It wasn't noon when I came out of Luxor, but it was about the same. Link took Jessica to "Link & Harry's Restaurant".

Link called Harry and Bill over for lunch, which was kind of introducing Jessica to his friends.

"So this is another industry for you, or is it a special investment to sell the beef you produce?"

After lunch, everyone dispersed. In the car leaving the restaurant, Jessica couldn't help but smile and said, "That's really amazing." ”

"I was also surprised that I would have thought of such a plan. Fortunately, the plan has been successful for the time being. ”

Earlier he said that he would invest in Harry, and he also said that he would invest in Bill. But Harry's investment has already got off to a good start. Bill's chain of car repair shops and hamburger shops doesn't have a clue yet.

"It was quite successful, and by noon, the restaurant outside seemed to be full. ”

"Yes. Because Harry hired a Chinese chef to blend Chinese and Western food. And those beefs are good. ”

Link is also going to other casinos just now in Luxor for the same thing. However, he didn't know how much time each casino would take, so he could only make an appointment a little earlier.

Perhaps in the last two hours, word of his presence in Luxor had spread, and one afternoon when he called the managers of the casinos, they even offered to mention his beef to be purchased and his wine, such as the hotel's liquor list. And you can give a prominent advertisement on the cover of the directory.

Towards night, Link went to several hotels in person, and more than a dozen others directly agreed to Link's request on the phone.

The two cars were on land on the way back to Hans Farm, and Jessica was counting Link's record for an afternoon: "Firebird, Treasure Island, Bellagio, Alia, Caesar's Palace, Circus...... How many hotels have we managed in total?"

"Eighteen. Enough for Matthew to keep them busy for a while. However, I hope that all the big hotels that provide accommodation and food are all available. ”

"But you don't have that much beef. ”

"There will be. Link doesn't think that's a problem. If he wants, Ozette can triple the current size of the herd every day. And it can shorten the breeding time. Once it is on size, Ozette can supply eighty cattle per day. If that weren't enough, he might have two more pastures for cattle. And if he can't meet the beef needs of those hotels, of course those hotels will buy beef from other places.

The most important thing he wants to do is that he hopes that the wines he makes will occupy a certain market in these hotels.

He was about to continue, but his phone rang. He hung up when he saw that it was an unfamiliar number: "It's not the beef that matters, it's the wine." As he spoke, the phone rang again. While talking, I looked at the phone number. "You know, if you can open up the market in those hotels, you might be able to sell two or three thousand bottles of fine wine a day. ”

He saw that the number was still the same as before.

Jessica motioned for him to handle the call first.

He answered the phone: "This is Link Hans. ”

"Hello, Mr. Hans. I'm Wayne McDonald and I'm from GE. ”

GE? That's a shorthand for General Electric. His first reaction was that the other party's phone call was related to that land. He said in a deep voice, "So Mr. MacDonald, are you calling me?"

"We have heard that Mr. Hans is also interested in the land that Nedahua is about to auction, and maybe we can work together. ”

"Cooperation, how to cooperate, cooperation to drive down prices?"

The other end of the line said, "Maybe we can meet sometime and talk again." ”

Link also wanted to know what he was trying to do, so he said, "Okay, maybe we can find a place to sit down and talk at noon tomorrow." ”

He hung up the phone.

Jessica looked at him and frowned slightly, not knowing what he was thinking, and asked, "What happened?"

"Nedawa is preparing to auction off a piece of land, and I want to get it. A competitor said he wanted to work with me?"

"A competitor wants to work with you?" Jessica also felt that something was wrong. "If it's collusion, it's illegal. ”

"That's GE, and they're supposed to buy it and plan to build a wind farm. I think they think it's a waste to buy so much land. Maybe they are planning to give me land whose wind resources are not suitable for building wind turbines, and they will use the rest for their own use. ”

"Joint auction?"

"Maybe. We'll know tomorrow. Link said, frowning. "Don't lock him up yet. We're almost home. Hannah will definitely be happy to see you. ”

"She's an angel and I love seeing her smile. ”

Link smiled and said, "I'm going to my parents' house tomorrow." Questions?"

Jessica felt a little abrupt, but couldn't say no, and finally nodded and said, "Of course it's no problem." "When the two fall in love, they should indeed be introduced to their respective relatives and friends, and Link has already met her parents, and she has no reason to run away.

When Hannah saw Jessica, she didn't even want Link's daddy. She threw herself into her arms with a shrieked laugh.

