Naturally, Sun Dahai would not object to such a normal request. When Zhuangming Life distributed shares to managers, Fang Ying left her job to go to school in Xiangjiang, thus losing her opportunity. Sun Dahai was just trying to compensate her.
Sun Dahai called Chen Feng over because he wanted him to follow up on the ranch. After Jiahua Investment plans to develop leisure agriculture around the world, Chen Feng should be a suitable candidate.
His experience and ability may still be somewhat lacking, but currently Jiahua Investment only has two projects, the Daqingshan development project under construction, and the Garrison Ranch, which is still undergoing transfer procedures.
Sun Dahai thought about it and felt that Chen Feng should be able to be cultivated slowly. Mr. Huang will help control the general direction, and there will be capable people to handle the specific work.
Over at Daqingshan, there is an Italian named Patric in charge.
He has rich experience, and is supported by Wang Sanpao and Boss Li, as well as Sun Weimin, Li Yue, Gao Hongjun, and the Long Provincial Agricultural Reclamation Bureau. Now the project is running very smoothly.
The Garrison Ranch is still going through the transfer procedures. Now Sun Dahai has temporarily decided that Linkwood will become the actual manager of the ranch, responsible for taking over the ranch and transforming the ranch.
Sun Dahai called Chen Feng over now, firstly, to let him and Linkwood get to know each other and increase mutual understanding; secondly, he also asked Chen Feng to follow up from the time he received the ranch, so that he could understand the situation of the ranch more easily and improve management efficiency.
In the second half of the year, the Garrison Ranch will definitely undergo extensive construction and infrastructure construction. Therefore, Chen Feng can continue to study in Xiangjiang. Linkwood will handle the specific work on the American side, so Chen Feng can just keep an eye on it.
It has been half a year since Chen Feng left the capital, while Fang Ying did not come back after last summer vacation. When we met in Houston, it was natural for them to become intimate.
The flight for Chen Feng and his two colleagues was very hard. They took off from Xiangjiang and after 13 hours of flight time, they arrived at the transit station San Francisco. They then flew for nearly four hours before arriving in Houston.
Although they were well prepared and started to get rid of the jet lag in advance, the long flight distance made them very tired. Although they were happy to meet Sun Dahai, they couldn't bear it after a while.
"Let's go have some food first, and then hurry up and take a rest! We'll set off tomorrow morning."
Upon seeing this, Sun Dahai quickly took everyone to have a meal in the hotel restaurant, and then drove them back to the room reserved for them.
After Fang Ying returned to the capital last summer, she and Chen Feng invited close friends to have a small dinner.
This drink was their engagement drink. During the dinner, the two also exchanged engagement rings.
Fang Datong, Fang Lin, and Cao Yue attended as the parents of the girl, and Jiang Xiuping, Sun Weiguo and his wife, as well as Sun Weimin and his wife who came all the way, attended as the parents of the boy.
Although Chen Feng and Fang Ying had not received their certificates yet, after the dinner, everyone regarded them as a couple.
At present, the domestic atmosphere is still relatively conservative, so they are just engaged. As long as they don't get the certificate, they don't dare to have any intimate behavior.
But now that we are in the United States, there are not so many taboos. Battelle has a good relationship with Chen Feng, so she asked him secretly before booking a room, and then pretended not to know that Fang Ying was coming and directly booked a double bed room for them.
Battle led the two to the door of the room, and then ran away. Chen Feng smiled evilly, pulling Fang Ying, whose face was red, into the room.
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On the afternoon of July 3, 1986, Sun Dahai and his party arrived at Billings Logan International Airport in Montana.
As soon as they got off the plane, they were picked up by a car from the local Citibank on the tarmac of the airport. They went to the relevant departments of the Billings city government and completed the ranch transfer procedures before getting off work.
Because the next day is the Independence Day of the United States, and it falls on a weekend, so the whole country will be on holiday for several consecutive days.
Fortunately, Sun Dahai and the others completed the main procedures before getting off work today, otherwise they would have to wait until a few days later to handle it.
The key to the problem is not to wait a few days. If the transfer is not completed, they will not have the right to enter the ranch for inspection in the past few days unless Kota Ono agrees.
Legally speaking, Sun Dahai is now the owner of the Garrison Ranch. He can enter and exit the ranch freely and inventory and dispose of all assets of the ranch.
The management staff arranged by Kota Ono at Garrison Ranch have already left after handing over the situation with Citibank's asset appraisal and management department a few days ago.
Now there are only two cowboy couples left in the ranch that Ono hired before, and they are still trying their best to maintain the basic operations of the ranch.
When Sun Dahai and the others left the Billings City Government, they still had some less important procedures to complete. This was thanks to the help of Citibank Montana Branch, a local courier who was familiar with the process.
Firstly, time is tight and there is no time to complete these procedures. Secondly, they are not urgently needed at the moment. Linkwood will have plenty of time to handle them slowly in the future.
The current legal owner of the Garrison Ranch is the American branch of Ka Wah Investment Company. Therefore, Linkwood is not the ranch owner, but the ranch manager.
Garrison Ranch is located in Celias Town, a small town within the jurisdiction of Billings, more than 200 kilometers from the city center.
The administrative divisions of the United States are slightly different from those of China. From top to bottom, they are states, counties, cities, towns, and villages.
Montana belongs to the Rocky Mountains, has a vast territory, is sparsely populated, and is relatively undeveloped economically.
Although Billings is the largest city in Montana and has the largest population in the state, it ranks very low among American cities.
Compared with domestic cities, Billings can probably be classified as a fourth- or fifth-tier city, equivalent to a weak prefecture-level city or a strong county-level city.
According to the schedule, Sun Dahai and the others will stay in Billings City today and then go to Seliyas Town early tomorrow morning.
Chen Xi's customer service team made a reservation for everyone at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in downtown Billings. This is a four-star hotel that was just built not long ago and is currently the best hotel in Billings.
The Citibank representative sent them to the hotel, helped them check in, and then left. They had to go home for the holidays.
The hotel happens to have a high-end executive suite, which has one master bedroom and three guest bedrooms plus a living room and study room. It is more than enough for Sun Dahai and the six of them.
Sun Dahai has stayed in many places during this trip, including New York, Seattle, and Houston, all of which are expensive. Mexico City is the venue for the World Cup, and during the game, the housing prices there are even ridiculously high.
On the other hand, the Royal Holiday Inn in Billings charges just over $400 per day for such a multi-bedroom luxury suite, which really makes everyone feel that it is a bargain.