Chapter 227 It’s Over
Chapter 227 It’s Over
"What does that guy do?"
After dealing with the host, Jiang Ning asked Metsis.
"A farmer who owns several pastures and mainly grows grass and also sells feed is a racist who often makes racist remarks and is very unhappy about us lowering the price of grass," said Metsis.
Jiang Ning asked: "Where is this guy's pasture?"
"In Graham," said Metsis.
Jiang Ning was relieved: "We were so close, no wonder that guy had a problem with me."
Metsis laughed and said, "That guy is just a piece of shit, boss, just ignore him."
Jiang Ning nodded, but thought to himself that he would go to that guy's pasture when he had free time.
I talked to a few farmers.
Metsis pointed to a farmer in his fifties not far away and said, "Boss, that's Mr. Fried."
Jiang Ning glanced at him and said, "The guy who was cheated on by my son?"
Metsis smiled and nodded: "It's him. I heard that he kicked his son out of the family and didn't give him any property."
Jiang Ning couldn't help laughing: "I've heard of people being cheated on by colleagues and friends, and I seem to have heard of people being cheated on by brothers, but this is the first time I've heard of someone being cheated on by his own son. Mr. Fried is not very good at educating his children!"
Metsis agreed: "Mr. Fried has failed in educating his children."
Jiang Ning asked: "How much land does his family have?"
Metsis said, "About 1.6 million acres, not all in Texas. The Fried family has been running the business for five generations. They also have farms in Oklahoma and Kansas, but they haven't been doing well in recent years. Last year, several of his farms had accidents and they lost a lot of money. I just heard that Fried is interested in selling several of Lufkin's farms."
Jiang Ning asked: "How big is the farm and what do you grow?"
Metsis said, "I heard there are five farms, about 100,000 acres, growing wheat."
Jiang Ning said, "I'll ask later and take it if the price is right."
Metsis said, "Boss, the Ministry of Agriculture has not yet investigated the strange incidents on many farms last year. We cannot rule out the possibility that there are problems with the land. I think it is better to wait and see for the time being, and not to easily take over a farm that has had strange incidents."
Jiang Ning asked: "Do you think there is something wrong with the land?"
Metsis said: "Until professionals have investigated the cause, this possibility cannot be ruled out."
Jiang Ning said: "I don't think it's a land issue. It's possible that the farmers did something bad and offended God, so God punished them. I'm God's godson, and he will bless me."
Metsis said helplessly: "Boss, this joke is not funny at all."
Jiang Ning said: "I'm not kidding, I'm serious."
Metsis spread his hands and said, "Boss, if God is willing to bless believers, I would have become rich long ago and would not work for you. Although my faith is as firm as ever, I still have to rely on myself to change my destiny."
Jiang Ning smiled and said, "You have a point, but we still have to buy the land."
Metsis said: "Well, you are the boss and you have the final say. I am just giving you advice."
Jiang Ning said: "Your suggestion is reasonable, but I still decided to buy it."
Metsis reminded: "Lufkin's ground rank is not cheap."
Jiang Ning asked: "What's the approximate price range?"
Metsis said, "Lufkin's wheat farm costs about two thousand dollars an acre."
Jiang Ning calculated and said, "That's indeed quite expensive. Let's try it out first and see how much we can negotiate."
Metsis nodded in agreement and prepared to go back and talk in person.
The next day.
Jiang Ning had nothing to do, so he drove to Graham.
After asking along the way, we found several of Pietro's pastures.
The pasture is not large, less than six thousand acres in total.
But the pasture is very good, water resources are abundant, and the grass grows lushly.
It's early May and the hay is almost harvested.
night.
Jiang Ning went out for a walk and left early the next morning. Before Pedro woke up, he suddenly received a call from the farm manager: "Boss, something happened on the farm."
Pietro's heart skipped a beat: "What happened?"
The farm manager sounded as if he had seen a ghost in broad daylight: "The grass is all dead. Just like the bizarre incident that happened on Pierre's farm last year, all the grass died overnight. Boss, I think you are going to go bankrupt."
"god!"
Pietro was shocked and all his sleepiness disappeared immediately: "Asshole, are you kidding me?"
The farm manager said: "I'm not kidding you. I suggest you come back and have a look."
Pietro said, "Take a picture and let me see it!"
The farm manager said: "I have taken a photo and sent it to you, but you didn't see it."
Pietro didn't bother to talk nonsense and immediately hung up the phone to look at the photos.
The farm manager did send the photos, but he didn't see them.
As soon as I saw the photo, my heart sank.
The originally green grassland was now withered and yellow.
If it weren't for the lush green grass outside.
He thought it was late autumn!
Pietro called and said angrily: "Fuck, how could this happen?"
The farm manager said: "I don't know either. The farm was fine yesterday, but it became like this overnight."
Pietro cursed: "Asshole, you are the farm manager, and something like this happened, and you don't even know the reason. Is it because you didn't do your job? I'm going to fire you, you asshole!"
The farm manager looked innocent: "Boss, this is not the first time such a bizarre incident has occurred. Several such incidents occurred last year. Agricultural experts have been investigating the cause. I can tell you clearly that this is not caused by my failure to fulfill my duties."
Pietro wailed, "Fuck, fuck, fuck, how could this happen?"
The farm manager said, "Boss, you'd better come back and take a look!"
Pietro cursed again, hung up the phone, got up and rushed back.
I had just started driving when I received a call from another farm manager.
Something happened, too. All the pasture grass died.
"omg!"
Pietro was so frightened that he almost drove the car into the ditch.
Farm operation is not easy, with high investment and low output.
A lot of money was lost due to poor management.
The investment in growing forage grass is not small, and the various expenses and expenditures amount to millions a year. It is a hard-earned money earned by relying on scale. If all of them die, this year's investment will be wasted. Although it will not lead to bankruptcy, it will definitely be a serious blow.
After cursing his mother, he hurried back!
Received another call from the farm manager.
"Boss, something happened on the farm."
"It's over!"
Pietro felt dizzy and quickly stopped the car on the side of the road.
I asked about the situation and looked at the photos sent.
My heart sank to the bottom.
The three pastures were exactly the same: the grass that was about to be harvested had all turned into yellow grass after autumn.
The farm manager also took pictures of several nearby farms, which were also barren and yellow.
It seems that I'm not the only one who's unlucky.
But Pietro couldn't be happy and he relaxed for a while.
Then I set out again and headed back.
(End of this chapter)