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Montana is a state in northwestern America, probably named Monta?a in Spanish, and its economy is dominated by agriculture and animal husbandry, mainly oats, barley and sugar beet, as well as important mining and logging.
Because the industrial pollution here is very small, the blue sky and white clouds occupy most of the year, so it is also known as the 'Sky State'!
Agriculture plays a major role in Montana's economy, with livestock products accounting for two-thirds of total agricultural income, and the main crops are barley, wheat and sugar beet, with barley production ranking second in the United States, cattle headcount ranking second in the United States, and sheep heading accounting for third place in the United States.
Montana's climate is variable, with the western part of the continental mountain line generally mild and high precipitation. The average January temperature in the west is 7 degrees Celsius, while in the eastern part it is -10 degrees Celsius. The average temperature in July is 18 degrees in the west and 22 degrees in the east. The Eastern Plains sometimes experience heavy snowstorms and strong winds from Canada during the winter months. The wettest time in the state is in spring and early summer, while the snowfall is in the mountains.
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Xiao Feng, who was sitting on the plane, carefully studied all kinds of information about Montana, and in terms of climate, altitude, etc., there was not much difference between the western mountainous areas of Montana and Ginkgo Village, which was also an important factor why Xiao Feng was very fond of coming to Montana for field investigations.
Although Xiao Feng is not worried about his future development in the United States, it is always convenient to be able to start a second business in an area similar to Ginkgo Village.
Taking the breeding of pasture beef cattle as an example, although 'Space Forage' and 'Space Lingquan' can provide sufficient nutrition for beef cattle, some management details still need to be paid considerable attention.
Today, the technical team led by Ma Wanli has summed up a set of experience and technology in raising high-quality beef cattle in high-altitude and cold areas. If it is replaced by plains and high-temperature areas, it will need to be started again, which is naturally not in Xiao Feng's interests.
The first investment project in the U.S. is as consistent as possible with Mirror Lake Ranch, and it's not too late to expand production once it has gained a foothold in the future."
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When Xiao Feng and Xu Mengyao lowered their heads to study the information, Edward was not idle. was holding a glass of red wine near the bar, chatting with Xing Wenjun and others.
Although Xing Wenjun and Ma Xiaotian have no study abroad experience, they graduated from famous universities such as Huaxia University of Political Science and Law and Haizhou University of Finance and Economics, and their foreign language skills are still not bad.
What's more, in recent years, the business of 'Jinghu Group' has developed to the European and American markets, although the two are not the main force of the marketing department, but they usually have to deal with some overseas merchants and negotiation teams. Over time, both of them had a much better ability to speak English, and naturally there was no problem in chatting with Edward.
In fact. Most of the chats between the three of them are focused on sports, economics, etc., and light yì will not involve politics, military and personal privacy, which can be regarded as small talk.
Edward, who had lived in Huaxia for three years, knew that dealing with Huaxia people in private and being easy-going in private had good benefits for cooperation.
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Los Angeles is nearly 1,000 miles from Helena, the capital of Montana, and the Nini landed at Helena Airport in just two hours.
Helena's administrative status is equivalent to the situation of Spring City in southern Yunnan, but the small Helena Airport still makes Xiao Feng shake his head.
With its modest terminal and modest runways, it's hard to imagine that this is the capital of a state. It's even smaller than Yaozhou Airport.
Actually, it's quite normal!
Neither the city nor the surrounding area has a total population of more than 70,000 people. It is much less than the current 'Ginkgo New District', and its airport will naturally not be very busy.
At Helena Airport, Xiao Feng once again saw JPMorgan's financial situation in the United States, and their pick-up team drove directly to the runway, and Xiao Feng and others saved a lot of trouble.
Xiao Feng and the others were going to visit the ranch on the spot, considering that the crew was already very tired. Xiao Feng asked Morgan's staff to pull the crew to the city to settle down first, and he and his wife took Xing Wenjun and Ma Xiaotian to the first target under the leadership of Edward.
It is said that Helena is the capital of Montana, but the population is not as large as that of a county in China, at best the population of a small town. It is both a modern city and retains the flavor of the ancient city of the west. In the second half of the 19th century, wealthy people built a succession of mansions here, mostly in the Victorian style, which became a major feature of Helena's urban architecture.
The convoy drove all the way, the blue sky and the drifting white clouds and the beautiful scenery along the way contrasted with each other, Xiao Feng and Xu Mengyao immediately liked it.
Reindeer Ranch is located northeast of Helena City, close to the Missouri River and Helena National Forest.
According to information provided by JPMorgan Chase, the original owner of the reindeer ranch was a super-rich Wall Street man, but the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States and the European debt crisis left him mired in debt.
