There is a bar in Houhai

Chapter 551 Differences in Ideas

PS: Yesterday I took my baby to the water park to play all afternoon, and I didn't care about the code words.There is only one chapter today.

The average temperature in San Francisco is about [-] degrees, which makes a few people except Shen Fang think that the winter in the United States is like this, and they don't even need to take out the down jacket in the suitcase.

However, the moment they got off the plane at Louisville International Airport, the cold and cloudy weather coupled with the occasional north wind made it extremely cold in the empty airport. Qin Mohan and the two little girls hurried back to the cabin.

"Brother, why is it so cold outside?" Jin Yaran looked at Shen Fang with a smirk on his face, and couldn't help complaining: "You didn't remind us."

"The temperature in Kentucky is about the same as in Yanjing, the lowest is only five or six degrees below zero. You haven't gotten used to it after living in Yanjing for so many years?" Shen Fang handed them the down jackets he had prepared in advance, looked at Qin Mohan and said, "How about you?" With the two of you, the winter in Xijiang is colder than this, how can you not stand it?"

"Brother-in-law, you lied to me, why do I feel that it's colder than Xijiang outside." Before Qin Mohan could reply, Qin Ruoxi retorted in disbelief.

In comparison, the winter temperature in Kentucky is not as low as in Yanjing, not to mention Western Xinjiang.The main reason is that the human body has to have an adaptation process. After a period of time in Hawaii and San Francisco, it must be unbearable to suddenly come to the cold Kentucky.Despite their reluctance, Qin Mohan and the others put on the bloated down jacket.

Instead of arranging for the old Jack Hart, who was guarding the manor, to pick him up at the airport, he rented two SUVs from the Hertz car rental company in advance.In this country that lives on the wheels of cars, leasing a car is extremely easy. Hertz, which has more than 1900 stores across the country, is even more convenient. You can use your own credit card as a guarantee, and then return the car at any store.

The crew member Shen Fang arranged for them to rest in Louisville. The weather has turned cold recently and the horse racing has entered the offseason, but the horse racing museum can still be visited.

Not seen for more than a year, old Jack Hart is still as enthusiastic as before, but his expression is a little tired.His granddaughter Megan Hart went to the big city of Los Angeles last September, and her dream of acting has not disappeared.

Back home, Jack Hart has hired workers to clean the house.Some diesel was put in, some pine logs were set up to light the fireplace, and the country house was warming up in no time.Jin Yaran and Qin Ruoxi fought over a reclining chair in front of the fireplace. In their opinion, this reclining chair was standard with the fireplace.In the end, the two of them lay sideways on it together, shaking slowly, but they felt another kind of intimacy.

After his granddaughter left, Old Jack seldom ate at home, and the bars and restaurants in the town were the places where he solved his food and clothing problems.In addition to Meghan, he also has a daughter who lives in Louisville, but has little contact.Now Megan's departure made him look even more lonely.After Shen Fang settled down, he stopped Old Jack and asked him to have dinner with him.

In the United States, parents value their children's independence, and they are relatively laissez-faire with their children since childhood. If they cultivate their independent character, they can leave home and venture out.However, family love is always an inseparable bond. After the children left, the elders became more lonely. Megan came back to spend Christmas with Old Jack.Although watching her keep telling how many auditions she has participated in in Hollywood, how many crews have contacted her and so on.But the wise old Jack still judged that his granddaughter was not doing well in Los Angeles, and inquired about her granddaughter's current situation through his friends.

The independent Megan refused Jack's funding. In addition to submitting resumes to various crews during the day, she worked as a waiter at McDonald's. She was born in Bourbon County and got a job selling drinks in a bar at night.Although she is exhausted by working two jobs a day, the income she earns is only enough to cover her high rent and daily expenses. The short-term film and television training course she signed up for has exhausted her savings.

Shen Fang listened quietly to Old Jack's narration, and he could only act as a listener. This is a common behavior in the United States. Excessive independence has caused Americans to be indifferent to family affection.This time Megan will make a special trip to come back to spend Christmas with old Jack. In a few years, maybe it will be simply to send a gift or call to give a greeting, or even gradually lose contact.Until one party has an accident or dies, the lawyer will notify you to inherit the corresponding inheritance.

