"Hey, in the company?"

Back in Napa, Chen Mo called Stephen.

"Yes, I'm getting ready to go out. What's the matter?"

"You wait for me, come right over. "Chen Mo is almost outside Stephen's company.

Parking the car at the door of the company, Stephen's secretary stood outside and saw Chen Mo make an inviting gesture.

Stephen packed up the materials and took a cup of coffee that was almost finished: "About the ranch?"

"What do you mean?" Chen Mo was not sure whether this investment was cost-effective, and when it came to loans, he was very hesitant.

"I looked at the Granson Ranch last night and the information I could find online. If you've been studying California's real estate industry for a decade, you've seen fewer and fewer large land deals. 8,000 acres is one of the few large ranches in California, but the location is remote, and the price of 26 million is really high, but it is acceptable. I don't mind if it's for the development of the estate, and if it's for investment, you can consider giving it up. It is much more difficult to run a ranch than a grape plantation, and this ranch is remote, so it can enjoy the dividends brought by regional economic development......"

What Stephen meant was to make up his own mind.

"Well, I'm here for the future of the estate. Chen Mo smiled.

Perhaps, running a ranch is not as difficult as imagined, and he is a man who has space.

Stephen still had his own things to do, so Chen Mo didn't delay his time, and after a brief conversation, Chen Mo went to Dawei Law Firm to make an appointment with a lawyer to come with him tomorrow.

Early the next morning, Chen Mo got up early to call Zhang Feng, and then went to Napa to pick up the lawyer and set off.

The lawyer was a middle-aged white man with Jesse traveling as a white lawyer's assistant.

"It's been a long time, what are you busy with all this time?" asked Jesse, sitting in the passenger seat, speaking not very fluent Chinese.

"There's so much to do. Chen Mo lit a cigar: "How is the work in the firm?"

"It's good. Jesse fastened his seatbelt and highlighted that the pair was good.

A group of three cars, Zhang Feng led the way in front of the highway to Conning and turned west to Perkins Town.

There were not a few people in sight in the whole town, and there were wooden houses with yards, some of which were overgrown with weeds, and there was no one living in them.

After passing through the town, you will see a fire station, there is a small settlement, turn right from the fire station and go straight a few hundred meters to the Granson Ranch.

The ranch has a large house, the building covers an area of about 400 square meters, and it is a low grassland style building. To the right of the big house there are several small cabins, several cowsheds......

The Granson family ranch is nearly 100 years old, and the current owner is a man in his thirties, who owns 43 percent of the ranch, and the other 57 shares are in the hands of the rancher's two brothers. The ranch was losing money for three consecutive years, and the family was already in debt, and then there was a drought this year, and the pasture was not growing well, so it was decided to sell the ranch and move to the city with a large amount of money to live a comfortable life.

Zhang Feng introduced Chen Mo, and then got down to business, taking Chen Mo to visit the ranch.

The ranch is large and most of it is undeveloped. There are two families living in the main house, so there is nothing to see. The staff hut used to be a stable that could accommodate more than 30 horses, and there were two large round wooden barns next to the stables, and next to the barn was a large tin warehouse, where three tractors, lawn mowers, balers and so on. Further past are three wooden barns, each with a capacity for a hundred cows......

The most important land, with flat grasslands as far as the eye can see, and withered yellow hills in the distance, with no end in sight.

The entire pasture is a semi-desert area, but fortunately, there are rivers passing through it, and it is easy to divert water to irrigate the plains, but the hilly areas can only be used for animal husbandry.

Pastures make very little use of land, accounting for only about one-tenth of it. Unless you invest a lot of money, it's hard to make a big difference to the ranch.

The rancher had made concessions before, from 26 million to 23 million, and Chen Mo bargained again, and finally talked about 21.8 million. The agreement was then drafted, and the ranch also found a lawyer to go to Kenin to study the contract. In addition, Chen Mo also has to find a bank loan......

The loan is 30 million, of which 10 million is a personal credit loan, and 20 million is mortgaged by the pasture deed.

Three days later, Chen Mo got 8,000 acres of land in Granson Ranch, and the rancher and his family happily moved out of the ranch.

I found a renovation company in Kenin to renovate the rancher's house, but it was a very simple renovation, mainly to throw away all the things that the rancher did not use, and do a comprehensive disinfection. Add some new furniture, bed linens, bedding and whatever.

Previously, the management of the ranch was all members of the Granson family, who also worked on the ranch, and there were five workers who lived on the ranch.

"Boss, my name is White, I'm the old cowboy of the ranch, and Jamie and Red are my assistants. Conn, Robert, Mike, are in charge of cleaning the ranch, mowing the grass, and more. "A man about Elson's age came over with four young people, they should not be as old as Chen Mo, and the youngest one may be less than twenty years old.

"My name is Chen Mo. I have a basic understanding of the situation on the ranch, after the Granson family is gone, you can take care of the current cattle and sheep in the ranch?" "The ranch now has 100 beef cattle, 3 dairy cows, 16 horses, and 230 sheep.

"No problem, but we need veterinarians. In addition, pastures and cereals are needed for pastures. White said.

"How many days can the pasture last?"

"Four days at most. ”

"There's no rush on these things for now, I've got a CEO for the ranch, and he's supposed to be there. Chen Mo said and took out his mobile phone, looked at the time, and the phone just came: "Hey, have you arrived?"

"It's time to get to Perkins Town, soon. The person who called Chen Mo was Kanglaite, the manager of the ecological environment department of Canyon Manor.

The CEO Chen Mo found for the ranch was Conlight's father.

When he decided to buy the ranch, Chen Mo planned to find a CEO for the ranch, Chen Mo originally called Elson and asked him to contact the headhunting company, and Elson recommended Kanglait's father to Chen Mo.

Conwleth's father, Hawke, was the director of a general ranch in Mendocino County, and he had been to Canyon Manor a few times, but Chen Mo had never seen him, but he had a drink with Elson.

Chen Mo learned about the ranch where Hawke worked through the website, which is a well-known tourist ranch. Hawke only promised to come and have a look, and he had not yet decided whether to come over and work......