Daniel Appelby, a London yuppie
by jarek_eight_thirty on May 21, 2008
in stories, students
Today I have a rare chance to make a good deal. Several days ago some French winemaker got in touch with my company and offered us to buy his wine. His family have produced an extraordinary red wine in Bordeaux for almost two hundred years. We’ve found out that his financial situation is bad. He is in debt and has nobody who could inherit his family business. My idea is not to buy the wine only but the whole vineyard, together with the wine and perhaps with that frog eater. I expect the negotiations to be hard. I have a plan how achieve a success. I suppose he is proud, but vain too. People like him think that they are the best winemakers in the world. I’m going to tell him that he produces the best fine wine, that the wine is exceptional, with a strong bouquet and rich fruity flavour etc. He will agree with me. The first “yes” is very important in negotiation. When I tell him that “a high quality wine doesn’t have a chance to sell well in supermarkets” he will be unable to disagree with me. Then I’ll present my terms. I know he will have to sell it. I’m looking forward to the moment when the British will not only be consumers of wine but buy its producers as well.
