Chapter 190: Flying Farm
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Under the U.S. Bail Reform Act of 1984, Zhou You can gain a certain degree of freedom after paying bail. But during this period, it was not possible to leave the United States.
He applied for a Singapore passport once and was free to travel to and from the United States for two years, but due to the expiration date, he reprinted a travel application online after he was released from prison.
At the permanent address in the United States, the tour is registered at Paris Villa in Beverly Hills, and you also need to register with the local police station once a month.
Half a year has passed, and I don't care about enduring another year. This time, Zhou You will not be in a hurry to retaliate, he will have to be patient to entangle with them.
From New York to Los Angeles, he didn't stay in Los Angeles for long, but drove three cars directly to Yosemite, on the border between California and Nevada.
Yosemite, which is a transliteration of Chinese and transliteration, is one of the most scenic scenic spots in the United States, part of Yosemite National Park. And right next to this national park is the 2,200 square kilometre flying farm in Barron Hilton.
The whole of Hong Kong, including the New Territories and the islands, covers an area of only 1,100 square kilometers, but Barron's private farm is the size of two Hong Kongs, spanning two states in the United States.
August is not the season to visit the edge of the desert, with temperatures reaching 30 degrees during the day and around 15 degrees at night, but there is a good thing about it: quiet.
Zhou You, who has just been released from prison, has attracted the attention of the whole world, and now he does not dare to go anywhere, only here, will no one disturb him.
Barron Sr. was an Air Force pilot during World War II, and when he was younger, he became obsessed with flying airplanes, which was also his greatest passion. Inside the Flying Farm, there are nearly twenty small planes of various types for him to fly.
But when he got older, he couldn't fly planes, and he gradually gave up this hobby. The Nevada Desert is one of the driest regions on earth, and although Barron's farms are on the edge, the Cordillera Mountains to the west and the desert to the east are abundant, so the climate is very dry.
But this dry and warm climate is ideal for the elderly, especially those with rheumatism. So Barron spends most of his time on the farm, where he has a large team of secretaries who help him with the affairs of the Hilton Group.
"Come, little Barron, come to great-grandfather."
Every time Old Barron saw Little Barron, he always had a special feeling, there was no place for this child to resemble a member of the Hilton family, because the members of the Hilton family were all flamboyant and shallow rice worms.
Of the nine children of Hilton's second generation, only Barron Sr. is low-key and down-to-earth, and the rest are famous for playing with female stars. Including Conrad Hilton, he was also obsessed with young female stars until he was old, but his juniors only learned his amorous style, not his ability.
In the third generation of the Hilton family, it is also the same, as for the other juniors of the fourth generation, Barron doesn't care, but he has eight children, but only Paris's parents gave him four grandchildren, and the other seven children have nothing.
Barron Sr. looked down on his children at all, and now he liked the Paris sisters the most, because they were the two of them who could give Barron hope for the continuation of the Hilton family.
Although Zhongyuan is only two years old, he is very solid, stubborn, and tenacious. This was what Barron Sr. liked the most, and he never tired of telling everyone that Barron III was the core of their Hilton family's renewed glory.
Zhou You also knew that the old guy was a bit of a show of goodwill, although the Hilton family was an old family, it had never been among the top families. Although their fame is great, it is far from enough compared to the Walton, DuPont, and Morgan families.
In 2005, Hilton hotels and casinos reached new heights, but the Hilton family's share of the business was modest, with Barron's personal assets converted to less than $3 billion, and the family's real estate and art around the world adding up to another $1 billion.
And the assets they control are less than $20 billion, and they are not worth the value of their current shares in Wal-Mart. Zhou You's personal assets are now 100 billion US dollars, and the assets directly controlled and indirectly influenced are as high as trillions, which even most of the top American families cannot match.
As Zhou You's third son, Yuan Yuan divided the five children equally according to Zhou You's current assets, and the assets that could be shared were far more than all the Hilton family's estate.
