"What's the bet?" After hearing Jiang Hai's words, the man temporarily closed his mouth and asked with some hesitation.
"Let's bet on whose cow can be the winner of the New York Livestock Show in April this year. If your company wins, I personally lose you a million dollars. If my cow wins, I'm sorry, you If you lose one million U.S. dollars to me, if you don't have the money to pay, then kneel down and kowtow to me three times." Looking at the man in front of him, Jiang Hai smiled disdainfully.
"One million U.S. dollars?" Upon hearing these words, many of the onlookers gasped.
Well, they hadn’t considered that the game was so big. Many of the nearby onlookers were ordinary farmers. Although these people were not considered poor farmers in the United States, they were only considered middle class. After deducting the tax paid, it would be good to have forty or fifty thousand US dollars left. Even if you make a net income of fifty thousand US dollars per year, it would take twenty years to earn back one million. Since the American Empire After the exchange rate of the US dollar began to be controlled, there was no problem of inflation.
It is very possible that the value of one million US dollars now will be the same as what it will be ten or twenty years from now.
In other words, this is pure money earned. Thinking of this, these people all looked at the people from Colorite Company here.
From their point of view, this million dollars is almost the pure profit of Colorite Company. You must know that they have been the top bidder at the New York Livestock Show for three consecutive years. This is almost like giving away money.
Obviously they didn't think that Jiang Hai Yangnian could support a second-rate dealer like Kalet.
But this Carlite employee doesn't think so. This person's character is very cautious. Firstly, he is tempted by the one million US dollars. Secondly, he is also worried about what he will do if he loses. .
He would definitely not be able to come up with one million US dollars, and it was absolutely impossible for the company to pay the other party one million US dollars because of himself.
But if he was asked to kneel down and kowtow, he would not be willing to do so.
In a democratic country like the United States, although the thing that everyone admires the most is money, they will not do anything if they are not forced to give up their self-respect and kneel down and kowtow.
So now he is still struggling a little, looking at Jiang Hai with some hesitation and hesitation.
"Hey Paul, why are you hesitating? This guy is giving you money for free. Is there any reason not to accept it?"
"That is, you are too timid, young man, if he is not willing to bet with you, I will bet with you!"
"One million, you have to earn it in your lifetime, why should you hesitate!" Seeing that he has been hesitating here, there are some people who are familiar with him in the crowd. He had already shouted loudly. When he heard these people's words, the man named Paul hesitated and licked his lips, and his eyes instantly became firm.
"Okay, I'll make a bet with you!" Looking at Jiang Hai in front of him, Paul shouted loudly.
Hearing his words, Jiang Hai also shrugged. He just wanted to bet. He was not doing it for the one million US dollars, but for his reputation.
This guy dares to be arrogant in front of him. If he doesn't step on anyone, he will step on him!
After the person agreed, someone was there and pulled the lawyer over.
After all, in this trade fair, the exhibition is on the one hand, and the other is for sales. Since it is sales, then a contract must be signed.
When signing the contract, the lawyer must be present. Now the bet between Jiang Hai and this guy named Paul naturally has to be signed by a lawyer to be effective. After the lawyer came to ask for the opinions of both parties, there was not much What to say, an agreement was drafted directly. It cannot be said to be a bet here, it can only be said to be an agreement.
Then Jiang Hai and this man also signed their respective agreements. The two agreed that at the New York Livestock Show in April this year, if the cattle of Carlite Company won the bidding, then Jiang Hai would give Paul Carlet the best prize. Yeah, one million dollars, effective immediately.
If the cow from Jiang Hai's estate wins the bid, Paul Kaye will give Jiang Hai a million dollars, effective on the spot.
There were three copies of the agreement. Jiang Hai and Kaye each held one copy, and the lawyer kept one copy. After everything was settled, Jiang Hai and Sandy Clive had no intention of reading any further. After all, according to Paul Caille, 80% of the merchants here are from his company, and Jiang Hai doesn't want to be judged by others and unable to buy anything.
Rather than doing this, it was better to leave directly, so Jiang Hai did not hesitate and left here directly.
After the two walked out of the exhibition hall, Jiang Hai originally wanted to go home directly, but after checking the time, it was only around two o'clock in the afternoon, which was still early. Now that he went back, he didn't know if Robbins and the others were back.
So the idea of going to the school that had been extinguished was rekindled.
