God Level Farm

Xia Ruofei moved in his heart, stopped the car by the side of the road, and said to Lin Qiao, "Qiaoer, let's talk about visiting the town later, how about visiting our neighbors first?"

"Is it the neighbor who produces semillon wine?" Lin Qiao said, "Okay, okay!"

"Can you stop cheering like this?" Xia Ruofei said dumbfoundedly, "Didn't you hear Brother Liang say today that West's company has encountered a financial crisis?"

Lin Qiao stuck out her tongue and said, "Oh, I see..."

The two got out of the car and walked into the West Winery.

Carter West and his wife Cabelli are standing at the door of the winery, both of them are looking sad, old West is still pacing back and forth, it seems that he is waiting for someone.

Xia Ruofei waved to them from a distance, and said hello: "Uncle Carter, Aunt Cabeli, how are you!"

Old West and Cabelli followed the prestige, and when they saw Xia Ruofei, they were stunned for a while, and then they showed a warm smile, and they still had a deep impression on this young and generous neighbor.

"Hi! Dear Xia, long time no see." Old West greeted him and said with a smile.

Xia Ruofei could see that there was still a hint of worry in his smile.

Aunt Cabeli's character is relatively more cheerful. She gave Xia Ruofei a big hug when she came up. With the tonnage of Aunt Cabeli, Xia Ruofei was almost breathless when she hugged her.

Aunt Cabelli hugged Lin Qiao again, and gave a close salute before saying with a smile, "Xia, is this your girlfriend? What a beautiful oriental beauty..."

Lin Qiao was a representative of the English department in high school. Her English level is quite good, especially in listening, but she is not very fluent in speaking due to less exercise.

So as soon as Aunt Cabelli finished speaking, Lin Qiao blushed and quickly explained in English: "No, no, I'm not his girlfriend..."

Xia Ruofei also said a little embarrassedly: "Aunt Cabeli, this is called a messy mandarin duck in China... Well, let me introduce it formally. This is my sister Lin Qiao."

Then Xia Ruofei said to Lin Qiao in Chinese: "Qiaoer, these two are the owners of West Winery. You can call them Uncle Carter and Aunt Cabellie."

Lin Qiao greeted the two with a blushing face.

Aunt Cabelli scratched her head and said, "Xia, why does your sister have a different surname than yours? Uh...I don't know much about the situation in Huaxia. Maybe this is normal on your side?"

Xia Ruofei had to explain again: "I have no blood relationship with Qiaoer, but she is indeed my sister."

"Ah! Well..." Aunt Cabelli smiled and nodded.

Lin Qiao said with a smile, "Aunt Cabelli, I have drank the semillon that Ruofei Ge bought from your winery, and the rich and mellow taste impressed me deeply!"

Aunt Cabelli said with a smile: "Lin, I'm very honored that you like our semillon!"

At this time, old West said with a hint of apology: "Xia, I'm sorry, it's messy here today, and the workers are all on vacation. I can't treat you like last time."

Xia Ruofei nodded and said: "Uncle Carter, I heard Brother Liang say something about your situation, but he doesn't know much about it. Can you tell me specifically? It's really time to sell the winery. eh? Uh... I'm not trying to find out about your bastards, I just want to see if I can help."

Old West smiled and said: "The company's financial situation is all public information, and there are no secrets to speak of. Since you are interested, then I will tell you."

Aunt Cabelli sighed and said, "Stop standing here, let's sit inside!"

"Yes, yes, Xia, please go inside!" said Old West.

Everyone walked into the winery together. When Xia Ruofei came here last time, there were still many tourists here. Everyone tasted wine and food here, and many people bought fine wine. Today, it is deserted here, and it looks a little messy.

Old West invited Xia Ruofei and the two to sit down. Aunt Cabeli went to the bar to prepare drinks for everyone. Old West told Xia Ruofei and Lin Qiao what happened during this time.

It turns out that Old West did not inherit the winery from the beginning. On the contrary, when he was young, he had no interest in this long-established family winery. After graduating from university, he started a business in Melbourne. Export trading companies have done well.

However, his father was getting older and older, and he was unable to manage the winery. Old West was reluctant to take over the winery, but his focus was still on the Melbourne company.

However, as time went on, Old West became more and more fond of life in the winery. Maybe he grew up in the Hunter Valley area with wine genes in his bones, but it was not activated when he was young.

As a result, Old West's work and life focus more and more on the winery side.

