American Ranch

Chapter 114 Third Uncle's Shock

The houses in San Francisco can still be dreamed of, yearned for, and look forward to living in such a house with a little effort.As for the ranch mansion, most people can only look up to...

"How many servants do you have to hire for such a big house?" The third aunt said with her eyes wide open, in disbelief.

The third aunt looks at Chen Mo differently now.The house in San Francisco’s North Bay is worth more than 400 million. This house is several times bigger, and the decoration is more luxurious. Especially the living room, it feels like it can put a swimming pool. It’s rare to see such a house on TV. .

"I like to be quiet, and I live alone." Chen Mo smiled, touched Aphra in Chen Xiao's arms, turned around and went out to carry things on the truck.

First, I moved a few boxes of Fine mineral water. It is said that it is hundreds of meters deep under Mount Fuji. The bottle looks good. Chen Xiao often drinks this mineral water.I went to the supermarket in the morning and saw it, so I bought a few boxes...

The house has four bedrooms on the second floor and two on the first floor.After arranging everyone's bedrooms, Chen Mo tidied up the room and took everyone out for a stroll.

The pasture in the valley is lush, and a small part has been harvested.

Leaving the Dry Valley and coming to the Moro Valley, we first saw a factory that was still under construction.This is also a very important place of the ranch. All the dry fodder of the pasture goes out from here, and a part has already been built. Chen Mo led everyone into it...

"The construction of the factory is quite fast, and the dryers are all installed." Chen Chen said, looking at the three rows of long pipes.

Xiong Jieming looked left and right, and there was a set of dryers working, and employees in white overalls were adjusting the equipment under the guidance of the salesman.

"This is... an electric dryer?" Xiong Jieming asked in surprise, looking around but not seeing the boiler.

"Electricity is more hygienic and environmentally friendly."

"It consumes a lot of energy." Xiong Jieming commented with his limited knowledge.

Chen Chen shook his head with a smile: "The ranch has its own power plant. The electricity it generates can't be used up by itself, and it can't be connected..."

The original Snow Mountain Ranch also has a ranch dryer that burns coal.The coal-burning dryer does not say that it is not polluting, but the main reason is that it cannot control the temperature very accurately.The price of this set of electric dryers is relatively expensive, but the ranch has its own power station, so there is no need to pay for electricity.After a few years, the cost will basically be flat.

Xiong Jieming opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but swallowed it.

"Boss, Mr Chen." Kang Si walked over with some dried pasture samples in his hand.

These dried pastures are still green, but have lost moisture.Compared with naturally air-dried pasture, dryer-dried pasture can retain more nutrients and digestible crude protein.

"These are dried pastures?" Chen Chen took the pastures and squeezed them, it was crispy.

"Yes." Kang Si said, turned around and bowed slightly to Chen Mo: "We are adjusting the power of the machine so that we can retain more nutrients and digestible crude protein of pasture. We have obtained 12 samples and strive to Decide on a plan today."

"Where's Brett?" Chen Mo asked.

"Bright should vaccinate Dorper sheep in the No. 19 breeding area." Kang Si was very respectful to Chen Mo, and his attitude towards Chen Chen was different.

Inoculation is not artificial picking, but embryo transfer and breeding... This is a very mature technology, the pregnancy rate can reach more than 80.00%, and the lambing rate can basically reach 70.00%.

Bright introduced 2000 registered embryos of purebred Dorper sheep. If all goes well, about 1500 lambs will be born in five months...

After looking at the factory, Chen Mo didn't want to go to the breeding area anymore.

Although Chen Mo runs a ranch, he seldom enters the breeding area. Firstly, he can't stand the smell, and secondly, he can't stand the way the cattle and sheep look at him.Humans are emotional animals after all...

"Uncle, aunt, you are living in the ranch for a while now, let Chen Chen take you to familiarize yourself with the environment here." Chen Mo said, pointing to his pickup truck, let uncle and aunt ride in his car, and pulled Chen Chen away Come here, take the passenger seat...

Father Chen also squeezed into the car after seeing it, wanting to hear what they had to say.

"Okay, let's live here for a while." The third uncle said with a smile.

"Chen Mo, arrange easy and simple work for your third uncle and the others."

"No, what should we do? We want to make money here..." Uncle San showed a bitter smile.

Chen Mo saw it in the rearview mirror...

As the saying goes, 'relatives do not share wealth, and do not share wealth with each other'.It means that if there are financial exchanges between relatives, the two families will not be far from becoming enemies.

