Chapter 10: Take the Ranch

After Qin Yi saw it, he walked over, and the middle-aged man also saw Qin Yi, there was an oriental face here, which was very conspicuous.

"Hello, I'm Yi." Qin Yi went over to say hello.

"Hello, Yi, I'm Michael." Michael warmly shook Qin Yi's hand and continued, "Follow me, Yi, the car is still in the parking lot." ”

The two got into the car, and Michael greeted Qin Yi while driving: "Yi, you have read the information I sent to the ranch yesterday, right?" ”

"I've seen it, the information is very detailed, the pictures look really good, I like the scenery there!" As early as after selling snow ginseng in China, Qin Yi himself searched for information about BrokenO Ranch, but there were not many things that could be searched on the Internet, only some pictures looked beautiful.

"The Sun River flows slowly, I wander in the turquoise wheat waves, the abundant alfalfa sea, and the cattle and sheep wander happily." Michael said he was going to be intoxicated!

Qin Yi smiled, the information sent by Michael was quite detailed, and Qin Yi had read it carefully.

Located near Augusta, BrokenO Ranch is a sprawling 20-mile ranch that spans three counties along the Sun River, and is the largest irrigated ranch in Montana, with large water rights and produces 700,000 bushels of small-grain cereals and 25,000 tons of alfalfa hay annually. BrokenO Ranch is also one of the largest commercial cattle farms in the Rocky Mountain region, with 3,500 cows, 800 heifers and 175 pasture breeding cattle among the livestock.

Qin Yi thought about the information, producing a large amount of alfalfa hay, the number of cattle raised will be reduced, but now this number is obviously too low, it should be because the pasture is going to be sold, and a large number of beef cattle have been slaughtered. Of course, if there are tens of thousands of beef cattle that can be slaughtered, it will not cost hundreds of millions of dollars!

The farm is sold on a turnkey basis, which means that the machinery, staff, and business arrangements are all handed over to the new owner. In addition, the ranch has a number of recreational facilities that can be used for a variety of recreational activities, such as trout fishing, hunting and wildlife viewing. The 10,000-foot main house overlooks the Rocky Mountains and the River of the Sun and features an indoor pool.

The turnkey sale is the information that Qin Yi already knew when he searched in China, which is why Qin Yi had the idea to buy such a large ranch. The turnkey sale means that Qin Yi does not have to worry about the operation of the ranch after buying the ranch, and if he is not familiar with it, he will hand it over to the ranch manager, and produce according to the previous operation method, and he can slowly become familiar with the ranch work, as long as he pays attention to the accounts.

The two chatted casually, drove for almost 2 hours, passed Augusta, and came to the ranch.

First arrived was the ranch's 104,000-acre pastoral area, and the remaining 20,000 acres were agricultural areas, on Chautto's side. Chateau, like Augusta, is a county in the United States, but when you pass by Augusta, it looks more like a small town, not big, maybe less than 10,000 people.

Since the main house and the recreational facilities and stables are all in the livestock area, Michael took Qin Yi to see the situation here. Get off the main road and continue along a small road towards the pasture. After a while come to the ranch gate, which is a huge arched shelf that spans the path with the name and logo of the ranch. When you enter the gate of the pasture, you can see a large area of grass with small purple flowers, which is alfalfa. Looking into the distance, you can't see the edge at a glance, the field of vision is wide, the natural atmosphere is strong, and it makes people open-minded.

It's just that the growth of alfalfa is not very good, and Qin Yi thinks it may be the impact of the great drought.

"This is planted with alfalfa, and there is also a patch of alfalfa, and the grass is not growing well due to the drought this year." Michael didn't care whether Qin Yi knew him or not, he introduced it seriously, "However, Yi, you must know that the grass in BrokenO Ranch is not bad, there is a sun river in the pasture, even if it is a drought this year, the amount of water is not bad, after all, it is the largest irrigated pasture in Montana." ”

Introduced all the way, stopped and looked, and it took more than half an hour to come to the ranch owner's house.

