The glutinous rice dumplings can go out to find food on their own, as can the two civet cats, but not the ragdoll cats and dogs.
Busy people should not keep pets.
But every time I come home, they come around me enthusiastically and act coquettishly, which feels pretty good.
After a busy day, Chen Mo didn't want to do anything. He went to the home theater room to watch a movie, with the cat in his arms and the bird standing above his head...
The only bad thing about this villa is that it does not have an indoor heated swimming pool or sauna. Otherwise, swimming and relaxing in a sauna are also comfortable ways to pass the time.
"Iron Man" was playing in the home theater, and the glutinous rice dumplings were watching intently, but Chen Mo fell asleep for no reason, and was woken up by the vibrating cell phone in his pocket, and the movie was about to end.
"Hi." Chen Mo took out the phone and saw that it was from Dodgson, so he picked up the call: "What's the matter?"
"I'm at your car dealership. Do you remember what day tomorrow is?"
"Of course. I have already ordered the flower baskets for the day when the restaurant opens." Chen Mo yawned and turned off the TV, stretched and stood up.
"LM002 from the car dealership, are you the owner of the car?"
"Um."
"Can it be cheaper? I like this car very much."
"$1.2 million."
"OK." Dougson handed the phone to Bai Xiaoou: "Hello?" Bai Xiaoou's voice came out.
"My car was sold to Dodson for $1.2 million."
"Okay. Your Reventon, shall I send it to you to the pasture in a few days?"
"What's wrong?"
Bai Xiaoou laughed dryly: "You don't read the news? A Reventon is being auctioned on the used car auction website. The deadline is 9 o'clock tonight. The current bid is 1.55 million US dollars."
"Damn, it's so cheap."
"This is a 4th-hand car. Counting this auction, it is the 5th-hand car. It has traveled about 6,500 miles. The depreciation rate of Revington is too high, and your offer is too high. No one is willing to collect it."
"Okay, take some time and send it to my ranch."
The sky outside turned dark.
Chen Mo turned on his tablet and logged into the used car auction website ‘cars’. This is a second-hand car trading platform that can auction individual vehicles as well as batch second-hand car auctions.
Many used cars from Brothers Automobile Dealers are auctioned from this website.
Chen Mo found information about the sale of Revington, and the price was already US$1.575 million.
The rules of the auction are that the minimum bid increase is US$1,000 each time.
To participate in the auction, you must pay a deposit of 200,000 US dollars. If the bid fails, the 200,000 US dollars will be refunded. If the bid is successful, it will be deducted directly...
Chen Mo quickly registered an account, then performed real-name authentication, clicked to participate in the auction... paid the deposit, and entered an amount of US$1.85 million.
Either get this car or raise the price.
After placing the quotation, Chen Mo saw that the car was in New York State. If the bid was successful, the shipping cost would be at least tens of thousands of dollars.
After dinner, Chen Mo took another look and found that the quoted price had exceeded 2 million, reaching 2.095 million. As time went by, the price increased little by little...
Near 9 o'clock, it had risen to 2.159 million US dollars.
With 5 minutes left, the price climbed again to $2.381 million.
This price is not high enough!
Chen Mo rubbed his chin... In fact, Chen Mo had already bid for Ravington for US$3.3 million last year, and the price of Ravington has been raised again. It's just that the quantity of Ravington was too small, so I didn't feel anything.
Chen Mo hesitated for a long time and made another offer, $2.45 million.
Just a few seconds passed, and the red light under Revington's car flashed on the auction website. The flashing red light meant that someone was increasing the price. There was a special increase button on it, and each increase was $1,000.
Time passed by, and the red light for price increase kept flashing...
The current price is already very high. Few people suddenly raise the price. They all use their mouse to point at the price increase button to see who is lucky and quick at the deadline.
There were two sudden price increases, 2.5 million... 2.55 million...
Then the price kept rising, reaching 2.6 million.
At the last minute, the digital quotation channel is closed, leaving only the price increase channel, which can only increase the price by US$1,000 each time.
