Holiday Inn in Grand Rapids.

Masao Takeda, a Japanese businessman in his forties, is now lying in bed thinking.

"In Japan, the cows are the Dutch Holstein breed, the chickens are the Italian Hanghang chickens, and even the pigs are the American Duroc breeds, so why can't I export beef cattle?"

Just because he was going to sell Tajima cattle to Broken-B Farm, more than 50 farmers are still protesting in front of his house, and the Japan Agricultural Association has asked him to think twice about it, but he is a very paranoid person, and these Takeda Masao do not care.

"Kobe beef is good, but it's too small in quantity, and I hope that as many people in the world as possible can eat Wagyu beef, the better. Masao Takeda thought, "If I only raise Wagyu beef in Japan, I will only keep the price of Wagyu beef at a very high price, and not many people can afford to eat it, so I can't spread it, so what's wrong with me doing this?"

Tajima cattle are a type of Wagyu beef, which refers to the four types of cattle that are unique to Japan: Kuroge Washi, Brown Washi, Japanese Shorthorn, and Hornless Washi, and the high-quality beef produced by them is named Kobe beef.

Kobe beef, a brand that was founded in '83, doesn't actually raise beef cattle in Kobe. After the Meiji Restoration, the country was opened to Westerners, and at that time the Japanese did not eat the meat of four-legged animals.

Westerners want to eat beef, only Kobe has it, and its fame should be attributed to Hirobumi Ito, the governor of Hyogo Prefecture, where Kobe is located.

Ito Hirobumi studied in England in his early years and fell in love with beef, and after taking office in Hyogo Prefecture, he set a precedent for killing cattle and eating meat, so foreigners who wanted to eat beef had to buy it in Kobe, and "Kobe-Beef" (Kobe beef) was called so.

It is said that on August 3, 1978, a father just named his newborn son Kobe-Bryant, named after Kobe beef, and this now 12-year-old Kobe Bryant seems to want to be an NBA player when he grows up.

BrokenB Farms is one of the largest ranches on the western side of the Rocky Mountains, with 124,000 acres spanning nearly three counties.

There are two owners of the ranch, Bill Moore and Billy Moore.

The two brothers are engaged in the wall paint business, which is very good, and the ranch is their secondary industry, and they usually hire managers to help take care of it.

Today Billy Moore received a call from a Japanese man saying that he wanted to sell 200 Tajima cattle breeding cattle to their pasture.

After telling his brother about it, neither Bill nor Billy paid much attention.

But what is a horse beef? Do we know that Kobe beef is the most expensive thing in the world today?

But Wagyu cattle are too difficult to raise, who knows if the quality of the frosted meat they produce after coming to the United States will be so good, and the price is $70,000 per head, are you sure they are not selling gold?

His younger brother Billy drove alone to the Holiday Inn Grand Falls to see the sample cow that the Japanese had brought, and when he arrived at the hotel, Masao Takeda was already standing outside to greet him.

The two of them came to the prepared small living room, and before Billy could sit down, he said, "$50,000 is too high, $30,000 I want 800 breeding cattle each, otherwise our ranch wouldn't need them." ”

The effect he wanted had been achieved, and Masao Takeda on the other side was stunned by him and couldn't speak, Billy continued: "You have to know that this is a very risky investment, except for you in Japan, you have no experience in breeding them anywhere else, right?" ”

"But Madanniu only produces 4,000 heads a year, and this price is really insulting!" Takeda Masao's face turned red, and his already non-fluent English was even more disadvantageous.

Billy didn't reply to his words, raised his hand and touched the beard on his lips, took out a humidor from his pocket, took out one and trimmed it in his hand, then lit it in his mouth, and exhaled a thick cigarette, "I can only pay this price, if not, please do it." ”

Takeda's masculine lips trembled.

Now the slogan is being shouted in Japan to buy the whole of the United States and turn it into the 41st prefecture.

Previously, Mitsubishi had already purchased the Rockefeller Center, a symbol of the United States, for $1.4 billion, and last year, Sony successfully bought Columbia Pictures, a giant of the American entertainment industry and one of the symbols of American culture, for $3.4 billion.

As a Japanese with a head and a face, where had he ever been humiliated like this, he immediately got up, snorted coldly and walked out.