The two-storey main house has yellow painted walls and a tan roof, which is both luxurious and understated, and on one side of the house is a dozen tall green pines, which are shaded by each other, and the bright colors make people shine. At first glance, Qin Yi fell in love with this main house that exuded a relaxed pastoral taste.

Michael led Qin Yi to visit the main house, and praised while explaining: "The main living area and interior decoration are all designed by people, simple and tidy style, which is very suitable for the agricultural environment here in Montana." Of course, as the main home of the 124,000-acre ranch, the interior decoration is also luxurious and sophisticated. Come with me, Yi, let's go to the room and have a look. ”

Qin Yi didn't say much, followed Michael into the house to have a look, now is not a good time to express his opinion, talk less and watch more.

In front of the door on the first floor is a 3-meter-wide porch, entering the living room, the solid wood floor is covered with red and yellow wool carpets, in the middle of which there are log sofas and coffee tables, the walls are hung with deer head specimens and oil paintings, and there are some small animal ornaments and beast sculptures in the corner; The large kitchen and dining room on the right, standing at the door, you can see the complete and exquisite tableware and kitchenware behind the transparent glass; On the left is the indoor swimming pool, Qin Yi went over to take a look, a one-meter-wide solid wood bridge divides the pool rectangular and semi-circular into two parts, the pool water is communicated through the bridge hole, and on the edge of the semi-circular pool, there are several yellow deck chairs, with green potted plants, the color is soft, making people feel comfortable.

The main house has 22 rooms with en-suite toilets and bathrooms, and the master bedroom also has a walk-in closet. This small building with many rooms is very suitable for families to live and gather together. There are several terraces on the second floor, each with three lounge chairs, so you can sit down and enjoy a glass of wine and look at the scenery in the distance. On the east side of the main house is a small building with a garage and utility room on the first floor and a guest room on the second floor with 8 rooms connected to the main house by a corridor.

After looking at the main house, Qin Yi had already decided that if the ranch was okay with the rest, he would buy this ranch, yes, Qin Yi liked it here.

Qin Yi followed Michael to the depths of the ranch and continued to look. In fact, it doesn't matter how the grass is, Qin Yi has a spiritual spring, and the future pasture will be very good, mainly depending on the number of cattle and the irrigation system.

The meandering and wide Sun River runs through the pastures, and the creeks and ditches are dense, although the Sun River does not have much water, but the creeks and small canals have not dried up, and it seems that the title of Montana's largest irrigated pasture is still very true. After looking at a few herds, they were all leisurely eating grass, Qin Yi didn't know much, and he didn't know how much the impact of the drought had on the herd, but the number of cattle didn't seem to be very large.

"Michael, how many cows are there in the ranch now?"

"There are more than 4,000 cows, heifers and breeding cattle in the information I gave you yesterday, which are used by the pasture to give birth to calves. In addition to these, there are more than 2,000 half-sized cattle and more than 2,000 sheep in the pasture. The sheep were grazed on a hill in the northwest corner of the pasture, with shepherds watching. Michael was very detailed.

Qin Yi was a little disappointed when he heard that there were only so many cattle and sheep in such a large pasture, but he was right when he thought about it, if there were really tens of thousands of cattle, he could get hundreds of millions of dollars, and now the 124,000-acre ranch was listed at 132.5 million US dollars, and there would definitely not be tens of thousands of cattle.

Then Qin Yi went to look at the machinery in the warehouse, only the workers' room and the stable don't need to be seen, if the stable is the kind of professional training horse farm, it must be seen, and now it is an ordinary stable, so don't waste that time. In the warehouse, lawn mowers, seeders, lawn mowers, rakes, etc., all kinds of large and small machinery are complete, semi-new and not old, and can be used for several years.

