When it comes to managing cowboys, Simon asks himself if he is not inferior to any cowboy, but in managing and running the ranch, the three of them combined are not as good as Maria, who has been carrying the burden of Tucker Ranch alone since she was seventeen or eighteen years old.

And their own boss is not only a ranch industry.

The last time he went out, it was more than a month away, and Simon did feel a little powerless in the management of the ranch.

Finding a helper who will not interfere in the management of cowboys, and can also share the burden of operation, after Simon figured it out, he naturally agreed with both hands and feet.

Of course, this also has something to do with Simon being almost 40 years old and having no ambitions.

In addition, the salary is really high, and the heart is naturally oriented towards the interests of the boss.

Chu Xiangqian saw Simon walking to his side and whispered, "BOSS, when it comes to managing the ranch, Maria is definitely not weaker than the former boss of our ranch. ”

At this point, Chu Xiangqian naturally knew.

Just looking at the fact that this woman can take charge of the Tucker Ranch alone, she has been doing it for more than ten years, and there is really no doubt about her ability and experience.

And his own ranch is in the hands of a former rancher, raising 1,800 head of cattle, but only employing 12 cowboys.

Divided into three teams, each team is responsible for 600 head of cattle.

Of the 500 head of cattle at Tucker Ranch, eight cowboys are employed.

From this, it can be seen that Mary had to hire more people than needed to protect herself and Tucker's ranch.

At the same time, it also shows that the utilization rate of pasture in Tucker Ranch is much higher than that of its own pasture.

Chu looked at Maria forward, "The weekly salary is $100, and the other benefits are the same as cowboys." ”

Maria nodded without thinking about it, with $2.4 million in hand, it didn't matter to her how much she was paid.

Just in the bank, the interest on bank deposits of 5% or 8% in the United States is more than 100,000 US dollars a year.

As long as you work under the new boss for a few years, you will not only be safe and secure, but you will also become the most popular single rich woman in the town and even in Santa Barbara County.

——

After sending off Will and the other policemen, Chu Xiangqian handed Simon, Maria, and Sam, the cowboy head of Tucker Ranch, to himself.

In a vicious tone, he said, "Help me pass an extra bounty to all the ranchers and cowboys in the town." After finding the gang behind the cattle stealing.

$50,000 for the mastermind and $10,000 for the accomplices, and I want them dead. ”

Simon, Maria, Sam, and the cowboys around them who heard this surprisingly didn't show the slightest hint of fear.

Instead, he nodded with a look of complete approval.

The principle of cowboy is very simple, and it is unreasonable to be able to do it.

Chu Xiangqian did this, but it was very in line with their principles of doing things, and the tougher the boss, the less likely the cowboy would be bullied.

Simon and Sam glanced at each other, quickly nodded together, and said to Chu Xiangqian, "Understood, BOSS." ”

As for Maria, she is definitely the same attitude as Chu Xiangqian in this matter.

Waiting for Sam to take the people and move dozens of cattle back to Tucker Ranch, Maria asked with a smile, "Boss, do you want me to accompany you to tour your new land?" ”

Chu Xiangqian shook his head, "I'll ask the lawyer to come over tomorrow, and when the transfer contract is signed, I'll go to Tucker Ranch to have a look." ”

Maria didn't want to go home at all, and said to Chu Xiangqian with a smile, "Then I, as the manager of the big ranch, have the obligation and responsibility to learn about the situation of Alisa Ranch as soon as possible."

Fulfill your duties as soon as possible. ”

Chu Xiangqian didn't refuse again this time, nodded at Maria, and then returned to his horse and turned over on his horse.

Maria also ran to her horse and got on the horse, and then followed Chu Xiangqian's side all the time, explaining to him the situation of Tucker's ranch.

This woman is very smart, knowing that she is carrying a check of $2.4 million, and now she is back at Tucker Ranch, maybe someone in the cowboy of the ranch will be desperate to snatch the check.

On the contrary, he followed Chu Xiangqian to leave, although there was also a risk, but when the contract was not signed, Chu Xiangqian was the person who didn't want anything to happen to him.

And from the new boss, who casually wrote a check for $2.4 million, it can be seen that he is really rich.

This kind of rich person, on the premise of having a choice, will instead follow the business rules.

Get what you want by buying and selling.

In addition, Maria now wants to make a good impression on Chu Qianqian, and it is also a smart move to work for him early.

——

Chu Xiangqian originally thought that the situation at Tucker Ranch should not be too good.

Surprisingly, Tucker Ranch has been able to produce 200 cattle a year in recent years.

