In the morning, Ju An woke up, lay in bed, turned on the TV, and switched from channel to channel. He watched a nonsense TV series about a transgender killer. After watching it, he felt really bored.
I didn't expect that the United States also has such nonsense TV series. I originally thought that the United States would make movies like "Prison Break" and "24".
Then I changed the channel and happened to see "Spartacus Blood and Sand" playing. Although I watched it online in China, Ju An still watched it with gusto. What attracted Ju An was that the actresses in it were all very beautiful.
There are also a lot of ooxx scenes. It is basically a Category III film, but it has more bloody scenes than a Category III film. For example, the scene where the knife cuts through the neck and blood spurts out is very visually impactful and just meets the needs of ordinary people.
An’s mentality as a sullen and semi-otaku.
I had a leisurely breakfast and it was past nine o'clock. I tidied up a little and made a call to the reception. When I went out, the car was already downstairs. He was wearing a black Cadillac and was wearing a suit and tie.
The driver opened the car door for Ju An.
I arrived at the bank in ten minutes. Under the guidance of a blond beauty, I entered the VIP reception room, confirmed my account, took the checkbook from the manager, and then transferred two million to my senior brother Liu Chao, waiting to see him out.
When I saw her, I felt that the blonde beauty seemed to smile even sweeter.
Next, I found a place to eat, and called Brother Liu Chao by the way, telling him that the money had been sent. He asked him to check it, and Liu Chao told him on the phone that the contract was ready, regarding the two investment projects in Ju'an.
How many shares were worth one million? It was best for Ju An to find a lawyer. He would sign it when Liu Chao came over in a few days. Ju An said grandly that it would be enough to see. Liu Chao didn’t agree with us brothers still doing this.
, said it would be better to be more formal, so Ju An had no choice but to let him go.
In the afternoon, I went to the Immigration Bureau. The people from the Immigration Bureau verified the assets with the bank, and then muttered to the stars and stripes for more than ten minutes to solve the problem. Now I need to apply for a visa to the Chinese Embassy to go back to China.
Next, according to the time scheduled a few days ago, Mike drove the car and took a simple road test. Ju An felt that it was much simpler than the domestic road test. He just stopped the car, turned on the turn signal, braked, etc., and it went smoothly.
I passed the road test and got my driver's license.
By the time we got back to the hotel, it was already past five in the afternoon.
Not long after he entered the room, the phone rang. The front desk said that a real estate agent was here to see him. Ju An thought it must be someone from Wells Fargo's holding brokerage company.
Then I saw a real estate agent in his fifties, who eloquently introduced about 20 pastures, large and small, ranging from a few hundred acres to more than ten or two hundred thousand acres, with prices ranging from hundreds of thousands to more than 100 million US dollars.
Ju An looked at it in detail for a long time, and then asked some questions. Basically, whether there are mountains or not, whether the pastures are flat or mountainous, whether it is far from the town, and whether life is inconvenient, etc.
Finally, three ranches were identified, one with more than 10,000 acres in Texas, and the other two in Montana, one with more than 40,000 acres and one with 55,000 acres. The latter two ranches cost more than 40 million US dollars.
, the previous asking price was more than 30 million US dollars.
In the next few days, the economic man took two people to accompany Ju An around. First, he went to Texas. After seeing the ranch, Ju An was really dissatisfied with the weather. The sun was extremely violent in June.
I heard that summer temperatures are usually over 40 degrees and above, which is even hotter than a stove in the south of the Yangtze River. Ju An didn’t like this kind of weather, so he just crossed it off.
Next, the group came to Montana. As soon as they got off the plane, Ju An liked it a little bit. The air here is indescribably fresh, and the temperature is only about ten degrees. Ju An is not afraid of the cold, but he is afraid of the heat. The agent explained
Montana is a famous wealth hub in the United States and the land of the sky. There is basically no heavy industry, mainly agriculture, and some mining. The natural environment is extremely well preserved, including Yellowstone Park, Glacier Park, and various natural forest reserves.
, not to mention the air, now many rich people are buying ranches here.
The two ranches are basically about the same size. One of them is far away from the city, about an hour's drive from the airport, but the ranch has good buildings and a small professional equestrian training ground.
