Chapter 16: Letter from New York
The Humvee traveled more than ten kilometers and looked at the white wooden house from a distance, which was the house of Osgers.
Rows of pine trees stood tall at the front of the house, looking to be decades old and with thick trunks. There are not many cattle and sheep on the huge pasture, and only green grass remains.
The wheat behind the house is not yet ripe, the color has gradually turned yellow, and there is still more than a month before the harvest season, Xiao Han Xuan looked at the more than 2,000 acres of wheat fields, and sighed that old Augsig's business may indeed be at a crisis juncture.
In the past two years, there have been a lot of fish in the ocean, and the export volume of American fisheries has increased year by year, but the sales of old Augsg have not been opened, so they hurriedly purchased tens of millions of dollars of goods, and now they are backlogged in the warehouse, and they urgently need to return the funds, so they will have the move of selling the ranch.
The car was full of people, except for the elder Barton and John, who were helping to inspect the ranch, and Anderson and Martinez also came to join in the fun, saying that they wanted to collect materials for their graduation thesis.
Han Xuan was squeezed out of place, sitting on Old Patton's lap and jolting all the way, and now he was finally able to get out of the car and look at the big ranch.
Han's father called and contacted Augsg at home, so as soon as everyone arrived, old Augsg walked up and said with a smile: "It's really hard for you, I'll show you first." ”
Seeing that Father Han was looking at the pine trees on the side of the road, he sighed and continued: "These are all planted by my ancestors, it has been more than eighty years, they are beautiful, aren't they, they were only half as tall as they are now when I was a child, and now they are so stout." ”
Old Barton was very interested, he still watched Augsig grow up, he knew each other for decades, Augsig Ranch has been here many times, he is very familiar with this place, he didn't expect to sell it now, but he thought that he would take care of it himself in the future, and suddenly he was happy again.
The tens of thousands of cattle in the pasture have been sold for about the same time, and there are only a few calves that have not yet had time to be sold, about seven or eight hundred left.
Unlike the Snow Mountain Ranch, the Limousin cattle are raised here, which are very adaptable, and the milky white fur is much better than the black guys of the Angus cattle, but because of the feed, the meat quality rating is not very good, so the old Augsig does not make much money.
Han Xuan stretched out his hand to touch the calf's belly, and the Limousin cow felt comfortable, and turned his head with a soft moo. Seeing this scene, Anderson hurriedly hugged Xiao Han Xuan away, don't look at the cow is a vegetarian, it is not easy to deal with the temper.
In addition to the Duber sheep in the sheepfold next door, there are dozens of Australian Romney sheep, which look like hairballs from a distance.
Not far from the barn, two large combine harvesters were parked outside, covered with tarpaulins, and sold together in old Augsger's tone.
Leaving Anderson and Martinez, Xiao Han Xuan and the others plan to go to the grassland to have a look, this is the highlight of the day, a pasture is really good only if the grass is good.
Tall Humvees traverse mud without stress, and the Mori River flows 209 kilometers from the Flathead Forest in Titon County to the Missouri River at Great Falls.
This is the upper reaches of the Mori River, the water is very clear, and there is plenty of water around. Although the pasture grass is not as good as the snow-capped mountain pasture, it looks good, but there were too many cattle and sheep in the past, and they have been eaten, so it is not too dense.
Xiao Han Xuan didn't care about this, what really attracted him was the dozen or so Swiss black-nosed sheep at the foot of the mountain.
The lambs have black faces and ears, black limbs, and everything else is snow-white, making them look like Sean from the cartoon. Augsig next to him found the boy's gaze, pointed to the group of black-nosed sheep and smiled: "How about it, those little guys are cute, they bought you a birthday gift for Sister Carla more than ten years ago." Later, it was found that the pasture was not suitable for them, so they were stocked here, and the mountain area that the black-nosed sheep like is a good place for them to live. ”
Carla is the eldest daughter of Augsig, and now she is helping her father with her work outside, Han Xuan still saw her when she was a child, and she only remembers that she is a Latin girl with a very hot body.
Hearing Augsig's words, John also planned to drive the car over and take Xiao Han Xuan up close, but he didn't expect the sound of the engine to alarm the little sheep, and they quickly fled into the woods.
Father Han shrugged helplessly, sat in the passenger seat and turned around and asked, "There is still time to come and see in the future, shall we go back now?"