The language depends on the environment to be able to master it proficiently. During the ten days of traveling, Qin Mohan has been encouraging the two little girls to communicate with others by themselves and buy food or other items.The two of them obviously felt that their English level had improved a lot recently, but they couldn't understand what the old Jack with a certain accent was talking to Shen Fang.After Shen Fang explained to them, the two little girls showed envious eyes. In their opinion, it was really cool that they could go out and about independently.It was just that Qin Mohan rewarded him with a chestnut, and the two stuck out their tongues at Qin Mohan to express their dissatisfaction.Then she ran upstairs when she wanted to show off again.

Cheng Yue arrived in Kentucky the next morning, and thanked Shen Fang after seeing him.In addition to being admitted by Professor Rafael Amit because her daughter was guaranteed by Shen Fang, this time in Philadelphia, she also borrowed some of Shen Fang's connections to get to know the people around her daughter.

This is how Chinese and Americans treat the next generation differently.After Cheng Yue got along with his daughter for two days, he found out that her daughter had a boyfriend in Philadelphia. Although her daughter didn't introduce him to him, after asking Shen Fang for instructions, Cheng Yue used the relationship behind the Shen family to investigate him. Clearly.

This is an international student from Huaxia Jinling University, who is studying a master's degree in industrial design at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. His parents are small entrepreneurs in Jinling, and his net worth is fairly clean, and he has no bad habits.He and his daughter should have met on the plane to Philadelphia together, and the relationship between the two is still normal at present.

Seeing these, Cheng Yue left Philadelphia with peace of mind, but before leaving, he handed his daughter a bank card with one hundred thousand dollars in it.Seeing his daughter wanting to refuse, Cheng Yue said: "Dad knows that you are independent and self-reliant, and you usually do work-study programs to subsidize yourself. Although your mother divorced me, I am still your father. You are 23 years old this year. Enter The most brilliant age in a girl's life, there must be many boys around who like you."

Seeing his daughter wanting to open his mouth to distinguish, Cheng Yue stretched out his hand to stop him: "Dad is not trying to test you, you are at a normal age even if you have a boyfriend. I gave you money just to tell you a truth, if you date a boy, don't forget Bring your wallet, take other people's hands short, and eat others' short mouths. Dad is also a man, and I understand men best. Men will love independent, self-loving, and dignified women."

Before leaving, his daughter gave Cheng Yue a hug, which made him very excited.Although this unsmiling old man is not used to expressing his feelings in front of outsiders, Shen Fang knew that he and his daughter got along fairly well when he saw him smiling from ear to ear.

Last year in Kentucky, there was a lot of rain, and the moisture content of the corn was relatively high. It was not brewed until the beginning of December, and according to old Jack, the color was average.Shen Fang plans to open the barrel in a few years and put it in the bar as a base wine for cocktails.

Before Shen Fang got married, he arranged for Fangyuan to come here to help him open two barrels of 85-year-old barrels and force them to be transported back to China. He thought that two barrels of 400 bottles should be enough for the wedding, but he didn't know that there was not enough to drink.A group of sons and brothers who came to help pick up the bride all asked for whiskey. 85 years old is not enough, 70 years old is fine.All of them looked like robbers, and in the end Shen Fang had no choice but to agree to go back and make up for it this time.

Seeing that the boss was about to open the barrels, old Jack called back several old workers in the winery, and moved five barrels out of the wine cellar according to Shen Fang's instructions. Somewhat depressing, this winery used to be able to meet not only drinking, but also gifts for social activities, but now it is seriously unable to make ends meet.

"Jack, is there any farm nearby for sale? I'm going to expand the area of ​​the farm. This little wine every year is not enough."

The current low production capacity of Shen Fang's winery is not due to the winery's winemaking equipment, but because its raw materials are too small. He insists on using non-GMO corn reserved by the original farmer for brewing. It was bought from the Indian tribes in the Kishan Mountains.Although the corn kernels are smaller, the cob ears are relatively small, and it is not as adaptable to the weather as Monsanto's genetically modified corn, but this corn variety has the best starch content and sugar content ratio, and the brewed whiskey tastes It is also relatively mellow.This is also the reason why Shen Fang, who is more picky, would rather keep his winery idle than choose corn from other places for brewing.

For old Jack, what he is most afraid of now is to be idle, because when he is idle, people tend to think wildly and become lonely.Shen Fang gave him a task, asking him to help buy some land nearby, at least more than [-] hectares, and then plant all of this corn.In this way, the brewing time can be guaranteed to be about half a year. In addition to the time for planting and harvesting corn, it can make his life full again.

While Shen Fang and Old Jack were filling whiskey, Qin Mohan brought two girls to the North Tianshan Ranch in Louisville, and saw the offseason chocolate and Chi Yan.Although Chocolate is more talented than Mo Mo and has surpassed Mo Mo several times, but in Kentucky, an area known for its horse racing, it is really not top-notch.

