Knowing Old Willie's additional conditions, Li Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. He bought the ranch just to develop beef cattle breeding, which happened to meet this condition.
Thinking of this, Li Yuan couldn't help smiling at Mike: "Thank you for your reminder, but I don't think this is a problem for me. I bought the ranch with the intention of raising beef cattle."
"This is really great." Mike said happily: "Old Willie is old and it is difficult to take care of a ranch. If he can sell the ranch early, he can also enjoy a happy life!"
Compared with the vast Australia, New Zealand is much "pocket". Within a few hours of leaving Oakland, I came to Old Willie's ranch.
Just like the information found on the Internet, although this ranch is not big, it has a beautiful environment and is well taken care of. It can be seen that the current owner is very careful in the operation.
Under Mike's leadership, Li Yuan soon met Old Willie, the owner of the ranch.
Speaking of which, Willie was indeed old. He looked at least in his seventies, and even walked a little tremblingly. But even so, Old Willie is still dressed in cowboy clothes, which shows how deep his affection for the ranch is.
Unexpectedly, the person who wanted to buy his own ranch was an Asian. Old Willie was stunned for a moment and asked Li Yuan, "Young man, what country are you from?"
"Chinese." Li Yuan answered honestly, and then asked curiously, "Mr. Willie, why are you asking this?"
"It's fine if you're Chinese." Old Willie said seriously, "If you're Japanese, I won't sell it!"
Seeing Li Yuan looking at him in astonishment, Mike smiled bitterly: "Old Willy participated in World War II and fought against the Japanese in the Pacific battlefield, so..."
Li Yuan also understood what Old Willy meant, and couldn't help thinking to himself: "I can't tell, this old man is quite vengeful! But that's good, otherwise this ranch might have been sold long ago!"
Knowing that Li Yuan is Chinese, Old Willie warmed up to him a lot, and offered Li Yuan to taste the local red wine. But Li Yuan really didn't have much research on red wine, he did drink it, and he didn't know if it was good or not.
Li Yuan did not pretend to be an expert in front of Old Willie, but told the truth. As a result, Old Willie had a better impression of him. He felt that the Chinese was an honest young man, and it would be a good choice to sell the ranch to him.
One is intended to sell, and the other is sincerely willing to buy. Moreover, Li Yuan had no objection to Old Willie's additional conditions, and the deal was quickly concluded.
Li Yuan bought Old Willie's pasture for five million Singapore dollars, and promised to only use the pasture for grazing and never use it for other purposes.
According to the current exchange rate, five million Singapore dollars is equivalent to more than 20 million yuan. In addition, some facilities in the ranch also need to be repaired. In order to obtain this ranch and maintain its operation, Li Yuan has to pay a total of nearly 30 million yuan.
Although this is almost equal to all of Li Yuan's current cash, he still thinks it is very worthwhile to get such a ranch with an excellent environment.
After signing the agreement, the next step is to go through various formalities. With the help of Mike, the agent, these things are naturally difficult to find out the source. But in just a few days, Mike got all the legal documents, which meant that Li Yuan became the real owner of the ranch.
The first thing Li Yuan did was to change the name of the ranch to "Xiantao Ranch", and then began to ask people to repair the facilities in the ranch, hoping that the ranch can be put into operation as soon as possible.
Seeing that Li Yuan really wanted to run the ranch well, Old Willie was completely relieved and went to a nearby town to retire.
On the recommendation of Old Willy, Li Yuan hired a local middle-aged man named William Lee to manage the ranch. Before Li Yuan bought the Xiantao Ranch, William was here to help Old Willie.
It is precisely because William worked diligently on the ranch and helped Old Willy do a lot of heavy work that the ranch can maintain its current state, and he definitely has the greatest credit for it.
William is a very honest middle-aged man, even looking a little dull. When facing Li Yuan, the most common sentence is "You are the boss, I have no objection".
"William, you are the manager of the ranch now." After signing the employment agreement with William, Li Yuan smiled and said to him: "What do you think about the future development of the ranch?"
William was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said, "You are the boss, I have no objection."
"...Then how many cowboys do you think are suitable for raising beef cattle on the ranch?" Li Yuan said to William persuasively: "You are the manager of the ranch now, I can't stay here forever, there are many things that depend on you Ideas do."
Li Yuan's words made William feel a great responsibility, and after thinking for a while, he said to him: "If the people hired are all good at work, I think five or six people are enough."
Li Yuan asked: "A good hand at work?"
William said embarrassingly: "It's just like me."
"That's it..." Considering the situation that Old Willie admired William so much, Li Yuan pondered: "Then invite ten people first, and make adjustments according to the specific situation after the condition of the ranch is normal."
"No problem." William asked with a sigh of relief: "Mr. Li, since you plan to raise beef cattle on the ranch, how do you solve the problem of that kind of cattle?"
Li Yuan smiled slightly at William and said, "I've already found the breeding cows, and the first batch of calves will arrive in the next few days, and you will check for me when the time comes."
This is what William is good at, and he didn't refuse. He nodded confidently and said, "No problem, this matter is on me!"
In fact, those calves are already in the peach pit space, Li Yuan said this just to avoid arousing others' suspicion. The environment of Peach Pit Space is very suitable for the growth of animals and plants. The bulls that Li Yuan bought at the River Valley Ranch have already given birth to more than 30 calves.
All the calves are doing well and have been weaned and it is time to release them to pasture. Li Yuan also found that many cows were pregnant again, and it seemed that they would be able to add a batch of calves to the pasture soon.
After several days of hard work, some damaged facilities in the ranch have been repaired, and Li Yuan also moved from the hotel in the town to live in the ranch.
Taking advantage of the opportunity when there was no one in the pasture at night, Li Yuan released the calves from the peach pit space, and temporarily placed them in the newly renovated cattle pen, and officially settled these calves when William went to work tomorrow.
As expected by Li Yuan, William was shocked when he saw these calves. He watched the calf for a long time, showing the expression of an old pervert when he saw a beautiful woman, and said to Li Yuan with joy: "Mr. Li, these calves are in such a good condition, they are simply...perfect!" (to be continued) .)