Chapter 35: Investigation

Daddy's body is recovering day by day.

Zhang Xiaokai was finally able to let go of his long-tense nerves and accept the new environment he was in, and the whole person began to relax, and his vision of things was different.

Look around and see life everywhere.

As Morgan Strauss said, this is indeed a beautiful place.

In early summer, the vegetation is abundant, and the eastern part of Cleveland Ranch is covered with ancient redwoods, turquoise meadows, and a winding coastline with tree-covered green hills and seabirds hovering in the sky.

When I first arrived, it was dull, and I was in a bad mood, so I didn't like anything.

Recently, I have been too busy for my father, for the pasture and studying, and I don't have the heart to pay attention to these scenery.

At this moment, I suddenly realized that the original bare redwood forest had turned into a sea of forests in this season.

In addition to cattle and sheep, you can also see marmots, gray squirrels and other animals, the number of birds is even larger, there are short-tailed albatrosses nesting on the coast, it is simply the living environment he once dreamed of, and even the air is a little sweeter than that of San Francisco, which is very suitable for living.

If it weren't for hearing the surname "Lambold", the father and son of the Zhang family might have regarded the old man in front of them as a liar, and after hesitating for a few seconds, Zhang Xiaokai asked: "If you build a resort, you will give us money, right, may I ask Mr. where do you plan to build it? How much land do you need?"

Hearing this sentence from the mouth of a half-old child, Mr. Morgan Strauss subconsciously set his eyes on Daddy Zhang, who was not used to talking about business with people of Zhang Xiaokai's age.

It's just that Daddy Zhang didn't speak, and Mr. Strauss replied: "If it is confirmed, I will definitely give the fee that should be given, don't worry too much about the money, I am so old, the money I earn is enough to spend the rest of the time."

As for the size and location of the land...... I'll have to wait until I've read it first, and I'm not sure if it's going to be built here, but I'm happy with the other two places, and I'm hesitating at the moment. ”

It is not only to show strength, but also to show attitude.

After all these years in business, the habit of calculating has long been ingrained in the bone marrow, and Mr. Strauss does not want to give others the opportunity to open his mouth because he shows his affection.

It is true that the old German man Mr. Lambaut is a friend he has just met, but it does not mean that a friend can be willing to suffer a loss when he introduces himself, those are two different things.

Father Zhang heard something from these words, raised his head and said: "Please don't mind, my son is worried about repaying the loan, so he cares so much about money, in fact, this place is his grandfather's property, we can't make a decision, we have to ask his grandfather."

Sir, you can look around here casually, if you have an idea, then talk slowly, if there is a resort built here, I don't think his grandfather will refuse, it will be beneficial to us. ”

It's better to eat more oil and salt than Zhang Xiaokai, in Daddy Zhang's opinion, if you can make money through this resort that has no shadows, even if you suffer a little loss, it's okay, it's much better than getting nothing.

After waking up, he heard from his son that he knew that there had been a financial problem recently, and he felt that the ranch was already on the verge of danger, and if he could continue to take out a loan, it would be good to continue to drag it back, but he lost his credit because of tax evasion.

If the bank can't figure it out, even if the $4 million loan is repaid at the end of this year, there will still be more than $5 million in loans to be repaid next year.

Fishing boats, fences, cowsheds, stables, septic tanks, renovated houses, cars, etc., which do not require money, the old Ronald is greedy, as if he really treats the bank as a charity, only thinking about borrowing money, but not thinking about whether he can repay the money when it is due.

There are many lucky people (unlucky people) who won a huge sum of money through the lottery and went bankrupt in a short period of time, and the old man is okay in comparison, but he doesn't know how to manage his assets, and he does things on impulse.

Mr. Morgan Strauss was stunned, thinking that Old Lamber knew about the financial problems of the ranch, so he suggested that he come here to see it.

If it's really suitable, he doesn't mind helping by the way, nodded and said: "Okay, I'll take a look at you first, can you call someone to help me introduce, the resort must have characteristics, if there are no highlights, don't expect to attract guests to come and live and consume." ”

"Son, will you take me home first, and then find someone to show this gentleman?"

"Oh, oh, anyway, I'm not in a hurry to visit my grandfather, I can introduce you here......"

Most of them saw that Zhang Xiaokai wanted to invest himself, and Mr. Strauss smiled at the corner of his mouth and said: "That's okay, how old are you this year, little guy? Old Lamboldt said that you lived alone for a few days in the weather of more than 30 degrees below zero, and you also shot and killed a few British Columbia wolves?"

"Well, they want to eat me, I'm just trying to protect myself, I'm going to be thirteen. ”

"It's so small, smaller than my granddaughter. ”

……

I can talk to old Mr. Lambour, and Mr. Morgan Strauss is no less temperamental.

Don't rush to urge, drive to the house to wait first, and wait for Zhang Xiaokai to send his father back, and then drive him around.

There is a lake on the land, the area is not too large, there was not much water in it at the beginning of spring, but now it is already full, and lush aquatic plants grow on the lake's side.

When passing by, Zhang Xiaokai said that it could be boating or fishing.

Being able to barbecue in the ranch and go to the beach to say that you can go out to sea with a fishing boat and help cast a net to catch fish is also a small highlight, although the coastline on the west coast is quite long, but only a few people have sailed with a fishing boat.

Needless to say, Mr. Strauss himself could see that when he stood at the mouth of the river, he offered to play rafting in the river, and he could also get some marine recreational measures, such as speedboats and swimming, but unfortunately the beach was like this, and the garbage on it was not cleaned up in time, which was not a big problem.

On land, it is nothing more than riding horses and herding sheep, and at most dividing forests to go out for hunting.

After more than half an hour, Mr. Strauss confessed: "On the whole it is not bad, but there are similar scenery in other places, not as famous as Santa Monica Beach, and not as beautiful as some places."

Also, it hasn't impressed me until now, there is no shortage of beautiful scenery on the West Coast, what is lacking is a businessman like me who has the money to invest, a small resort with a bit of a high grade, it is likely to cost me more than three million dollars, if I think it is possible that I will not be able to recover the capital, I will definitely not want to invest. ”

"Yes, the southern neighbor has a vineyard, a beautiful winery, and I have pets, do you think anyone would want to see a white spirit bear, or a fat cat weighing more than twenty pounds?"

Zhang Xiaokai has been in charge of the family for a period of time and knows how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are, and a few days ago, the bank inexplicably sent someone over to notify him of the loan repayment in advance, which gave him a lot of pressure.

Seeing that Mr. Strauss casually said that it was more than three million dollars, only the envy of the eyes, the number of Dungeness crabs decreased this season, some fish were also banned from fishing, and the income of the fishery was cut in half, during which he encountered a school of tuna, but no one caught it, but accidentally injured a small killer whale, caught it and released it back into the sea.

"Such a heavy cat? Hahaha! That's not good, but if you're talking about an interesting wine estate, you can add a few points. ”

Teasing Zhang Xiaokai, Mr. Strauss actually likes this sensible little guy, at least better than other children of the same age, and they all start to talk about business.

Yu Guang caught a glimpse of something, pointed to the beach curiously, and asked, "Look over there, my eyes are not very good, is it a stone or a whale? Why do you look so much like a whale?"

"That'...... It's a whale! It's washed ashore!"

Zhang Xiaokai had never seen this picture, and shouted loudly.

Not far away, the poor big creature lay motionless, with blood on his head and wounds, lying on his side in the sand......