The other one is closer to the airport, half an hour's drive from the airport. There is no equestrian training ground, and the building construction is not bad. The two-story brick and concrete building is nestled among several large cedar trees and American red maples. It is extremely beautiful. Next to it is
Two long one-story workers' houses can accommodate more than a dozen workers. The entire building is located on a small mound a few meters high. Not far below is a stable that can accommodate more than 40 horses. Next to the stable is a large round
A round wooden barn. Next to the barn is a large warehouse, and not far from the warehouse there is a large greenhouse. The agent introduced that there were originally several pickup trucks, more than a dozen all-terrain vehicles, a tractor and some lawn mowers.
machine, baler and other machines. Now there is only a tractor, lawn mower, baler and so on. Anyway, these things will be bought new in the future.
Ju An then bargained with the broker, from the initial 47 million to 43 million, a one-time payment. Next, the broker began to draft an agreement.
Ju An directly called the best law firm in Montana and asked a lawyer to help him read these documents. The prepayment cost more than fifteen thousand US dollars, and the lawyer charged US$700 an hour. No wonder
American lawyers make a lot of money. They are really big vampires.
Lawyers from both sides arrived in Lewistown the next day. The ranch chosen by Ju An was half an hour's drive from Lewistown. The two lawyers studied the contract item by item. Ju An had some free time with the real estate agent.
, the two lawyers read the contract item by item for several hours. They also made several phone calls and asked some questions. After finally confirming that there were no problems, they signed the contract under the witness of the two lawyers. Then Ju An issued the contract.
After receiving the check, Ju An completely owned the 55,000 acres of land under Juwu Mountain, and the new Xishuihe Ranch was born.
The remaining matters were completely left to his lawyer to handle. Once these were dealt with, the day passed. Ju An looked at the sky and decided not to go back to the ranch today. The real estate agent left today and gave him a message when he left.
A card with the address of a Lewistown car dealer where you can go to buy a car.
The next morning, Ju An first went to the Lewistown Department of Motor Vehicles and exchanged his New York driver's license for a Montana driver's license.
I quickly applied for a driver's license, which is actually just a replacement book. I don't know how the United States managed it without worrying about the trouble, but the driver's license is not universal across the country, which is much worse than in China.
After leaving the vehicle management office, I walked a few steps and arrived at the car dealer marked on the card. In fact, the entire population of Lewistown is only more than 5,000, which is not even as good as the county seat where Ju'an's parents live. It is at best in the country.
It's a small town government, but in Montana, Lewistown is the county seat.
As soon as he entered the car dealership, he was warmly received by a young man wearing a cowboy hat. When Ju An said that he took out his card and told his purpose, the young man ran over and said a few words to the manager of the store.
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The manager of the store was a white man in his fifties with a big beard. After hearing the young man's introduction, he came out enthusiastically and shook hands with Ju An, and then introduced the vehicle to Ju An himself.
"An, what you need most for ranch work is a pickup truck. We are an agent here for Ford pickup trucks, including F150 and F450. If you need it, you can also reserve an F650 with us."
"I'm going to buy an F150 first for daily use," Ju An said, looking at the dark blue Ford pickup truck in front of him.
"We have both two-door and four-door versions in stock here. Let me introduce to you, this car is painted in dark blue. We also have three colors, yellow and white. If you want the popular matte paint today
You have to wait three days," the shopkeeper said.
"Well, can I take it for a test drive?" Ju An said.
"Of course, I'll get the keys," the shop owner said, turning and walking into the office.
Next, Ju An drove the car, and the shop owner sat next to him and introduced him one by one about the leather seats, good handling, engine displacement, etc.
After driving for a while, Ju An felt very satisfied. There was a lot of space, and his head, which was 1.78 meters tall, was nearly two fists away from the roof of the car. The operation was quite flexible, and it basically didn’t feel like you were controlling the car.
A pickup truck.
Then I bought an all-terrain vehicle, which is a four-wheeled motorcycle, for a total of RMB 60,000, including car insurance. A Ford F150 in China actually sells for a minimum of RMB 600,000, but here it costs RMB 54,000.
Thousand US dollars, that is, the top configuration version and the low-end configuration cost US$43,000, which is less than RMB 250,000.
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