American Ranch

Chapter 268 Finalizing the Contract
After finalizing the project cooperation agreement, Chen Mo checked that it was already noon, and drove to the supermarket in the small town...

There are a lot of seafood in the supermarket. Chen Mo picked out two big lobsters, a dozen big oysters, and weighed a few pounds of abalone, which is not too big.

The size is not too big, but compared to the California wild red abalone.

California wild red abalone, the abalone shell width that can be caught must be more than seven inches, which is 17.8 centimeters.One abalone can be full...

The abalone, which is too big, doesn't seem to have any appetite. That thing is too frightening.The small abalone is still delicious...

I steamed lobster, oysters and abalone directly at home.

Oysters and abalone are made of garlic, watching the time Ellie finally called and made lunch at home, and Ellie's car also drove in.

"I smell the fragrance." Ellie came in and said loudly: "Chen Mo? Chen Mo, where are you?"

"Why are you yelling so loudly?" Chen Mo came out of the kitchen with a smile, took a few steamed abalones, peeled them out and prepared to feed them to Xiaoxue.

Ellie was already squatting outside Xiaoxue's cattery: "What a cute kitten, was it born the night before yesterday?"

"Well, do you want to feed one?" Chen Mo put the abalone meat in the cat tray, stopped the drooling Erha and Ala, and fed them half abalone.

"No. Bella is going to feed one, and I think I will take care of it most of the time. By the way, Bella has sold her house, and we will look for another house next week."

"House prices in the Bay Area are rising rapidly. If there is no financial crisis, the housing prices there will still be difficult to come down..."

"There will be no financial crisis this year, but next year, the year after. The financial crisis in the free capital market is inevitable, and what should come will always come. And we calculated it, and renting a house is quite a deal. You know that Bella's house is selling How much did you pay?"

"How many."

"237 million. It's a full 41 higher than the listing price. There are too many rich people in San Jose."

Chen Mo shrugged. The technology IPO boom in Silicon Valley last year injected huge amounts of money into Silicon Valley. According to incomplete statistics, because of this wave of technology IPO boom, more than 5000 millionaires were born in Silicon Valley (if they can cash out)...

And last year, nearly $2000 billion in market value was released.

Rents in San Francisco have increased by 13.00% since last year.San Jose rents are up around 15.00%.

The daily rent of the luxury one-room apartment Chen Mo rented was US$260, more expensive than a standard room in a three-star hotel.Of course, San Jose also has cheap rent, for example, the monthly rent of a shared house is around US$1000 a lot.But the rent is cheap, and the location is not very good...

"Go out and rent a house, rent a better house, don't be too remote." Chen Mo stroked Ellie's hair and said with a smile.

"Yes. Yes, we will rent a three-bedroom house with one living room. The monthly rent is about 7000 US dollars." Ellie looked up at Chen Mo and smiled.

The seafood in the kitchen is ready.Chen Mo took them out and opened a bottle of chilled champagne...

The two of them, who were full, went upstairs to take a nap.

Chen Mo has the habit of taking a nap, but Ellie doesn't. She is playing with her mobile phone next to Chen Mo, teasing the glutinous rice balls who don't know when they will fly back from time to time...

After April, it hasn't rained much south of San Francisco, and the temperature is rising day by day.

After waking up, Chen Mo looked outside, the thick curtains blocked the sunlight, but he could still feel that the sun outside was very strong.

After washing his face and going downstairs, Chen Mo drove a four-wheel drive off-road motorcycle and took Ellie to the Dlai River Valley...

Alfalfa is a very water consuming plant.

John was leading people to pump water into the ditch in the pasture...

"Boss." John took off his hat and walked over.

"Is there enough water in the deep well here?"

"It is very sufficient, and basically the flow will not stop." This is now, until July and August, the water in the well is only enough to pump for two or three hours a day.

"Okay, you're busy. I'll look around..."

Alfalfa grass is planted on the plains of the Dry Valley, more than 2000 acres.Changed to the unit mu that Chen Mo is familiar with, it would be about [-] mu.

The valley runs from south to north or from north to south, with no end in sight.

There are only 8 deep wells in the Darai Valley and two in the Terai Valley.

8 wells, unless it is an artesian well like a small valley, it is impossible to even think about irrigating [-] acres of land.

In some places that cannot be irrigated, the alfalfa has begun to wither and turn yellow.This is normal, as long as there is enough water, the alfalfa will come alive again...

You have to apply, and you need at least 5 deep wells.

"Look there's a rabbit."

Chen Mo looked in the direction of Ellie's finger, a fat and big gray-eared rabbit: "Do you want to try the spicy rabbit."

"NO, rabbits are so cute... I don't eat rabbit meat." Ellie shook her head vigorously.

Indeed, rabbit meat and dog meat are not acceptable to everyone.

Chen Mo also doesn't like rabbit meat very much, mainly because it is difficult to cook.

After riding a four-wheel drive off-road for nearly an hour in the field, I didn't go all over the Dry Valley. I went back to the office and continued to draw up a draft for dividing the river valley pasture.

River Valley Ranch includes an ecological research institute and laboratory, a Dorper sheep breeding herd, a milk and feed factory, plus a winery, 200 acres of vineyards, and 1.3 acres of hilly heathland in the southwest.

Chen Mo only kept the small valleys in the hilly area, the Moon Valley, and the thousands of acres of relatively flat hills under the Dray Valley Reservoir.

After three o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Mo met again with Ke Luner, the head of the investment department of Nestlé North America.

Nestle just invested in the construction of a factory in the town of San Beni, and the factory invested no less than 2000 million US dollars.

The River Valley Ranch is only the exclusive supplier of pure goat milk to Nestlé Dairy Company, and the price of fresh goat milk is $10 per gallon.

1 gallon is about 8.4 pounds.

This price... can be said to be very cheap.

Ellison buys goat milk from River Valley Ranch for $7.5 a pound.

Now, 8.4 pounds is only $10.

Cheap is only relatively speaking.This is again a very high price compared to other dairy farmers.

As for the current pasteurized fresh milk business of River Valley Ranch, it can continue to be retained.In this super high-margin market, the market is shrinking rapidly step by step.Perhaps next year, it will be difficult to sell 3000 pounds a day.

On the other hand, Nestle's contract is unlimited, as long as the quality is up to standard, no one will be rejected, as much as you want.However, the contract stipulates that in the next three years, at least 3 gallons of fresh milk will be provided to the Nestle San Beni factory.

Besides, Chen Mo still has shares in this company, and 30.00% of the shares is already quite a lot, and the other party will not agree to any further price increases.And only after the supply of 13 gallons of fresh milk is completed, can the shares held in the hand be allowed to be sold...

After discussing until the evening, Chen Mo hired a lawyer to finalize the formal contract. It was normal to play tricks and put 30.00% of the shares of 'Nestlé San Beni Factory' under his personal name...

The registered capital of the factory is 2300 million U.S. dollars. This is what Chen Mo insisted on repeatedly, and the other party only invested an additional 300 million U.S. dollars.

After finalizing the contract, Nestlé moved quickly.It may take until the end of the year from the signing of the contract to the official performance of the contract. It will take time to build a factory.There is no rush to divide the ranch. The current river valley ranch is still making a lot of money. Let's talk about it at the end of the year...

(End of this chapter)