Chapter 555: Buying the Largest Farm in the Wealth State
Andy sat in a comfortable chair with Michael Swan next to him, looking with interest at the ever-changing pictures of the farm on the projector.
"This is the largest production farm in the western real estate market in decades, with a large scale and diversified agricultural production, and this farm has attracted a lot of interest, not only wealthy individuals like Mr. Smith, but also investment companies and agricultural real estate investment funds, in terms of operation, this farm can take advantage of the price fluctuations in the grain and beef markets, and there are multiple ways to make profits and a lot of profit margins," Swann said with a smile. β
Truth be told, it's also a big deal for Andy, and the think tank sees this farm as an important foundation in Andy's portfolio, and land resources will become increasingly scarce in the future.
In the past few years, the price of agricultural products has been gradually rising, and the think tank has made a judgment that there is an expectation of significant price increases in grain and livestock in the future, and if the judgment is correct, then the price of agricultural products will be pushed up, and the potential value of agricultural real estate will also rise.
Of course, it is unlikely that an integrated farm like this will appreciate at a double-digit percentage rate every year, as it has in the past, this year and next, or even in 2009, or it will sell for just $60 million.
"It's not intuitive just to look at the photos, how far is the farm from here? "Andy came to see the farm this time, and he didn't want to sign a check without even looking at what he bought.
"Of course, it's 20 minutes away, and it's very fast, so I'll call Sam Connelly, the manager of the farm... Swann knows that the world's youngest billionaire has taken a fancy to this farm, and now in the case of this real estate bubble, there are not many rich people who will buy farms in a big way, everyone knows that the current price of this farm is worth the money, but no one wants to decide at this time, the real estate bubble bursts, the price of land will plummet, and the price of the farm will definitely fall.
Some people's clever ideas don't hide in the slightest, but the arrival of Andy Smith's acquisition team gave Swan an opportunity to earn commissions right away.
After a 20-minute drive, the convoy arrived at the arched gate of Broken O Farm, where a middle-aged man in a half-sleeved shirt, jeans, and a cowboy hat was already standing in front of an open-top mountain bike.
The convoy stopped at the gate of the farm, and Michael Swan got out of the car and hugged each other with a smile, and immediately introduced Andy and the other party.
"Welcome, Mr. Smith, I love you so much for 'Five Hundred Miles from Home' You are much more handsome than the newspapers. β
Andy had a sunny smile on his face, shook hands with the other party and smiled, "Thank you, it's nice to meet you." Can you show me the farm?"
"Of course, it's my pleasure, please get in the car. "Sam Connelly is a very crisp character, very cheerful, opened the car door and jumped into the car first.
Andy smiled, pulled the car door, and wanted to sit in the passenger seat, but was stopped by Joseph behind him with a cold face, Joseph opened the back door and motioned for Andy to sit in the back, and he himself sat in the passenger seat.
Michael Swan, who has been watching everything, smiled and opened the door on the other side and sat in the back row, saying that young people don't like to have bodyguards with them, the youngest billionaire, the children of the family are a little different, and there are six bodyguards alone.
These bodyguards knew that they were not easy to mess with as soon as they looked at their figures, they were all tall and strong, and they all had a cold face, and the four of them stood on the periphery with their backs to Andy and observed the surroundings, and the two bodyguards had been following Andy closely, keeping a distance of two meters.
The off-road vehicle quickly drove into the farm and drove along the middle road towards the center of the farm.
"This is the pasture area, you see that area is the barn of 800 gilts, and further on, you can see the barn of the ranch bulls... β
Sam was driving the car while looking in the rearview mirror and reaching out to point out the direction to the crowd.
Andy looked at the barns, smiled and nodded, and soon there were large green plains, some places were still a little uneven, very vast, and there was no edge in sight.
After driving for about half an hour, Andy saw some black dots in the distance spread on the vast grassland.
"That's 3,500 cows and some calves, and we need to go the other way to see them... β
"Let's go on to the center, I want to get a general idea. Andy grabbed the protective bar on the side of the car, stood up, and reached out to look at the pergola, looking at the black dots in the distance.
The farm was so big that it shocked Andy, with several mountains in the distance and a large area of woods all within the scope of the farm.
After driving for more than half an hour, Andy saw a central area in the distance, with a wooden fence, and in the middle was a large main house with eaves of varying heights, which should be the luxurious main house in the center of the farm overlooking the Sun River and the Rocky Mountains.
