Small and remote places are suitable for occasional vacations, but you will definitely get bored if you stay there for a long time.
At least that's the case for Chen Mo. Especially if he is extremely rich, wouldn't it be a sin to stay in the mountains for a long time?
Chen Mo neither likes particularly remote places nor the noisy life in big cities. He still likes to stay in rural areas, but not too remote and closer to populated areas...
"What do you think about investing in Napa Valley?" Bai Xiaoou asked.
"I think it will work. However, there is not much land that can be developed in Napa Valley. Will the cost of acquiring the land be too high?" Chen Mo smiled and said.
"Garrison Investment Company has 950 acres of land in Napa Valley." Bai Xiaoou took the tablet, clicked on Google Maps Online, and pointed out the land owned by Garrison Investment Company to Chen Mo.
In the Atlas Mountains, as shown on the map, some land has been developed into vineyards, which does not occupy a large area.
950 acres of land looks small on the map, but you can only feel its hugeness when you are in it.
"This... doesn't seem to be in the legal production area?"
"Well, it belongs to the Atlas Mountains, and only a small part of it is in the ava production area."
Atlas Peak is the highest altitude sub-region in Napa Valley, with an area of 11,000 acres, of which 1,500 acres are legal planting areas.
"When Garrison Wage Company and Constellation Group competed for the Essen Plantation, they failed to compete, so they spent a huge sum of money to buy the land leading to the valley from the Essen Plantation..." Bai Xiaoou scratched his head and said with a smile.
Constellation Group, a global wine giant.
Garrison Investment Company is backed by Roger Garrison, a Wall Street financial tycoon with a personal net worth of nearly US$3 billion. The investment companies and foundations he manages can leverage tens of billions of US dollars in capital.
Bai Xiaoou talked about some things between big groups and capital tycoons.
Ten years ago, Garrison Investment Company began to lay out Napa Valley and Sonoma County. This strategic layout overlapped with that of Constellation Group, which was also laying out Napa Valley and Sonoma County. Garrison Investment Company’s multiple acquisition projects were
Constellation Group intercepted, including Mondavi Winery, the 1,300-acre Carriage Park, and the 2,600-acre Essen Plantation... Later, it planned to take over the vineyards under the Ranch Winery, and asked the Gallo Group to intercept...
The layout in Sonoma County was directly blocked by the Gallo Group.
Gallo Group is also one of the global wine giants.
The strategic layout of the two places has been frustrated one after another, and the indirect losses of Garrison Investment Company should be more than one billion US dollars.
You should know that the overall land value in Napa Valley and Sonoma County has nearly doubled in ten years.
The failure in Sonoma and Napa Valley led Garrison Investment Company to directly abandon its business in the North Bay Area of San Francisco and instead develop the sparsely populated Coast Mountains of Southern California...
"If it's profitable, just do it. If there's no profit, forget it." Chen Mo took Bai Xiaoou's bag, found a cigar and smoked it.
"The intention of Garrison Investment Company is to first spend a lot of money to acquire the Essen Plantation. John Michael is more interested in this project and supports Garrison Investment Company. And our Tangxia Yipin Company's current role is... If not
Wellen Company is afraid of Garrison Investment Company, and our role as Tang Xia Yipin is really dispensable." What Bai Xiaoou is really angry about is not the location of the chef academy, but this point.
Garrison Investment Company and Wellen Company can simply abandon Tang Xia Yipin... In this project, Tang Xia Yipin's current position is very embarrassing. What's even more embarrassing is that Bai Xiaoou was still fighting for Jing Chenghong's position as the principal of the Chef Academy.
Strive for more benefits for the company...
Bai Xiaoou's anger was more because he was aggrieved. In the final analysis, he was not strong enough.
"He who is content is always happy. Our life is enough." Chen Mo said, cut a cigar for Bai Xiaoou, stuffed it into his mouth, and said: "Actually, it's almost enough."
"I came up with the idea to jointly establish a chef academy. I worked hard for a long time on the detailed plan and future development..."
