Chapter Three Hundred and Sixty-Three Ju An's Generous Writing (2)
After hearing this, Ju An smiled and said, "I'm not a big landowner. I'm working hard in this direction. Come and take a look at the pastures I picked this time and give me some suggestions." After that, he followed Wang Fan to explain.
Wang Fan listened for a while before remembering. He patted his head and said to Ju An: "There's a call from Mike. The vineyard is preparing a new wine launch conference in early October this year, and you will be invited to attend."
Ju An thought for a moment and said: "New wine launch conference? It's still early. What's the rush now?" After that, he continued to look at the new pasture he had chosen.
Wang Fan pointed at Ju An and said with a smile: "Our wine won an award, and last year's sales were very good. This year the vineyard is planning to produce five wines with different prices. The grapes produced in our vineyard will be used to make 10,000 bottles of high-end wines."
The rest of the wine is blended with some grapes picked from other vineyards, with different grades of high, medium and low. Moreover, it is somewhat famous now, so it would not be appropriate to invite a few celebrities to come without holding a press conference."
Ju An was a little dizzy after hearing this, and quickly waved his hands and said: "Okay, don't popularize this to me. You drink wine and I don't drink this kind of thing. It's useless if you say it. Just say it."
, please ask Miles to cooperate with the celebrity. There must be a few famous female stars and models that this boy has slept with. Then, just let this boy show off his sex appeal, and even save a lot of appearance fees.
Pen," Ju An joked with a smile.
Wang Fan listened and said with a smile: "Haha, you are really stingy. You want to save this kind of money. Anyway, you can just go when the time comes." After speaking, he patted Ju An on the shoulder.
Ju An nodded, indicating that he would be there on time and would never leave in the middle.
On the morning of the third day, Ju An took Nien and two or three people and ran towards Red Lodge. According to the location mentioned by Gillen, the terrain was pretty good and the transportation was very convenient. It only took ten minutes to drive to Red Lodge.
To the left and right, nearby is a 140,000-acre ranch belonging to the Rockefeller family. However, the land there looks green on Google, while the area I want to look at looks sandy and gray.
Jiren and a few people had already greeted Ju An and the others at the entrance of the ranch. Ju An and Jiren were already familiar with each other, and everyone avoided unnecessary pleasantries. After a brief introduction, Jiren led Ju An toward the ranch.
Drive away.
When I first entered the pasture, the ground was still green. The further inside, the more desolate it became. The entire pasture was filled with patches of grass in the east and patches of grass in the west, as well as small shrubs. It was much greener than when I first took over my pasture.
There are too many differences.
Ju An got out of the car, grabbed a handful of soil, and rubbed it with his hands. It was very rough and there were a lot of pebbles. Jiren saw Ju An get out of the car and followed him down to Ju An's side.
Looking at Ju An rubbing the soil in his hands, looking at the surrounding environment, he explained to Ju An: "This pasture is just not irrigated enough. If it is irrigated well, it will be almost the same as the pasture over there." After speaking, he pointed with his hand.
Down to the pasture on the city side.
Across a city, the pastures on both sides were completely different. One was green and the other was withered. Ju An patted the dirt on his hands and said to Gillen: "Take me to see the cowboys' dormitories and fences."
Gillen nodded and made an invitation gesture to Ju An. Ju An got into the car with him and continued driving for half an hour before arriving at the cowboys' residence. This place looked much worse than his own ranch.
, it is not a newly built house, it is not even as good as an old dormitory. Ju An walked into a dormitory and took a look. The whole space seemed very crowded. The area was only half of the cowboy dormitory at Ju An Ranch and slightly larger. There was still a man standing at the door.
Several cowboys were looking at Ju An and his group curiously, lowering their heads and chatting in low voices.
Ju An wasn't going to ask the cowboys anything. He just wanted to have a good idea of the cowboys' living environment here. Not only the cowboys' residences, but also the barn fences and other things. Ju An carefully looked at them. Although Ju An was very familiar with
I don’t fully understand the grazing stuff, but after being around the ranch for so long, I’m pretty familiar with these things. Except for the cowboys’ dormitories, the rest of the stuff looks pretty good, including two dilapidated Toyota pickup trucks and three semi-new ones.
A semi-old tractor, two trailers and other random things.
Ju An looked at it for a while and turned to Ji Lun and said: "Who usually manages this ranch? I want to ask him some questions." Ju An didn't know what to say when a ranch was managed like this, but now Ju An
I don’t want to get entangled in this. The reasons are too complicated. Maybe the rancher is unwilling to pay. It’s really hard to say.
Gillen said to Ju An: "Matt is the manager of the ranch now." Then he turned and gestured to Matt. A middle-aged cowboy dressed in denim came over and said to Gillen: "What's going on?"
, Mr. Gillen”.
Gillen raised his hand to Ju An: "Mr. Ju has some questions for you."
"How is the fence on the ranch? Is it in good condition?" Ju An asked. Looking at the situation in the cowboy living area of the ranch, Ju An simply didn't even look at the fence.