When it was time to go to bed, Link wished to arrange Jessica in his room. But Jessica was embarrassed to sleep in the same bed with Link in the presence of outsiders.

The next day, he took Jessica to Overtown and introduced Jessica to Barbara, the only one who was still at home. They stayed in Overtown for about half an hour before heading to Las Vegas.

Link had to go to GE for an appointment at noon.

When they arrived in Las Vegas, there was still plenty of time, and Link continued what he had left to do yesterday.

Dozens of casinos large and small in Las Vegas. There are also more than 30 casino hotels. He also contacted a number of hotels that did not specialize in casinos. Those hotels are a bit harder. If he can't get in touch, he'll put it down for the time being.

By noon, Link picked up MacDonald, who had contacted him yesterday. The other party asked him to go to MGM.

The agreed meeting place was at an Italian restaurant at MGM.

MacDonald was a man of about forty years of age, with brown hair and brown eyes.

After the three of them sat down and ordered, greetings were indispensable.

MacDonald eventually offered to meet Link for the purpose of the meeting: "ELL, Link. We know you're interested in that land as well. You have registered a bid application. Isn't it?"

Link's gaze was a little cold, and he said, "You guys are investigating me?"

"No, we at GE agree with the saying that we know our opponents and win every battle, but we often don't need to investigate our opponents. We just got some inside information from the team in charge of auctioning that piece of land. ”

Placing his fingers crossed on the table, MacDonald continued, "We also understand that Link is quite interested in farming. That land is really good for grazing. But we have a proposal. ”

"What proposal?"

"We only need a small piece of land. You know, we at GE have no interest in agricultural land. We just need a little bit of that land to build the windmills. Yes, we are interested in that land for the sole purpose of building some windmills there to develop wind power. ”

When Link guessed correctly that the other party was going to tell him about the land, he also guessed correctly that the other party wanted to cooperate with him to buy land, but he guessed the other party's appetite wrong. Or rather, he misguessed the other party's assessment of his IQ.

I heard MacDonald lean forward and say in a low voice, "Link, we can work together to buy that land." For example. We withdrew from the auction. As far as I know, the only two of us are interested in that land right now. As long as we get out of the competition, you can buy that land for a little more than the reserve price. ”

The corners of Link's mouth turned up, and he said, "So what do you want?"

"We only need a small part of the land to build windmills. You know that a windmill covers a maximum of an acre. According to our estimates, we will only build two to three hundred wind turbines there at most, so we won't take up too much land. ”

After listening to him, Link smiled and said, "But you didn't say how you want to work together?"

"Listen, Link. We're not bidding, as long as you're willing to sign an agreement with us, agreeing to let us use your land for free to build windmills, substations, and some power lines after we get that land. Also, make sure our maintainers have free access to your land to maintain the windmills. MacDonald said again. "I promise that we will not occupy more than two thousand acres of land. ”

"I seem to be at a loss. You can see that you are not very willing to pay for the land. I don't think you're going to pay a lot of money, are you? Maybe I can buy that land for a little more than the reserve price. In that case, why should I promise you? Link said as he took a sip of water from his glass. "Although, according to you, building windmill substations and those things do take up too much space. But I have great doubts that your windmill will affect my production. I know the windmill spins, but it makes quite a lot of noise. Cattle are sensitive to noise. ”

Unbeknownst to MacDonald, Link had known that they were interested in the land and were reluctant to pay too high a price. He just didn't expect Link to grasp the key at once.

There are indeed internal opinions on whether or not to buy the land. Some argue that an onshore wind farm should be built using existing technologies. That kind of windmill has a lower installed power, which is also some of their old technology.

This time, they are cooperating with some capital to build a wind farm. If the project is successful, then they can get capital from the sale of wind turbines, and at the same time find a long-term and stable profit point for the company.

But they really don't want to spend a lot of money on that land.

If there are no competitors, then they can buy them at a price close to the reserve price. That's the price they're still acceptable.

But they ran into a contender. It's easy to investigate the contender's business.

Link Hans, an upstart. A lot of land was bought, and the price of the land they bought was much higher than what they thought was reasonable.

Encountering competitors who take money inappropriately makes GE embarrassed. They don't know how high Link will pay. If they do fight for that land, they may have to spend far more than they can budget. And this project is no longer GE's own. They have already financed it, and if the project cannot be implemented, then GE needs to pay a large sum of money.

That's not what GE wants to see. That's why they found Link, hoping that Link would become their wrongdoer.