Chapter 1840 - 679: In the Cinema with Sophia

Chapter 1840: Chapter 679: In the Cinema with Sophia

"In my opinion, there’s no such thing as the best-tasting red wine. It’s more about each country having its own style."

"Oh? Is that so? Then tell me, what styles of red wine from different countries do you know?"

Sophia took a sip of sparkling water, then said, "I think the characteristic of French red wine is its classic and aged flavor, with a taste of time in it."

"And our Italian red wine’s style is rich and complex, much like the people from our land."

"Then there’s Spanish red wine, which is known for its balanced taste and great value for money."

"The Portuguese red wine style is full-bodied and has a particularly deep... flavor."

Zhang Jingdong carefully savored her words, then said, "Sophia, to be honest, calling you ’teacher’ was somewhat teasing before, but now I must admit you truly are a teacher. Your knowledge is truly extensive, and your understanding of things is very profound."

Sophia shook her head with a smile, "You’re exaggerating. Actually, the reason I know this stuff isn’t because of my extensive knowledge, but because my father runs a vineyard."

Zhang Jingdong laughed immediately, "Is that so? What a coincidence! In that case, can you do me a favor?"

"What favor do you need?"

"I want to buy a vineyard. Can you help me with some advice?"

"Wha... What? You want to buy a vineyard?"

Surprised, Sophia scrutinized Zhang Jingdong again and said, "Do you know how much a vineyard costs? Are you sure?"

Mainly because Zhang Jingdong looks so young; to Sophia, even if he were a second-generation rich kid, it wouldn’t seem possible for him to afford a vineyard.

Zhang Jingdong smirked, "My budget is 500 million to 1 billion US dollars. Do you think that’s enough?"

Sophia was once again taken aback!

Seeing how Zhang Jingdong wasn’t joking, she said, "That amount is certainly enough. It’s just... can you really come up with that much money?"

Zhang Jingdong said casually, "Do you know of the Dongsheng Group in Jiangdu?"

Sophia, who taught fashion design at school, knew about the DL Clothing Design Company, and since Dongsheng Group is the parent company of DL Clothing Design Company, she was familiar with this group.

She nodded blankly, "I know, why?"

Zhang Jingdong took a sip of sparkling water, "I’m the owner of that group company."

"What!?" Sophia was utterly shocked, "You... Aren’t you under 30 years old?"

"That’s right."

Sophia saw Zhang Jingdong’s calm expression and continued, "Are you really the owner of that group company?"

Zhang Jingdong casually took out his wallet, drew a business card from it, and placed it in front of Sophia.

Sophia picked up the business card, gave it a glance, and instantly believed him completely.

Primarily, there was no reason for Zhang Jingdong to deceive her.

At this moment, Zhang Jingdong said, "If you’re still not convinced, you can call your friends in Jiangdu to verify, or I can find someone you know from my contact list and call them."

Sophia shook her head, "No need, I believe you."

"So will you help me with the vineyard purchase? I can offer you a payment, just name your price. I won’t haggle."

Sophia sincerely said, "No need. It’s not that I can be much help, at most, I can just take you to some vineyards and simply give some suggestions."

"That’s already a huge help. How about this, I’ll pay you 5,000 US dollars a day, is that okay?"

Sophia waved her hand, "No, that’s too much! I can’t accept it!"

"How about 2,000 US dollars a day? Let’s settle on that, anything lower and I’d feel embarrassed."

Sophia waved her hand again, "I really can’t accept it. If you truly want my help, then don’t bring up money anymore, otherwise, I won’t help you."

At this point, Sophia glanced down at her Bulgari necklace and said, "This necklace alone was already a generous gift. If I took more of your money, that really wouldn’t be right!"

Seeing Sophia take such a firm stance, Zhang Jingdong thought there would be plenty of opportunities to give her gifts in the future, so he said, "Alright, then I’ll just have to thank you again."

"Cheers to you!"

Zhang Jingdong said, raising his glass.

Seeing that Zhang Jingdong was no longer bringing up money, Sophia also raised her glass and clinked it with his, then took a big gulp of sparkling water.

Half an hour later, the two finished their lunch and left the restaurant.

They strolled down the street for a while, and then Zhang Jingdong suddenly remembered something and said, "How about we go to the cinema for a movie? When I was a kid, watching ’Heavenly Cinema,’ I always dreamt of coming to Italy one day and watching a movie in a cinema here."

Sophia nodded with a smile, "Sure, recently, Monica Bellucci’s ’Secret Police’ is showing. Shall we see that?"

Zhang Jingdong was immediately intrigued, "Okay!"

The two walked for about ten minutes and arrived outside a cinema.

The cinema wasn’t very large, and its decor was average, but it resembled those in the Italian films Zhang Jingdong had seen before.

They went inside, bought tickets, waited about twenty more minutes, and then entered the screening room.

Soon the movie started, and Zhang Jingdong felt something special seeing the radiant Qiuhua on the screen.

Once, in his past life, he had admired Monica Bellucci from afar, only able to watch her on screens from a great distance, never having the chance to visit Italy.