American Ranch

Chapter 174
"People used to harvest in April, lying on the high heaps of grain and laughing, I walked through the golden wheat fields..."

"Let's go to the lake in the prairie, wait for the migratory birds to fly back, and give birth to a baby when we are all grown up. He will grow up and go away by himself, and we will go away separately..."

Three old friends who have known each other for more than ten years beat and sang.

Hathaway looked at Chen Mo and the others. Although she couldn't hear them, she still followed the beat, and could hear the taste of nostalgia from the music.

"Hahaha...Old Mo, I'm reminded of the prairie in Montana, let's go back and have a look when we have time." Bai Xiaoou raised his glass and said.

"It's the end of the year. I'm also thinking about the Snow Mountain Ranch..." Chen Mo stopped Hathaway and clinked glasses with Bai Xiaoou and Luo Chen.

The sky is bright with a half moon, and the evening breeze is blowing. Sitting leisurely on the sofa is very comfortable.

This night, Chen Mo and the others drank three bottles of white wine and returned to the room after getting a little drunk.

The next day, at dawn, Chen Mo woke up.

Hathaway woke up early and went out to buy breakfast. Bai Xiaoou and Luo Chen ate in the living room downstairs...

"I was about to go upstairs to call you, do you have a headache?" Hathaway asked concerned.

"No. Some dry mouth..." Chen Mo yawned and drank a cup of soy milk first.

Hathaway expected that the three of them drank too much and would be thirsty the next morning, so they bought soy milk and mineral water and came back.

This morning is relatively light, it is soy milk with small steamed buns.

This is the breakfast at Shufeng Fast Food Restaurant. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, and the larger cities in the San Francisco Bay Area are all Shufeng Fast Food Restaurants.

"Thank you." Chen Mo looked at Hathaway while eating breakfast.

This early in the morning, when Hathaway went out to buy breakfast and came back, Chen Mo was quite moved.

Hathaway smiled sweetly at Chen Mo.

After breakfast, Chen Mo checked the bank account of Hegu Ranch.There are more than 300 million U.S. dollars in the account... First, I called Bright to inquire.

The more money in the account is used for other purposes, the reservoir shared by Santana Valley Ranch and Huaxi Canyon Ranch needs to be reinforced, and a contract has been signed with the contractor.Chen Mo knew about this, but he didn't know the exact time... The money in the ranch's account could not be used, so Chen Mo could only go to the bank.

Go to Wells Fargo and make a 200-year short-term loan of $1 million.

The short-term loan has a monthly interest rate. Based on Chen Mo's credit, a one-year short-term loan of 1 million yuan has a monthly interest rate of 200%, which is an interest of 0.76 yuan a month.

Coming out of the bank, Chen Mo frowned and sat in the car.

"Is there a problem with the funds?" Hathaway accompanied Chen Mo to the bank, and just vaguely heard about the loan.

Chen Mo shook his head: "We are going to buy another car dealership, which is an unplanned expense." Chen Mo frowned a little painfully.

He used a saying in their hometown dialect, "There is a meal, but there is no knocking on the rice bucket."That is to say, when you have money, you don’t have a plan, you spend extravagantly, and you wait for things that you don’t have money for... like this, it doesn’t work.

In the car trading area in the southeastern suburbs of Napa, Bai Xiaoou chatted with the owner of the second-hand car dealership.This car dealership is quite large, covering an area of ​​5 acres, and the sale price of 470 million US dollars is basically no room for bargaining.After Chen Mo came over and confirmed that the funds had arrived, he contacted the lawyer and signed the contract...

The original name of the dealership was 'Jemmy', which means Jamie.After I bought it, I changed the name to 'brothers', a brother car dealership.Very old-fashioned name, but the three of them are very satisfied...

The dealership changed its name and ceased operations.

The price of 470 million US dollars can be said to be not expensive at all, and Chen Mo and the others still made a small profit.However, there is an additional condition, that is, to accept the original workers of the car dealership.

This car dealership has an auto repair shop, two large warehouses (sells cheap used cars), and a sales center (sells better used cars). A total of 15 people including the dealership manager.

Selling the car dealership was not because the dealership was losing money, but because of the owner of the dealership.But on the whole, car dealerships have been making profits. In the past thirteen months, only two rare months have suffered losses.The other months are profitable, and the net profit is not much... If the profit of the past 13 months is used, it will take about 30 years to earn back the investment.

15 employees, the manager's salary is $3300 (semi-monthly salary).The basic salary of the salesperson is 500 US dollars (half monthly salary), plus sales commission. If the performance is good, you can get the treatment of the manager and the manager exceeds the manager, but it is very difficult.If the sales performance is not good, there is a guaranteed salary of 1500 US dollars (half monthly salary).

One of the most important things to take over this car dealership is not to reduce the salary of the employees, nor to fire the employees.

It is said that employees cannot be fired, but if employees are disobedient and make mistakes, they can be given a "holiday".American workers have various unions, and the capitalists' magic weapon against the unions is to give employees "holidays".Vacation without pay... The employees who are on vacation are still employees of the original company in theory, but the original company does not pay them. If they want to live, they can only find a new job. When they find a new job...

Close the door and close the business that day, rectify the company's interior, and at the same time familiarize yourself with the company's operations and company personnel.

Chen Mo still doesn't participate in the company's management, and Luo Chen is also not familiar with the automobile business, so Bai Xiaoou came to do it, reorganized the work like a quick knife, and set up a security department...

"Old Mo, you are in Napa anyway, so you can help keep an eye on this car dealership." In the dealership boss's office, Bai Xiaoou looked at Chen Mo with a smile.

"I'm really not free. I don't understand the work of the car dealership... But I think, is the company's finances arranged for someone new? And this manager, can you trust it?"

"Administrative management and finance are two independent departments. I arranged for the finance to come here. There is nothing wrong with the manager. He has been working here for more than ten years. By the way, has your cousin who is studying bought a car? If he hasn't bought a car Tell him to come over and drive one." There are forty or fifty cars in the store, and most of them are models that are very difficult to sell.

The valuation of used cars in the United States is relatively uniform. The average annual used car transaction volume in the United States is 4000-4500 million. Most of the pricing is done through KBB...

Operating a second-hand car dealership, the profit point of making ordinary models is not high.Half of the profit of this car dealership is auto repair and vehicle modification...

Chen Mo shrugged and went to the hypermarket to have a look.The cheapest used car parked here can be driven away for only $750.These are near-dead vehicles, and don't expect it to turn into a Hornet...

There are many cars around US$1, and there are many choices.

Chen Mo took out his phone and called Xiong Jieming: "Hi, is get out of class over yet?"

"get out of class is over." Xiong Jieming reconfirmed that it was Chen Mo's phone number, and was a little puzzled why Chen Mo called him: "Is there anything wrong?"

"You seem to be on vacation at the end of this month, have you found a part-time job?"

Chen Mo's sudden concern stunned Xiong Jieming for a while: "It's better to go to the restaurant to do odd jobs. Cousin Chen Xiao has arranged for me."

"Well. I'm at a used car dealership in Napa. If you're free, come over now and drive a car." Chen Mo let out a long breath: "I'm here with your brother Bai and Brother Luo Chen I bought a second-hand car dealer, come and have a look, we will give you one."

Xiong Jieming wanted to buy a car a long time ago, but the money he earned from working part-time was not enough for living expenses, and he couldn't talk to his parents...

"Thank you cousin, but..."

"No need to wait, come here quickly." Chen Mo hung up the phone domineeringly, and sent the address of the car dealership.

(End of this chapter)