Chapter 8: My Ranch
In the morning, Ju An woke up, lay in bed, turned on the TV casually, changed one channel after another, and watched a TV series, about a killer who changed his surname, and felt really bored after watching it.
Unexpectedly, the United States also has this kind of nonsense TV series, I originally thought that the United States would shoot some "Prison Break", "Anti-Terrorism 24 Hours" and the like.
Then I changed the channel just to see the play of "Spartacus Blood and Sand", although I watched it on the domestic Internet, but Ju An still watched it with relish, what attracted Ju An was that the actresses were very beautiful, and there were a lot of ooxx shots, basically a tertiary film, but there were more bloody scenes than tertiary films, such as a knife cutting through the neck and blood gushing out, which was very visually impactful, which just satisfied the psychology of Ju An, a stuffy semi-otaku.
After a long breakfast, it was more than nine o'clock, cleaned up a little, made a phone call, and gave the main station, when I went out, the car was already downstairs. The black Cadillac, the driver in a suit and tie, opened the door for Ju'an.
I arrived at the bank in ten minutes, and under the guidance of a blonde beauty, I entered the VIP reception room, confirmed the account, took the checkbook from the manager, and then transferred two million to my senior brother Liu Chao.
Next, he found a place to eat, and by the way, he called Senior Brother Liu Chao and told him that the money had been called. Let him check it, Liu Chao told him on the phone that the contract was ready, about how many shares Ju'an invested in two million, let Ju'an better find a lawyer, and sign it when Liu Chao went in a few days, Ju'an said magnificently Just take a look, let's do this, Liu Chao disagreed, and said that it was better to be formal, and Ju'an had to follow him.
In the afternoon, I went to the immigration office, and the people from the immigration bureau verified the assets with the bank, and then muttered to the Star-Spangled Banner for ten minutes to solve the problem, and this time I have to apply for a visa to the Chinese embassy when I go back to China.
Next, according to the appointment time a few days ago, Mike drove the car to take a simple road test, Ju An felt that it was much simpler than the domestic road test, that is, stop the car, hit the turn signal, brake or something, successfully passed the road test, and took the driver's license.
By the time I got back to the hotel, it was already past five o'clock in the afternoon.
Not long after entering the room, the phone rang, and the main station said that a real estate agent came to see him, and Ju An thought that it must be someone from the holding brokerage company of Wells Fargo.
Then I looked at a real estate agent in his 50s, who introduced about 20 ranches of all sizes, ranging from a few hundred acres to more than 100,000 acres, and the price ranged from hundreds of thousands to more than 100 million dollars.
Ju Anhe looked at it in detail for a long time, and then asked some questions, basically, whether there are mountains, whether there are many flat pastures or mountains, not far from the town, and the life is inconvenient.
In the end, three ranches were demarcated, one with more than 10,000 acres in Texas, and the other two in Montana, one with more than 40,000 acres and one with 55,000 acres. The latter two ranches cost more than $40 million, and the first one costs more than $30 million.
In the next few days, this economy took two people to accompany Ju'an to fly around, first to Texas, after looking at the pasture, Ju'an was really dissatisfied with the weather, the sun was violent in June, and then I heard that the summer is basically more than 40 degrees and above, the whole is more fierce than the Jiangnan stove, Ju'an doesn't like this kind of weather, just cross it out.
Next, the group came to Montana again, as soon as they got off the plane, Ju'an liked it a little here, the air here was indescribably fresh, and the temperature was only about ten degrees, Ju'an was not afraid of cold but afraid of heat. The agent explained that Montana is a famous wealth week in the United States, and it is also the land of the sky, basically there is no heavy industry, mainly agriculture, and some mining, and the natural environment is very well preserved, including Yellowstone Park, Glacier Park and all kinds of natural forest reserves, the air is not to mention, and now many rich people buy ranches here.
The two ranches are basically about the same size, one of them is far from the city, about an hour's drive from the airport, but the ranch is well built, and there is a small professional equestrian training ground.
