American Ranch

Chapter 40
Back at the ranch, Chen Mo did some preparatory work before the 'gold rush'.

In a few days...

In the southwest of the ranch, there is a seasonal creek, with golden dots reflected on the gravel of the riverbed in the sun.

In the desolate Gobi, the wind is howling.A few clever wild deer are grazing not far away, and they don't panic when they see people coming...

Brett washed the soil and gravel with an iron basin, and easily washed out a large amount of gold dust: "The gold content is so high." Brett looked at Chen Mo in shock.

There are quite a few rivers with golden sand in Montana, but it’s just a matter of gold content. Most of the rivers that contain gold are not worth panning for gold...

"I was also taken aback before, stop the ink, and start working soon." Chen Mo said.

"Wait, wait..." Brett picked up a small black stone from the golden sand: "Boss, raw sapphire. '

A very small one, not as big as a match head, black.

Chen Mo went over to take a look...

Brett held the small stone and rubbed it vigorously on the clothes, revealing a little bit of dark blue: "It is indeed a sapphire."

"Montana sapphire? Why is it black?" Montana sapphire is very famous, rich in the upper reaches of the Missouri River. Chen Mo saw a photo of Montana sapphire on the Internet.These sapphires are usually small, and the largest rough Montana sapphire ever found was 64.14 carats.

"It has to be cut and heat-treated. Look..." Brett showed his wedding ring: "This one is a sapphire, it's beautiful."

"so small?"

"It's not too small, it's 2 carats."

"Okay, okay, hurry up and work. The real thing is to wash out the gold... Sapphire, it's not worth a lot of money."

"watt……"

Chen Mo was too lazy to talk to him, so he pushed him to sit on the excavator and hurried to work.

The largest sapphire mining company in Montana seems to have an annual net profit of less than 100 million... Sapphires are found here, but Chen Mo doesn't know that this area is a mine rich in sapphires.If so, it would be too coincidental.

Setting up a sapphire mining company is not as easy and cost-effective as raising a few more cows.

There are hundreds of kilograms of gold sand in the river, which Chen Mo secretly sprinkled, and then stirred it with an excavator.All the sand is on the surface...

The gold content in the riverbed gravel should not be too high.Chen Mo purposely dragged Bright over to help, asking him to be a witness.

Through getting along with Brett during this period, Chen Mo also recognized him as a person. At least compared with Camerby and Ashol, Chen Mo trusted Brett more.

The gold here is a huge sum of money, and the money is touching, and it is in a remote wilderness.Brett came here mainly because he was a man who had seen the money, and considerations of character in the high-income elite were also important.

Chen Mo went over to start the ore washing machine, Brett sent a bucket of sand and gravel, hula la walked through the conveyor belt, at least several hundred grams of gold...

The Snow Mountain Ranch is very large, 3.5 hectares, or 350 square kilometers.

Driving here from the area where the ranch has population activities, because there is no flat road, it takes an hour to drive, and there is no human habitation within a radius of tens of kilometers, which is not bragging.Here, even if dozens of detonators are placed, no one will know...

In the evening, Chen Mo and the two of them washed out four barrels of selected mineral sand, drove to his secret base, the pasture residence where alfalfa seeds were stored, and washed out the gold overnight, 1964 ounces.

Bright had been on the phone while Chen Mo was washing and drying the gold, arranging ranch work.

It's going to be winter, and there are a lot of things going on in the ranch, and Chen Mo's head hurts from the noise next to him.

Brett finally finished the phone call, and Chen Mo also weighed the gold, ready to melt the gold... Chen Mo is already familiar with these tasks...

"Boss, how much gold did you find today?"

"3000."

"ounce?"

"Yeah." Chen Mo reported more.

In the space, Chen Moke has 1.6 tons of gold bars ready to be disposed of.

Brett opened his mouth slightly, and was about to say something, but it got stuck in his throat.

"Today's gold price is $1364, 3000 ounces...$400 million. That is to say, we can pay off the bank loan in just 10 days." Bright took a deep breath. He is someone who has seen the money, but With such a pair of gold in front of him, Brett's heart beat faster.

If it were someone else, maybe some crooked mind would arise.

"1364 is the market price, and the selling price is definitely not that expensive. These golds have impurities... 1200 US dollars per ounce, I am satisfied. The important thing is that there is no tax, that would be too bad."

"It must be converted into US dollars as soon as possible to pay off the debt..."

After the tax reform, the corporate income tax is 20.00% (maximum).

Corporate income tax administration has never been easy.Corporate income tax is a tax levied on the profits of a company after deducting costs and expenses.

There are tax loopholes in various preferential tax policies.

As long as the company has a book loss or a loss that can be carried forward, it may not pay any income tax.

The income from the sale of gold can be included in the ranch income, and this part of the income can be used to repay debts.The other is the cost of investing in ranch infrastructure, which is partially reimbursed by the Department of Agriculture, usually in the form of tax credits or tax rebates.

The tax system in the United States is very complicated, and even some professional accountants can't understand it. You have to hire a lawyer or an accounting firm to sort it out.

"The tax filing season ends on April 4 next year at the latest. Selling gold before then can save a lot of money." The reason why Bright came here was not because he was overwhelmed by Chen Mo's dominance, or The extra salary of 17 yuan per year is due to the unhappy work in the previous ranch.

When I came to the Snow Mountain Ranch, I faced too many problems.

As long as the debt is not too high, Snow Mountain Ranch can develop slowly and more easily.

"Call Cohen and ask if his people have arrived. I'm really anxious." Chen Mo melted the second piece of gold, took out a cigarette and lit it with a flame gun, and took a puff.

Chen Mo and Bright knew about the gold in the ranch, plus Wells Fargo...

This matter cannot be leaked, at least not in a short period of time.

Bright and Chen Mo dug for gold for another two days, but the people from Wells Fargo hadn’t come over for a long time. Bright took the gold and went to Washington State to contact several big banks, and also contacted big jewelry stores, precious metal companies, major Fund companies that operate gold...

Shop around to find expensive ones.

The price of selling gold is definitely not as high as buying gold, and the price is calculated according to the gold content... The quotations of various companies are different.The lowest offer was only $1180, and the most expensive offer was $1230.

Bright contacted the good buyer and hurried back to the ranch. Wells Fargo's gold business personnel finally came to Montana...

(End of this chapter)