"Good boss, already knows enough. Old Barton nodded.
When Augsig heard this, he heard that Han Qianshan had the idea of buying this place, and he breathed a sigh of relief, and looked out of the car window, as if he wanted to see this place one last time.
Balzer was packing up his room with his mother, and his two suitcases were ready to go. The lawyers on both sides arrived early, even though they were both lawyers from Great Falls City, they knew each other, but out of professional cultivation, the two sat in the courtyard without saying a word.
Anderson and Martinez next to him didn't have so many worries, and the two chatted hotly, as if they were praising Han Qianshan, who was wise and generous and far-sighted.
A few cowboys from the Augsg Ranch eavesdropped on them as if they were unscrupulous, worried about their job and wondering what kind of person the future boss would be.
Just as everyone was thinking about it, the car was back in front of the pine forest, everything else was ready, and now all that was left was to negotiate the price.
Accompanied by two lawyers, he entered the living room, old Augsig made a cup of coffee for a few people, sat on the large sofa and took a sip of the cup, and said slowly: "Just like I said yesterday, 17 million US dollars, and I will pay all the other expenses, what do you think? ”
"The price of $17 million is too high, and in addition to the complicated formalities of buying it by an intermediary, they also charge a 15 percent commission, right? ”
Father Han thought for a moment and continued: "15 million US dollars, I can only pay so much, not to mention that I will have to pay a lot of money to buy calves next, and then there is a damn tax bureau waiting for me." ”
"These are the best grasslands, look at your snowy mountain ranch, you can earn back the money in a few years, 16.5 million US dollars, no less!"
Old Augsig stared at the other side of the opening.
Father Han was unmoved: "It takes a long time to improve the pasture, and it may not make money for several years, Augsge, I know your difficulties, 15.2 million what do you think, a very fair price, you don't suffer." ”
"Han, I have a big gap in funds, 16 million this ranch is yours, think about it, buy it and the snow mountain ranch, this will be a large ranch of nearly 80,000 acres!" Old Augsig shook his head and did not agree to this price.
"That's why I want to buy it, 15.5 million, and it's all cash, and after signing the contract, I will go to Citibank to transfer money to you, not many people can take out a large amount of money to buy it, more than 15 million is enough for you to tide over it." Father Han said seriously, his eyes looking at old Augsg.
This price is not much different from Augsig's psychological price, he picked up the coffee cup again and put it down, looked up and said: "15.6 million, and it's all cash, it will arrive in two days after signing the contract!"
Father Han straightened his clothes and stood up, and stretched out his hand to old Augsig: "Deal!"
"Haha, now let's have a glass of wine to celebrate, I heard that you have a sixteen-year-old bottle of Macallan whisky, how about drinking it?" ”
Old Augsig laughed, walked to the cupboard and pulled out a bottle of wine: "The Macallan whisky is not, there is still a bottle of the best nine years of bourbon." ”
He opened the cap of the bottle and poured a small half into the cup, stretched out his hand to Han Qianshan, turned his head and said, "Lawyer Clark, Lawyer Draymond, do you want to come here?"
Draymond replied with a smile: "No, sir, let's celebrate after the contract is drafted, if I add an extra zero, Mr. Han will kill me." ”
Han Qianshan laughed, turned his head to look out the door, his son was looking at him from the window, raised his hand and winked at his son with a thumbs up, and continued to talk to old Augsig.
One wants to buy and the other wants to sell, so it's very quick to talk.
Lawyer Clark carefully read the contract, sighed in his heart that it would be nice if all the work was so easy, nodded and handed it to Han's father, and the two of them quickly signed their names after reading it.
Old Augsig breathed a sigh of relief after signing his name, as if relieved, the psychological pressure of the past few days has not been good.
Han Qianshan shook hands with him, put down the wine glass and opened the door, walked out and picked up Xiao Han Xuan. Happy kissed Lao Tzu on the face, his little hand swiped outward, and the boy mentally muttered: "It's all my family!"
The others still had to do to transfer the ranch, and the cowboys were relieved to hear the old Barton say that they could continue to work here, and Han announced that they would go home first, and Martinez was responsible for driving him.
Looking at the roadside ranch, the boy was happy, not only because of the business he had just made, but also because of the letter from New York.