The other one is closer to the airport and half an hour's drive from the airport. There is no equestrian training ground, and the houses are well built, with two-story brick and concrete buildings, nestled between a few large cedar trees and American red maples, which are exceptionally beautiful. Next to it are two long one-story workers' houses, which can accommodate a dozen workers, and the whole building is located on a small mound several meters high, and not far below is a stable that can accommodate more than forty horses, and next to the stable is a large round wooden barn. Next to the barn is a large warehouse, and there is a big flower house not far from the warehouse. According to the broker, there were several pickup trucks, more than a dozen all-terrain vehicles, a tractor and some lawn mowers, balers and other machines. Now there is only one tractor, and a lawn mower, and a baler. Anyway, these things will have to be bought new in the future.
Then Ju An bargained with the broker, from the initial 47 million to 43 million, and paid off all at once. Next, the broker begins to draft the agreement.
Juan called the best law firm in Montana directly and asked a lawyer to read the documents for him. The advance fee cost more than $15,000, and this lawyer charges $700 an hour, so it's no wonder that American lawyers make a lot of money. What a big vampire.
The lawyers on both sides arrived in Lewistown the next day, and the ranch selected by Juan was half an hour's drive away from Lewistown, and the two lawyers studied the contract one by one, and Juan was free with the real estate agent, and the two lawyers read the contract one by one for several hours, and made several phone calls, asked some questions, and finally confirmed that there was no problem, and then signed it under the witness of the two lawyers. Then Ju An wrote a check, and Ju An completely owned 55,000 acres of land at the foot of Juwu Mountain, and the new Xishui River Ranch was born.
The rest of the matter is completely handled by his own lawyer, and when this is done, the day will pass. Juan looked at the sky and decided not to go back to the ranch today, the real estate agent left today, and when he left, he was given a card with the address of the Lewistown car seller, and he could buy a car here.
The next morning, Juan went to the Lewistown Vehicle Office and exchanged his New York license for a Montana license.
I quickly got a driver's license, but in fact, I changed my book. I don't know how Lao Mei is not afraid of trouble, but the driver's license is not used nationwide, which is much worse than in China.
After walking a few steps out of the vehicle management office, I arrived at the car dealer indicated on the card. In fact, the population of Lewiston as a whole is only more than 5,000 people, and it is not as good as the county seat where Ju'an's parents live.
As soon as he entered the car dealership, a young man wearing a cowboy hat warmly received him, and when Ju An said that he took out his card and said his intention, the young man ran over and said a few words to the manager of the store.
The manager was a bearded white man in his fifties. After listening to the young man's introduction, he enthusiastically came out and shook hands with Ju An, and then personally introduced the vehicle to Ju An.
"Ann, the most you need for ranch work is a pickup, we are here to represent a Ford pickup, there are F150, F450, if you need it, you can also book F650 with us."
"I'm going to buy an F150 first, and I'm going to use it for my usual use," Juan said, looking at the dark blue Ford pickup truck in front of him.
"We have both two-door and four-door versions in stock here. Let me tell you about this dark blue paint, we also have three colors of yellow, and white, if you want the matte paint that is popular today, you have to wait three days. The shopkeeper said.
"Well, can I take it for a test drive?" said Juan.
"Of course, I'll get the key," the shopkeeper said, turning and walking into the office.
Next, Ju'an drove the car, and the shopkeeper sat next to him to introduce what leather seats, what good surnames, engine displacement, and so on.
Ju An felt very satisfied after driving for a while, there was a lot of space, and his one-meter-seven-eight head was still nearly two fists away from the roof of the car. And it's quite agile to get up and down, and you basically don't feel like you're riding a pickup.
Then I bought an all-terrain vehicle here, that is, a quad bike, and spent a total of 60,000 just out of the head, which is also connected to car insurance. The domestic Ford F150 actually sells for a minimum of more than 600,000 dollars, here 54,000 US dollars, that is, the top configuration version is 43,000 US dollars, and Hecheng Renmin is less than 250,000 yuan.