Chapter 267 Big Farm and Good Collaborators
After watching the video materials and a lot of ledgers brought by Katalia, Li Changheng closed his eyes and thought for more than half an hour.
Only 80% of my heart believes that Katalia is not lying.
Then call Laotu and ask him to go to the Chicago airport to watch.
In my memory, Uncle Catalia's family lived in Chicago.
The purpose is also very simple, Li Changheng just wants to know whether his guess is true.
If something goes wrong, there must be a countermeasure.
Instructing Lao Tu to only confirm and not to follow the principle, Li Changheng hung up the phone and took Daofeng and Banks to Virginia.
It was originally planned to establish a security base in New Jersey, but Bonaparte and Dylan Robin inspected several cities in New Jersey.
In the end, it was suggested that Li Changheng might as well build the base in Virginia below New Jersey.
Not only are there many military bases, but most importantly, Virginia's tax rate is the second-to-last in the East, excluding federal taxes.
Individual tax is only 3% to 5.75%, local additional tax is only 1%, commodity sales are only 5%, and other tax rates are also considered the lowest level.
If it is just a security company, the tax rate is not much different.
Counting self-produced or authorized technical products, Virginia is definitely the best investment state for small military enterprises.
Moreover, this is the base camp of the National Guard Air Force, and with the advantage of the National Defense Department and the largest number of retired soldiers in the United States, it is very suitable for a company of the nature of Knight Shield.
If Li Changheng regarded the knight shield as his private property, he would definitely not agree to the establishment of the company here.
Because the Robin family and the military leaders who will join Knight Shield in the future will make it easier to control this company.
But for Li Changheng, the security company is a tool to win over the upper echelons and get the official authorization to dispatch the Death Squad.
Otherwise, he wouldn't even have his own name listed among the shareholders of the security company, but instead used a company on an offshore island to secretly hold shares.
The purpose is to directly abandon this company when necessary in the future.
After meeting with Admiral Kenny's son Dylan Robin, Li Changheng rested for a night, and asked Stone Banks to inspect the base selected by the security company the next day.
I went directly to the Air Force Base of the National Guard, accompanied by Lieutenant Colonel Scott to participate in helicopter driving training.
Three days later, in the name of aerial training, Li Changheng and his party drove a National Guard helicopter and circled a dozen times 30 kilometers north of the state capital Richmond.
Listening to Dylan's excited voice in the earphones, he introduced this 3,600-acre farm with mountains, lakes, forests, swamps, and snow-capped mountains in winter.
Li Changheng suddenly felt in his heart that it must be a good place to take this farm as a vacation place.
It's a pity that this place is too close to the naval base. Anne is definitely not suitable for living in Virginia as an ordinary person.
"How much?"
Dylan, who was watching the farm's constant introduction, was taken aback when he heard Li Changheng's words.
Then he looked back with great joy at Li Changheng who was sitting on the co-pilot's seat.
This young new friend, new funder, and new partner is really too smart.
After only three days of training at the Hanks base, he was able to fly the Huey helicopter himself under the watchful eye of the main pilot.
Moreover, I heard that he is still learning the training course of F4 Phantom Fighter.
If the written test is passed, it will be a series of physical fitness tests.
Then the simulated cockpit passed again, relying on the real air combat experience of flying a P51 fighter jet.
And the record of killing ten enemies by diving, maybe he can really take off on an F4 fighter jet.
Even if you have trouble flying a fighter jet with weapons, the F4 of the aerobatic team will definitely have no problem.
Then think of anything I said these days, as long as the other party can remember it once.
In Dylan's heart, he immediately classified Li Changheng as a super genius, and he was a ruthless character who had killed people and had his subordinates clean up the entire criminal family.
In addition, it can make money, and it can even invent money-making technology.
Most importantly, he is willing to take him to make money.
Dylan didn't play any tricks, and said the reserve price he knew.
"The minimum is 4.3 million US dollars. If the full payment is made, 4 million should be no problem."
Li Changheng looked back at Dylan in surprise.
Even if more than half of this farm consists of mountains, forests, lakes and swamps, and some sloping land and self-use land are removed, there are still 1,200 acres of land that can really cultivate potatoes and tomatoes.
But if it costs 4 million US dollars, it is equivalent to 3334 US dollars per acre of planting land.
If 3,600 acres are counted, it is only 1,112 US dollars per acre, and it is a freehold property.
"Are you sure it's $4 million?"
"Henry, this is Virginia, and only 20 percent of the state's population works in agriculture.
The only crops produced are tobacco, hay, peanuts, potatoes and tomatoes.
The income of this farm last year was 330,000 US dollars. Excluding labor and various production costs, it is not bad to earn 150,000 US dollars a year.
And that's because the farm is only 30 kilometers from Richmond and 6 kilometers from Naval Base City, so it's worth the money.
If it is 50 kilometers further away, the farms of the same size will only be 2 million at most. "
Li Changheng calculated in his mind that the selling price of 26 years of net income is indeed not low.
However, if they are all used to grow tomatoes like the future Virginia farmers, their income will probably increase by 20 to 30 percent.
Moreover, farms and ranches are very different in that farms that use machinery have relatively little problem of using women to work.
In the future, those who are unwilling to go to the battlefield will marry members of the Death Squad who served as training instructors for security companies after retiring. If their wives are willing, they can also find a job on the farm.
Of course, he will definitely not deliberately publicize this matter. After all, not everyone is safe and secure, and not everyone is suitable for working on the farm.
At that time, Li Changheng will definitely tell the manager of the farm that it is no problem to provide jobs, but the farm is not a place to help his subordinates raise their wives.
"I bought the farm, but do you invest 400,000 along with it, or rent the non-planting area of the farm every year as a training base for security companies?"
Dylan shrugged helplessly, "I only have more than 200,000 deposits in my name.
Invest 200,000, and then reduce the security company's shares.
As for the rental fee of the venue, how about $80,000 per year? "
The annual income of crops is only 150,000 yuan, and the site can give half of it, which is not low.
Li Changheng nodded indifferently, but he was surprised that Dylan had more than 200,000 US dollars in savings.
Being able to have savings these days means that Dylan is not a dandy, but also a conservative.
For someone like Li Changheng who knows what will make money in the future, he doesn't like radical and adventurous collaborators.
Those who are obedient and have higher execution strength are the most suitable partners.
He smiled and said to Dylan, "How much do you think the market value of the security company can reach now?
And if it is really confirmed that the base is built on this farm, how much will it cost for barracks, training places, gun storage, training places that simulate mountains, forests, and urban street fighting? "
After saying this, Dylan immediately covered his face, then looked at Li Changheng with anticipation and frustration and asked.
"Henry, are you sure you are serious and not just playing around?"