Billy was still sitting in the parlor, waiting for the cigar to be half finished and snuffed out in the ashtray before he was about to leave.

He wasn't worried that the Japanese wouldn't look for him again, and those who had the money couldn't afford such a little Wagyu beef, and those who wanted couldn't afford them, so he just had to wait for another bid.

……

In the snow-capped mountain pastures hundreds of kilometers away.

Albert and Han Qianshan sat face to face on the sofa and drank tea.

Afternoon tea is indispensable for the British, and Albert, as a cultivated upper-class person, can naturally taste the quality of tea, put down the cup and said: "It's really a good weather today, Han, thank you for such good tea." ”

"They were bought by my father from Huaxia, and the spring tea that just arrived this year, if you like it, you can take some back. Father Han replied with a smile.

The boy next to him was also bored and stayed here, putting his foot on McDull's back to help him massage, while McDull lay on the floor with a comfortable expression.

Not far away, Fat Ding followed behind Guo's mother, and the kitten followed wherever she went, scolding and giving a small dried fish, and Fat Ding settled down.

The conversation in the living room continued, and Albert showed an exaggerated expression and said, "Thank you so much, I like to drink good tea the most, and I can't buy decent tea in the whole of Montana!

Seeing that he was down to business, Han Qianshan nodded and said, "Yes, it's because of that ranch that I need to buy some more calves now." ”

"I had a great photo with you last time, Simmental cattle are growing very well, do you have any way to introduce this time?"

Albert grimaced: "I sold you all the calves in the early spring on my ranch, but I know that there are still some other ranches, but at this price..."

"Don't worry, I won't treat you badly, as long as you can buy the calf you like, I can give you three percent of the remuneration after completing the business. Father Han looked at him with a smile, and continued, "We need a lot, about 4,000 cows are enough." ”

Albert, an old businessman, immediately became excited: "Haha, we are friends." There are some Angus cattle in the north side of the Terley Ranch, about 1,300 or so to be sold, they are so edible now, the pasture can no longer accommodate them, many of those cattle are more than four months old, it is very cost-effective to buy them!"

"I also have friends from Norton and Shoto, and I'm sure they'll help me, but it may take a little longer to raise them, but two weeks will be enough......"

Father Han sat quietly across from him, waiting for him to finish before continuing: "I think you have misunderstood, this time my ranch not only needs Angus cattle, but also some Limousin cattle to breed, I see that they used to grow very well in the Augsg pasture, and the meat yield and frost fall are not much." ”

"Limousin? That breed is a little less. Albert pondered for a moment, "I'm going to ask my friends, and it should be fine." ”

Father Han laughed, stood up straight and shook Albert's hand: "Then trouble you, please hurry up and buy them, the grass in my pasture is almost deserted now." ”

"Haha, the grass grows so well here, I've never seen such a tender alfalfa, no wonder your cattle sold so high last year. Albert got up and said, intending to leave and go back to prepare.

As soon as I arrived at the door, I seemed to think of something again: "I heard at the last meeting that a Japanese man is planning to sell Tajima cattle and breed cattle recently, Han, are you interested?"

"But the horse cow, that kind of black wagyu cow?" Xiao Han Xuan heard his words and hurriedly asked Albert.

The old merchant nodded: "Yes child, you know so much, yes, that's it." ”

"How many breeds of cattle are for sale, and is that person in the United States right now?" Han Xuan asked. "Now he seems to be in Great Falls, there are about two hundred of them, and I heard that he is now in contact with the Moore brothers. Oh, it's the big rancher of BrokenB, the one who does the wall paint business, and the price is too high to negotiate yet. ”

Although Han's father didn't know why his son was so interested, he still tacitly helped and asked, "Can you please contact him?" It seems that it is not bad to raise some Japanese breeding cattle, and the remuneration is the same as what I just said. ”

Albert nodded, "Okay, I'll do it later." ”

Han Xuan watched the old BMW leave, turned his head and smiled: "I didn't expect the Japanese Bethune to come to the United States." ”

The father heard him: "Bethune?"

"Yes, he's a selfless man. The boy nodded, and walked into the room with his legs raised.

Leaving only his confused father in the corridor, Han Qianshan shrugged his shoulders and followed into the house.