With the purchase price of these two years, it can roughly have a revenue of 100,000 US dollars a year.

Excluding the annual money spent on calves, the cost of raising cattle, cowboy wages and other expenses, Tucker Ranch earned $31,000 last year alone.

30% of the net profit, which is considered a high profit in the ranch industry.

Chu Xiangqian felt more and more that it was definitely more suitable to have Maria to manage the merged ranch than to manage it himself.

As for loyalty or something, it's just an employment relationship, and cowboys are only paid one or two hundred dollars a month.

This little money wants to buy people's loyalty or small lives, which is simply a pipe dream.

——

At noon, in the Mid-Levels Manor, chef Shi Niang, Ehime, Hong Kong Sheng and Lan Lan made a pot of stewed rabbit and roasted quail with honey, and Maria, who had first come into contact with Chinese food, was full of praise.

But Maria and Simon's favorite is actually Kung Pao chicken and fried rice.

Chu Xiangqian secretly said that on the Internet in his previous life, it was said that among the favorite Chinese dishes of the Chinese people, Kung Pao Chicken could be ranked in the top three, and it seems that it is really not nonsense.

——

gave his daughter-in-law and Hong Kong Sheng, who had only changed from a girl to a young woman last night, after sandwiching a few pieces of quail meat.

He smiled and said to Maria, "Based on your experience, if I opened a resort on the main road to Santa Barbara near the small town of Solwan, can I attract more tourists?" ”

Hearing that it was a business matter, Maria immediately put away her smile and thought for more than ten seconds before speaking.

"Boss, food is really appealing, but seriously, I know a lot of small-town women who are very fond of French, Spanish, and Italian food.

As for the people in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, they should be similar to the women in the small towns.

Therefore, I think the appeal of Chinese food to games can only be regarded as an aid.

The most important thing is the service and the rides. ”

Chu Xiangqian stopped the knife and fork in his hand, and after thinking about it, he also felt that Maria's analysis was good.

Even, French cuisine is more attractive to the Chinese people.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many high-end French restaurants in the United States.

However, the biggest advantage of Chinese cuisine is that there are too many immigrants from the United States.

French, Spanish, Italian and Latin American cuisine have long been tired of eating for immigrants from these countries.

That's why I'm so enthusiastic and curious about Indian food and Chinese food.

Thinking of this, Chu Xiangqian nodded helplessly, but he really made up his mind in his heart that he would have the backbone to open to the United States in the future.

and then replicate the panda fast food that will bloom everywhere in the United States in the future.

Since 83, the first Panda Fast Food was established, and in just a dozen years, the company has rapidly expanded to more than 800 stores in 40 states.

Annual revenue exceeds $1 billion.

Since then, it has continued to expand, with more than 2,000 stores at one point, and most importantly, the company has been debt-free for the first three decades of its existence.

In other words, the expansion of stores depends on the company's profits, which shows that the business of Chinese fast food is really profitable in the United States.

Basically, it only takes three to five years for a restaurant to recoup its original investment.

And the food used in the restaurant is all pre-made dishes.

The food is first made into semi-finished products at the processor's side, and after the transportation company transports it to each store, how the restaurant staff makes it all depends on the process.

It's completely pipelined mode.

But many people in the United States just like this kind of improved Chinese cuisine with sweet and sour and spicy.

What orange chicken, kung pao chicken, mapo tofu, Yangzhou fried rice, fried noodles, dumplings, roast duck, roast goose, in fact, are the same as wheat and ken two kinds of Western fast food.

Even fried chicken and fried chicken nuggets can be sold.

After all, in this era, many dishes are also being explored in the two restaurants of Mai and Ken.

Kentucky Chicken opened its first restaurant in '52, and when the founder sold the brand in '64, it only sold for $2 million.

The only thing that made Chu Xiangqian hesitate was that it was impossible for him to put all his thoughts on this fast food company.

So, it's no problem for a few, a dozen or so to open in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara counties in the early stage.

If you can expand further, you have to hire or train a professional management team yourself.

Chu Qianqian's gaze couldn't help but look at Maria.

I don't know if this woman can do as well as manage a ranch when she changes her career to managing a chain restaurant.

After thinking about it, Chu looked forward at Simon and said, "Inform all the cowboys at Alisa Ranch and Tucker Ranch to have dinner here at night at this side of the manor." ”

Simon and Maria were stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said, "BOSS, there was just an accident at Tucker Ranch, should you wait a few days?" ”

Chu Xiangqian shook his head, "I wish someone would go to Tucker Ranch or Alisa Ranch again tonight to steal cattle." ”

There are, big strong, and red girls, and if someone really makes trouble, you can easily follow all the way.

