One Fox has been announcing the land auction for several days, and Link has learned that no one has signed up to bid yet. It seems that he wants to reduce the trouble and find someone to accompany him.

But there aren't many people he can trust. So he had to turn to Flon Pitt for help.

Furlen had the money, and he was the one he trusted the most. Fox didn't have to be a real estate company to sign up for this land auction, so he planned to ask Flon to help.

He called the captive Flon and briefly told him about it, and the other party agreed: "I'll let someone do it immediately." "He doesn't have to do it himself.

However, Link still has a lot of things to do ahead of Fox's land auction. He had to prepare the winemaking for this year's winemaking at Ozette Farms, and then he had to go around the big farms.

Every farm had tens of thousands of acres of wheat to grow, and of course he had to care. Although wheat is not very profitable, the winter wheat that several farms plan to grow this year has an output value of two to three hundred million US dollars.

After a few farms, it was time for the West Coast Chinese Sorority in San Francisco. He first called Jessica and asked if she wanted to go along.

Jessica thought for a moment and said, "I'm just free." ”

Although it was a Chinese friendship, many Chinese are now also united with white people. And the vast majority of Chinese Americans can communicate in English.

Although she is not married to Link yet, the relationship between the two has long been made public, and Link rarely attends social occasions, and now she calls her specifically to ask her, of course she will not refuse. That's a good opportunity to swear sovereignty!

Link said, "Then, I'll go back and pick you up." I'm going to take Hannah to pay homage to my birth mother. ”

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When Link and the others arrived in San Francisco, they didn't have to rent a car near the airport, and Fan Zhongkun asked Fan Xueli to pick them up.

Fan Shirley dropped them off at the hotel they had booked, and before leaving, she said, "Link, my dad asked me to tell you that he will come to visit you in the evening." ”

"Tell him that I'm free at night!"

After Fan Shirley leaves, Link asks Tiger to find a hotel to arrange a car, and in the afternoon he will go to pay homage to his birth mother. He lived in Valijo with his birth mother as a child. He has no impression of his previous home. Even his biological mother's face has blurred. After he moved to Nevada, he at least visited his birth mother.

The cemetery where his biological mother is buried is not very large. His mother is buried in the northeast side of the cemetery, he wears a black suit, Jessica also wears a black half-sleeved dress, and even Hannah wears a black dress.

He easily found his biological mother's grave from memory. There are grave keepers here to take care of it, and there will be no weeds or anything.

He looked at the picture of the young woman on the tombstone, and for a moment he didn't know what was going on in his mind.

Jessica looked at him stunned and couldn't help but reach out and hold him hard.

Link turned his head and smiled at her. Then he put Hannah down on the ground, led her to the tombstone, crouched down and looked at the picture, and said, "Hannah, is this grandma?"

Jessica handed the flowers in her hand and said, "Hannah give them to your grandma!"

Hannah obediently placed the bouquet carefully in front of the tombstone.

Link just stood still, and after about twenty minutes, he said, "Let's go back!"

As soon as he walked out of the cemetery, he said to Jessica, "This year I want to take Hannah to Germany to pay respects to her mother." ”

"Well, Hannah is starting to be sensible too, and it is time for her to know her mother. ”

Link smiled slightly and said, "You're right. I haven't been here for a few years, and looking at my mom's pictures, it's a little strange. ”

She reached out and grabbed his arm and said, "I'll come with you later!"

Before dark, they returned to the hotel. As soon as he finished dinner, Fan Zhongkun called him to ask if he was free. When the other party arrived, Link asked Ms. Hemmer, who had come with him, to look after Hannah, and he and Jessica entertained each other at the small bar in the suite.

"Are there a lot of people coming from other states as well?" said Link in English because Jessica was there.

Fan Zhongkun smiled and said, "There are indeed quite a few here. Mainly representatives of some Chinese associations, some business people, and a few friends from political circles. "Strictly speaking, there are only three states on the West Coast of the United States. However, although this time it is said to be a Chinese friendship association on the west coast, it also invites some Chinese representatives from the western inland states.

Of course, among the West Coast states, California has the largest number of Chinese. San Francisco, in particular, is home to the largest Chinatown in the United States and is home to one of the largest Chinese communities in the United States.

"It looks like it's going to be a successful event. ”

"I hope that's the case!"

Link said and pulled out a USB stick and said, "This is a scan of our organic food certification." There are all kinds of products. There are so many documents that you can print them out if you need them. ”

Several of his farms have received a certificate for every product, and three farms have hundreds of organic food certificates, which he can print out, but it is a bit of a hassle to bring them around.