Cowboy Matt thought for a moment and said: "Most of them are in good condition, some may need minor repairs."
After hearing this, Ju An nodded and turned to Gillen and said, "Let's discuss the price." After speaking, he motioned to his accountant and Nien.
Of course Gillen was happy after hearing this: "Then let's go to the office to talk." After saying that, he smiled and motioned Ju An and others to a corner of the cowboy dormitory. It was said to be an office but it was actually two cowboy dormitories connected. Gillen took
A few people and Ju An were sitting face to face. The old man had learned to be smart when he sold the ranch last time. He just brought the lawyer with him so as not to have to wait for the lawyer. After knowing Ju An's character, he would buy it if he liked it.
Ju An said to Gillen: "The ranch does not have any facilities. I accept that most of it needs to be rebuilt, and the price will be cheaper."
Gillen smiled bitterly and said to Ju An: "This price is already very cheap. We really can't compromise on the area here." The old man didn't let up.
Next, Nien and the accountant followed each other and began to discuss a series of issues such as the asset status of the ranch. In short, it was Ju An who found fault, and Ji Lun who took the cover. They argued for more than half an hour.
They agreed to lower the price by US$750,000. Anyway, Ju An couldn't stand a chance of winning, so he nodded directly. The lawyers on both sides began to draft the agreement, and the accountants brought by Ju An began to reconcile the ranch's accounts.
While the two groups were busy working, Ju An and Ji Lun walked out of the house. Old man Ji Lun smiled and said to Ju An: "Do you want to see the pasture down there?"
After hearing this, Ju An said: "Let's take a look and buy a piece if there is a suitable one. There are a lot of cattle on the pasture this year. Now I can't count on this pasture for the time being. I want to look at a pasture with good pasture."
Gillen thought for a moment and said: "Then let's take a look at that ranch in Missouri. The conditions there are very good, much better than others. The current economic downturn is really an opportunity to buy up ranches. According to the previous price of this ranch,
You can’t buy it without fifty million dollars.”
Ju An nodded: "Okay! Tomorrow we will go directly to Missouri to see the ranch." The two chatted again and then walked into the house. Ju An said to the accountant and took out the pay slip and looked at it.
Let's take a look at the wages of cowboys. The average wage is about a thousand dollars a month. It is customary here in the United States to use weekly salary, but Ju An likes to convert it into monthly salary, which is more familiar.
Ju An looked up the salary structure of the ranch and found that except for Cowboy Matt, whose salary was more than $4,000, the rest of the cowboys were about the same, which was pretty reasonable.
He stayed at the table and chatted with Gillen for a long time. How many children he had, whether the children were studying or working were all boring topics. He was waiting for the accountant to tally the accounts, and the two lawyers carefully read the contract one by one.
This cannot be done carelessly.
It was around one o'clock in the afternoon when the lawyers went over the contract, and Ju An signed his name. As soon as he signed the contract, he drew two ghostly words in English, and the ranch changed its surname to Ju.
After signing, Gillen took Ju An to the cowboys' dormitory. Matt gathered all the cowboys to meet with Ju An, the new boss, and shook hands with the cowboys one by one. Now what's left
There were only about twenty cowboys, and they looked at the rancher Ju An curiously.
Ju An said to the cowboys: "I am a new rancher. My name is An, Ju. You can call me An. For the time being, the salary and other things will be paid according to the original standards. This year's task is mainly to repair the fence and repair the fence."
The cowboys’ dormitories need to be rebuilt, and irrigation of the pastures needs to be started. Next year I want to see a pasture with a first-class irrigation system.”
As soon as Ju An finished his words, the cowboys all laughed happily. The new boss did not mention layoffs but instead updated a lot of facilities and fully irrigated the pasture. That means everyone's work will be a little easier in the future.
Are you unhappy?
After finishing speaking, Ju An turned to Matt and said: "I won't stay at the ranch for long. You will still manage the ranch for the time being, and I will find someone to build a new dormitory."
Matt thought for a moment and said, "I know, I'll find someone to check out the new dormitory at the ranch this afternoon, and I'll send you an email then."
"That's it. If the ranch doesn't have enough manpower, we won't hire them this year. We'll wait until the cattle arrive next year. When I go back, I'll find a company to design a new irrigation system, and then dig a five- to six-acre lake for me in the center of the ranch."
"Don't worry, boss! I'll take the cowboys to repair the damaged fence first." Matt nodded after listening to Ju An's words.
"Just call me An. I'm not used to calling me BOSS." Ju An thought for a moment and felt that he had something to say. He frowned and thought for a few minutes before remembering: "Sell me those two Toyota pickup trucks."
, I don’t like it! In two days, I will have someone send a few pickup trucks and mountain bikes and so on.” I almost let the little devil sneak into my buddy’s ranch, but Ju An finally thought of it and stopped it.
cancer.
After arranging these things, Ju An and Ji Lun left the ranch with two groups of people in a car and went to Red Lodge for lunch. Ji Lun had an eye for it and rushed to pay the bill, which was considered a small country.