The winery has also revived the second spring under his management, and has become a well-known winery in the Hunter Valley. Many foreign tourists come to visit and buy.

Relatively speaking, the import and export trading companies in Melbourne have begun to neglect management.

Originally, Old West did not expect that company to make a lot of money. At his age, he prefers a leisurely winery life. The slow-paced state of the Hunter Valley is exactly what he wants.

However, since the beginning of this year, the economic situation in Europe has not been very good. Old West's company in Melbourne is mainly engaged in the European market. Since March, many payment for goods have been delayed, and the company's operating funds have begun to be stretched.

Over the past few months, the situation has continued to deteriorate. On the one hand, the payment for goods on the European side has been delayed, and on the other hand, Old West on the Australian side has begun to be unable to pay the supplier's payment for the goods and the wages of the employees. The capital chain actually broken.

Both the winery and the company are under the name of West. Once the company goes bankrupt, the winery will definitely be auctioned by the court to pay off the debt.

Old West naturally didn't want to see such a result, so he could only reluctantly sell the winery, hoping to exchange cash to deal with the company's crisis.

This winery has a history of more than 150 years and has been passed down from generation to generation by the West family. If it was not a last resort, he would definitely be reluctant to sell the winery.

In the words of the Chinese people, this is the foundation of the ancestors!

Although Westerners are not very strong in this concept, Old West has grown up here since he was a child, and since he was in his forties, he has devoted himself to running the winery and invested a lot of effort and energy, so this is really true for him. is a difficult decision.

After listening to it, Xia Ruofei asked, "Uncle Carter, how much money does your company need to survive the crisis?"

Old West said without hesitation: "We still have some personal savings, and we have a shortfall of about 1.8 million Australian dollars."

At this time, Aunt Cabelli came over with a fragrant pie and freshly squeezed juice, and she also heard the topic of old West and Xia Ruofei.

Aunt Cabelli put the food on the table and said angrily: "Xia, our winery has been valued by a professional institution and is worth at least 2.4 million Australian dollars, but we contacted several buyers, and they all Knowing the financial crisis of the Carter Company, I hope to take the opportunity to buy the winery at a low price, and none of them are asking more than A$1.5 million.”

Lin Qiao also said indignantly after hearing this: "Isn't this taking advantage of the fire? How could they do this?"

Xia Ruofei said to Lin Qiao dumbfoundedly, "It's just business and business. Uncle Carter needs money urgently. Those buyers will definitely take the opportunity to lower the price. This has nothing to do with morality."

In order to take care of the feelings of the old West couple, Xia Ruofei also said this sentence in English.

After listening, Old West smiled bitterly: "Lin is right, the competition in the shopping mall is so cruel."

Xia Ruofei smiled lightly and said, "But their asking price is too low, which is a bit insignificant!"

Aunt Cabelli said: "Yeah! We have taken the initiative to reduce the price many times, but if the winery can't even get 1.8 million Australian dollars, then it is pointless for us to sell the winery. This money is not enough. survive the company crisis."

Seeing the sad faces of the West couple, Lin Qiao couldn't help but feel a little sympathy, and couldn't help but look at Xia Ruofei, but she was well-behaved and sensible and didn't say anything.

Lin Qiao also read some strategies before traveling to Australia, and naturally understands the exchange rate of Australian dollars. She knows that 1.8 million Australian dollars is equivalent to 10 million Chinese dollars, which is not a small sum of money.

Although this money may be available to Xia Ruofei, after all, the West couple and Xia Ruofei are not relatives, and they have only met a few times, and they are neighbors with relatively good relations.

There are countless people in this world who need help all the time. Xia Ruofei is a human being, not a god. How could he be able to help?

So Lin Qiao chose to remain silent.

Xia Ruofei asked with a smile: "Uncle Carter, if you can exchange enough money for the winery, what are you going to do next?"

Old West said a little tiredly: "I will use this money to pay off the company's debts and lay off employees. I think the remaining money should be enough for me and Cabelli to live."

Aunt Cabelli also said: "The economic situation in Europe is not very good now. Carter has long wanted to close the company's business and concentrate on running the winery. However, the company does not say that it will end after the end. There are many capital transactions, creditor's rights and debts. It has to be dealt with step by step, but I didn’t expect that before we could straighten out all this, the company was hit hard and could no longer support it any longer.”

Xia Ruofei nodded and got the answer in his heart.

He pondered for a moment, then looked at the winery full of retro style, and said with a smile: "Uncle Carter, I am also very interested in your winery. Can we talk about the acquisition?"