American Ranch

Chapter 72 Thoughts
Chen Mo is a very twisted person, a typical perfectionist.

Chen Mo struggled until late September...

The Snow Mountain Ranch has been exhausting the patience of the Kroenke Investment Company. Seeing that another batch of fat cattle is about to be slaughtered, the investment company once again raised the price... 4 million.

After Chen Mo finally returned to California, he flew directly to Montana. If he couldn't go there, Kroenke Investment Company had no patience. If they didn't want it, Chen Mo had to cry.

Earning more than 3 million yuan in two years, there is nothing more comfortable than this.

The winter in Montana is gradually sluggish and cold, and an ancient desolation blows over us.

Chen Mo's hometown is in the Land of Abundance, which is rich in materials and mild in climate, which itself is not suitable for Montana's alpine grassland climate.

"Brother." Coming out of the airport, Chen Mo saw Chen Chen and his wife who came to meet him, as well as Bright.

Chen Mo stepped forward and hugged them.

"You are going to sell the ranch." Chen Chen said excitedly.

The Snow Mountain Ranch is really not a place where ordinary people can stay... It's okay for a short time, but after a long time, I feel depressed.

The sky here is very blue, and the world is so vast and empty.

Living here, the circle you see is very limited, and you see more cattle and sheep every day than you see people in a few months.

Chen Mo smiled and did not answer, and looked at Brett: "A new batch of cattle and sheep on the ranch are going to be slaughtered?"

"Well. This batch is all Angus cattle. There are nearly 5000 of them, and more than a dozen of them have been slaughtered. They are all very good fat cattle. The breeding cattle on the pasture have also begun to breed in large numbers. The cattle that can be slaughtered next year will be Reached more than [-] heads."

The ranch originally had 3650 adult breeding heads, and later bought many more, as well as some good calves...

After more than half an hour by helicopter, he arrived at the Snow Mountain Ranch, where people from Kroenke Investment Company were waiting for him.

4 million, and it is after tax, which means that Kroenke Investment Company will pay nearly 5 million for this transaction. Such a large-scale ranch acquisition is very rare in the entire United States, and the other party also has a series of additional requirements.

Chen Mo also has additional requirements.

For example, he wants to keep the small valley and the forest farms (ginseng) on ​​both sides of the small valley, with a total area of ​​about 3190 acres.

Kroenke Investment Company doesn't like Chen Mo's ginseng, and only cares about the alfalfa planting area in the ranch, which is the value of this part.

The price has been negotiated, and the rest is some details...

Chen Mo will definitely continue to open ranches.Running a ranch is a profitable business for him... and the alfalfa grass of the Snow Mountain Ranch, combined with some other grains, can raise [-] fattening cattle every year.

Twenty thousand head is not too much, but it is really a lot.

If it is all high-quality beef, it will definitely impact the price of high-quality beef in the United States...

Another agreement was signed. Every year, the Broken O farm can sell no more than 30 pounds of Prime-grade beef to the US market, and the rest must be exported to markets outside the US.

Chen Mo also guarantees that the high-quality alfalfa will not spread in an all-round way...

Negotiations lasted for a whole month, and the price dropped from 4 million to 3.55 million.Kroenke Investment Company was responsible for all the expenses incurred in the transaction, as well as paying the fees that Chen Mo should have paid...the actual cost was 4.16 million US dollars.

The money Chen Mo got was only 2 million, plus 1.55 million in stocks and bonds.

The ranch was packaged and sold, excluding Tangxia Yipin stock and Chen Mo's property in San Francisco that originally belonged to the ranch.In addition, the cattle and sheep on the ranch, fixed assets, and even the Lamborghini Urus bought here...

Chen Mo's remaining assets include the small valley, the property in the small valley, the forests on both sides of the valley, and a Ford F150 pickup.

The industry in the small valley and the ginseng in the forest are handed over to Canbi and Ashol to take care of them, and they can also raise some cattle and sheep... and Chen Mo raises their monthly salary to 3500 US dollars, one person.Two families, four people, raise some beef to maintain normal expenses, and even earn some pocket money for Chen Mo...

Bright will stay here to hand over the follow-up work, and then he will go to California to continue to help Chen Mo.

Winter in Montana is here, and the first snow falls, Chen Mo takes Chen Chen and his wife to San Francisco...

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In San Francisco in November, cold sea fog enveloped the Bay Area.

Unlike the cold in Montana, the cold here is humid.It's cold in Montana, and the dry wind blows across the face like a knife.

Chen Xiao took a day off and came to the airport to pick them up specially. The group of people didn't have much luggage, and the rear compartment of the Lexus was so full that it just fit them.

Back at his residence in Marin County in Beiwan District, Chen Mo arranged rooms for his younger brother and younger siblings, and cooked dinner himself: "What are your future plans?" Chen Mo looked at Chen Chen: "I can invest in a ranch for you. Be your own boss."

Today is different from the past, Chen Mo can spend more money.Investing in a farm for my younger brother is within the power of my ability, it's a very easy thing...

Chen Chen shook his head: "I want to continue studying with Brett."

"Okay, you make up your own mind." Chen Mo read the news from the Business Insider website while eating.

Before Chen Mo bought a property distribution map of a big landowner in San Francisco, the information he sent was incomplete. The family still had three large pieces of land in California, a vacation estate covering an area of ​​nearly 5000 acres, and a large ranch near the Central Valley. , a more remote arid pasture... with a total area of ​​3.75 acres.

The Duke family has listed seven properties and four properties for sale, a 4935-acre vacation estate in Southern California, and a valley ranch (1.1 acres) near the Central Valley. The listing price of the vacation estate is 1.35 million, and the valley ranch is 1.4 million.The listing price is too high, and it should be no problem to reduce the price by [-]%... The last piece of land is in the northernmost part of California.

The largest piece of dry ranch in Northern California is not for sale.

Inheritance tax, for a family with a large amount of fixed assets, is a traumatic event.

Chen Mo then called Bright...

During this period of time, Chen Mo has seen many farms and ranches listed for sale. The largest piece of land is only 2100 acres.

California has a large population, and it is difficult to buy a complete piece of land, or it is too dry for vegetation to grow... and they are all concentrated in the northernmost part of California and the northeast.

These two pieces of land are in Southern California, in the heart of the Coast Mountains in the south central.From the map, the land is relatively flat, and there are more luxurious villas, wineries, dried fruit orchards and pastures in the holiday estate...Of course, the location is also very remote.

Chen Mo has a lot of ideas about the 2 acres of dry pastures in Northern California, but the problem is too remote.

When buying land, you don’t have to think about raising as many cows as before, as long as you can maintain your daily expenses...Land with a good location, waiting for appreciation is a great wealth.

Large-scale investment has to be cautious, which is a very tangled matter.

(End of this chapter)