Although this sentence is exaggerated, it does take more consideration when doing things under the hands of relatives.

But as a boss, when working under his own hands, there are many things to be wary of.

Many things cannot be solved by relatives, especially when money is involved. If the problem is not handled properly, it will hurt money and hurt feelings.

But everything is not absolute, there are still many examples of getting along well with relatives at work.

Chen Mo doesn't arrange work for the third uncle and the others for the time being, because he wants them to have an adaptation period and learn about the basic situation in the United States...

The United States is really not full of gold.

Chen Mo has scruples, and the third uncle has the same scruples... If there is no other way, the third uncle and the third aunt would not think of coming to work for Chen Mo...

Xiong Jieming is young and has no social experience.

He is the pride of heaven in school, and he has cultivated a character with a heart higher than the sky. He doesn't know what will happen in the future, but as a parent, he has to consider these things.

Going to that university costs too much.Even if Xiong Jieming graduates successfully in the future, unless he can stay in the United States and find a good job, or return to China, I really don't know when he will be able to pay it off.

Actually, Chen Mo really doesn't care how long it takes for Xiong Jieming to pay it back, whether he can pay it back, or whether he will pay it back... He can even sponsor a girl whom he has only known for a few months to go to college. Xiong Jieming is his cousin, and in the future he will have the ability Just pay it back, if you don’t have the ability to pay it back.Chen Mo doesn't care about that little money...

Chen Mo didn't know why, he thought of Ellie occasionally, but didn't want to contact her again.All along, Ellie took the initiative to call Chen Mo. Ever since Chen Mo changed his phone number, the two haven't been in touch...

With an unnatural smile on Third Aunt's face, she lightly tugged Third Uncle.

The third uncle smiled bitterly.

Father Chen sighed a little, put his hands on Uncle Third's shoulder, and he didn't know what to say.

Ever since Chen Mo gave up his studies and went to work, and shouldered the family burden that shouldn't belong to him, Father Chen felt guilty towards Chen Mo...

The car was quiet for a while.

"Third Uncle, let's go and see the Tree Vineyard." Chen Mo talked about the situation of the Valley Tree Vineyard, and continued: "The ranch now has more than 2650 employees, ordinary workers... the half-monthly salary of our ranch, ordinary workers The worker’s semi-monthly salary is 1325, which is 6 US dollars per week. The normal working hours are 8 days a week, and the normal working hours are [-] hours a day. Working on the ranch often involves overtime, and there is no such thing as overtime pay, and the salary is basically fixed.”

"Without overtime pay, what are these workers willing to do?" Father Chen asked.

Chen Chen turned his head and smiled: "The weekly salary is 1325 US dollars, which is also a very high salary in California, especially for ordinary workers on farms and ranches. The normal working hours are 58 hours. Six days a week, 8 hours a day, and overtime is used to make up for the insufficient time... In fact, each person works less than 58 hours a week."

"That's it, it's okay."

"We implement work attendance and clock in and out. People who get off work 116 hours a month will also be rewarded with 200 dollars. I don't know if they can get this 200 dollars."

The weekly salary is 1325 US dollars, converted into RMB...more than 8000, which is close to 9000 RMB.

The third uncle calculated in his mind, and said: "It is said on the Internet that American beef is very cheap. You hired more than [-] workers, how many cows do you have to raise?"

"There are not many cattle, and we mainly raise sheep." Chen Mo drove the car onto the dirt road: "Meat in the United States is not cheap at all, and there are many ways to do it here, divided into cheap meat, green meat, and organic meat. Familiar grades. Cheap meat, such as beef, from two dollars to less than ten dollars a pound for different parts. A pound is about ninety-two five, less than a catty. Green meat, six or seven dollars to twenty or thirty ...Organic beef usually starts at ten dollars, and expensive ones can sell for hundreds of dollars a pound..." or even thousands of dollars a pound.

Chen Mo didn't say anything later, for fear that Uncle San would not believe him.It is not easy to raise beef worth hundreds of dollars per pound. In addition to being organic, the breed of cattle is also very important, and you have to have your own sales channels...

The ranch now has 35 workers, and the recruitment has not stopped. The plan is to recruit 60-70 workers.

Organic ranching requires two to three times as much labor as ordinary ranching, which is why organic meat is expensive... Organic meat is expensive, but organic ranching requires a lot of labor, technical support, and a lot of money. fun.

(End of this chapter)