Chapter Five Hundred and Twenty One (The last chapter is about seven o'clock)
After hanging out at Hans Ranch for three days, Ju An finally flew to Fort Bragg, California, on a smoking plane. When the plane landed at Fort Bragg, Gillen, a fairly reliable agent, had already brought a car with him.
The car picked him up at the airport. After a brief exchange of greetings, Ju An followed Ji Lun and got into the car.
The airport at Fort Bragg is like squatting in the wilderness, and when the car leaves the airport, it does not drive towards the city of Fort Bragg, but towards the north, taking a small detour and driving into the rolling mountains.
In between, there are tall trees on both sides of the road, completely blocking the entire road.
When driving on the road, I feel like I have entered a natural green cave. Fortunately, sporadic sunshine comes in through the gaps between the trees, casting mottled shadows on the road. There is no need to turn on the air conditioner in the car, just open the windows.
, a cool air with the scent of trees comes from the pavement, which makes people feel extremely comfortable.
It took about fifteen minutes to drive on this road with ups and downs. In the middle, we made way for a group of deer for a few minutes. This thing is very common here in the United States. As long as there are fewer people, you can see these deer.
The leisurely figure walked to the end of the road and saw the forest farm building, followed by
It's the same as what you see in the photo. There are large wooden houses with one floor on a half-acre of land. The walls are made of logs. Looking at this building, you can tell that it was used by the previous owner for vacation. The current building
Parked in front was a red Ferrari sports car and an ordinary Toyota four-door car.
The car stopped at the door, and a young man in a suit and leather shoes walked over with a man in his forties or fifties. When Gillen got out of the car, he first followed the man in his forties or fifties and said hello: "
Terry! Are you okay? Long time no see." After saying that, he reached out and shook hands with Terry. Then he introduced to Terry: "This is my client Mr. Ju."
Terry smiled and stretched out his hand, and introduced the young man next to Ju An: "This is one of the owners of this property. Mr. Morin!".
Ju An smiled and shook hands with the young man. Perhaps because he saw that Ju An was also a young man, Mo Lin looked a little curious.
The four people entered the house. Ju An knew he had guessed it right when he saw the house. There were twenty or thirty animal heads hanging on the walls around the house, including bears, deers and goats. The walls were full of them, and the living room was full of them.
There are several log chairs in the middle of the room. They are very rough ones. There is a whole length of black bear skin on the ground under the coffee table. The mouth on the head is still open, revealing sharp teeth.
As soon as he sat down, Mo Lin asked Ju An: "I see that you are about the same age as me, why are you interested in this kind of forest? To be honest, I just don't understand why someone likes the life here!".
When Ju An heard this, he knew that this guy was a young man, probably similar to Miles. No! Even worse than Miles. Looking at the question, he said: "I prefer to be quiet.
I don’t like the noisy environment in the city.”
Mo Lin looked at Ju An and blinked, shook his head and said: "I can't understand it myself. I prefer New York. Or Los Angeles. Every year I live half of the time in New York and half of the time in Los Angeles. It's too remote here.
It takes thirty minutes to drive to find a bar." After speaking, he shrugged at Ju An.
Ju An smiled and did not continue talking.
Gillen said to Terry: "Then let's take a look around and let my guests have an understanding." Terry nodded after hearing Gillen's words and stood up from the chair.
Of course Ju An also wanted to follow. Young Mo Lin waved his hands to the three people and said, "Go and see, I'll be waiting for you here."
He smiled at Molin. Ju An followed the two agents out of the door. Terry took Ju An to a door at the back of the house, opened the rolling door curtain, drove out a four-wheel drive car, and took
Ju An and Ji Lun entered the woods.
When I got to the forest, I felt it. The soil and water here are very well maintained. There are basically no big rocks like those that can be seen everywhere in Juwu Mountain in Ju'an. There are green grasses everywhere, mixed with small flowers whose names I don't know.
After driving in the forest for less than ten minutes, we arrived at the waterfall in the photo. When we arrived at the scene, Ju An realized that this small waterfall is really good. The water flow is very big. There is a small pool under the waterfall. The water does not seem to be very deep and clear.
Bottomed out.
Terry explained: "This stream flows from the mountain on the other side, runs through the entire forest farm, and then merges into the river and flows into the sea. There is a hot spring not far from here, but the temperature of that hot spring is
It's very high, so you can't go down directly to take a bath. When it flows down, it joins the stream. The temperature there is enough to take a bath. In the past, when old Mr. Morin was here, he would often go there to take a bath after hunting.
For a while".
Ju An looked at the small waterfall and said to Terry: "Is the road to the hot spring easy to walk? If so, take us to see it."
Terry smiled and said: "The first section of the road is easier to walk, but in the next five or six minutes we won't be able to drive, so we can only use our feet!".