"This world can never revolve around us alone."
"If it goes according to my previous assumptions, if it comes to fruition, our Tangxia Yipin will definitely become the largest Chinese restaurant chain group in the United States within three years. By then, the stocks in our hands will have more than doubled..."
Chen Mo frowned: "Otherwise, just follow their plan. According to your plan, our biggest interest should be in the chef academy... Waylon Catering and Garrison Investment Company are both shareholders of the company, and the company makes money.
They also have huge benefits, don't they? I think the position of the principal of the Chef Academy should be up for grabs. If you try again, you should make concessions... They are the predators."
"Okay, let's go for a walk." Chen Mo patted Bai Xiaoou on the shoulder.
Chen Mo is the largest shareholder of Tangxia Yipin.
This winter, the business of Tangxia Yipin's hotpot restaurant has been so booming that the company's unlisted stock prices have also risen. There are exchanges that specialize in buying and selling unlisted stocks. The transaction price of Tangxia Yipin's stock has been close to US$3 per share.
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For a company that was established less than two years ago (a few months shy of two years), it is already a miracle that it can achieve what it has today.
Going downstairs, Chen Xiao was cooking in the kitchen.
Chen Mo greeted Erha and Ala who were lying in the living room, and went outside: "By the way, entering Napa Valley must be a big deal. How much liquidity does the company have now?"
"The capital of the headquarters is more than 60 million. From the accounts of its restaurants, if you put it together, you should be able to come up with nearly 100 million US dollars. We only raised funds at the end of last year, and so far we have opened 25 new hot pot restaurants and 12 new ones.
Most of Tangxia Yipin Restaurant and forty fast food restaurants are still under renovation, and they will all be completed in April." Bai Xiaoou rubbed his chin: "Hot pot restaurants and Tangxia Yipin Restaurant are both mid-to-high-end restaurants, especially
It is Tangxia Yipin, and the per capita consumption is relatively high. Such restaurants can only be opened in wealthy communities in big cities. There is a saturation problem. By the end of the year, the expansion of hot pot restaurants and Tangxia Yipin in the US market has almost reached its limit.
Shufeng Express Restaurant has greater prospects. With Panda Express Restaurant as a reference, there will be no problem in opening thousands of branches."
Shufeng Fast Food Restaurant is a completely Western-style Chinese style restaurant.
The Chinese style is just a decoration. The restaurant sells steamed buns, soy milk, some traditional Chinese stir-fries, fried chicken burgers and Coke...
However, the expansion of Shufeng Fast Food Restaurant is more difficult, especially the extreme expansion. It not only requires hard steel Panda Fast Food Restaurant, but also competes with traditional fast food such as KFC and McDonald's for the market.
The U.S. market is neither too small nor too big. The development of all walks of life is already very complete. Unless one pinpoints a specific point and strikes hard, it will be difficult to achieve great results.
It seems that Tang Xia Yipin has found the right point, using high-end ingredients as its selling point and attracting customers with mid-to-high-end consumption.
"After the expansion ends this year, what the company needs to do is to consolidate. And Shufeng fast food restaurants have expanded to about 350, and they have to stop expansion..." Bai Xiaoou shook his head: "The U.S. market seems very big, and many industries have already begun to expand.
It’s almost divided up. When entering Napa Valley, our company can directly withdraw 70 million in cash, plus loans, it will be no problem to come up with 300 million. Even though Wellen Catering is a listed company, they can directly withdraw the cash
There are definitely not as many as us. Garrison Investment Company is..."
Although Garrison Investment Company is not well-known, this pit is very deep. They are the owners of the Hard Steel Constellation Group...
Chen Mo looked at Bai Xiaoou: "Everyone in the world is interested in profit and gain. If they think it is more beneficial to do it themselves, they will definitely not cooperate with us. Don't forget their investment in Tang Xia Yipin..."
Chen Mo was stunned for a moment: "Is the stock price of Wellen Company falling recently?"