Chen Mo purchased a large amount of tree species, and his main purpose was to deceive others and confuse the tree species in the space.
The roar of the sports car came closer and closer as it drove into the villa.
"Beep beep beep..."
Bai Xiaoou pressed the horn, which was not as loud as the roar of the engine: "Old Chen, we are going out to pick up the guests."
Damn it.
Chen Mo glanced down from the living room on the second floor. That guy Bai Xiaoou drove a black Lamborghini SVJ...
It seems to be my own car.
"My buddy..." Chen Mo said when he saw Zhang Cheng and his son standing by the window looking down.
Several people went downstairs.
Two more Ferraris followed...
"elder brother."
"elder brother."
Chen Mo smiled and nodded.
"This car is fun to drive." Chen Mo handed Bai Xiaoou a cigarette, and Zhang Cheng and his son handed them cigarettes.
"It's great. The feeling of pushing the back is no worse than that of a customized supercar." Bai Xiaoou said with a smile: "It's so good that the car won't get rusty in San Francisco. I can drive it here, don't mind."
Chen Mo smiled and hit Bai Xiaoou on the shoulder: "What are you talking about? I like giving it to you."
"Really?" Bai Xiaoou chuckled and walked around the car.
"Let me introduce you, this is Zhang Cheng, Zhang Cheng. This is Zhang Rui, Mr. Zhang." Chen Mo hooked Bai Xiaoou's shoulder: "My buddy, Bai Xiaoou."
"Hello Mr. Bai, just call me Lao Zhang."
"Hello, Brother Bai."
"Hello...good." Bai Xiaoou smiled and lit up his cigarette, with a crazy smile on his face: "We agreed that this sports car will be transferred to me when we return to San Francisco."
"Here." Chen Mo was speechless.
In Montana, Bai Xiaoou gave himself a Ford Raptor. At that time, Bai Xiaoou's net worth was only two to three million. Now, his net worth is several hundred million.
Let’s talk about the Tangxia Yipin Company managed by Bai Xiaoou. Chen Mo made a fortune by investing in this company.
While a few people were standing outside, three pickup trucks drove in. Brett and Chen Chen were sitting in one truck, Master Rong drove another truck, and John also drove one, loading two slaughtered lambs.
There is charcoal, firewood...
"Master Rong." Master Rong came over and was a big surprise. The top chef in the country was in for a treat today. Chen Mo stepped forward and let the cigarette go.
"Your ranch is really impressive." Master Rong took the cigarette and said with a smile.
"No way, I didn't expect Master Rong to come here in person. Come in and sit down."
Chen Mo invited a group of people into the living room, sent charcoal and wood to the backyard, and brought the lamb into the kitchen to marinate.
In addition to lambs, Bai Xiaoou also got some beef ribs and two Montana reed chickens. These reed chickens were raised in the snowy mountain pasture. They were packaged and sold to Kroenke Investment Company. They were all purchased from there...
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Chen Mo went upstairs, entered the space with a thought, ran into the forest and got three 26-year-old American ginseng...
I wanted to get some Changbai Mountain variety ginseng, but it was hard to explain when I took it out.
"Master Rong, let's take a look at my newly arrived ginseng, American ginseng, how old do you want it to be?" Chen Mo went downstairs with the ginseng. It was already clear, clean, and fresh in the space. Every ginseng was
About 350 grams.
Ginseng also grows very slowly.
These three are the oldest, but they are ordinary goods. When they were transplanted, each weighed no more than 100 grams.
There are also some ginsengs that are already very large. Chen Mo divided the area and planted them separately... I probably checked the batch of top-quality ginseng and found that none weighed more than 1,000 grams. Chen Mo was still thinking about the one he gave to Bai Xiaoou.
A top-quality ginseng weighing more than 1,000 grams...
If that ginseng is planted in space, it might grow into a ginseng king...
"American ginseng, it's hard to tell the year. Judging from the weight and color... is this wild ginseng?" Master Rong was startled.
Planted ginseng has a plump shape and thin skin, and fresh ginseng has more water. Wild ginseng is thicker in color and of the same size, slightly heavier than cultivated ginseng and contains less water. It mainly depends on the skin color and skin color of the ginseng.
Thickness...The skin color of wild ginseng is definitely not as good-looking as that of cultivated ginseng.
"Master Rong has a good eye for Canadian wild ginseng. The understory ginseng that has been cultivated for nearly 30 years can be considered wild ginseng."
"Good stuff." Master Rong glanced at Bai Xiaoou.
"Where did you get the connection?" Bai Xiaoou picked up one and walked to the light at the door to look at it carefully.