In order to obtain cash flow, he decided to sell his reindeer ranch in Montana through Guò Morgan, which led to Xiao Feng's arrival.
The 30,000-acre ranch is not much smaller than the Mirror Lake Ranch, and there are two other farms of similar size on the list near this ranch. Xiao Feng hopes to win these ranches in one fell swoop, connect them together, and eventually form a super ranch with an area of more than 100,000 acres!
For Xiao Feng, funding is not a problem, and there will be no difficulties in the operation of ranches in the future.
In a small town like Helena, there will naturally be no 'traffic jams', and the convoy quickly left the city and entered the suburbs.
Along the way, traces of snow can still be seen in the continuous pastures, and the snow-capped peaks in the distance shine in the golden sun.
Compared with Ginkgo Village, the snow here is heavier, and the snowfall will last longer, which will also have a certain impact on Xiao Feng's future investment and operation. However, in Xiao Feng's opinion, this is just a small problem!
After shuttling through the boulevard for nearly an hour, Xiao Feng saw a gate with a reindeer pattern hanging from a distance, which must be the 'reindeer ranch'.
Wall Street tycoon Harry Sr. did not show up in person, after all, Xiao Feng was only intentionally investigated, and it was not worth his flight back from New York. Even though Xiao Feng is the richest man in China, he doesn't deserve enough attention in front of old Harry, who is full of superiority.
The person who led Xiao Feng and his party to visit the ranch was the real estate client of Old Harry, and the blonde and blue-eyed Allen was wearing a crisp suit, which had the feeling of being an elite in the workplace.
Entering from the gate of the ranch, two rows of maple trees with two people stretching straight forward, Xiao Feng can imagine how beautiful the maple leaves will be when the maple leaves are red in the future.
In fact, there are already photos on the data that allow Xiao Feng to appreciate the charm of maple leaves in North America, which have the same effect as ginkgo forests. Nearly 500 tall maple trees stretched from the gate of the ranch to the front of the ranch's main house, which made Xiao Feng's first impression of the ranch very good!
In fact, when she first saw the information, Xu Mengyao was also very interested in these maple trees in the reindeer ranch, so she made the move to make it the first stop.
Although Old Harry rarely stayed at the reindeer ranch in Montana, his ranch mansion was still suffocating and majestic, even Xiao Feng and Xu Mengyao were used to seeing the world, and they were also stunned by the small castle in front of them.
Unlike most American homes, which are made of wood, this castle is more made of large stone and granite, and is full of artistic Baroque style.
Baroque architecture is an architectural and decorative style developed on the basis of Italian Renaissance architecture in the 17th ~ 18th centuries. It is characterized by its free shape, the pursuit of dynamics, its preference for rich decoration and carving, strong colors, and often interspersed with curved surfaces and oval spaces. Its style is free-spirited, complex and varied, but some architectural decorations are over-stacked.
Such a castle in the reindeer ranch is a bit out of tune, but it shows that the elder Harry, a Wall Street tycoon, is not a person who follows the rules.
From the time he entered the ranch to the present, Xiao Feng thought it was very good, but he and Xu Mengyao didn't say anything on the surface, but followed behind Alan and Edward expressionlessly, observing the ranch.
Since the owner of this ranch, Harry Sr., was not an agricultural tycoon, so the ranch was more of a place for Harry Sr. to relax and entertain friends, and the total number of cattle and sheep raised in the vast ranch did not exceed 10,000.
Of course, the flat areas of the pasture are planted with a considerable amount of barley, sugar beets and hops, which is one of the main sources of income for the pasture.
It is precisely because of the storage of these crops that the fully automatic irrigation system of the 'reindeer ranch' covers more than half of the entire ranch, which is also the most valuable part of the 'reindeer ranch'.
The more he went deeper and saw the one in the ranch, the more satisfied Xiao Feng became with the 'Reindeer Ranch', and he had already included it in his heart as a key investment target.
Next, it is the work of Ma Xiaotian and others, they need to have preliminary negotiations with real estate agents, and in the end, Xiao Feng will have a direct dialogue with Old Harry, and finally enter the stage of signing a contract for investment.
In fact, as long as Old Harry is not a lion, Xiao Feng hopes to take this ranch, after all, there have not been too many cattle and sheep here, and the land is fertile, which is suitable for the 'Mirror Lake Group' to start the first shot in the United States.
In the next few days, Xiao Feng and his wife traveled all over the ranches for sale in Montana near Yellowstone, the Missouri River, the Yellowstone River and other areas, and got first-hand information!
Xiao Feng has already made a decision, and the 'Jinghu Group' is about to take the most solid step in the United States! (To be continued......
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