Meizong Wealth Life

Chapter 26 Sudden Changes

For an American boy like Dan who was born in the 80s and grew up watching "Airwolf", the two Bell 222s in front of him are simply a dream machine.

Dan couldn't refuse Jamie's proposal.

Braving the roaring rotor wind, he took the lead in boarding one of the helicopters and couldn't wait to sit in the co-pilot's seat.

After fastening the seat belt, the driver handed over a flight helmet similar to the one used in the TV series "Airwolf".

Although it does not have an advanced sighting and fire control system like the TV series after wearing it, it still satisfies Dan's childhood wish.

On the lawn, Serena walked up to Jamie, and she and her boyfriend hugged each other's waist affectionately.

"These two planes are the coolest merchandise I've ever seen. Are they your big toys?"

Serena turned to ask Jamie.

Jamie shrugged and replied with a smile:

"About when I was 13 years old, John suddenly came to me one day and said that the ranch needed to purchase some new helicopters. He asked me if there was any model I particularly liked. Then I told him without hesitation that I wanted Airwolf. Of course it was just a joke and I didn’t expect him to actually buy them.”

Chuck suddenly intervened after listening to the conversation between the two.

"They are really two expensive big toys."

There is a bit of a sour feeling to this statement.

It wasn't the two helicopters that Chuck envied, although they were certainly not cheap.

Currently on the market, a Bell 222 sells for about US$200 million to US$300 million, which is not expensive compared to other civilian helicopters.

But this thing is not bought as a collection. The maintenance cost during actual use is the real expense.

Especially for this discontinued model, the maintenance cost of various parts will be higher in the future.

What Chuck really envied was the care and attention Jamie's father, John, paid to his son.

Unlike his father, Bart, who never cared about what his son really wanted other than giving him money.

Jamie turned and looked at the others behind him.

“There’s an empty co-pilot on a plane right now, who wants to try that?”

He actually meant what he said to Chuck and Nate, but Rebecca was the first to raise her hand.

So she got into the co-pilot position of another helicopter.

Each Bell 222 can accommodate 6 passengers in the rear cabin.

Blair didn't want to ride in the same helicopter as Rebecca, so she pulled Nate onto another one.

Vanessa and Jenny also sat on it.

That leaves Jamie, Serena, and Chuck on Rebecca's side.

The two helicopters took off one after the other. They first circled the sky above River Valley Manor, then turned around and flew towards the pasture.

On the vast wilderness, winding rivers, mirror-like lakes, towering mountains, and lush and colorful jungles are all clearly displayed in the field of vision of the passengers on board.

Before, many people, including Serena, did not have a clear idea of ​​how big the 3000-square-kilometer ranch was.

It wasn’t until I took a helicopter flight that I realized how vast the ranch was.

Especially when the helicopter flies over the herds of Angus cattle, the scene below is more shocking than the collective migration of the buffalo herds on the African savanna.

Huangshi Ranch currently raises more than 2 Angus cattle, accounting for almost half of the global high-end beef market.

It brings extremely generous profits to the ranch every year.

Dan even turned around and joked with Vanessa on the same plane that these were not cows at all, but dollar bills walking one after another.

After visiting the ranch by helicopter, Jamie took everyone to drive to the ranch for a tour in the afternoon.John went to the state livestock fair and saw no one.

It was Jamie's eldest brother Li who came out to receive everyone.

At dinner, everyone also met Jamie's sister Beth.

She came to Serena for a drink.

As for Dan, Chuck, and Nate present, Beth took a quick glance and showed no interest at all.

Sure enough, what she likes is Rip's tough-guy jeans.

Blair, Rebecca and Vanessa are all invited to join the drinking party.

Jenny originally also received the invitation, but Dan glared back with a warning look.

Originally, Beth came to Serena for a showdown, but the drinking turned into a fight between Blair and Rebecca, and in the end they both successfully got themselves drunk.

Nate came after hearing the news and took away the drunk Blair, while Vanessa helped the unconscious Rebecca back to the room.

Beth left in a hurry after receiving a text message, and Serena had to return to the room early.

In the next three days, Jamie took everyone to experience what it was like to hunt on horseback in the Montana forest.

Rebecca was predictably absent from the entire trip.

She had already gotten the first three manuscripts of "Percy Jackson" from Jamie, and she wished she could lock herself in her room and read books all the time.

John asked Rip to take six cowboys with him to protect everyone's safety.

This proved necessary because on the first day up the mountain, Jamie and his party encountered a grizzly bear out foraging.

Rip, along with two other cowboys, fired their weapons to scare the big guy away.

Species that can be hunted in Montana include mule deer, white-tailed deer, antelope, elk, moose, ibex, elk, turkey and wolves.

Unfortunately, except for Jamie, everyone else in the team is a layman in hunting.

In the end, only Serena shot a turkey under Jamie's step-by-step guidance. As soon as the others raised their shotguns, the prey was scared away.

After three days, it was Rip and his six cowboys who harvested the most prey.

However, this did not affect everyone's interest.

After the last day of hunting, Blair carefully selected a few photos of himself and Serena next to the prey at the dinner table and sent them to the gossip queen.

There is no doubt that this is a demonstration to Rebecca.

But the first person to leave the table was Dan.

He put down his napkin and stood up to show that he was full.

Not long after Dan left, everyone here received an update message from the Gossip Queen’s blog on their mobile phones.

As the only insiders present, Jamie and Rebecca both pretended that nothing happened.

The next day, according to the itinerary discussed at the beginning, everyone was ready to leave for Yellowstone Park next to the ranch. However, Blair suddenly announced that she and Nate had urgent matters and needed to return to New York immediately.

At first everyone thought this was Blair deliberately going against Rebecca as revenge for Rebecca not participating in the hunt with everyone before.

Finally, under Serena's questioning, Blair told the truth.

It turns out something happened at Nate's house.

Nate's father was sued by the bank because he could not repay a huge loan. If he lost the lawsuit, he would face more than ten years in prison.

Nate had to rush back now.

(End of this chapter)