Although Britain is the birthplace of modern sheep farming, there are few "big pastures" like those found in North America. This is because the pastures on the other side of the pond have much wider sheep grazing land than the British "common land", and most ranchers prefer to graze their sheep on the public meadows rather than buy the land.

In fact, Britain used to be the same, except that the "enclosure movement" destroyed the public properties of these lands, and now they have become "small farms" for sheep grazing on private land. Some shepherds have to rent land to raise sheep in order to raise sheep, and Brecken Tree Farm is a typical example of this - there were many nearby farmers grazing sheep on "barren hills" where no one existed, but these lands were owned. As a result, land was repossessed by the "East Asians" without any grazing agreements – and farmers were later forced to "rent" the land to the Bracken Tree Farm Company, which it managed, at a price of not £30 per acre per month.

In addition, the business of "sheep herding", at least in the common law countries (the British Commonwealth plus the United States), even if there is no land, sheep and machinery and equipment, as long as there is investment in start-up capital and energy, it is possible to engage in agriculture and animal husbandry - in addition to land, machinery and equipment and even sheep can be rented - because of the existence of agricultural insurance, farmers are also willing to rent out their flocks, and if something goes wrong, they can get most of the compensation through insurance.

There are also large farmers like Merck and Mr. Hovey, who each occupy nearly 2,500 acres, and they have built them with large-scale agricultural machinery, and have specialized agricultural management teams and industrial workers, which can be regarded as a very modern agricultural industry.

The two gentlemen's homes were not close to each other. Obviously, the Great Plains of the farm was not very suitable for the two gentlemen. They invariably chose to live on the edge of the farm, which was close to the Victorian and Edwardian style of the old farmers on the outside, but relatively modern on the inside. If Lin's main home at Bracken's Tree Farm is a mansion in San Francisco's Beverly Hills, then Howe and Mr. Merck live in Viterby in conditions more like the middle class in the suburbs of London.

Because Lin Yilong had helped Mr. Hove a lot in helping to find the counterfeiter, Mr. Hovey had prepared a nice holiday cottage for Lin Yilong and Katie in the corner of his farm, but Lin Yilong did not accept Mr. Hovey's kindness, but found a good BnB in Viterby.

As usual, there was a welcome party, but it was small, and in order to make Lin Yilong's life more interesting, Mr. Merck, who was in charge of the welcome party, arranged the welcome party in a small country bar in Viterbi, which served very good "fish and chips".

The next day was a beautiful day, Lin Yilong and Mr. Merck agreed to sail on the sea for a "ride", and their female companions were left in the small town of Viterbi.

"I've already inquired about what you asked me to do, and now there is a buyer ready to buy, but they don't want to reveal their identity, and they are only approaching through my intermediary. Lin Yilong brought up Mr. Merck's commission, "But the time is very tight, and it will be completed within two months." ”

"So fast?" said Mr. Merck with great surprise, "and at the price?"

"According to the settlement price of the last installment, it will be reduced by 40%. "Because your company is not listed on the stock exchange, you can only negotiate the last disclosed price, of course, on the condition that your company does not have any outstanding debts and protects the market, and in addition, they see your business plan after confirming the assets and debts." ”

Not all securities issued by companies are listed on an exchange: although the London Stock Exchange is almost one of the largest exchanges in the world. Some "small and micro enterprises" that do not meet the listing requirements also have financing needs, so in the 80s of the twentieth century, some brokerages set up another special "small and micro enterprises" stock exchange around these enterprises - "trading floor". However, the imposing Ministry of Finance could not allow this completely private stock exchange to operate unregulated, and gave the exchange the highest regulatory rating and license in '96; at the same time, the London Stock Exchange itself saw the financing problem of "small and micro enterprises", and in June '95 it set up an "other investment market" specifically for small capital enterprises. Affected by the above two factors, the "trading over-the-counter" as a trading market has been losing money year after year, and finally at the turn of last spring and summer, that is, at the end of May 2012.

Mr. Merck's family business is a publicly traded company that is "off-market", which is just the right amount if you calculate the valuation in terms of turnover.

"The amount is fine, but the business plan ......," Mr. Merck paused, embarrassed, "not only can I not agree, but no one else can agree." ”

"Definitely. Lin Yilong said, "But I'm just bringing a word, and I will make your meaning clear to my contact person." ”

Then, Lin Yilong operated it on his own mobile phone.

"But isn't it a pity to abandon my father's hard work like this?" asked Lin Yilong, who was very interested in the topic.

"It's a pity. Mr. Merck replied, "You know, our family was actually a new immigrant from Frankfurt am Oder after the Second World War, so it is not so much if we talk about ancestral business." ”

It was only then that Mr. Merck introduced some things about their family to Lin Yilong. The family was a confectionery shop owner in Frankfurt am Oder, because at the end of World War II, the Soviet army was under the offensive of the Vistura Oder River, and their grandfather's family lost their lives, leaving Mr. Merck's father as the so-called "Paddington Bear" Refugee children, but did not go to Australia with the tide of immigrants, but stayed in London as electricians, when there was nothing to do to do electrical repairs, after having their own electrical appliance stores, and germinated the idea of self-reliance, opened a factory specializing in the manufacture of radios, and later developed to integrated stoves and microwave ovens, although not as good as some important household appliance companies, but it is also impressive, until the "group attack" of household appliance enterprises in East Asian countries.

"So, in the beginning my dad was a post-war orphan, and now I'm able to mix like this, which is already very good. Mr. Merck laughed at himself, "So, even if it is an ancestral business, with my current farmland and the proceeds from the sale of the business, it can be regarded as an account, after all, when our family first started, there was nothing." ”