"This house was designed and built by Mr. Bill Moore, more than 10,000 square feet, with all kinds of luxury facilities such as an indoor swimming pool, but it has been empty for a while, and the Moore family rarely comes to live here, but I still ask the farm cleaner to keep this main house clean and tidy every day, and some of the hair of the taxidermy will be dusted. β
Sam was obviously a little disappointed when he talked about the Moore family, for Sam, who grew up here and worked here for more than 20 years, he has a deep affection for this farm, but unfortunately not everyone is Bill Moore, and they will like the life of the farm in the countryside, and for young people, the bustle and bustle of the metropolis is more attractive.
"Let's go over and see, and I'm very interested in being able to see the Sun River and the Rocky Mountains from my living room, and it's not easy. β
From a distance, the main house looks like a bunch of uneven mushrooms, with a large dark umbrella cover, orange walls, a tall tree behind the house, and a large lawn that has been trimmed like a fake one around, which is very beautiful and atmospheric.
The theme of the main house is three stories high, and Andy looks at the decoration style of the house with a strong precipitation of time, which is too heavy, no wonder young people don't like to come to live.
The home is mainly made of solid wood, the carpet looks a little old, the heads of various taxidermy animals are hung on the wall, and there are some complete animal specimens in every corner, which are lifelike. Deer, all sorts of birds with beautiful feathers, wolves, and Andy was most shocked by the specimen of a grizzly bear standing upright.
Through the floor-to-ceiling windows facing almost the entire wall of glass in the living room, you can look at the snow-capped Rocky Mountain in the distance and the wide Sun River.
"I love it here!" Andy said as he reached out and patted the grizzly bear specimen's head lightly, smiling back at the group.
Swan and Sam looked at each other and smiled, to be honest, they were a little surprised that Andy would like the farm at his age, no one in the big city likes the life of a country farm, even the largest farm, it is the country, because there is no hot nightlife here, only crops and all kinds of livestock.
Andy then drove around the farm's crop area, passing by the vast expanse of well-defined farmland and being impressed by the grandeur of the automatic irrigation system.
Large PEN irrigation machines stand in the green fields, rotating and irrigating crops in all directions.
"This is the farm you're buying?" said Scarlett, sitting cross-legged on the couch in her nightdress, watching aerial footage of the farm on the TV.
"Well, I went to the farm in the morning and looked, 120,000 acres, stretching 20 miles, along the Sun River across three counties, you see these lakes, and the Sun River, beautiful, right?" Andy said, sitting down next to her, putting his hand around her shoulder.
"Well, it's not bad, you can choose to vacation here, go fishing, see the animals or something. Scarlett nodded, to be honest she didn't have any feelings about the farm, but watching the aerial footage on TV, the view was indeed beautiful.
"We signed the contract in the afternoon, bought it, and we moved into the farm villa tonight, and it was really good, and there was a grizzly bear specimen, which was really shocking. Andy sighed.
Scarlett tilted her head and looked at Andy with a look of disgust, "HY, why do you men like to hunt animals? Do you want to make taxidermy to show your strength? If you like to see it, why don't you watch it alive?"
Andy hurriedly raised his hands and spread them out, shrugging his shoulders with a helpless look that none of his business was none of his business, almost forgetting that these women had called for the protection of animals more than once, especially the Emperor and Scarlett.
In the afternoon, Andy and his negotiators arrived at Swan's real estate company, and this time there were many people waiting for him, including the Mer family, Swan, and the farm's manager, Sam Connally, and a number of reporters.
Andy's knowledge that Montana's largest irrigated farm was being sold, was big news in the area, and his arrival caused a flurry of applause and a boisterous stream of questions from reporters on the scene.
As the popularity has skyrocketed in the past year, all kinds of halos have been added, and the speed of the rise of legends, Andy has undoubtedly been the focus of attention when he walked there, and the brief chaos on the scene quickly subsided, and he didn't have time to waste time with these reporters.
It's just that Andy is starting to have a headache again, Nima, these reporters will definitely be staring at him like seeing a delicious wolf, then Scarlett is a big problem by his side.
While waiting for the contract to be signed, Andy called Kenny to his side and whispered in his ear, Kenny nodded in understanding, and then left the scene, rushed back to the hotel, and moved Scarlett to the farm one step earlier.
Whewβ
Andy signed his name, exchanged contracts with the Mer family with a smile on his face, and reached out to take a check for 60 million from the financial officer behind him and handed it to the other party, and the scene was immediately illuminated by flashing lights. 10