Text Chapter 505: Negotiation

Jessie Zhou and Atwood came to Hall Jim's farm, which was not far from Sky Farm Vineyard, and was close to Interstate 140 along the road. It is considered a relatively large farm in Merced County! The scenery along the way is also more beautiful than his own sky farm, but it is not as magnificent as the sky farm looks like.

After all, Sky Farm is close to Yosemite National Park, while Stream Farm is connected to many surrounding farms and pastures in the plain area. It is not a problem if it is less magnificent, especially the number of cattle in Stream Farm is smaller than that of Sky Farm. It seems to have a sense of boundlessness.

Zhou Jiexi saw Huoerjim who was a little thinner than the last time he met. Simple jeans with a shirt and a cowboy hat, standing there riding a chestnut horse, and seeing them, Holjim rode over.

"Hello, Mr. Zhou! And Atwood, how are you too!" Holjim spoke very politely, his face was still a little haggard, but he tried his best to be more energetic when he saw them.

Zhou Jiexi exchanged casual greetings with him, and then they rode into the farm. Zhou Jiexi walked around all the way, and by the way, he also took a look at the condition of the farm and the state of the soil.

Hall Jim Jianci also began to sell: "My farm is absolutely considered a high-quality farm in California, and the average product can reach five cattle per acre. It is like the farm not far from me, because There are more hills, and only one cow per acre is good, and those medium-quality farms can only raise one cow per ten acres."

Zhou Jiexi listened to Holjim's speech, squatted down and pulled up a piece of pasture to have a look. Fresh and tender pastures, the roots are also very plump, and the water seems to be very abundant. Atwood is also observing, but he has not done these actions, he has already understood the situation of this farm.

"It looks good!" Zhou Jiexi said to Atwood. "Indeed, the land of the Stream Farm is not much worse than ours. And it's still a situation where their grazing density is higher than ours. This is really a remarkable thing."

Holjim was also very happy to see his old neighbor telling the truth. There was also a little sunshine on that haggard face due to family problems.

"Although our farm does not have as many water rights as the Sky Farm, it is next to the Turlock Lake next to the Stream Farm. If you want the ability in the future, you can also buy the old Tom's farm. Every year, he can't run out of water. Even in times of drought, they are the most prosperous!" Holjim said with envy on his face.

There is a prairie beyond the edge, a forest, and groups of cattle or sheep grazing on the grass. Most of the cattle are white, black, brown and red and mixed colors. It's really beautiful, this is like a real farm, much more professional than my own.

Jessie Zhou thought about it and looked at Jim Hall: "Mr. Jim, what are the other things on your farm?"

Seeing Zhou Jiexi ask this question, he knew that Zhou Jiexi was interesting, and immediately became energetic: "Let's not talk about the irrigation systems on the farm, I have basically installed two-thirds of the irrigation systems. , As for the remaining tractors, rice harvesters, lawn mowers, etc., they can also be given to you as gifts!"

After hearing this, Atwood nodded to Jessie Zhou, saying that the situation is not bad!

Jessie Zhou also nodded and looked at Jim Hall: "Although you are all good, but Mr. Jim, I really don't need your house. I already have a good house. The one on your side is mine. Even if you don’t live every year, you still need to find someone to take care of it, which is a lot of expenses.” If you want to bargain, you have to say that the person is not good, Zhou Jiexi can’t say anything else , Talking about the problem of the house is simple.

After hearing that Zhou Jiexi would maintain the house every year, Hall Jim was also shaken. After thinking about it for a while, he said: "Mr. Zhou, what you said is very reasonable. I think this is the case. I can lower it a little bit. As long as you promise not to abandon that house, it already has a lot of people here." It's time!"

Zhou Jiexi squinted his eyes and smiled: "Of course, I can guarantee this, your stone and wood structure house looks very beautiful, even if I can't help it, I can't bear to abandon it."

Hall Jim nodded.

"What about your cows? Are you planning to sell them all at the auction house?" Zhou Jiexi asked Hol Jim.

"My friend is already planning to receive some of them, and the rest may be given to cattle brokers in batches, so that they can help them dispose of them in the national bull market." Holjim said and paused here: "However, if you need it, the last Well, I won't have to pay the agent a commission!" He recently learned that Zhou Jiexi's farm was buying cattle, and he just missed the time, otherwise he would have sold a batch to them.

