of 16 degrees Celsius to ensure the quality of stored wine is both smart and luxurious. Even when it comes to showing off, he is very conscious.
He does not show off his car or wine in front of ordinary people, because he knows clearly that these hobbies of his have nothing to do with the ordinary people's lives. He even laughed at himself, saying that people like him are lonely because they are far away from the masses. Show off in front of whom? In front of rich people like myself? No, he smiled and said that it was a kind of harm to each other, but if it is not impossible, what is it? Take the wine collection as an example. It’s not about how much the wine is worth, but about the understanding of the wine. He can even clearly name the name of the previous collector of the wine. He said it’s wine culture. Who really loves this.
When talking about how every time he saw an upper-class old couple at an antique car auction with their hands clasped and nervously watching their antique cars being auctioned, Wu Jianxin said that each of these cars cost millions. With the price of US dollars, what is luxury? If I really love this, words like money and luxury will be forgotten.
The same goes for hiding wine.