American Ranch

Chapter 192 Shocked
Father Chen and the others packed up their things and left the ranch, taking Dahua and Ari away.

These two raccoon cats are not close to Chen Mo because Chen Mo seldom takes care of them.

Ala likes to follow Chen Mo very much, knowing that Chen Mo is its master.Dasha, this husky will never be heartless, but he doesn't want to be separated from Ala...

Nuomi Duanzi also lives in the ranch, and his favorite thing every day is to compete with Allah for favor, and he doesn't want to occupy Chen Mo's shoulders and arms all the time.

The climate in River Valley Ranch is hotter than Napa Valley, even in September.

After getting up early in the morning, Chen Mo went downstairs wearing a pair of briefs, and swam a few laps in the swimming pool in the front yard.Ala, who likes to stay with Chen Mo, jumped into the water directly. Seeing the glutinous rice dumpling screaming "Jiu Jiu", she was very angry.

In the distance, Chen Mo heard the sound of a sports car, getting closer and closer, and when he swam to the edge of the pool, a Bentley Continental convertible drove in: "Hi, Boss." Brett came out of the car in a coquettish beach suit and sandals , with an embarrassing smile on his face, he came over to plead guilty.

"Hey, has the winery been completed? When will it start production?" Chen Mo touched the water on his hair, and the glutinous rice dumpling fell down as if he had heard the call, and stood firmly on Chen Mo's head.

Brett stared, looked at the dumpling on Chen Mo's head, and said, "I'm installing the stainless steel fermentation tank, it will take up to ten days."

The management of the ranch is getting better and better, and the authority given to Brett is getting bigger and bigger, but this guy doesn't care too much about the work of the winery, and Chen Chen was in charge of it before.

Chen Chen ran here and there every day, and the work progress of the winery was more than a month slower than expected.

"Prepare a lawyer's letter to sue the contractor. It has been more than a month, and the liquidated damages are 150 million?"

"This...isn't that good?" He found the contractor for the winery, he was a friend of Brett's, he lived in Field, and he was his neighbor.

"Spirit of contract." Chen Mo got up from the swimming pool and said.The glutinous rice dumpling on his head called out 'chirp chirp', as if echoing.

"Boss, there is a reason for the slow construction progress. The location of the winery is not good. It took a lot of time to level the land in the early stage."

"Go to the vineyard and see how many grapes can be used to make wine in ten days. Xiaobu, are you testing my bottom line step by step, or are you drifting away?" Chen Mo got up from the swimming pool and said .The glutinous rice dumpling on his head called out 'Jiu Jiu', as if echoing...

"This..." Brett lowered his head in embarrassment. He is busy with the work in the breeding area, vineyards, and wineries every day, so he doesn't have the heart to ask: "I visited the vineyard a few days ago, and it should be one more time before the grapes are picked." moon."

Chen Mo suddenly relaxed with a straight face, and smiled: "I'm just kidding you. But the construction of the winery is indeed overtime and over budget. You should know the construction contract you signed, and they are considered a breach of contract..." Chen Mo said and went back to the room. He went upstairs and changed his clothes and went down to the brewery with Brett.

The winery was built at the southernmost tip of the Dry Valley, a winery with an annual output of one million liters, built in a small mountain depression.

The general construction has been completed, including some greening. The estimated investment is 400 million US dollars, which has exceeded the budget by 100 million.

The factory is well built, beautiful and has a modern feel.The ground is paved with natural stone slabs, surrounded by transplanted large peach trees, Jiabao fruit trees...

"Hey, Brett, take a look at my new plan... The mountain on the right side of the winery is a natural rock, and a hole can be drilled to make a cave wine cellar." A black-haired white man came over with a proposal, his face full of excitement smile.

Brett's face twitched, and he kept giving him winks...

"You are Pete Nokeld."

"you are?"

"This is my boss, Mr. Chen Mo."

Chen Mo has not been at the ranch for a long time, and only the old staff of the ranch have seen him.Pete looked at Chen Mo and restrained his smile: "Hello, Mr. Chen Mo."

"It's September 9th now. According to the contract, you should deliver the winery to us on August 16th." Chen Mo stroked his chin and stubble: "In the contract, the cost of the winery is 8 million U.S. dollars, and now it has been spent $13 million. And the brewing equipment has not been delivered yet, so no deposit has been paid. "

"Delayed delivery and overruns, I have asked Bright to agree."

"Contract? Is there a written contract?" Chen Mo was speechless, glared at Bright, looked around the winery, and then entered the winery.

Chen Mo is not ignorant of wineries. To build such a winery...the annual output of 100 million liters of wine is actually not much, that is, 20 cases.

According to what Chen Mo ordered Bright, 400 million is definitely enough, and it is a very good winery.

But now...

500 million has not yet been built, but there is one more filling factory.

Chen Mo touched his head, Brett and Pete followed Chen Mo without saying a word, looking at him.

Brett's face was swaying, and Pete's face was full of depression, and his heart was in a state of panic.

Delayed delivery and overruns, Pete asked Bright to agree, but because of their neighbors and friends, Pete did not sign a contract with Bright on these aspects... Now speaking, he breached the contract.

The project payment may not be available, and liquidated damages have to be paid?
The construction fee is 20.00% of the construction cost, which is the money Pete can earn.

"Didn't I say that there is only one brewery, not a bottling factory." Chen Mo said speechlessly.

"I think it's a one-step comparison."

Chen Mo scratched his head and looked at Pete: "I don't need to hold you accountable for the delayed delivery. But the project cost is only 60 US dollars...and you..." Chen Mo looked at Bright and shook his head: "The winery Hurry up and finish the work, the first batch of grapes will be picked in about ten days, and we need to recruit some workers who know how to make wine."

"The brewer has already been contacted," Bright said.

Chen Mo turned and left, Brett looked at Pete with apologetic apology, and hurried to catch up with Chen Mo: "The brewery's overspending is my problem, and I agree with the delayed delivery. It doesn't seem very good to blame Pete."

"I haven't mentioned you yet... You don't know what to use the wine produced by this winery. What do you do with a bottling plant for the wine that is fed to cattle and sheep?" Yes, the wine here is mainly used for Raise cattle and sheep to produce higher beef and mutton.

"Some of the wine can also be sold. The ranch is going to be developed in the mountains, and the bottling factory will be used there sooner or later..."

"It's not my own money, so don't worry about using it. The profit of the ranch is indeed good, but we can't spend as much money as we want. After building this winery, how much reserve money does our ranch have?" Chen Mo asked depressedly.

"1310 million." Bright carefully looked at Chen Mo.

'Pfft', Chen Mo almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood, shocked, and slammed on the brakes: "Why do you have so much money?"

(End of this chapter)