After his family background was clear, Shi Lei asked Liu Jie to go back first, he had to explain to Laura first that he wanted to cooperate with Colin, and he must respect his wife's opinion in this regard. If Colin can agree to cooperate, then Shi Lei will definitely participate in the auction of this land, and will try his best to win it, of course, as much as possible within his psychological reserve price.

Laura is of course happy to see the cooperation between the two most important men in her life. Shi Lei simply took the opportunity to visit his parents on both sides on the weekend and talked to Colin about his thoughts. For the profitability of the stone ranch, Colin is also very appreciative, and after a detailed understanding of Shi Lei's ideas and development ideas, Colin made some supplements.

As for the matter of cooperation, Colin did not take it seriously. As for how much money to use, Shi Lei needs to grasp this aspect himself. He will provide securities equivalent to 200 million US dollars, and when necessary, he can directly sell them for cash and use them for Shi Lei at any time.

As for the shares held by Colin, you can wait until the end and settle it according to the total amount of funds on Colin's side called by Shi Lei. After all, is it his own family, such a plan is naturally no more convenient for Shi Lei. It is equivalent to Colin opening his cash pocket for Shi Lei and letting Shi Lei take it casually.

Now that the conditions of cooperation have been established, Shi Lei can start his auction plan with confidence. Anyway, when the funds are insufficient, Colin helps to make up for it, and Shi Lei has nothing to worry about.

In addition, some of the funds under the books can be invested when necessary. Who makes the cooperation of the real family, there is no need to worry about these parts being exposed.

Of course, if you want to use this part of the funds, you will face many problems. Most of these parts have been transferred to overseas accounts under various names. But fortunately, this investment project was originally overseas, not on the local side of Midi. It's a lot easier to call.

However, in the process of participating in the qualification verification of the auction, all the strength that the other party can see, that is, the part of the stone ranch in Shi Lei's name, and the part of the securities worth 200 million US dollars in Colin's hand. In general, what can enter the eyes of the other party is only 800 million US dollars, which is relatively thin.

However, the influence of the stone ranch itself must still add a lot of points to Shi Lei's side. By the way, Laura's good friend, actress Nicole, is a member of the family of the original owner of this land. This may also be what Shi Lei can receive. An important reason for the invitation to this auction.

Otherwise, although the stone ranch is famous, everyone still lacks an intuitive understanding of Shi Lei's worth. Especially in the case that Shi Lei has taken multiple protection measures for his assets.

Don't forget to see from the company directly under Stone Ranch, Shi Lei is just an ordinary employee. His assets are cross-controlled by a large number of offshore companies with complex relationships. If outsiders want to figure it out, they need to use too many manpower and material resources.

It's the first thing to do by getting Grimes in touch with the seller and making it clear that you're going to be involved too. After that, Grims should have a chance. led a wave of professionals to bring back first-hand information for Shi Lei. At that time, Shi Lei will be able to have a more intuitive understanding of the other party's true details. also let Shi Lei set a bottom line for himself at the selling price.

However, if Shi Lei thinks about it, it is estimated that 400 million US dollars will not be able to beat it. Because it is currently known to participate in this auction. Including an unknown rich man in China, another local Australian rancher who owns an even larger land area. This part of Australia is easy to produce such a large super-landlord. It's bigger than Midi's handiwork.

In addition, the information disclosed by the sale of the house shows that there are also two large landowners of Midi who are interested in this, and John Malone, who is also one of the top ten landlords of Midi. and Stanklenk. These two are not easy cats and dogs, and as far as Shi Lei knows, these two are worth a lot of money.

For example, John Malone, who owns 2.2 million acres of land with a total value of more than 1 billion US dollars, is the No. 1 landowner of Midi. In addition to the identity of the landlord, he is also the founder of N, which occupies half of the Midi media industry.

Stanklenk, who is ranked tenth, is not as his ranking seems, and the asset is significantly different from the first Ma Long. On the surface, he is a big man in the sports world, owning several well-known teams in several fields, such as the St. Louis Rams, Denver Nuggets and Arsenal teams.

In fact, these are just like the land, they are just a place for his own money. There are other, larger-scale industries behind him that support his investment behavior. This is basically the case for all of the top ten landlords.

And Stanklenk's wife, one of Wal-Mart's heirs, has always been a famous figure on the wealth list. Relatively speaking, Shi Lei feels that the latter is more likely to become his competitor, which is determined by the business philosophy of the two, especially in the attitude towards land.

The first-ranked Malone and the second-ranked landowner Turner are very good friends. The two are also business partners and shareholders of the same media company.

In addition, Turner was also the leader of Malone's entry into the field of landlords. It was Turner who brought out Marlon's hoarding of land, and the two had been in an orderly competition for the sake of the first large landowner for a long time.

However, today's No. 1 Malone is worth twice as much as No. 2 Turner. So in the follow-up competition, Turner had to be thrown off by Malone, but the gap between the two is not much now.

The two are still relatively similar in their attitudes towards the land, and both of them belong to the kind of people who are more friendly to the land. We want to develop the land in a reasonable and orderly manner, and at the same time maintain the original natural environment of the land as much as possible.

As a result, the land they own is inaccessible, and in addition to the animals they raise, wild animals can also be found everywhere.

Marlon, like Turner, applied for as many conservation easements as possible for his land, ensuring that their land was used in accordance with their philosophy. Even in the hands of the juniors behind them, they can continue the style of today.

And the reason why Shi Lei feels that Ma Long's threat is smaller is because of his business philosophy. Land is not the main source of income for him, but more of an investment for the future.

Therefore, Shi Lei feels that he does not have a particularly large demand for this super-large real estate that is about to be auctioned, and his investment is more inclined to land in the Americas, especially in places with better natural environments.

He is not very keen on cattle farms, and this investment may only be aimed at the name of the world's eighth-largest private property.

Kroenke is different, all of his pastures are either profitable as cattle ranches or as recreational pastures. For the utilization rate of land, it is obviously much higher than that of Ma Long.

And if the other party intends to take this land to raise cattle, he still has a unique advantage, behind him is the world's largest multinational retail group, and Wal-Mart Group, which is also one of the largest companies in the world by market capitalization. This sales channel itself has a lot of advantages over others.

If there are a few more competitors who seem to be determined to win, and they are all strong, it is really hard to say how much the final transaction price will be. (To be continued......) R527