Chapter 2: Napa Valley

If he hadn't seen Duanmu Qing's photo, Chen Mo couldn't quite remember his appearance, and the natural master-apprentice relationship was already very indifferent.

Chen Mo called the company to ask for leave, returned to Hongcheng County that night, and saw Duanmuqing's urn in the car. The disappeared master-apprentice emotion was remembered unconsciously......

Duanmuqing is an old naughty boy, who has lived in Chen Mu's house for four or five years, teaching himself to practice boxing and sword, and taking himself to the ditch to catch loaches, yellow eels and crabs......

The way back to town is not far, less than an hour's drive. Chen Mo held the urn, I don't know why, I couldn't help but have sour eyes.

What a ** bastard old guy!

Since you have left yourself a legacy of hundreds of millions, why not contact yourself earlier.

Depend on!

He ran away from home that year, and he also gave him the tuition fee as a pester. Later, he was whipped by his father with a leather whip, if it weren't for Chen Xiao crying beside him, I don't know how badly he was beaten.

Nothing to say all the way, back to Hongcheng. Chen Mo invited Stephen and one of his foreign assistants to dinner, and then discussed the burial of Duanmuqing.

Duanmuqing is alone, and if he has relatives, he is Chen Mo's apprentice.

My hometown is in the countryside, and the problem of burial is simple, so I chose a hill with a good view, simply buried it, and then handled the relevant certificates with the assistance of a foreign lawyer.

First of all, it is necessary to prove that Chen Mu is Chen Mu, and this certificate needs to be stamped and stamped from the son to the city, and finally to the provincial capital to do notarization and translation. At the same time, it is also necessary to obtain Duanmu Qing's information documents, which Lawyer Stephen and his assistants are responsible for......

After that, it is necessary to apply for passports and visas to go abroad.

Chen's father originally wanted to accompany Chen Mo to the United States, but after a few days of his second uncle's birthday, his father couldn't leave. Mother Chen didn't know any of them, and she didn't want to follow the past to make trouble.

It took more than ten days to complete all the formalities, Chen Mo went through all the required procedures, and then went to the embassy with Stephen for a visa, prepared all the materials, and directly got an E visa and flew directly to San Francisco.

On the plane at 10 o'clock in the morning, Stephen sat next to Chen Mo and explained to him what happened after he arrived in the United States.

Duanmuqing left suddenly, leaving behind an inheritance of nearly 300 million US dollars, and the inheritance tax that needs to be paid is more than 100 million US dollars, which is still the situation after Tang Trump took office to reform the tax......

Chen Mo has a tax exemption quota of 10.98 million, and he got a green card in advance, that is, a 2-year investment restriction green card. There is no problem for Chen Mo to get this green card, the lawyer team is already applying for Chen Mo, and he will take it directly after he passes.

The biggest issue is Chase's asset appraisal of Canyon Estate.

Canyon Estate covers an area of 1,850 acres with 200 acres of vineyards. The manor was abandoned, this was three years ago, Duanmuqing disbanded the management team of the vineyard for some reason, and only invited the vineyard service work to do simple management, to ensure that the vineyard does not get sick, and by the way, there is something to produce.

The estate is valued at $116 million, and someone is actually willing to spend $200 million on the estate, which may have been re-evaluated by the tax office.

"Running a manor couldn't be easier, with my help......"

Chen Mo scratched his head and smiled awkwardly: "I don't know how to run a winery, so ...... I'm going to go back home with cash after inheriting my inheritance. ”

"That's right...... The United States is a country with a double taxation system. I'll give you the math of how much cash you can leave with you...... First of all, according to the new tax law, 40% of the estate, the estate is 200 million US dollars, and then there are 173.9 million shares. After deducting taxes, you can inherit $235 million...... If the estate counts as $116 million, you can inherit $170 million. The winery is a fixed property, and the shares are tax deductible in cash, but in any case, you will definitely get the estate first, and then part of the shares. ”

Stephen crossed his fingers and said with a grin: "Then you sell the manor and choose to bring cash back to China, and you have to pay another 20 percent accidental property income tax, and then a maximum of 39.6 percent personal income tax." Based on the inheritance of $235 million, there is still $188 million left after deducting the accident income tax. In the deduction of personal income tax...... There are 110 million left. Well, that's good, congratulations, young billionaire. Oh yes, this is just a preliminary tax calculation, in fact, you can take 100 million dollars and count me as ......."

Depend on!

Chen Mo clenched his fists......

"I am close friends with your master, and I even learned Chinese for his sake. The thing he mentioned the most with me was you, that you were only a little tall when you were young......" Stephen said as he gestured: "He took you to catch fish and crabs, taught you to practice boxing and martial arts, and then said that he hoped you would inherit his business and pass on the plantation that he had not perfected." ”

"Plantations, Vineyards......"

"Well, it should be. Duanmu Qing told me that you are the chosen one from heaven, and all he is doing now is to pave the way for you. ”

What do you mean?

Chen Mo was puzzled......

"Master, he...... Why didn't you contact me sooner. ”

"I don't know. ”

A flight of more than ten hours, arriving at San Francisco International Airport.

It was 10 a.m. BJ time and landed at San Francisco International Airport, just after 8 a.m. local time, and the sun had just risen.

Getting off the plane gives a sense of time out of time.

Stephen led Chen Mo through the VIP channel, just doing a simple security check, and entering the airport hall, Stephen looked at a young man holding a pick-up sign and beckoned, and said to Chen Mo: "His name is Moldona and he is a member of the lawyer team." Then he said to Moldona: "Mr. Chen Mo, our employer." ”

"Hello Mr. Chen Mo, this is my business card, which is mainly responsible for the business of the firm in the North Bay District. ”

"Hello. Chen Mo took the business card and was surprised by Moldona's fluent Mandarin.

Is Chinese so popular in the United States?

Leaving the airport, I got into a Lincoln Navigator. The car got on the highway outside the airport and walked up to a bridge ten minutes later. It seems to be the Golden Gate Bridge that often appears in movies......

Chen Mu is not sure, the first time he came over, he had only seen the Golden Gate Bridge on the Internet. In fact, Golden Gate is not the only similar bridge in the San Francisco Bay Area.

"This is the Golden Gate Bridge?" Chen Mo asked.

"Well, the Golden Gate Bridge. The bridge used to be Marin County, a well-known rich residential area in the San Francisco Bay Area...... "Moldona explained to Chen Mo and said the names of places one by one.

Take Route 37 and cross a bridge that used to be the suburban farms and ranches of North Bay.

Flat plots of land with large tractors ploughing the land. Then there are the huge pastures, where shepherd dogs chase the sheep and you can see cattle and horses grazing leisurely......

Not to mention, the planning here is very different from that in China, giving people a spacious and comfortable feeling.

The car turned and entered a hillside road.

"It used to be Sonoma County. Sonoma County, like Napa County, is a well-known wine region......"

When you see the first vineyard, the first winery, and then the endless vineyards, on the rolling hillsides, the patches of grapes of all sizes, stretching from Sonoma to Napa County, almost twenty kilometers, are the same. And the vineyards of the Napa Valley stretch all the way to Marin County, dozens of kilometers......

Chen Mo had looked for Canyon Manor on Google Maps before, and by the way, he looked at Napa Valley and the Sonoma Valley next door. I don't feel like it on the map, but it's immersive, and the sensory impact is incomparable and shocking.