"Anyway, we have nothing to do now. Let's go check out the schools nearby." After glancing at Sandy Clive, Jiang Hai said to her. After hearing Jiang Hai's words, he was originally a little worried about whether Jiang Hai would lose. Sandy couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
"It seems that you are not very interested in your bet this time. Okay, let's go." Shaking his head gently, Sandy Clive smiled softly at Jiang Hai, and then the two The person got into the car parked at the entrance of the exhibition and headed towards Cambridge.
Cambridge is a city. Although it is divided into Boston in a broad sense, from the perspective of region and city registration, it is two completely different cities from Boston. It is opposite to Boston across the Charles River.
However, although this city is not big, with a population of only about 100,000, it is quite famous in the United States and even around the world because there are two universities here, two super universities, one of which is Massachusetts. The name of the Institute of Technology may make everyone confused. Some people in China also call it Massachusetts. The Institute of Technology in this state is the legendary MIT, the most powerful among science and engineering disciplines. exist.
And another university is Harvard University, a giant in the education world. If other schools produce a US president, they would like to be known to the world, but this university has produced eight US presidents. Among them, the current President Obama graduated from this university, and there are hundreds of thousands and millions of Nobel Prize winners here.
Famous alumni, such as Bill Gates and Roosevelt, all studied here. Of course, everyone knows that Bill Gates is not a good student, but who is famous
After driving in the car, the two of them arrived at this famous university in a short time. But to be honest, Jiang Hai didn't feel anything different when he walked into this university. It may also be because he really loves learning. Loveless, it may be because it is winter and there is snow everywhere. Of course, it may also be because it is a holiday and there are not many students to see in the school, so he has seen it in novels before. Yes, there is no such thing as the academic atmosphere that blows your face, the ethereal school building that shocks the soul, or the cultural qualities that move people...
Jiang Hai just walked around and saw some landmark buildings. He took a photo with them with his mobile phone and sent it to his circle of friends. Recently, he hardly used QQ anymore. More He just uses WeChat, and he doesn’t have many friends in WeChat. Apart from his few best friends, there are only a few classmates from junior high school and high school whom he has almost lost contact with. Together, that is More than a dozen people looked really lonely.
"Huh, it's time for us to go." After taking the last photo, Jiang Hai couldn't help but look at the time. Although he didn't like visiting the school, since he did, he had to walk around wherever he should go. , so before he knew it, even though he was just visiting the main campus, it took him nearly two hours. There was no other way. Harvard is indeed not small. The entire campus covers an area of 4882 acres. The main campus alone has 224 acres. They walked around the main campus for nearly an hour and only took a brief look at other places. It was already getting dark. They glanced at the time on their phone and saw that it was already four-thirty in the afternoon. Jiang Hai exhaled a breath of hot breath. , said to Sandy Clay.
He had just received a call from Robbins about coming over, and they had already returned. As for the mission Jiang Hai gave them, lobster, there was no problem, and their luck was quite good today. Not only did they catch Jiang Hai They wanted lobsters and also caught a lot of shrimps, crabs and other things, which also gave Jiang Hai's fishermen a preliminary understanding of Jiang Hai's fishing grounds.
When natural resources are extremely scarce outside, Jiang Hai is really a paradise.
But Jiang Hai is not the only one who wants to enter heaven.
Robbins also told Jiang Hai that when they were patrolling today, they saw a fishing boat from a distance, but when the fishing boat saw Robbins and the others, it ran away quickly, but it also provided Jiang Hai with advice. When I woke up, it seemed that someone was already eyeing my fishing ground. Although it was okay to use a boat to patrol, it would take too long after all, and it would be easy for others to take advantage of it.
After Jiang Hai finished answering the phone, he was already thinking about buying an airplane. Helicopters and small agricultural aircraft were also worth buying even for inspection purposes.
Of course, even if he wanted to buy it, he would have to wait until tomorrow. He still had customers today.
"Well, okay." After hearing Jiang Hai's words, Sandy Clive, who had just taken a picture of Jiang Hai across the street, also smiled and said, and then walked towards the outside of the school behind Jiang Hai. But just as the two of them walked out of the school gate, a somewhat reckless figure suddenly rushed over from the street in the distance. Jiang Hai's reaction was extremely fast, and he dodged away immediately. However, after dodging, he Then she remembered that Sandy Clive was still beside her, so she immediately pulled her, but it was still a little late. Although she pulled her body over, the person was still with her shoulder, Bumped.