"Go, kiss your great-grandfather."
Nakahara ran to Old Barron's side, seemingly uninterested in his wrinkled face, and instead studied the crutches he had placed beside him. Then, in the midst of everyone's stunned eyes, he picked up his crutches and ran. "Brother, brother, riding ......"
Old Barron couldn't understand Chinese, but after listening to Paris's translation, he understood, and couldn't help laughing. "This cane is not a horse, if you want to ride a real horse, there are many farms."
The 2,000-square-kilometer farm has been in the hands of the Hilton family for nearly 30 years. In addition to a lavish main house, there are more than a dozen jungle cottages dedicated to entertaining guests. In addition, the farm has horse farms, pastures, farms, vineyards, a hot spring, fountains, lakes and mountains. However, it's more of a desert and the Gobi Desert, after all, the farm is so big that it straddles two states in the United States.
Zhou You's family stayed on the farm, and for the first week, he didn't do any official business, and every day he accompanied a few little ones to run around the farm, riding horses, fishing for fish, swimming, digging holes, and building tree houses.
Several children are carefree and happy every day, and they are tanned into little black people one by one. Traveling around bought each of them a Shetlan pony, which became a favorite of each of them.
Zhongzhen, the shyest little girl in general, chose a little red horse, and bathed the pony herself every day, and even pulled into the bedroom to sleep with her.
The children's instincts are unleashed, and this desolate farm is simply the most fun place in the world. Zhongxuan likes the tree house built for him by Zhou You the most, pestering Yan Fangqing so that he can sleep in it at night, and he doesn't feel that it is cramped inside.
However, from the second week onwards, Zhou You had to find time to start meeting guests. Other guests can be ignored for the time being, but the South American guests cannot be seen, mainly because the company's strategic plan to invest in South America has been delayed for half a year.
The traveling companies threaded the needle, introduced the mainland mining companies, oil companies, supported the local small supporting companies, and then attracted the Spanish technical service companies to form a complete industrial trust.
This seems like anyone can do it, because no other country is like Colombia, which has always had a civil war at home.
However, Venezuela's current cooperation with mainland companies is not satisfactory, mainly because they lack a strong company to perfectly integrate this trust with the development of their own country.
The strength of the companies in the mainland is very strong, but they are all working in their own way, I develop the mines here, you develop the oil fields there, and there is no problem with these. But each company has its own selfishness and its own interests.
It is impossible to reach an agreement on which road to build first, which power plant to build first, which supplier to find, which supporting materials, and where to choose the supporting manufacturers without mandatory integration.
Colombia's development is obvious to all, and even the two sides of the civil war now regard the traveling company as an indispensable and important component. Without a traveling company, the construction of railways and highways, the transportation of goods, the supply of logistical materials, and the safety protection of the company cannot be guaranteed.
Venezuela thought it would be able to replicate Colombia's experience without a well-traveled company, but now it's making a mess. Now, these South American countries have to start to pay attention to the role that traveling companies can play in this, and even some countries in Africa are willing to package the overall development of the country to traveling companies without mentioning anything.
But all of this can only be done by traveling around. Without him, the company lacks the reassuring Dinghai Shenshen needle, and also lacks the most important foundation for those countries to reassure.
In fact, this kind of company system is not perfect, and it is also a very dangerous thing to tie the entire company to one person. However, the company is still in the development stage, at least at this stage, and the lack of travel is like a car losing its engine.
Even if you want to change the status quo, it is not the present, you can only hope for the future. When the company's development has rules to follow, when the company's talent reserve is satisfied, can we establish a sound rules and regulations, so that the system can manage people, rather than people overriding the system.
After Zhou You was released from prison, the Consul General in New York and then the Consul General in Los Angeles both extended invitations to Zhou You to meet, but was politely rejected by Zhou You's secretary group. After staying on the farm for almost ten days, Zhou You also felt a little bored, so people arranged this meeting.