Zhou Jiexi nodded without hesitation: "Yes, I also want to increase the number of cattle on the farm. The pasture on my side is so good, but the number of cattle is too small, even ten cattle per acre. If you can’t get it, there is a lot of grass land that can only be wasted.” For him, although selling pasture can also make money, how can it be cost-effective and profitable to raise cattle by himself!

"Well, our farm does still need beef cattle. The current number of cattle is only more than 30,000. We have about 260,000 acres of land. After removing forests, swamps, hills, orchards and plantations, there are about 100,000 cattle left. The grazing land has only reached 30,000 cows so far, so the density is really too small." As he said that, Atwood still had a look of pity on his face, watching Zhou Jiexi wryly smile, and said in his heart that this old guy was in trouble again. Hit his mind.

The look on Huoerjim's face when he heard this was wonderful. He knew that people didn't take the land seriously, but he didn't expect it to be so wasteful. How much more can you earn every year if you raise cattle? Although the past few years have not been very good, it is really a prodigal behavior not to raise them in the good years.

Jessie Zhou looked at Jim Holm in a weird way, with a chilly feeling: "It's not my problem, I didn't take over this farm before, old man Bud just wants a resort , you know, he doesn't care about his ability!" Zhou Jiexi shrugged his shoulders.

"That's true! It seems that I was thinking too much!" Hearing this, Huoerjim also let out a sigh of relief. People don't need to rely on this for food, and when the times are bad, they can only earn a little hard money. The income of one thousand to two thousand dollars per cow, the more you raise, the more you can earn.

For ordinary family farms, according to this year's market price, the purchase price of beef per pound is about 1.25 US dollars. If a cow is sold for more than 1,000 US dollars, the cost will be more than 400 US dollars, and the profit will be more than 600 US dollars. , Sell a few heads every year to earn some money, but if there is an accident in the middle, it will be really a big loss!

The more cattle a large farmer has, the lower the cost will be, and the more he will earn from slaughtering. Coupled with an agreement with a slaughtered beef packaging company, there are many advantages over family farms and small farmers. There are also several large farmers who unite to form slaughtering companies and beef packaging, not to mention your large slaughtering companies, in terms of profits, they have even more advantages!

Coupled with the fact that large farmers can achieve most of their self-sufficiency in terms of feed, they are more resistant to risks in the livestock feed market. Jesse’s Sky Farm last week is a typical example of this. It has completely achieved a state of self-sufficiency. The price of feed in the world rises with you, and the farm cannot be threatened. If you are lucky, you can also make more money than usual with the wind.

Zhou Jiexi saw that this was a bit disturbing to the atmosphere, so he planned to change the topic to chat to ease the atmosphere. Everyone also thought it was a bit strange just now. "Mr. Jim, I sincerely want to buy your farm. What do you think?"

"Of course, within the plan, you are definitely the best choice, and I cannot deny this!" Holjim said quickly. What he didn't say was that Atwood told him that only his boss could give him tens of millions in cash at once. Others basically let him talk to the bank for a while.

The corners of Zhou Jiexi's mouth slightly turned up, as expected, Atwood told him just now that Hall Jim was very interested in him being able to take out the cash.

Recently, after a new batch of watermelons matured, it brought him an income of more than 60 million yuan. He was also afraid that too many of them would flood the market, so Zhou Jiexi expanded the production of watermelon green elves by a little. The one-time plan was rejected, and I will slowly decide how much to increase in the future.

But if you calculate it carefully, it’s quite a lot. About four times a year, the little maintenance fee can almost be counted in, and it can bring about 200 million US dollars in income every year. Of course, this is money that has not been taxed. . If you can get a tax refund if you spend it quickly, the unintentionally planted watermelons are now really a big gold mine on the farm.

"Thank you, Mr. Jim, for your trust, but you are right. I think that among those who can trade with you as soon as possible, among those who are willing to buy your farm, I am definitely the best choice. Your money." Zhou Jiexi said with a smile, the more he spoke, the more domineering he became!

"That's really great!" Huoerjim said happily immediately after hearing Zhou Jiexi's guarantee. Then he also made some guarantees, "As long as Mr. Zhou's conditions are reasonable, I think I can make a little concession!"

Zhou Jiexi and Atwood nodded inwardly. He was indeed an old cowboy, and he was refreshing to talk about. Guarantees were made every second, and of course this was also related to Atwood, the character of this old man is very respected in this area.