Chen Mo looked at the second hand of his watch while holding the mouse in one hand...
By this time, there were actually not many people participating in the auction. The price had risen to US$2.661 million.
The last 10 seconds...5 seconds...1 second...
Chen Mo clicked the mouse twice, and the final transaction price was US$2.693 million, which made Chen Mo take the photo.
The website staff then contacted Chen Mo, connected a video, signed a confidentiality agreement online, and delivered the contract...
Chen Mo had a deposit of US$200,000 on the website, and the other party was not worried that Chen Mo would regret it. After confirming the delivery time of the car, Chen Mo hung up the phone.
After all, the Reventon is a limited-edition model in the world, with only dozens of units in the world. If this car is really sold at an ultra-low price, then... Chen Mo had spent 3.3 million before, wouldn't he be taken advantage of?
Limited-edition supercars are also scarce resources...
There are actually people who are willing to pay for a car like this. The performance is a little inferior, but it is handsome. Appearance is justice...
This car was previously sold from the United States to Canada, and then from Canada to the United States. Counting that Chen Mo still has one...
At first, the Reventon hardtop had a quota of 11 units in the United States, but I don’t know about the convertible. But there are only four or five units that are often exposed...
There are also those that have flowed from the United States to other countries, and the number of Reventons in the United States is even smaller.
If we can get two more units... Two units are a bit too much. If we get another one, it will be difficult for Reventon to raise the price in the US market.
I took a shower and went to bed. I woke up the next day and drove my pickup truck straight to San Jose. I went to the flower shop and picked up the reserved flower basket...a bonsai.
It is rare to see a bunch of useless flower baskets placed outside when opening an American store. There is only a small ceremony for the opening of a new store, usually in the morning, so as not to affect the business.
What Chen Mo and the others are discussing here is to send some orange tree bonsais over. The golden orange bonsais symbolize a wealth of money. Of course, the Americans don’t understand this...
Bring the money oranges over and plant them in the reserved garden in the yard.
As soon as Chen Mo arrived, Bai Xiaoou and John Michael came next.
John Michael is now also a shareholder and minority shareholder of Huafeng Group.
There was no unpleasantness in meeting Dougson, and they hugged each other...
After planting the money oranges they brought, the group began to visit the restaurant. First they visited the coffee and bar, then went up to the second floor to look at the restaurant... Finally, they went deep into the garden, to the independent cabin office near the lake in the park. This is the river valley.
The company's office has a total area of about 200 square meters and has departments such as the operations department, accounting department, human resources department, administration department, and kitchen management department.
There are less than twenty people in the whole company. Although the sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs.
The financial director and administrative director are all people sent from the headquarters. Only human resources are our own people...
The operations department is currently vacant.
Arriving at the office, Bai Xiaoou smiled and pushed Chen Mo into the innermost office: "How do you like the scenery outside?"
"Not bad, very beautiful." The office has a large floor-to-ceiling window, and outside is Lake Monti. The scenery is quite good.
Dougson and John Michael both looked at Chen Mo with smiles on their faces.
"The company is currently short of a chief operating officer, how about you come over?" Bai Xiaoou said.
Chen Mo waved his hands repeatedly and shook his head: "I can't do it. Besides, there are so many things on the ranch, I don't have time."
"Dogson is mainly responsible for the company's kitchen and brand operations. After things settle down here, he will go to Los Angeles, and he will also expand the restaurant... We have a target for the CEO candidate, and headhunting companies are in contact, waiting to find a suitable candidate.
Just leave. There is no one you can use with confidence at this stage."
"It really can't be done." Bai Xiaoou said this more than once. Chen Mo always refused, but when he mentioned it again, he must have been unable to find the right person.
"You take care of River Valley Ranch so well, this small company will definitely be fine. Besides, you still have assistants. All you have to do is stay in charge of the company and take care of things. It can take up to two months..."
"1 month."
"Okay. One month... introduce your assistant, Jason, and he will familiarize you with the company's business."