These are all right, the ranch is also finished, Qin Yi followed Michael to drive to Shoto's farm, there was nothing to see about the crops, and he came directly to the warehouse to see the farm machinery. They are all seeders, harvesters, and the most eye-catching is a small agricultural plane, Qin Yi is still happy to see it, there will be an airplane soon, although it is usually used for spraying pesticides

The ranch looks very good, Qin Yi is quite satisfied: "I am still satisfied with the ranch, if the price can be negotiated, then I will ask for it." ”

It took a lot of time to see the ranch, it was almost 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and I ate a burger in the main house at noon. The United States and China are really different from talking about business, this must be in the country, it must be regardless of 3721, go to the hotel to have a big meal first, and then look at the ranch, otherwise people have to say that you can't be a man, and the business is basically yellow!

Michael took off his hat and held it in his hand, and invited Qin Yi to the farm hut: "Of course, Yi, the price is all negotiated!" How about we sit down and have a cup of coffee and talk slowly? ”

Sitting down in the living room, Qin Yi took a look at it, the furnishings were simple and crude, but they were very tidy, as if there was no one living in them. Michael brought two cups of coffee and sat down. "This used to be the farm's director, Evan, who resigned a few months ago, and the staff in the ranch sales lane were a little restless, and there was a big drought!"

Qin Yi took a sip of coffee, "It's a pity." ”

It seems that after taking over the ranch, it is still indispensable to recruit people. Qin Yi can't help it, it has always been unsettling to change bosses.

Michael shrugged his shoulders and continued, "Now I'm here to show people that the ranch will stay here for a few days, and the main house is empty. Okay, Yi, let's talk about the ranch, 132.5 million is a very reasonable price, and many people are interested. "It's a lot of people who are interested, but it's a pity that no one has made a move, damn the great drought!

Qin Yi smiled slightly, he didn't care how many people were interested, this was an investment of more than 100 million US dollars, and he was interested, but he was more hesitant to think about it.

"How much courage it takes to buy a ranch for more than 100 million dollars, Michael, I think you also understand, with this money, more people are willing to invest in IT, rather than buy a ranch in a big drought."

You come and go, Qin Yi really wants to buy, Michael is anxious to sell, and finally reached an agreement, Qin Yi invested 112.5 million US dollars to buy the ranch in a package way, the transaction amount was agreed not to be announced to the public, and the two agreed to officially sign the contract after the arrival of lawyers on both sides tomorrow. After talking about the matter, Michael took Qin Yi back to the main house of the ranch, and left after eating in the main house, without disturbing Qin Yi's rest.

I called Montana Law Firm and asked them to send a well-known lawyer over tomorrow to work on the terms of the contract. After making the phone call and looking at the beautiful room, Qin Yi came to his senses again. In fact, Qin Yi didn't feel tired after running for a day, the physique and spirit strengthened by the Blood Spirit Fruit and Spirit Yuan Grass, this level of busyness could only be regarded as a small case for Qin Yi.

Go to the kitchen to get a small basket, enter the Lingtian space, check a few of each fruit, remember that Lai Pi is still tethered to observe the condition, go over to take a look, and find that Lai Pi has nothing else to do except for staring at the fruit with big eyes and watery eyes, it seems that the blood spirit fruit has enhanced its physique, and apples are fine as a staple food!

"Okay, you can eat whatever you want in the future!"

Untie the skin and hug out the space, one person and one rabbit eat delicious fruits, and walk slowly around the room.

In the afternoon of the next day, Qin Yi took Michael to the airport to pick up the lawyer.

There's no way, although Qin Yi can drive, but he doesn't have an American driver's license, although there aren't even many police officers in a town like Augusta, but if he is caught, it will be troublesome, the United States is still very strict, Qin Yi is not like he broke the law when he first came to the United States!

Of course, Michael doesn't mind, it's a big deal, and he has a lot of commissions for completing it.

ps:Yesterday I went to rent a house and was bitten by a dog.,The protagonists have become landlords and old money.,This is the gap between me, the author**Si, and the new protagonist Tuhao, please recommend!!

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