"No problem, then you and I will go up and take a look. Jiren can stay and look at the car." Ju An said with a smile after hearing this.
Gillen nodded and said: "I have no objection."
In this way, the three people drove the car towards the hot spring, leaving Gillen to look at the car. However, the road was not easy to walk. Ju An and Terry had to use their hands and feet to climb up the hillside.
At the top, I saw a smoky, seventeen-eight-meter-diameter
There is a small hot spring pool, and there is a slightly lower ground not far away. The water flows down that place. You can't see the shape of the creek formed. You can only see the slowly rising water hidden among the green trees and grass.
The hot mist looks beautiful under the sunshine between the trees.
"Not bad! Not bad!" Ju An nodded and said.
"There is another hot spring, about 1.5 miles away from here, which is similar to this one, but the temperature is higher than this one." Terry pointed towards Ju An in the distance.
Ju An took Terry down the steep hill on hands and feet, and then walked along the hot spring stream for a while. Seeing that the mist in the stream had reduced, he asked Terry: "The temperature here should be okay, right?"
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Terry nodded, then squatted down and put his hands into the hot spring water: "This temperature is about forty degrees."
After hearing what Terry said, Ju An put his hand in. Good guy, the temperature is quite good. After putting his hand in for a while, Ju An felt that he couldn't stand it anymore and pulled his hand back: "It's still a little too hot!".
I stood up and looked at the surrounding woods. I felt very satisfied. Not to mention the other hot springs, I would say this one is very good. When the temperature is low, there is nothing wrong with it. When the temperature is high, Ju An believes that the garden designer will definitely be able to handle it.
Terry watched Ju An retract his hand and smiled, then stood up and shook the water on his hand: "Should we go to see other hot springs?".
"No need." Ju An waved his hand and said, "Are all the hills included in the forest like this? Are there any particularly high peaks?"
Terry shook his head: "That's not true. Generally speaking, the hillsides here are not very undulating, and below this hillside, surrounding the house, is a small plain of about one hundred and sixty acres. If you use it to build a house, it will be the same."
How appropriate!”.
Ju An is not afraid of him lying about this thing. The agent may deceive you on the price, but generally he dare not talk nonsense about the terrain. In general, this piece of land has completely caught Ju An's eyes, surrounded by green trees.
, a stream with a large flow of water, plus a hot spring, what else is there to say, the following is a bargain.
"Let's go! Let's meet up with Gillen and discuss the price. If it's suitable, I'll take the land," Ju An said with a smile at Terry.
Following Gillen, the three people drove to the front of the house, stopped, and went directly into the house. The young Mr. Morin was playing a game on the TV. When he saw the three people walking in, he threw away the remote control handle and stood up.
He stood up and asked Ju An, "Have you finished reading?"
"Yeah!" Ju An nodded and said, "Now let's talk about the price."
Maureen walked over from the TV with a smile, sat down on the chair, and waited for the three people to sit down. Terry said to Ju An and Gillen: "The price of fifteen million US dollars is actually very appropriate.
”.
Ju An looked at Gillen with a smile. Gillen shook his head and said with a smile: "Terry, you and I both know that this price is outrageous. 190,000 acres of forestland is worth 10 million US dollars at most, but my client is very
If you like it, then add $500,000, $10.5 million!"
"It's not 190,000 acres! More than 199,000 acres is nearly 200,000 acres, and the trees in this forest are all over a hundred years old. The price you paid is too low. The price of the wood alone is more than this."
Terry shook his head and said.
Gillen smiled and said: "Timber? What price can wood be sold for in the international market now? I don't need to tell you this. Brazil and Russia are both big exporting countries. U.S. wood plus lumberjack fees, you really don't know."
You may think that my client is going to cut down these trees and sell them for money. Besides, they won’t be sold for much money! If you sell one tree, you will lose one tree.”
Terry smiled and shook his head: "The price you offered is really too low. Let's take it like 13 million US dollars. This price is more reasonable and fair."
"It's unreasonable. The one million acres of forest land that was sold some time ago was only for 60 million US dollars. How can you get 13 million US dollars for less than 200,000 US dollars?" Gillen argued with reason.
The two of them went back and forth for more than half an hour, but in the end they couldn't agree on the price. Mo Lin, a young man, couldn't sit still and said to Ju An: "You are about the same age as me, twelve million."
The lowest price in U.S. dollars cannot be lowered. If it works, it will be done. If it doesn’t work, I won’t be able to say anything. Let’s not go back and forth like this.”
After hearing Mo Lin's words, Ju An was stunned for a moment. This guy is so generous! Twelve million? It's almost appropriate. Ju An stood up with a smile and extended his hand to Mo Lin: "Deal! Happy cooperation!"