Ginseng chicken soup is still the signature dish of Tangxia Yipin. The ginseng in ordinary restaurants is still purchased from the snow mountain pasture. In addition, the required top-quality American ginseng is purchased from West Virginia... West Virginia is rich in wild American ginseng and forest ginseng. A small amount
Purchasing from Marathon County in Wisconsin, mainly purchasing extra-large garden ginseng... Marathon County is the place where the most American ginseng is planted. In the entire county, as long as it is in the countryside, almost every household has ginseng, even if it is
Affected by the trade tariff issues between China and the United States, the top-quality ginseng here still has no problem selling, but it is very expensive.
"Don't worry about where the connections come from. How about ginseng and chicken soup for lunch? Save the roasted whole lamb for dinner."
Master Rong also took the ginseng and walked to a brightly lit place. He pinched the ginseng hard. It was very hard and reached the standard of wild aged American ginseng. He whispered: "It's a good thing. It's hard to buy it on the market."
"Yeah." Bai Xiaoou nodded.
There are many wild American ginseng and forest ginseng on the market that are labeled 25 years old, or even 30 years old, 40 years old... You only need to look at the price and weight of ginseng to know that those things are 100% fake.
Good products are not cheap, and good products are not cheap.
Marathon County's 5-year-old field ginseng sells for more than US$100 per kilogram in direct sales (dried ginseng). One more year adds 20% to the selling price...
Growing ginseng costs money.
Last year's Sino-U.S. trade war affected Marathon County's ginseng exports. People would sell ginseng rotten in warehouses without reducing the price. We all know that it is easy to reduce prices but difficult to increase prices. Maintaining product prices... So the cheap American ginseng on the market is not worth mentioning.
It's a fake, and it's definitely from a very young age. Real wild American ginseng is basically sold by the pellet...
American ginseng is not only found in the United States, but also in Canada. However, wild American ginseng in Canada has become an endangered plant.
There are more wild ginsengs in Canada, but there are fewer wild ginsengs in the United States now. No matter the size, you can find them starting at US$300 for one piece.
According to the regulations of the American Herbal Association, cultivated ginseng can be sold with the label of wild ginseng, which requires a complete simulation of ginseng in a natural growth environment, and the ginseng must be at least 10 years old.
10 years is a long time, and there are only so many 10 years in a person's life.
American ginseng that is nearly 30 years old is even more rare, and every ginseng you pull out will be missing. There are very few genuine 30-year-old American ginseng on the market.
The two of them whispered for a while. Bai Xiaoou walked up to Chen Mo with a smile and put his arm around Chen Mo's shoulders: "Let's go out and talk, go out and talk..."
Zhang Cheng and his son looked at them curiously...
Going outside, Chen Mo rolled his eyes: "Tell me, what do you want?"
"Give me this purchasing channel."
"This...can't do it." Chen Mo shook his head.
"Okay, can I get the goods from you?"
When selling ginseng... you must not sell too much. How much money can you make if the quantity is small...
Income of hundreds of thousands a month? Even if it's US dollars, Chen Mo doesn't care anymore.
Seeing that Chen Mo was unmoved, Bai Xiaoou was a little anxious: "Last month our company won a ginseng king in West Virginia, 1,650 grams of wild American ginseng, for US$56,000. Guess, this ginseng was shipped back to Los Angeles
How much did you buy?"
"Don't be pretentious, just tell the truth."
"I made 6 pots of soup, with a total sales price of 350,000 US dollars, and a profit of more than 200,000 US dollars. It is not obvious that ginseng has any benefits to the body if eaten once or twice. If you eat it once a week for a month or two, you will feel better.
Obviously, it's aphrodisiac. We have a lot of Hollywood celebrities coming to our restaurant now, so we have to be able to always bring out good products...you know what I mean."
Chen Mo rolled his eyes: "You are responsible for the management of the restaurant, I don't care... Let's talk about it later, it's not convenient now."
Bai Xiaoou did not embarrass Chen Mo: "Okay, keep some good goods for me in the future."
"OK."
"The competition between high-end restaurants is about presentation, whether the food is good or not... the taste is really secondary. Then there is the ingredients... We are a Chinese restaurant, and our signature dishes are ginseng, gastrodia elata and other medicinal ingredients. Like Wellen Restaurant,
They are Western-style restaurants, and the styles of Western-style restaurants are even more perverted... Ginseng is not a rare thing, and there are already many Chinese restaurants with ginseng chicken soup as their signature. If we want to maintain our advantage, we must be able to regularly produce good products."
Bai Xiaoou took a deep breath and continued: "Like Wellen Restaurant, in order to stay ahead of the industry, they went to Alba, Italy to participate in a truffle auction last year, and the transaction price of a 910-gram white truffle was raised to 129,400 euros. There are also
A few smaller white truffles were also sold at sky-high prices... White truffles are more expensive than ginseng. Last year, the average transaction price was 130 euros for 100 grams. Our high-end Chinese food can't be worse than Western food, don't you think?