Chapter 943 Sifu Winery

Li Ba's words were very brief, so brief that before the fans could react, he ended it and handed the microphone back.

Then, there was a huge discussion and a large number of fans started shouting his name.

Li Ba hugged his teammates one by one, then head coach Frank, members of the coaching staff, and finally the Colangelo father and son who are also leaving the Suns.

When it was boss Sarver's turn, he repeatedly warned: "Hammer, you must come back. Even if you are no longer here, you are still the boss of this team."

"I will come back as soon as possible, and I also think I will come back as quickly as possible." Li Ba said with a smile.

"Mr. Stern, I'm sorry."

Finally, Li Ba and Mr. Stern hugged.

"Iron Hammer, I hope you can come back as soon as possible." Stern said bitterly.

Li Ba nodded and walked towards the entrance of the passage with the trophy.

"Hammer, will you come back?"

"Hammer, when will you come back?"

Countless fans shouted.

Li Ba didn't answer. He raised his right hand with a smile, made an OK gesture, and then disappeared at the entrance of the passage.

This night, the Suns' dynasty defense and Li Ba's retirement captured everyone's attention.

Countless media outlets are rushing to make tomorrow's headlines, and countless netizens have flocked to various platforms to express their opinions.

Although Li Ba still did not explain the specific situation, the media's speculation has been recognized by the public, so in general, due to family health reasons, Li Ba's retirement was not criticized by the media, which is better than Jordan's back then.

Likewise, on the other side of the Pacific, because it was daytime, the reaction was ten times greater than on the American side.

Unlike the United States, more people and media in China have criticized Li Ba because of their lack of understanding of depression.

"It's too pretentious and selfish. If someone in his family is sick and retires, will he make up for the team's losses?"

Similar accusations are overwhelming.

Li Ba didn't pay attention to this. He returned home overnight and started moving.

Dayao wanted to invest in wine and also followed Li Ba.

Everything had been prepared long ago. Gao Yuanyuan and Bill Duffy were here to help all night. As soon as Li Ba got home, he rushed to the airport with his family.

If we don't leave tonight, we will definitely be surrounded by media and fans tomorrow, which will be a lot of trouble.

However, only Gao Yuanyuan followed, and Bill Duffy stayed in Phoenix to deal with the media.

At midnight, Li Ba and his party flew to San Francisco on the team's special plane.

On June 15, Li Ba's family and Dayao took a day's rest in San Francisco and purchased a batch of household items. , went to Napa Valley on the 16th.

After passing the Golden Gate Bridge, the car didn't drive very fast. It took 70 minutes to reach Napa for 100 kilometers, and another half an hour to reach Sifu Winery.

The so-called valley is actually sloping land, continuous grape trellises, and a huge castle in the middle.

The car drove all the way to the front of the castle, which had been notified. When we arrived, the castle gate was open, and many people were waiting in front. The leader was the former owner Wells Sifu, the son of the hotel founder John Sifu.

If his father was in charge, this hotel would definitely not change hands, but Wells Sifu was born on Wall Street and majored in financial investment. This gave Li Ba the opportunity to take over the winery.

But if Li Ba had not had a large number of contacts, it would not have been his turn as a Chinese to take over Sifu Winery, one of the top ten wineries in the United States.

Many people here were surprised to see Li Ba appear here.

They are all basketball fans. They watched Li Ba win the championship and become a dynasty the night before, and then watched him retire. They did not expect to see him at their place of work today.

After the meeting and greetings, Wells Sifu, who looked unhappy, took Li Ba and his party to visit the castle and introduced the situation.

The castle is very large, with a nine-foot-high wall in an oval shape. The main building of the castle faces north and south, covering an area of ​​nearly 800 square meters. The highest four-story building has 28 rooms and many ancillary buildings. Under the castle is a huge wine cellar that can store millions of bottles of wine.

After Sifu's wine is brewed, it needs to be kept for two to three years before it can be drunk. This is their hiding place.

Outside the building, there are two tennis courts, with a large lawn outside and a continuous grape vine against the wall.

Outside the fence, there are 1,200 acres of vineyards of Sifu Winery, as well as a large number of solar energy equipment.

Sifu Winery does not use a power grid. These solar energy provide enough electricity for the winery, which is completely green and environmentally friendly.

Now is the flowering season, but the grape flowers are very small and the color is light green and not very conspicuous, but there is no colorful landscape.

Sifu Winery produces red and white wines, and the top wine is the Luyue Mountain Selection. It is this wine that makes Sifu enter the ranks of the world's top wines.

Its annual output has reached 30,000 cases of wine and about 360,000 bottles. The output is still quite large. The annual output value can reach about 30 million US dollars. After excluding expenses, the net profit is also millions of US dollars.

Time was limited, so after only taking a brief look, and then specifically looking at the huge wine cellar, Li Ba and Wells Sifu completed the final handover.

Wells Sifu left Sifu Castle with regrets, while Li Ba still had some things to deal with.

The Sifu family has left, but the people who work here are still there. Most of them are locals and people who work at the winery all year round, earning a weekly salary.

These people are headed by Mero Philip and Sirol John. The former is the supervisor here, and the latter is the best brewer here. The two of them have worked here for more than twenty years, and the two families add up to more than ten people. Koudu lives and works in the winery.

It is precisely because they have lived and worked here for so long that they have become accustomed to these quiet lives, so they do not want to leave here.

They are waiting outside the door, waiting for the new boss's decision on whether to retain them and whether the salary level will be reduced. This is very important to them.

"Mr. Philip, Mr. John, I want to know, how many people have left? Can the people who stay continue to run the winery normally?"

Li Ba asked.

"Boss, you can just call us Mero and Sirol..." Mero Philip said: "There are fifty-two people in total, and only two of them have left. The remaining people can still keep the winery running, but only slightly." Just nervous.”

Li Ba nodded, pointed at the girl and said: "Let me introduce, this is my wife, her English name is Crystal. She is the real legal owner of this winery, and she will also be the principal here in the future. "

"Hello, Mrs. Crystal!" Everyone greeted immediately.

"Hello everyone!"

The girl said as agreed: "Everyone can stay and continue working. Everyone will get a new contract and a 10% salary increase on the original basis. I hope everyone can live and work happily here."

"Oh, that's great!" Everyone said happily.