However, Chu Xiangqian thought about it and decided to call the ninja who stayed in Chicago and monitored the mafia.

Simon and Maria immediately mistakenly thought that Chu Xiangqian planned to secretly drop the manpower before the ranch and secretly monitor the two ranches.

Nodding hurriedly, Maria smiled and said, "Then thank you boss." ”

After lunch, Simon naturally went to work on the ranch, while Maria planned to continue to report to Chu Qianqian about the Tucker ranch.

At the same time, he told Chu Xiangqian his thoughts on how to manage the merged large ranch.

Chu Xiangqian didn't rush to talk about the ranch, but instructed Lan Lan, Ehime and Gangsheng to find Hans's daughter Sophia, Simon's eldest son Simon Jr., and go to Solwan Town to buy chicken nuggets and other ingredients.

But after calling Simon Jr. and Sophia, the two quickly caught blind.

Chicken nuggets, oranges and the like were good to buy, but the two had never heard of tofu at all.

Chu Xiangqian could only find someone to help, and made a phone call to the seafood restaurant in Santa Monica Beach that he spent $200,000 last time.

As soon as he heard that the boss was looking for a Chinese chef, the restaurant manager promised to complete the task.

In just ten minutes, the restaurant manager called back to Chu Xiangqian, not only found a team of 5 Chinese chefs, but also rushed to the ranch before 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

By the way, all the ingredients are ready.

As for the all-inclusive price of 1,000 US dollars, Chu Xiangqian didn't care, and asked the manager of the seafood restaurant to send a bill to the team of Coopers Accounting Firm.

Hanging up the phone, Chu Xiangqian called his lawyer team and asked them to come over to discuss the contract and the official signing of the contract tomorrow.

Before 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Chu Xiangqian, who was in the study, chatting with Maria about the management of the ranch, heard a knock on the door.

After shouting in, I saw Hong Kong Sheng open the door and said with a smile, "Senior brother, the chef you are looking for is here." ”

Chu Xiangqian also chatted with Maria about the same, and got up and took Maria out.

After seeing the chef, the other party was also taken aback, thinking that the rich man who was looking for himself and others to cook at the door was a fanatic of Chinese food.

I didn't expect the master's family to be a comrade.

And along the way, on the way with a few lawyers, I learned from the other party that this ranch covers an area of more than 10,000 acres, not to mention, the rancher has also bought the ranch next to the ranch, covering an area of 2,000 acres.

Immediately, the chef became more and more respectful of his employer.

Chu Xiangqian took Xiao Lan'er to greet the cook and the lawyer, and then the cook handed it to Xiao Lan'er and Shi Niang, Ehime and Hong Kong Sheng.

Casually, what you need to do tonight is orange chicken, kung pao chicken, mapo tofu, fried chicken, Yangzhou fried rice and fried noodles.

After listening to the 4 dishes and 2 staple dishes, the chef understood in his heart that the young over-the-top comrade in front of him understood the taste of the Chinese people.

However, there are forty or fifty people, which still makes the five-person chef team feel a little short of time.

Fortunately, the dinner of the rice people has always been 7 or 8 o'clock in the evening, and the ingredients are semi-finished products, so it is not a big problem.

After Chu Xiangqian ordered dinner, he took the lawyer and Maria to the study again.

After sitting down, Chu looked at Maria and said, "Call your lawyer over and determine the general terms of the contract first." We officially signed the contract tomorrow morning. ”

Unexpectedly, Maria shook her head, "BOSS, the lawyers in the town are all fools, and they can't be the opponents of the top ten lawyers in the world."

So I choose to trust you. ”

Chu Xiangqian and the lawyer were stunned at the same time.

The lawyers secretly scolded Maria for being a fool, and there were some text traps, and sometimes even professional lawyers like them might ignore or not find out.

Ordinary people go to the contract, and they really don't know how to die if they are played to death.

But Chu Xiangqian gave Maria a thumbs up.

At other times, Pit Maria didn't discuss, but Chu Xiangqian, who had just arrived in the United States, was more concerned about his reputation.

Regardless of how dirty and greedy Chu Xiangqian and the rich people of the United States are in private, on the surface, they still have to maintain a positive image.

In the subsequent negotiations, under Chu Xiangqian's explanation, the contract ensured Chu Xiangqian's interests, but there was no word game or deliberately to pit Maria.

But the contract is actually still biased towards Chu Xiangqian, and neither the lawyer nor Chu Xiangqian himself will hesitate at this point.

(End of chapter)