At ten o'clock in the morning, a helicopter slowly landed on the tarmac in front of the main house, and Zhou You accompanied Zhongxuan to dig a nest of small hedgehogs, and had already seen the arrival of the plane. But in order to fulfill the wishes of several children, Zhou You still insisted on helping them dig up two little hedgehogs and let them play there, and then went to wash their hands in the stream next to the road.
When he came up from the ditch, Gracia, who had been preparing all kinds of materials early in the morning, drove a battery car and ran over. "My dear, you've been delaying too long, Consul Colinan is already waiting for you in the small reception room."
"Don't be in a hurry, this matter is very important, and you can't be in a hurry."
At this time, Zhongge suddenly cried, stretched out his little hand and shouted, "Dad, biting and bleeding." ”
Zhou You walked over with Gracia, the little guy's hand was pricked by a hedgehog and bled out, and at this time, his parents happened to be next to him, so he started crying.
Gracia frowned and said, "Diego, you're a boy, why are you crying?" Hedgehogs already have thorns, did Dad also tell you not to touch them? You are disobedient, and now that you are hurt, you should not cry. ”
Zhou You couldn't stand her serious education method, so he took Zhongge's little hand and put it in his mouth and sucked it. smiled: "Okay, Dad helped you disinfect, and after a while, let Aunt Kang help you wrap it in gauze so that it won't bleed anymore." Don't cry......"
Zhong'an said arrogantly: "My brother loves to cry, so I won't cry." ”
Zhou You couldn't help laughing, pinched her little face, and said with a smile: "We Zhong'an are little girls. ”
She asked curiously, "Dad, what is a female man?" ”
"Dad still has something to do, I'll tell you what a woman is when I'm done, okay?"
"Good ......"
Zhou You looked at Zhongxuan again and said, "Long Long, you take your younger brothers and sisters to play, be careful not to get hurt." ”
Long Long nodded, took Zhongge's little hand and helped him blow it. "It doesn't hurt to blow and blow, and my mother helps me blow every time I fall."
It's almost a kilometre from the house and a few minutes away from the grove behind the main house by battery car. Zhou You saw Sanchez chatting with three Hispanic men under a large poplar tree, waiting for his arrival.
"Boss, this is Consul General Collinan, this is Commercial Counsellor Fernando, and this is First Secretary Forside."
Zhou You shook hands with them one by one, and said with a smile: "Welcome to the arrival of the three of you, Los Angeles has been too noisy recently, so I let the three of them come from afar, I hope you don't be surprised." ”
Colinan smiled: "We can understand that Mr. Zhou will attract too many people's attention wherever he goes now, so it is better to be quiet here." ”
You looked around and said, "If you don't slack off, how about we walk together, and it's more comfortable to come to the farm and enjoy the beautiful nature than to sit in a closed room." ”
"Of course, that's what we're looking for."
Zhou You turned around and said, "Sanchez, you have someone arrange to set up a table under the tree, and then follow along." When we come back from our walk, it will be more comfortable to rest here. ”
Sanchez also knew that this was not his own territory after all, and who knew which servant was a spy, and who knew where to install cameras and bugs, and sit outside, which would be safer.
Along the path between two rows of tall poplar trees, six people walk leisurely in the shade of the trees, surrounded by rolling forests and mountain peaks, in a very beautiful setting.
"Mr. Zhou, your company's development experience in Colombia is far more simple than we imagined at the beginning. When we also actually operated, we found that without a powerful company in the middle, many of our work could not be carried out at all. This is also the consensus of most of us. Previously, our Ministry of Commerce had many contacts with Miss Volando, but this matter still needs Mr. Zhou's full support. ”
Gracia continued: "Consul Collinand, we at Nanyang Holdings are a commercial company after all, so we have to seek a reasonable proportion of investment and return, but this alone cannot be satisfied, which makes our company impossible to enter at all. ”