American Ranch

Chapter 62 Ranch Quotation
Head to Stimson Beach in the north of San Francisco early the next morning.

This is a rare and beautiful beach, but most of the beach is private, and the beach area for tourist activities is only a small area...

Continue to go north, along Highway 1, pass through an inner lake and sea, and you will see farms, pastures, logging camps, and small wineries.

Ellie explained to Chen Mo along the way: "This is Wood Farm. Although the farm is not big, it is an organic certified farm..."

"Ahead is a lumberyard..."

After the lumber mill, the redwood trees on both sides of the road gradually became scarce, and then there were bare hills...the hills were full of balanced pastures.

Like many common hills that are not often taken care of, most of them are overgrown with weeds and thorns and vines.There must be someone taking care of the hills here, maybe they will drive the cattle and sheep to graze...

Soon a feedlot was seen.The scale of the farm is not very large... Chen Mo roughly estimated that it can raise two to three hundred cows.

"It's Tamale Bay ahead, I plan to visit the Seaside Ranch, what do you think?"

"Well. You arrange all the itineraries..."

Tamari Bay, also known as Clam Bay, has clam farms and is also a natural clam breeding base.Serves the best clams in San Francisco, almost all from here...

When he arrived in Inverness, Chen Mo went into a clam specialty restaurant in the bay, which served all kinds of clams for dinner.

Fresh chilled lemon clams, char-grilled plain clams, char-grilled garlic clams, steamed clams and more...

After entering, I asked about the strong aroma of minced garlic, and there were several tables of Chinese people having dinner here.They were speaking Mandarin, and they turned their heads several times when they saw Chen Mo.

Chen Mo also looked over and smiled...

Lived in the US for a long time.If in Montana, there may be the excitement of meeting fellow villagers, but in California, there is no need at all...

For several days, Chen Mo and the others wandered around Marin County, and then went to Santa Rosa, a city and the capital of Sonoma County.

Seaside pastures, including large pastures in Marin County, are mostly natural pastures, that is, pastures with almost no machinery involved in cultivation.There are many wineries and ranches in Sonoma County...the ranches here are more refined, and some ranches have many good horses.

After returning to Mill Valley, Chen Mo settled the bill for Ellie.

This time I went out for 8 days, and the actual salary was 960 US dollars. Chen Mo filled out a check for 1000 US dollars.

"An extra 40 rewards for you. The next itinerary is Sonoma Valley and Napa Valley. Make a detailed plan and plan to leave in two days."

The smile on Ellie's face was particularly bright: "Thank you boss. Are you going to visit a famous winery or experience a Michelin three-star restaurant?"

"Well... of course."

"Okay, I will make an appointment in advance and make a detailed and relaxed travel plan."

Chen Mo asked Ellie to sit in the co-pilot seat: "Where do you live, I'll take you there."

"It's not far, turn a corner on the left and go straight." Chen Mo sent Ellie there and went home.

Ellie performed well, not only acting as a tour guide, but also as a business consultant for Chen Mo.

After Chen Mo got to know a ranch and thought it was good, Ellie acted as a pawn...

Marin County has several large ranches up for sale...  

In the North Bay area, more than 500 acres are considered large ranches.

Multiple vineyards for sale in Sonoma County, as well as a winery.

I am used to the fact that everything in Montana is priced at the price of cabbage, but here, Chen Mo can't even arouse the desire to buy.

Chen Xiao got off work early today, made dinner at home and waited for Chen Mo: "I'm back, did you enjoy your trip?"

"Of course, Will Biudi Buddha."

Chen Xiao looked contemptuously: "You didn't do anything to Miss Ai Li, did you? I think she's still a child..."

In the past few days, Chen Xiao called almost every night to remind Chen Mo not to make mistakes...

Chen Mo didn't even bother to explain, he picked up the lovely Aphra and sat on the sofa: "I treat Ellie as my younger sister. I told you... Ellie is not the girl you imagined either."

"That's fine."

"I said, are you being too lenient?" Chen Mo was extremely speechless, too lazy to talk to this younger sister.

Getting along with Ellie, Chen Mo can feel the difference between Chinese and American peers more and more.Ellie must be a very special case. This little girl looks like a little girl when she gets along with her, but her mind is very mature, even more mature than Chen Mo...

She is lively, cheerful and optimistic in character.Doing things in an orderly manner, all the schedules, and Chen Mo's occasional work arrangements for her are perfect...

She is only 18 years old, so she is very sensible, able to take care of herself, and plan and work hard for the future.

Look at Chen Chen and Chen Xiao again, these two younger siblings are also very good, but when they are compared, the damage comes out.There was also his peer Xiong Jieming to make the most intuitive comparison... That kid Xiong Jieming is simply not qualified to compare with others.

"The day after tomorrow, please take a leave of absence to travel with us. Call Xiong San together."

"Friday the day after tomorrow?"

"Please take two days off for a long vacation."

After dinner, Chen Mo went upstairs to turn on the computer, and was about to connect with Brett, when he called: "Hi, Boss, are you free?"

"Available. Computer video connection..."

"OK."

In the office of Xueshan Ranch, Chen Chen's smiling face appeared first: "Brother."

"Hey, how was life on the ranch?"

"Very good, I like this place very much." Chen Chen said and took out a small book: "I got the junior veterinary qualification certificate today."

"Elementary certificate is nothing special. If you have the ability, you can take a practicing qualification certificate within two years. When you get the certificate and get Bright's approval, I will open a [-] million ranch for you in China." Chen Mo laughed.He really wanted to praise Chen Chen a few words, fearing that this kid would be proud.

The primary certificate is easy, but the practice certificate is difficult, especially for non-accredited veterinary school graduates... not to mention that Chen Chen is Chinese, so the difficulty is even greater.

Just like Snow Mountain Ranch, only Bright is a practicing veterinarian, and he graduated from a non-certified veterinary school.

Students who graduate from accredited veterinary schools are not very popular in the veterinary industry because it is easier to pass the exam.However, if you graduate from a non-accredited veterinary school and get a license to practice, then you have real skills.This involves the issue of the US veterinary license examination system...

Hiring such a veterinarian would cost nearly $10 a year even in Montana.

"Chen Chen is already very good. It's just that he still lacks a lot of practical experience..." Brett squeezed in from the side, showing a face, looking at Chen Mo and blinking: "I have good news for you."

"Say."

"Kroenke Investment Company wants to acquire our ranch, and the price is... $1.25 million. You are now a real billionaire."

"Damn billionaire. If you sell the ranch, the income tax will be a huge sum." Chen Mo laughed.It is indeed good news. Someone quoted a price, which shows the value of the ranch.

"1.25 million is an after-tax quotation. That is, you can get 1.25 million US dollars completely, transaction tax, value-added tax, and even your personal income tax, etc., are taken into account by Kroenke Investment Company... have an idea to sell Lose the ranch?" Brett looked excited, the ranch he manages now has a market value of over [-] million.

"Just kidding me, 1.25 million, there is no door. At least 3 million, I will consider selling the ranch, not even a penny less."

Brett was slightly taken aback: "Are you really going to sell the ranch?"

"The price is right, why not sell it." Chen Mo shrugged: "With 3 million yuan, a bigger and better ranch can be built."

"Also..." Brett smiled: "Then let me talk for you?"

"casual."

(End of this chapter)