Chapter 544: The Moment Before the Auction
In fact, as early as a few days ago, the Japanese had contacted Ryan and tried to have an informal meeting with Qin Yi before the official auction began.
Of course, it is not only the Japanese who will make small calculations, but the livestock companies and large ranches in the United States, because of the geographical advantages, are the first batch of interested bidders to get in touch with the Sun River Ranch.
For example, John in the top 10 landowners in the United States. Marlon, Stan. The real estate company to which Kroenke and others belonged, whether it was directly sending a letter or entrusting an intermediary to send a message, expressed concern about the auction of cattle breeds for the first time!
Not only did the special representative rush to Augusta as soon as possible to pay attention to the latest news, but also made preliminary contact with Sun River Ranch, and then conveyed an informal meeting request to Sun River Ranch!
Here, informality does not mean disattention, but rather a sign of etiquette and respect.
In terms of business cooperation, in the face of partners or competitors at the same level, there will often be no formal and official invitation to talk before the two sides reach a consensus, because your invitation may not be accepted by others, and once this happens, both parties will fall into an embarrassing situation.
Because in the face of such an invitation that is not very willing to accept, the invitee has to make a choice: if he accepts, it will be contrary to his own wishes, and even disrupt the original plan; If you refuse, you are worried that it will sweep the other party's face and damage the cooperation atmosphere of win-win development between the two sides
Therefore, how to choose is a dilemma!
But informal invitations are very operational.
Such invitations are often private, whether it is a child's birthday party, or a wine tasting party between friends, or of course, a relaxing golf ball, or even a dance party that can be held at any time
No one will mind whether it is accepted or not, and it will not have the slightest impact on the foundation of cooperation between the two sides!
So. Before reaching a consensus, the formal invitation has a coercive connotation, while the informal invitation is to give the other party the right to choose freely, which not only shows their own etiquette and sincerity, but also gives the other party respect!
From these informal invitations, it can also be seen that compared with the old animal husbandry empire, the Qin family's animal husbandry, which is not yet huge, has been placed on an equal footing by everyone.
It's no wonder that Qin Yi belongs to the three ranches. Sun River Ranch, Wabe Lake Ranch, and Teddy Ranch have totaled more than 300,000 acres, although they have not yet reached the point of being among the top ten landlords, but they are also the largest landowners in the West and even in the entire United States!
What's more, the three ranches also have improved versions of top-quality pasture and cattle breeds, and the development momentum is strong, and no one dares to underestimate it!
However, whether others underestimate or attach importance to it does not affect the development of the ranch in the slightest. Therefore, Qin Yi never took it to heart.
Recently, in the face of many informal invitations conveyed by Lane, as expected by all parties, Qin Yi rejected all of them. Lane was only allowed to take the time to hold a brief meeting at the ranch with the representatives of the parties who were temporarily staying at the Augusta Inn, to inform him of all aspects of the cattle auction and other matters. I didn't pay much attention to it.
Of course, this is only for companies in the United States, and perhaps Canada can be added as well.
However, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and other animal husbandry developed regions. The time to get the news was a little later, and although a representative was sent to hurry up, it was still two or three days late to arrive at Augusta, so it was not in time for the briefing meeting held by Lane.
The news related to the auction process can be found on the official website of Qin's Animal Husbandry, but these latecomers have missed not only these popular information, but also some internal information that is not secret!
For example, Mr. Qin, the rancher, is old-fashioned and serious, or is he humorous?
This is related to the behavior of Mr. Qin when dealing with him, so you must figure it out, don't ask to be humorous and leave a good impression, but please don't make Mr. Qin unhappy because of a certain sentence or action, otherwise you will be passed before the auction, and it will be too late to cry!
You may also know some of Mr. Qin's hobbies, such as collecting, hunting, wine tasting, golf, and so on!
Mr. Qin is Chinese, maybe he likes to play table tennis?
This is a bit difficult, but no matter what, even if it is polo, baseball, or even bouncing glass balls, as long as they can add even a little bit of chips to the upcoming auction, the representatives of all parties are determined to train in a surprise attack!
Of course, the first thing to do is to figure this out
Another example is family members, maybe you can say more words to praise the elderly, I heard that in the etiquette of Chinese people, more attention is paid to this aspect, and children, will it seem very abrupt to give a small gift?
For Qin Yi, there is no need to hide, or even indifferent information, but for the representatives of all parties, it is very important!
Of course, it is even more important for the representatives of other regions who are already one step behind, and in order to save time, they choose to ask their American counterparts about their relations, and they suffer a lot of idleness because of this!
But in this moment of racing against time, no matter how angry everyone is, everyone can bear it, as long as they win the final auction, the ridicule and white eyes they receive will be returned tenfold and hundredfold, and they can also proudly point to the nose of their peers and proclaim: "I am the ultimate winner!" ”
Such a belief sustains all the liaison representatives of Augusta!
However, these liaison representatives only play the role of microphones and information collectors in the early stage, and it is not their turn to be responsible for real decision-making and auctions.
Cattle auction is related to the future development of the company, such an important work, of course, it is impossible to fake the company's middle-level or even low-level employees, only the company's senior management comes in person, in order to hold up the scene, of course, this is also the respect for Qin's animal husbandry!
Therefore, as the auction approached, high-level personnel from major animal husbandry companies and large farms arrived, and even according to the news obtained by Qin Yi, the fourth of the top ten landlords of Kroenke Real Estate. Kroenke also arrived in Augusta yesterday at noon!
I think it was also for the cattle auction.
However, this middle-aged man who is very business-minded doesn't seem to have any intention of meeting Qin Yi.
And according to the news from the security team, Kroenke wore a very tasteless, one size larger gray suit, did not button his shirt, did not wear a tie, as if he was on vacation, with a group of bodyguards wandering around the scene of various shows, all kinds of performances with relish, but in the evening, he took a helicopter and flew to the west of the Sun River Ranch.
After Qin Yi received the news, he guessed that Kroenke should have gone to the small town of Falls, Columbia, where he owned a forest farm on a large scale in the northwest of the Sun River Ranch and in the Rocky Mountains.
In fact, if Kroenke invites, Qin Yi is still willing to meet with this master in the business field, talk about the land policy of the United States, exchange ranch management experience, I believe there will be a lot of gains.
Moreover, this guy has so much land in his name, I don't know if he intends to transfer part of it?
But if he leaves, he will leave, and Qin Yi doesn't feel any regrets, anyway, there is more land in the United States, so he doesn't have to worry about not being able to buy it!
At this time, in the performance tent of the circus, Qin Yi waited for Ryan to bring the Japanese bidders over to meet, while continuing to discuss the racecourse with Diana, and did not feel that there was anything wrong with receiving business partners in such an idle place. (To be continued.) )