Fan Zhongkun took it with a smile and said, "So, many of our dishes can be labeled as organic food." ”

"Maybe you'll also want to get an organic food certificate for the seasoning. "Unless Fan Zhongkun's Chinese restaurant only sells organic food, it would be questioned if he wanted to say that some dishes were organic. Because more than 90% of the seasonings in the United States contain genetically modified cornstarch, or are made from genetically modified corn as a raw material.

Fan Zhongkun said with a smile: "I am planning to minimize some dishes and then find organic food suppliers to supply them." ”

Link didn't expect him to really have plans to only make organic food: "Looks like your business is doing pretty well!"

Fan Zhongkun said: "The competition in the Chinese restaurant industry is also quite fierce. I'm going to go the high-end route. "If you make organic food, the price may be much higher than before, and it is also a change of direction to reject a lot of low-income customers.

He paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "I have to say that the ingredients you provided have made the business of several restaurants a lot better, and now there are many white-collar workers who want us to order food, and there will be a lot of white-collar people who come to dine on weekends." Some of the higher incomes among the Chinese also like to patronize it. ”

"Are those ingredients really so popular?" Link had heard from Fan Zhongkun that after buying his produce, the restaurant's business was doing well. But he didn't expect the ingredients to be so popular.

"If it weren't for that, I wouldn't have planned to open a dozen or so branches this year. ”

Jessica was very interested in this topic, and she said, "Mr. Fan, Link's agricultural products are really of good quality. But Fan, why do you think customers choose to visit your restaurant, is it because of your cooking skills, or the quality of the ingredients, or because of their health?"

Fan Zhongkun thought for a moment and said, "Jessica, we haven't investigated this. But I'm sure our cooking doesn't play a big role in that. You know, before using Link's produce as an ingredient, my Chinese restaurant had been in business in San Francisco for over a decade. The current chef had also worked in my restaurant for seven or eight years before that, so cooking didn't play a big role. At least not the main reason. ”

He paused for a moment and continued, "From time to time, we show our customers the product inspection certificate that Link has given. That gives customers peace of mind about the safety of the ingredients. And the good quality of those ingredients also guarantees a good taste. That's probably the main reason why my restaurant business has become better. In fact, more than half of my Chinese restaurant's turnover now comes from white customers who dine at home, and 25% comes from office orders. White customers like to book their seats in advance. So nowadays, most of the customers in my restaurant are white. On the contrary, there are fewer Chinese. Of course, there may be a reason why we have improved the menu. The price of the meal has increased slightly. Many Chinese families don't come to my restaurant anymore. It is morning and evening tea, and it is mainly some Chinese customers with relatively high incomes. ”

What he meant by this was that he intended to exclude low-income people from his customer base. In Chinese restaurants, the most popular people are of course Chinese. However, the life of most Chinese people is not well-off, and Fan Zhongkun's business before was to pay attention to an affordability. But many Chinese restaurants have a similar business philosophy, so the competition is very fierce. Now his restaurant attracts quite a few white customers. Of course, I want to upgrade my business.

Jessica said with a smile: "It seems that the market for organic food is still very large. She asked this question primarily because she was concerned about Link's organic food program.

"I think so, too. Fan Zhongkun said with a smile. "Organic food is of course excluded by low-income families. But nowadays people are increasingly concerned about health issues. Chinese food is also becoming more and more accepted by Americans. ”

Jessica nodded and said, "You're right. I remember a time when I used to patronize Panda Chinese Food. It should be the world's largest Chinese fast food chain. ”

"It certainly is. If the panda chain is in the United States, there are already more than 2,700. However, although their Chinese food is Chinese, it is mainly a slight adaptation of the dishes that are easy for Americans to accept. Fan Zhongkun said with a smile. "You know, Panda Chinese has branches all over the world. But there is no one in China, because their fast food is very common in China, and the taste may not match the habits of Chinese. ”

"No wonder its founder said China doesn't need panda Chinese food!"

Fan Zhongkun said to Link: "I heard that the Song noodle you promoted has expanded very rapidly. ”

Link smiled and nodded, "Yes." Maybe next year it will be able to exceed 2,000 franchise stores. ”

"That's the real taste of China. However, I've eaten it, and it's hard to imagine that the texture of the machine-processed dumplings is similar to that of a human hand-wrapper. The noodles are also very refreshing, and they are not far behind the authentic Zhusheng noodles I eat in southern China. You know, the so-called bamboo noodles are very time-consuming and labor-intensive. ”

Link said with a smile, "That's the credit of my partner Song Xianhe, who designed the handmade method into the production line. The dough is kneaded for more than half an hour on the production line, and the steps are the same as those made by hand, except that the machine kneades many times more dough than manual labor at one time. The meat filling of the dumplings is also minced and chopped on the production line for 20 minutes before it is completed. ”