Chapter 18 Chapter 17 German Love

"A lover who still communicated by letter in 2006? Ha! It's really rare." Ms. Emma smiled and took a sip of Cuba Libre in her hand. "Maybe they are used to this way of communication?" Taphne made a hypothesis. "should be?" It was the old man Heiner who spoke - Taphne's hypothesis was quickly answered. Of course, everyone was waiting for Mr. Heiner’s next words. The old man hesitated for a moment, and then continued: "I have known these two people for a long time, and they are still relatively familiar-to be honest, Sears knew John, or was it introduced by me?"

There was a burst of surprise from the crowd. "I knew John long before he was famous - he was a bartender in a small bar: the Piaf bar, just across from Eleven police station: there should be officers who know there. ", he looked at the two detectives present. “When I was an agent in the Eleventh Precinct,” Wenzel recalls, “that bar was there—they were pretty famous for their tequila?” "Maybe this can explain the origin of the receptionist's hobby of collecting?" Carl gave a rather interesting hypothesis. "I value his talent, and through some connections, I arranged for him to go to Germany to learn bartending and wine tasting-you know, the world's best bartender is in Hamburg, and the world's best sommelier is in Berlin?", Hai Inner continued, "It has nothing to do with the arrogant French and Americans."

"What about those wine tasting magazines?" Mr. Khamis asked curiously, "What you said is quite different from what is often mentioned in the media." "Arrogant people love vanity." Heiner said with a smile, "Simple truth." "Please continue." Wenzel reminded politely. "Huh? These two elegant skills need time, at least five years for observation and memory, and a lifetime for comprehension and creation. About three years after John left the city of Free Will, I met another young man —Although he is young now, he was much younger then?"

"That's Sears Donado, of course!" Taphne interjected again - Wenzel gave him a glare, and the impudent assistant knew he had made a mistake again, so he vomited at his boss Tongue, and then made a gesture of covering his mouth, which means that he will stop talking nonsense. "That's right, that's him?" Perhaps thinking that Sears and John were dead, Heiner sighed heavily, "Because of his family background, he has been living in Akvavit (Akvavit) since he was six years old. ) bar boy - and that bar is run by the genius Bytom: magazines often liken him to 'the Nietzsche of the town's wine world' - and you know what that title means, of course. Sears has memorized all kinds of wine names and origins since he was a child, tasted wines and liquids from all over the world, and is proficient in the mixing methods and exquisiteness of various cocktails? By the time I met him, he had already done it in the bar A whole decade!

Bytom, who is single, even plans to adopt the bar to him!That's what anyone would like: of course, he has a genius no less than John, it is no exaggeration to say - he is the most gifted child I have ever seen: a child prodigy! " "Is it that exaggerated?" Amy was quite skeptical about this. "The first impression he gave me was just a reckless and introverted young man." "So there must be something hidden in it?" Ms. Emma explained triumphantly, "I like hearing stories like this the most." "To tell you the truth, I regret sending John to Germany—I started to regret it as soon as I met Sears. You know, those masters never want to pass on the experience and knowledge they have spent their entire lives. I will send John to Germany. Bringing them by their side has already used up all my friendship with them. And now, I have to taste the bitter fruit I planted myself?"

"Then give Sears to John? The only good way." This time it was Miss Jenny who interrupted—fortunately, that was all she said. "A compromise? I spent a lot of effort to convince Bytom to let Sears agree to study in Germany. Then, I gave Sears John's address in Potsdam and called John several times in advance. On the phone, he also delivered a special letter to Sears: in the letter, he repeatedly asked John to take good care of Sears, and asked him to find an opportunity to introduce Sears to the two masters—if they could let them Seeing Sears' talent that is different from ordinary people, maybe they will break the rules and accept this extraordinary apprentice?"

"What about August? Didn't he obstruct anything—but what about his own brother!" Taphne interrupted again—this bad habit that couldn't be changed, Wenzel didn't even bother to stare at her anymore , just smiled at her. Taphne quickly covered her mouth again. "That man shouldn't be called 'brother' at all!" said Heiner angrily, "at first he seemed very reluctant to let him go - but I only gave him a small sum of money , and sent him away immediately. Their brother's parents died early, and each had his own livelihood. But in fact, all the money Sears made in the bar was transferred to his brother's account? When Erles was sixteen, he was earning a lot every month, but he didn't even have a decent change of clothes:

His only winter coat was given to him by Bytom on his fourteenth birthday.That Grandet-style postman, I've never seen anyone like that?" Heiner said bitterly. "So Sears is Eugenie under Grandet?" Madam Emma took a sip of her wine, "Old-fashioned Balzac-style tragedy? Or, human comedy, tsk tsk!" No one reacted to the comment, and Heiner went on: "But the masters didn't accept any more apprentices after all-I don't know if there is any inside story. John arranged a bar job for Sears. It is said that the operator is a famous apprentice of the Hamburger: John is vague about this, Although I felt extremely regretful, I didn’t go into it. Then, I was busy preparing a new winery with these two friends near Pastour Manor, and I didn’t care about their affairs anymore,” he pointed out He pointed to Pressman and Clu beside him.

"Don't you even know they're in love?" Miss Esther asked—she seemed to have forgotten the incident of going back to Mel City mentioned earlier: it seems that Heiner's The story is still fascinating. "I only found out after the fact," Heiner shook his head painfully, "John is also really a genius—he came back in the fifth year, much less time than normal people. At the beginning of his return, in order to enter He often comes to visit me. While helping him establish a network of people, I also learned more or less about Sears' recent situation: He said he kept in touch with Sears by letter. I asked for the address of Sears, took a moment, and wrote him a letter."

The old man's mouth was a little dry, and Amy brought him a glass of soda from the wine counter. He took a sip and said thank you to Amy: "? Sears wrote me back shortly thereafter. In it he told me about his relationship with John - I was shocked. You know, I'm a Protestant, but I've never considered myself a conservative: and this news let me know, I was wrong?" He took another sip of water, "Out of duty, I wrote back, the letter Zhong strongly opposed their continued relationship.But Sears stopped writing to me.Angrily, I went to John, advised him, threatened him, told him to give up Sears - but he arrogantly refused me? The arrogance shocked me, and I did not hesitate to terminate my help to him.This incident hit me hard, and for this reason, I haven't contacted them for about five years.After that, even if you see a gifted child, you just choose to leave silently?"

"But you found him later because of your winery?" Carl asked this embarrassing question, "Just like what August said?" "That's right? After two consecutive years of bad harvests and poor management, we urgently need a sum of money to turn around. Although the amount of the loan is not too much, it needs the joint guarantee of celebrities." "What about your original relationships?" Taphne asked curiously. "It's already become John's," Heiner shook his head resignedly, "because of my open hostility, they had to choose between me and him—as you can see, How successful John has been in the past few years? But who will sympathize with me, an old man who failed to invest? As a result, now, in order to get the support of my former friends, I have to find a way to get along with John Baines Reunion? What a merciless irony!" Pressman and Klu beside the old man also began to sigh repeatedly—these were indeed two loyal friends. "'A friend of my enemy is my enemy'—is this outdated means of communication really cruel?", Emma read the letters and picked up another glass of Cuba Libertad—her fifth. "I love Cuba Libre!", she exclaimed in a drunken voice. "Cuba Liberty is the only one tuned best by Mr. Nicholas?" It therefore seems compelled to retract the statement made that Ms Emma Hessell was quite moderate in her consumption of alcohol