Verse 6: Continue to look at the ground
Jack opens the map, and there are plain farms and hill pastures. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"With its mountain views and vast plains, we acquired a large area of land and planned to develop hundreds of luxury farms and ranches, but we didn't want the world to change just at the beginning of the project." Jack pointed to the map, which was a planning map, and said, "If Mr. Ye is interested, you can take it together, we will sell it in a package, and the price can give you a certain discount on the original basis." ā
The map shows that Garrison Real Estate Investments has a total of 32,500 acres in this area, 16,800 acres of plain land, and 15,700 acres of hilly land.
Ye Mu shrugged his shoulders speechlessly and said, "I don't have that much money. ā
"Mr. Ye is really joking, as far as I know, the meteorite gold you commissioned Sotheby's auction has already prepared $360 million in cash for it. You know, your piece of meteorite gold is a great discovery. Space Meteorite Gold Nugget ...... The formation of natural nuggets has long been debated in the scientific community. More than a decade ago, it was believed that natural gold nuggets came mostly from gold-rich meteorite meteorites, but modern science has proven this to be 'nonsense'. But now...... Your meteorite gold proves that some of the natural gold nuggets on Earth came from space. This is a major discovery and very valuable for research. Jack spread his hand and smiled.
"And then?" Ye Mu frowned and asked.
"It's worth a lot more than you think. Mr. Ye, if you are interested in our land, I can introduce you to the senior management of Amex Bank and get a low-interest loan. In California, 32,000 acres of land is absolutely hard to come by, and if you miss it, you won't get a chance. ā
"I want to know the price of the package."
"Nine billion dollars. You'll become one of the few landowners in California and build your own private land. Jack's eyes lit up and he said.
"You're kidding. 900 million ...... In Wyming and Montana, $100 million can buy 100,000 acres of land. Ye Mu almost didn't bite his tongue when he heard Jack's offer.
"I can't help it if you compare it like that. It's like a news I saw before, selling a few cities in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen in China can buy half of the United States. The market is different in different places...... We sold not only land but also property, seventeen ranch mansions, twenty-seven country houses, barns, granaries, machinery warehouses, cattle pens and stables, golf courses, reservoirs, ...... In terms of infrastructure, a total of five miles of asphalt roads with a width of seven meters will be used to provide electricity for farms and pastures......"
Next to him, Zhang Dongsheng was already dumbfounded. Ye Mu was also excited, but it was too expensive.
Anyway, there is nothing to do, the next few days Ye Mu is visiting, looking at the farm facilities and solar power station, this is a small photovoltaic power station, built on the top of the mountain, can meet the full load of electricity demand of the farm all year round, and the maintenance cost of a year needs about 200,000 yuan. The cost of using the California grid is comparable. The advantage is that the power grid is independent, and there will be no power outages easily.
In terms of ranches, the main buying point is leisure, luxury main houses, and the ranches surrounded by mountains are places for the rich to gather for leisure, which is really not suitable for business.
Ye Mu left an investment intention. The auction will take another month, and in the next few days, Ye Mu and Zhang Dongsheng will run around the world. First of all, in California, in addition to a large plot of land here from Garrison Real Estate Investments, Ye Mu also looked at the Central Valley wine-growing area......
When it comes to California agriculture, the first thing that comes to mind is California wine.
The vineyards in the Central Valley vineyard area are endless, and it is about to be the season to pick grapes, and the vineyards are hung with bunches of quite attractive grapes, but after living in several large production towns for a few days, hearing the complaints of grape farmers, Ye Mu suddenly has no mood to invest. The quality of grapes in the Central Valley is relatively average, and this year's hot temperatures, accompanied by occasional heavy rainfall, many farmers produce grapes for less than $300 per ton, or even cheaper than $200 a ton, and farmers in remote production areas just want to be able to sell grapes at any price.
Ordinary quality grapes are not sold well, but high-quality grapes are hard to find. Among them are Napa Valley and Sonoma County, where land is largely depleted and spent on leftovers.
Anyway, there was nothing to do, during the month of publicity before the meteorite gold auction, Ye Mu left California and went to Nevada, Texas, and Montana, and saw a lot of farms and ranches for sale.
Ye Mu likes large pieces of land, including a farm in Nevada, with an area of 70,000 acres, and the asking price is 53 million US dollars. There is a large ranch of 260,000 acres in Texas, and the asking price is 96 million, but it has to bear the debt of 30 million owed by the ranch......
After looking at the land of Garrison Real Estate in California, and then looking at the land of Nevada and Texas, Ye Mu felt that the land in these places was the same as cabbage. The unpleasant thing is that it is remote, the land is barren, and the irrigation is not good.
Remote? Garrison Properties' land in California is as remote as Jack said, with private jets, nowhere else.
But Ye Mu is afraid of heights. Family genetic disease.
Like traveling during this time, Ye Mu tried to avoid taking planes. The last stop of the tour, Montana.
Got off the train at the train station in a small town with a beautiful view. There are only a dozen people getting off at the station in the town, and seeing the mountains and lush forests, the temperature is more suitable, and it is indescribably cool. Suddenly, Ye Mu liked this place a little.
Walking out of the station, Ye Mu saw someone holding his sign, so he walked over: "Hello, I'm Ye Mu." ā
"I'm Stephen, the owner of Webb's Farm."
Montana covers an area of 380,849 square kilometers, making it the fourth largest state in the United States in terms of area and with a population of just over one million. Webb Farm is just thirty minutes from the train station......
Well, just.
People in this area describe the distance as a car, half an hour by car is very close, and an hour can be reached is average......
This is an integrated farm, similar to the farm where Ye Mu used to work, where barley and pasture are mainly grown to provide fodder for the local pastures.
The farm is huge, nearly 300,000 acres with a price tag of $249.1 million, and it is one of the few largest plots of land in Montana. The farm has a river that meanders through the plains, providing water for the land and convenient for irrigation. In addition to planting, the farm also raises beef and dairy cows......
Stephen took Ye Mu to see the farm and spent half a day. Ye Mu has a general understanding of him, there are three plains, one for cattle and horses, one for pasture, and the other for barley. The plains cover an area of about 130,000 acres, and the rest is primeval mountain forests, a hunter's paradise.
There are nut trees, large cedar trees, and American red maples in the mountains......
The farm has 35 employees, cultivates 90,000 acres of land, and raises 2,000 cattle and 5,000 sheep. The annual output of barley is about 80,000 tons, most of which are ...... with wheat straw and forage processing plants.
Time passed slowly during the trip, the Sotheby's late summer auction had begun, and Ye Mu also packed up his mood and boarded a flight to New York.