"In the past, people started harvesting in April, lying on the high piles of grain and laughing, while I walked through the golden wheat fields..."
"We go to the lake in the prairie and wait for the migratory birds to fly back. When we grow up, we will have a baby. He will grow up and go away on his own, and we will also go away..."
Three old friends who have known each other for more than ten years were making beats and singing.
Hathaway looked at Chen Mo and the others. Although they couldn't hear it, they still followed the beat and could hear the feeling of nostalgia in the music.
"Hahaha... Lao Mo, I think of the prairie in Montana. Let's go back and take a look when we have time." Bai Xiaoou raised his wine glass and said.
"At the end of the year. I also miss the Snow Mountain Ranch..." Chen Mo stopped Hathaway and clinked glasses with Bai Xiaoou and Luo Chen.
The half-moon in the sky is bright, the evening breeze is blowing, and it is especially comfortable to sit leisurely on the sofa.
That night, Chen Mo and the others drank three bottles of white wine and returned to the room a little drunk.
The next day, Chen Mo got up at dawn.
Hathaway got up early and went out to buy breakfast. Bai Xiaoou and Luo Chen ate in the living room downstairs...
"I'm about to go upstairs and call you. Do you have a headache?" Hathaway asked with concern.
"No, my mouth is a bit dry..." Chen Mo yawned and drank a cup of soy milk first.
Hathaway expected that these three people would be thirsty the next morning after drinking too much, so she bought soy milk and mineral water when they came back.
This morning was relatively light, soy milk and steamed buns.
This is the breakfast served at Shufeng Fast Food Restaurant. The company is headquartered in San Francisco. In the larger cities in the San Francisco Bay Area, there are Shufeng Fast Food Restaurants.
"Thank you." Chen Mo looked at Hathaway and said while eating breakfast.
This early in the morning, when Hathaway went out to buy breakfast and came back, Chen Mo was quite touched.
Hathaway smiled sweetly at Chen Mo.
After breakfast, Chen Mo checked the bank account of River Valley Ranch. There were more than three million US dollars in the account... First, he called Brett to inquire.
The money in the account has other uses. The reservoir shared by Santana Valley Ranch and Huaxi Canyon Ranch needs to be reinforced, and a contract has been signed with the contractor. Chen Mo knew about this, but didn't know the specific time... Ranch account
Unable to use the money, Chen Mo had no choice but to go to the bank.
Go to Wells Fargo and get a short-term loan with a one-year term of $2 million.
The monthly interest rate for short-term loans is 0.76%, which is 15,200 yuan per month.
After coming out of the bank, Chen Mo frowned and sat in the car.
"Is there a problem with funds?" Hathaway accompanied Chen Mo to the bank where she just vaguely heard about a loan.
Chen Mo shook his head: "We are going to buy a car dealership. This is an unplanned expense." Chen Mo frowned and felt a little hurt.
He is a person who, using a saying in the dialect of his hometown, says, "When you have a meal, you don't have to pound the rice bucket." It means that when you have money, you have no plan, spend lavishly, and wait for things to happen when you don't have money... This way, it doesn't work.
ah.
Arriving at the car trading area in the southeastern suburbs of Napa, Bai Xiaoou chatted with the owner of a second-hand car dealership. The dealership was quite large, covering an area of 5 acres, and was sold for $4.7 million. There was basically no room for bargaining. Wait for Chen Mo to come over.
, after confirming that the funds had arrived, he contacted a lawyer to come over and sign the contract...
The original name of this car dealership was ‘jemmy’, which means Jamie. After buying it, it was renamed ‘brothers’. It was a very old-fashioned name, but the three of us were very satisfied...
The dealership changed its name and ceased operations.
The price of 4.7 million US dollars can be said to be not expensive at all, and Chen Mo and the others can still make a small profit. However, there are additional conditions, that is, they must accept the original workers of the car dealership.
This car dealership has an auto repair shop, two large warehouses (which sell cheap second-hand cars), and a sales center (which sells better second-hand cars) with a total of fifteen people including the car dealership manager.
The sale of the car dealership was not due to the loss of the dealership, but entirely due to the owner's personal reasons. But on the whole, the dealership has been making a profit. In the past 13 months, only two rare months have seen losses. The other months have been profitable.
, it is true that the net profit is not much... If based on the profit in the past 13 months, it will take about 30 years to earn back the investment.
There are 15 employees, and the manager’s salary is US$3,300 (half-monthly salary). The salesperson’s basic salary is US$500 (half-monthly salary), plus sales commission. If you perform well, you can get a salary equal to or better than that of the manager, but it is difficult. If your sales performance is not good,
, there is a guaranteed minimum salary of US$1,500 (half monthly salary).
When taking over this car dealership, one of the important things is not to lower employee salaries or fire employees.
It is said that employees cannot be fired, but if employees are disobedient or make mistakes, they can be given a 'vacation'. Workers in the United States have various unions. The magic weapon for capitalists to win against unions is to give employees a 'vacation'. Leave without pay...
In theory, the furloughed employees are still employees of the original company, but the original company will not pay them salaries. If they want to live, they have to find a new job. When they find a new job...
We closed the business for the day, reorganized the company's interior, and at the same time got familiar with the company's operations and its personnel.
Chen Mo still didn't participate in the company's management, and Luo Chen was not familiar with the automobile business either, so Bai Xiaoou took over, re-adjusted the work as quickly as possible and established a security department...
"Old Mo, since you are in Napa anyway, you can help keep an eye on this car dealership." In the car dealership owner's office, Bai Xiaoou looked at Chen Mo with a smile.
"I really don't have time. I don't understand the work of a car dealership...but I wonder if the company's finance department needs new people? And this manager, can you trust him?"
"Administrative management and finance are two independent departments. I have reorganized the finance department. There is no problem with the manager. He has been working here for more than ten years. By the way, has your cousin from school bought a car? If not, has he bought a car?
Ask him to come over and drive one." There are forty or fifty cars in the store, most of which are models that are very difficult to sell.
The valuation of second-hand cars in the United States is relatively uniform. There are an average of 40-45 million second-hand car transactions in the United States every year, and most of the pricing is completed through KBB...
Operating a second-hand car shop, the profit point of selling ordinary models is not high. Half of the profit of this car shop comes from auto repairs and vehicle modifications...
Chen Mo shrugged and went to the hypermarket to take a look. The cheapest second-hand cars parked here only cost $750 and can be driven away. These are vehicles that are close to being scrapped, so don’t expect them to turn into bumblebees...
There are many cars priced around $10,000, and there are many options to choose from.
Chen Mo took out his phone and called Xiong Jieming: "Hi, is get out of class over?"
"get out of class is over." Xiong Jieming confirmed that it was Chen Mo's phone number. He was a little confused as to why Chen Mo would call him: "Is there something wrong?"
"You seem to be on vacation at the end of this month. Have you found a place to work?"
Chen Mo's sudden concern made Xiong Jieming stunned for a while: "I'd better go to the restaurant and do odd jobs. Cousin Chen Xiao has arranged it for me."
"Yeah. I'm at a second-hand car dealership in Napa. If you have time, come over here now and drive a car." Chen Mo took a long breath and said, "I'm here with you, Brother Xiaobai, and Brother Luo Chen.
I bought a second-hand car from a dealer, come and take a look, and we will give you one as a gift."
Xiong Jieming has wanted to buy a car for a long time, but the money he earns from working is not enough for living expenses, and he cannot talk to his parents...
"Thank you cousin, but..."
"No need to say anything, come here quickly." Chen Mo hung up the phone arrogantly and sent the address of the car dealership.