As soon as the day dawned, Ye Mo was still dreaming, and the mobile phone rang suddenly.

Ye Mo picked up the phone in a daze: "Hi, Mike." Don't you know that disturbing people's dreams is equivalent to a crime? ”

"Oh, dear leaves. Sue you for a not-so-good thing, Orr yesterday recruited two vine growers back. I guess he wants to fire you, come back quickly, or you'll lose your job. ”

"Be expelled, be expelled. Who cares. ”

"Hi man. Don't be discouraged, it's not easy to find a formal job. ”

"Okay, I'll go back."

Woken up by Mike's phone, Ye Mo no longer felt sleepy, took a shower, returned the room, and drove to the airport.

Back at the winery in the Central Valley, Ye Mo was indeed told that he had been expelled.

Ye Mo was not surprised at all by this news, Orr, a white man, had long looked at him unpleasantly, and now he was caught again.

Ye Mo is a person with a green card, a regular employee, and a person with a trade union. Being fired is cooler than quitting yourself, and you can get two more months' salary. I went to the winery's accountant and settled the salary, two and a half months, $10,000. Don't take the windfall for nothing.

followed Ye Mo back to the house to pack his things, just a few clothes. Pushing the door out, Mike was standing outside with a bottle of red wine: "Ye, I'm sorry." It's all my fault for chewing on the root of my tongue...... This is the bottle of red wine we won last year when we visited the Napa Deer Leap Wine Cellars, and I have been reluctant to drink it, and now I give it to you. ”

Ye Mo took the red wine, shrugged his shoulders, and said with a smile: "Thank you." Actually, I was going to quit my job when I came back this time. Now that he has been expelled, he has received two more months' salary. ”

"Have you found a better job?" Mike asked.

"Well, yes. The place we've been looking forward to, Napa Valley. Ye Mo smiled.

"Oh my God. You liar, you have made me blame myself for a long time. Give me back the wine. ”

Ye Mo dodged and said with a smile: "Where to take back the gifts given." Alright, Orr looks, it's time for you to get to work. ”

"Okay. Have a great time working in Napa Valley. Mike laughed and said loudly, giving Orr a defiant look.

"Thank you. I'll introduce you to a job when I'm settled over there. ”

"A gentleman's word." Mike stretched out his fist and said.

"Whip it up." The two have been friends for eight years. Ye Mo usually teaches Mike some Chinese proverbs and idioms, but he uses them here.

Ye Mo stretched out his fist and touched it, and said, "Goodbye." ”

"Goodbye."

The Central Valley is arguably the largest grape region in the United States, but it's too remote.

The United States has a peculiarity, the more remote the place, the more severe racial discrimination is. Ye Mo has lived here for a long time, and he feels the most profound. In order to reduce production costs, the vineyard owners of the Central Valley hired a large number of outsiders, the least of whom were black households. Ye Mo used to be a member of the black household, and his salary was often deducted.

There is a large foreign population here, and they are engaged in the most bitter, tiring and lowly occupations in the eyes of whites, so that the whites here have a sense of superiority over the whites in other places.

Ye Mo didn't like this place, so much so that he never thought of investing here.

The Napa Valley is hilly and different from ordinary canyons, it runs north-south, with San Pablo Bay, part of San Francisco Bay in the south, Mount St. Helens at 1,323 meters above sea level in the north, with an elevation variation of only 72 meters from the bay to the foot of the mountain, Mayakamath Mountain in the west separating Napa Valley from Sonoma Canyon on the coast, and the rocky Waka Mountains in the east, separating the hot air from the interior. During the growing season, there is plenty of sunlight and a large temperature difference between day and night, creating almost perfect climatic conditions for the grapes to grow.

Ye Mo first lived in Napa County, and then asked an agent about the estate that was being sold.

Napa Valley estates are highly sought-after, and many Hollywood stars have purchased their estates here. Ye Mo first played in Napa for two days, and then followed to see several manors given by the intermediary.