From September to early January, Chocolate participated in four races, and ran No.9 in New Marseille once, and most of the others were around five.Although there is a certain bonus for each game, there is still a certain gap between Qin Mohan's expectations.And Chi Yan's score for Peter's daughter Sansa was even worse, and the best score was No.1 in the points race.

Horse trainer Johnson Reed was very embarrassed facing Qin Mohan: "Ms. Qin, we are a bit unlucky. We met three-year-old horses and four-year-old horses in three consecutive points races. Chocolate has potential, but the experience There is still some lack of training.”

Qin Mohan also knows that in this area of ​​Kentucky, if you really want to run out, unless you are astonishingly talented like "Secretariat", you will be a blockbuster as soon as you debut, and even your descendants will be famous in the end; or you are like "Northern Dancer", "Sea Biscuit" is like this, relying on willpower, never being favored step by step, and then running step by step to become a world famous horse.But if the racecourse has such pedigree, the owner of the racecourse will not sell it because of a loss.

He stretched out his hand to comfort Chocolate's head, Chocolate was not as kind to Qin Mohan as Mo Mo was, but looked at her calmly, and simply shook his head at Qin Mohan's affectionate touch.

Ma Tong is human, and there will be too much response without giving. Although Chocolate's response was very cold, Qin Mohan was not too sentimental. She asked Johnson Reid for a full set of equipment, and got on the horse for a test ride.

Qin Mohan can obviously feel that chocolate is a bit more professional than ink, and it doesn't have the cheerful temper of ink.Under Johnson's training, it accelerated, turned, and decelerated without any problems.The poor grades should be due to age. After all, he is only two and a half years old, and there is still some distance from the peak period of a thoroughbred horse around four years old.

"Mr. Reed, Chocolate's training is very good. I have learned about this year's schedule in the past few days. In the 'Breeders Cup' 4-year-old horse grass challenge in April, Chocolate should be able to sign up. I hope you can join us here Got a good result in the game.”

"Chocolate will only turn three years old in August, which happens to be the time when you can sign up. I will arrange this." Johnson Reid promised.

"Mr. Reed, if you can win the championship in this challenge, all the prize money will belong to you and Philip." Philip is Chocolate's jockey, and he is in the off-season now. As a professional jockey, he has already started his vacation.

"Ah! Thank you, Ms. Qin." Johnson Reed was very excited about Qin Mohan's generous proposal.In addition to the salary provided by the horse owner, the main income of trainers and jockeys comes from horse racing bonuses. 30% of the bonuses for each race will be distributed by jockeys and trainers. The prize money for the top horse in the "Equestrian Cup" challenge will be as high as 70 US dollars, which has already caught up with the normal salary income of the two.

Qin Ruoxi and Jin Yaran didn't have much interest in the management of the ranch. After riding the thoroughbred horse to feel the speed, the two of them got down in despair and hid in the stable.Now the outdoor temperature is close to zero, and at the speed of the thoroughbred horse, the cold wind blows on her face like a knife, and Qin Ruoxi feels that her little face is about to freeze.

After communicating with Johnson, Qin Mohan listened to the report on the operation of the North Tianshan Ranch in 2014 by the financial personnel sent by KPMG.The ranch is managed by KPMG, and all expenses and income of the horse farm are checked by KPMG staff, and then the financial statements are sent to Qin Mohan.As the world's top four accounting firms, as long as you pay, they can take care of everything for you.

Seeing Qin Mohan watching the financial report, two girls who had recovered from the house surrounded them, looking at the summed up numbers with dollar signs, Qin Ruoxi couldn't help but ask, "Wow, sister, did you earn so much money last year?" ?”

"What are you thinking? This is money at a loss." Qin Mohan gave her an angry look.

Last year, the ranch had almost no income, and the few Angus cattle sold were also used to buy calves to supplement the size of the beef cattle.But there are a lot of expenses, such as farm workers' salary expenses, horse racing expenses, and the largest head feed expenses. The feeds for several thoroughbred horses in the ranch are all professional organic feeds.In 2014, the North Tianshan Ranch lost US$120 million in total.

"120 million US dollars, isn't that equivalent to seventy-eight million yuan?" Jin Yaran was also surprised.

"That's right. I'm going to use my small treasury to make up for it." Qin Mohan wasn't too worried. The breeding fee for the "wild monkey" shipped to Shanghai last year exceeded 200 million US dollars.

(End of this chapter)