19. Gold Coast
After breakfast, Haki led Karn to the office house.
Ruder Finn doesn't live in the valley very often, he mostly lives in the factory......
The beef processing plant is located in the small town of Kronkry.
The Valley Ranch belongs to the Cram Meat Products Company, and the Valley Ranch is the company's main asset, accounting for more than 97% of the company's total assets.
The location of the ranch is simply too remote. The pasture, corn, soybeans, etc., and the fattening cattle are sent to the fattening pastures in the town of Kronkry, where they are slaughtered at the town's processing plant and transported by rail......
"Good morning, Boss. Rod was flipping through the papers in the office, and quickly stood up when he saw Ye Mu come in.
"Early. Ye Mu waved his hand and motioned for Rod to sit down and speak: "How much liquidity does the company have?"
"7.56 million. Last year's profit was 6.8 million, you acquired the company (ranch), and the company's account funds are counted as total assets. Rod replied.
"I'm going to re-explore the mine resources of the Valley Ranch, and Kahn is responsible for this, and the upfront expenses are allocated to the company's account. You cooperate with him...... "Crumb Meat Products Company Ye Mu is 100% shareholding, which is equivalent to his personal property, using the company's account, a simple thing.
Rod hurriedly drafted a document to re-explore the valley pasture, and Ye Mu signed his name on it after reading it.
Back at home, Ye Mu took a shower, changed his clothes, and called the planting area manager White over.
Ye Mu is now the owner of the Canyon Ranch, and at least he needs to understand how the ranch works.
Planting in planting areas, grazing in grazing areas, breeding in breeding areas......
There are 36 people living in the Grand Valley, 20 employees, and the rest are family members. Ye Mu got on White's pickup truck and set off from the valley to the breeding area......
White told Ye Mu that there were 12 grazing areas that would pass through from here.
The grazing area is barbed wire fence with wooden stakes, cattle herding staff on horseback, and helicopters......
The area of the valley ranch is very large, and the problem is that it is not possible to use every inch of land.
There are strict land use regulations, and you can only raise how many cows, how many sheep, how many grass and mud horses, and so on. There should also be firebreaks...... Every once in a while, animal welfare agencies and fire departments come to check, wait for fines if they exceed the limit, and so on.
The grazing areas are basically built according to the river, and there is no running water in the pastures...... Wells, only the breeding area has.
There is an abundance of groundwater, but to drill a well, you need a government permit, and the cost of a deep well starts at $300,000 and there are strict restrictions. Even if you want to open a back door to the ranch, you need to write a report and apply to the local government......
Then there is the issue of sales, the beef of the Valley Ranch is basically sold in-Australia, and the price is cheap, and the important reason is that the beef produced is not particularly good. and the monopoly of several major supermarkets in Australia, and they basically have the final say in the price of beef......
The distance from the valley to the breeding area is 356 kilometers, of course, not in a straight line.
Running along the dirt road, I don't know how many big bends I made, starting after 9 o'clock, staying on the road for about an hour, and arriving at the breeding area at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. It can be seen that the valley ranch is a real ......
There are 30 permanent employees in the breeding area, and there are non-stop recruitment of temporary workers, that is, backpackers from Europe, Hong Kong, Wanwan, as well as long-term temporary workers, and it is almost the size of a small town, with a permanent population of more than 100 people.
Running a farm in Australia is far from as easy as you think, and the main expense is on operating costs.
The annual maintenance fee for the ranch fence alone costs millions of dollars.
If you have a general understanding, you will understand why tens of thousands of square kilometers of pastures have a net profit of only a few million Australian dollars a year, that is to say, the net profit of raising a beef cow is only about 130 Australian dollars.
Ye Mu didn't have much interest in the beef business, but he was interested in this land and wanted to sell the Elk Valley gold mine as soon as possible, so as to accumulate his first fortune and get a wider space. This space is not only a valley farm, but also includes the uninhabited area of the desert in central Australia.
Preliminary understanding of how the Australian ranch operates, Ye Mu can basically determine that it is time-consuming and laborious to engage in ranching, unless all the output is top-quality beef, or the beef is exported abroad, it is basically difficult to have a way out.
For the size of the valley ranch, you can consider exporting this route, and you only need to make an additional investment to find human resources who are familiar with the related business.
But then again, in the eyes of Ye Mu, a person who is full of destruction, how can grazing make money by mining, and he is too lazy to manage the ranch. In his spare time, Ye Mu took out a nearly scrapped Ford pickup truck in the garage, repaired it briefly, and left the ranch with Xiaobai and two huskies.
Staying on the ranch also means doing nothing, and it is better to go out and enjoy life.
I have been to Brisbane before, the environment is very good, it is too quiet, it is called Bucun, it is not the place where Ye Mu wants to go, so I chose the Gold Coast. The sunshine, the stretch of sand, the blue waters, and the most important bikini beauties, are exciting just to think about......
Drive to Mount Issa, where the old-fashioned pickup truck is sold directly to a car hire agency, and a small passenger plane is chartered to the airport and arrive in Gold Coast in the early evening.
Xiaobai saw a densely populated city for the first time, and he was curious, but he didn't dare to look more.
This guy is quite conspicuous, and there are countless pairs of eyes staring at it in the airport. There are also those who look at Ye Mu, and the two huskies he is holding are beautiful, one is beautiful, and the other looks like a comic...... It's very eye-catching.
Went out to the airport and found a hotel on my phone where dogs could stay and stayed for one night.
Early the next morning, Ye Mu called the Gold Coast Chase Bank branch, made an appointment with the bank's account manager, and then sat down in the extended Lincoln provided by the hotel......
Coming to the bank, a white man who looked at Ye Mu was about the same age as he stood outside the bank.
"My name is Eggers Juliat, and it's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Haki. He wore glasses and looked respectful.
"Hello. Ye Mu said with a smile.
Eggers handed Ye Mu a business card: "I'm the account manager of Chase Bank's Queensland branch, if you need anything in the future, feel free to call me." ”
“OK。 Help me get a card that I can use in Australia and exchange 20 million Australian dollars. Ye Mu followed Eggers into the VIP reception room, filled out a few forms, and said, "I'm going to buy a house here, do you have any recommended real estate agents?"
"Of course, I'll get you in touch. Eggers took the form, and less than a minute later, he took his bank card: "The real estate agent is on his way." ”