The estates that are being sold are all leftovers, not to mention the remote location, and there are no good vineyards and no reputation. What's even more speechless is that these nameless wineries are also asking for sky-high prices, and the 15-acre vineyard dares to ask for 5 million US dollars, Ye Mo is really drunk.

Ye Mo visited six wineries for sale in a row, but none of them satisfied him. The first target, Napa Valley, could not find an ideal winery, so Ye Mo had to turn his attention to Sonoma County.

Unlike Napa Valley, the people of Sonoma are more pragmatic. In their eyes, the winery is the winery, the equivalent of a factory, not like what Ye Mo saw in Napa Valley, where the workers of the winery regarded the winery as a second home. Ye Mo saw more smiles and satisfaction on their faces.

Overall, Napa Valley is more lively, and Sonoma County is a little more deserted.

Ye Mo bought the winery mainly for investment and value preservation, and secondly, for life. It's clear that the environment in Napa Valley is more life-oriented.

After going around in Napa Valley and Sonoma County, Ye Mo finally received a call from Harry, and the auction was over, which was very successful.

Ye Mo went straight to San Francisco Airport. The sale was a great success, and because of its mystery, "The Weaving Workshop" sold for a whopping $123 million, directly breaking the record of $82.5 million for Van Gogh's painting "Portrait of Dr. Gachet" on May 15, 1990. Sotheby's invited a lot of rich people, most of whom rushed to "The Weaving Mill". When the auction of "Weaving Workshop" ended, the auction of "Bath" was also a rare and rare work......

Ye Mo boarded a flight to New York and saw the news of the auction on the front page in the newspaper.

"The Weaving Workshop" is, of course, a big book, and "Bathing" also sold at a sky-high price.

A closer look reveals that the billionaires who had previously bid for "The Weaving Workshop" were competing with each other after they failed, and $78.5 million was $26.5 million higher than the estimated price. Because it is an anonymous auction house, there is no information about the bidders in the newspaper, and naturally there is no information about Ye Mo.

The auction house did not disclose Ye Mo's information, but made up a lie that a young man had accidentally found the two paintings from his grandmother's closet.

Ye Mo sat on the plane and had fun. The two paintings are 200 million, and the gold and silver coins auctioned are only added to the head, and they are less than 4 million. The whole flight took less than two hours, and Ye Mo was excited along the way, his adrenaline soared, and he hummed in his mouth: I make money, make money......

When he arrived at the New York airport and walked out of the passage, Ye Mo saw the pick-up sign with his name. The crooked Chinese characters, at first glance, the person holding the sign is Harry.

Ye Mo smiled and walked over and hugged Harry: "I didn't expect you to pick me up in person." ”

"Of course, you're my big customer." Harry smiled, straightened the baseball cap on his head, and said, "Let's go." Be careful of being photographed by reporters exposing you, the new billionaire. ”

"Let's go." When he came to the parking lot, Harry helped Ye Mo put his luggage in the car, and then drove towards the city with Ye Mo.

"Have you ever thought about what you're going to do with this money?" Harry said: "My brother is the investment manager of Citibank, so you can reach out to him if you have any ideas. $200 million is not a small amount. You don't want to put all your money in the bank, you don't know, the IRS vampires are staring at you. ”

"Of course. I've been wandering around two places in Napa Valley and Sonoma County these days trying to buy a farm. Unfortunately, we haven't found the perfect place yet. ”

Harry smiled, "Ye, I found that I already liked you." My brother works as an investment manager at Citibank, and by the way, he also mentions that clients take care of some properties. I'll leave this to my brother and promise to find the ideal estate for you. ”

An hour's drive to the city center. Ye Mo received a check at the auction house's office, deducting commissions for a total of $195.22 million. Harry came over with two goblets and a bottle of champagne, poured two glasses leisurely, and said with a smile: "Congratulations on officially joining the billionaires club." ”

"Thank you." Ye Mo was excited, but there was not much expression on his face, and he raised the check in his hand: "I can't help but squander it everywhere, but I have to deal with this check first." ”

“OK。 I'll send you there. ”