Chen's team quickly began to acquire three areas, but due to the limited number of team members, they proceeded one by one, starting with the Bronx in northern Manhattan.

However, soon after the acquisition began, there was a problem, and they found that many of the landowners they had just talked about and had not yet given a reply suddenly sold their land to others, and some of the land they had not had time to contact and negotiate was also snapped up at a high price, and it seemed that a large number of competitors were suddenly competing with them for land in these areas.

Regarding this sudden situation, Tom, the head of Chen Mo's private business team, immediately reported to Chen Mo.

"Boss, as soon as our acquisition of the Bronx began, there were suddenly many competitors, they were numerous, they moved faster than us, and the price of the land was raised a lot as soon as we made a move, and it is difficult for us to complete the acquisition at the normal price now."

Tom, the head of Chen Mo's private business team, came to the office in Chen Mo's manor, reported the latest situation to Chen Mo, and asked Chen Mo's opinion, whether to raise the price and continue to buy, compete with them, or simply give up the acquisition, as far as the current situation is concerned, even if they turn to buy the land in Queens and Staten Island, the other party is likely to continue to follow.

Chen Mo was not surprised to get their report, although the people behind the scenes deliberately concealed their identities and sent a large number of agents, creating a false impression that because of Chen Mo's previous large-scale acquisitions, many businessmen blindly followed the trend and snapped up, but Chen Mo knew that behind these people was the same person, the richest man in the United States, John Jacob Astor!

When Chen Mo initially decided to attack John Jacob Astor, he had expected his revenge, and Chen Mo did not hide the Indian's intention at all, which already showed that Chen Mo did not take the richest man in the United States in his eyes.

Chen Mo is not in a hurry to acquire these lands, these areas are still early from real development, there is not much difference between the acquisition now and the acquisition in a few decades, the price and other aspects have not changed much, he just wants to do it in one step and finish this little thing at one time.

And the other party suddenly intervened horizontally at this time, obviously seeing Chen Mo's dedication to enclosure and wanting to trick Chen Mo.

"Boss, the price of these lands has exceeded their actual value now, and there is no need to buy them now, do you want to continue the acquisition plan?"

Tom, the head of the commercial team, asked Chen Mo.

They just made suggestions, and whether to continue the acquisition in the end still depends on Chen Mo's orders.

"Continue to buy, he raises the price, and we also follow suit, to come up with an inevitable posture, no matter how much it is! I'm going to settle this land! ”

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John Jacob Astor thought he was secretly cheating Chen Mo, but he didn't know that Chen Mo was already waiting for him!

Now that he has done it, Chen Mo will continue directly.

Immediately, under Chen Mo's instructions, the acquisition team immediately and appropriately raised the purchase price in response to the current situation, and finally grabbed some more land, but the other party reacted quickly and immediately raised the purchase price again.

The price of these originally very cheap lands has risen by nearly half under the competition between the two sides, and if it continues like this, it will soon double.

In fact, John Jacob Astor did not blindly raise the price and rush to buy, he was actually trying at first, he first raised the price and snapped up some land from under Chen Mo's hands, Chen Mo also followed the price increase as soon as it was convenient, and then, John Jacob Astor gradually controlled the price to continue to increase, at this time, if Chen Mo gave up the acquisition, he would at most fail in his plan and buy a few pieces of suburban land that were already very cheap at a higher price.

But if Chen Mo still continues to buy at a high price, it means that Chen Mo really has a strong attachment to these lands as he expected, and it can even be said that he is bound to get it, so that he can rest assured that he can carry out the next plan!

John Jacob Astor's purpose is not just to raise the price and trick Chen Mo, but to make a lot of money from it and get back all the profits from the fur trade that Chen Mo snatched from him!

When the price of land in the Bronx, which borders northern Manhattan to the north, rose to 1.5 times, some people began to sell out, and many of the land that had been bought at low prices began to be sold at high prices, which looked like someone was following the trend and hype.

This is actually John Jacob Astor's last test, to see how determined Chen Mo is to buy this land, and he can rest assured that he will make the later arrangements.

As he expected, as long as someone sells, Chen Mo will buy all of them without hesitation, regardless of the price, and now John Jacob Astor was completely relieved and began to mobilize all the forces in his hands to buy land in the Bronx, Queens and Staten Island.

With John Jacob Astor in control of the contention, only the southernmost part of the Bronx and the northern border of Manhattan saw the highest price increases, with only a slight increase elsewhere, and prices in Queens and Staten Island unchanged.

These lands were quickly taken up by John Jacob Astor, who had many years of contacts and influence in New York.

Subsequently, John Jacob Astor directly doubled the price and began to sell them to the outside world, waiting for Chen Mo to eat them in one bite with joy.

If Chen Mo is really an ordinary rich man from Huaxia, it is really possible to buy these lands in the hands of John Jacob Astor at a high price for the sake of his inner attachment to the land and in order to get these vast lands.

Although the price of these lands has more than doubled, they are still a cabbage price compared to China, which is far more densely populated than the United States and is mainly agricultural.

It's a pity that although Chen Mo is also from Huaxia, he is not from Huaxia in this period.

When John Jacob Astor ate all the land in these areas, Chen Mo directly stopped the acquisition of land, and when they began to sell the land in their hands, waiting for Chen Mo to take over at a high price, they found that Chen Mo had suddenly died down!

"Sir!"

In John Jacob Astor's luxurious villa, in a study room that was luxuriously and elegantly decorated and full of culture and art, the butler knocked on the door and walked in, bowing his head and shouting.