Chapter Thirteen: Orange County Farmstead

  After issuing bonuses to everyone, Guo Yu led his team to set out again after resting in New York for a few days. This time, they first arrived in San Francisco and purchased 60,000 acres of land in Quicksand Town, 55 kilometers southwest of San Francisco, before continuing on to Orange County, Los Angeles to purchase 220,000 acres of land.

  San Francisco and Los Angeles in California are places where Chinese people gather, and later California is the first agricultural state in the United States. The two farms chosen by Guo Yu are both excellent locations with good climate and natural environment. Guo Yu plans to establish his own manor here.

  The first stop for Chinese people arriving in the United States is usually San Francisco, which is closer to the port and more convenient for Guo Yu's subsequent operations. There are also many Chinese people here, making it easier for him to recruit people and expand his team without having to bring everyone from China.

  Quayle's land, Kuo Yu did not allow the drilling team to enter because he knew there was no oil. Quayle and Kuo Yu planned to use it as a farm and transfer station. It is only 55 kilometers away from San Francisco Port, the second largest port in America. In the future, large quantities of goods entering and leaving the United States will need to be collected and distributed here.

  He took the drilling team directly to Orange County, and had geological experts survey their own land. At the same time, Guo Yu was also anxious about his own team, starting to implement the next plan.

  "Al, I want to establish my own estate in Orange County. I may live here and build my own villa. Later, I plan to develop this place into an agricultural garden, specializing in wheat and corn cultivation. Quaker's estate will be used as a planting base and logistics transfer station. You start gathering people now and make plans for these two locations. I want to recruit Chinese people to enter the plantation, remember, I only want Chinese."

  "Villa you can find someone to design, after I approve it, construction can begin. Now you can massively recruit subordinates, as long as you think they are useful, now I grant you this right."

  "Hart, you will hand over the management of the drilling team to deputy team leader Pete. You will be in charge of managing all employees of the plantation. I need a militarized management. You can train them as if they were the German Army."

  "Er Zhu and Li Meng, you will form your own guard team in the future. Select capable personnel from Hua's employees, arm them, and Ha De will train the guard team as professional soldiers."

  "Brown established a 'Huafu Academy' while building the estate, similar to a training center model, providing cultural education for all employees. Hu Yunyuan and Xiaoni, Lisha must join in, together to complete this task, I will give you the books to study, including language, mathematics, geography, history, Huafu Hall doctrine and other courses, we need to cultivate our own talents."

  "For now, that's all. You can split up and take action. If there are any problems, you can come ask me at any time. Remember, both of our estates are called 'Huafu Estate'."

  Huafu Manor has entered a period of intense construction, but Guo Yu doesn't pay much attention to it because his subordinates are doing a great job. Guo Yu checks his merit points and finds that he now has over 13 million points, which should be enough to upgrade one item, but he's not in a hurry.

  The points reminded him of a group of subordinates in the Republic, it's been more than three months now. It seems that they have done well recently, and their own points growth rate has improved significantly. He should pay attention to them. Bringing two bodyguards to the telegraph office to send a telegram, asking about the domestic situation, and informing his current address, so that they can contact each other frequently in the future.

  Two days later, he received a telegram from home and Da Zhu reported on the situation at home. Huafu Hui now has 17 branches in North China, and has made a name for itself in North China. Because of the official title of the Charitable General Association, local governments have not been overly troublesome, and each branch has also formed its own security team, with a total number of over 2,000 people, but fearing that it would cause resentment from the government, no firearms were equipped.

  The orphanage has taken in over 3,000 people, all of whom are studying according to Guo Yu's instructions, with very good results. There are now over 1,000 people who can be used.

  Antique jade trading is now handled by Chen Yougong, and everything is going smoothly. They have purchased many antiques, but there is no way to send them to Guo Yu for the time being. The main point of Dazhu's telegram is that everything is safe and sound, and all matters are being handled according to Guo Yu's arrangements.

  Kuo Yu felt comforted upon seeing the telegram, his foundation was in Huaxia and his philanthropic career would eventually return to develop there, he couldn't abandon it. After decades of turmoil and upheaval, with 50 million dead civilians, the Republic of China needed someone to soothe its wounds; although he wasn't a god, he could make an effort, couldn't he?

  After several months of construction, each farm has built a dormitory that can accommodate 5,000 people, and will continue to increase the construction as needed. Guo Yu's villa has been completed with the main building, and the decoration will take some time in the future.

  Al has already recruited over 3,000 workers among the Chinese. Now they are organizing to work together on the construction of the ranch. Although California's climate is good, this year's planting season has passed and we need to wait until next spring.

  Kuo Yu sent a telegram to the domestic side, requesting that Tai Chu organize three thousand people, charter a ship to send the "Hua Fu Hui" personnel to San Francisco, and then send them to the farm. These people will become employees of the plantation in the future, as well as the first batch of personnel for future business development. After all, it's best to use one's own cultivated talent, right?

  At this time, the exploration team in Orange County also brought good news. They found an oil well with a large storage capacity. The second oil well is being drilled and has a high probability of producing oil. It seems that they can contact Mobil again and make another profit.

  This time it was still the old guy Hadson, an old acquaintance who is easy to deal with. Gu Yu personally led his team to the exploration and drilling site at Orange County Farm. This is a basin area of the farm, located in the west direction of the farm, surrounded by low hills, which is not suitable for planting.

  The survey team worked hard for several days and came up with surprising data, 800 million barrels of oil reserves, the largest oil field discovered in recent years. Guo Yu was also very happy and held a wine party with all the staff.

  When Hudson proposed the purchase, Guo Yu expressed his own idea. He wanted to cooperate with Mobil and jointly establish an oil company with this oil field, holding a portion of the shares himself and selling the remaining shares to Mobil.

  What Guo Yu proposed is not unusual, as it's common for companies to sell part of a large oil field after its discovery and form another oil company with other petroleum companies. However, this usually only happens with well-connected major corporations, as individuals rarely have the ability to enter the oil industry controlled by Rockefeller, except for Guo Yu now.

  Guo Yu led his team to New York again for business negotiations with Mobil Corporation. Guo Yu also proposed additional conditions, the oil field can be sold, but the land on the ground must belong to Guo Yu's private ownership, because he wants to set up a farm. Douglas and Guo Yu negotiated at the negotiating table for two days before finally reaching an agreement.

  Both parties set up 'California Orange Petroleum Company' with a capital of $40 million. Guo Yu invested in the oil field, holding 25% of the shares, while Standard Oil held 50%, and the remaining shares would be taken over by other petroleum companies. Guo Yu received $29 million in cash.

  After visiting Little John again, Guo Yu returned to the Orange County Manor. Al came to report: "Boss, now the manor has recruited 3,400 Chinese workers, who have been assigned to two manors. The worker dormitories have all been built and all employees have been settled in. The worker dormitories can still accommodate about 6,000 employees. Your manor is being renovated and is expected to be ready for occupancy in another 20 days. Is there anything else you'd like to instruct?"

  "I've recruited 3,000 people from the Hua country to come over. You go and verify when they can arrive, and then go to the port to pick them up and assign them to the manor."

  "Alright, this year's planting season is over, it's just right to organize the staff to tidy up the manor's land now, and we can directly sow next year. I've already arranged for people to buy agricultural machinery and seed tools, they should arrive soon." Ar said.

  "Uh, you go arrange these things. I trust that you will do a good job. Right, now we need to operate my enterprise in a corporate mode and establish various departments on the farm. You are recognized as the general manager, and you should set up an agricultural department to manage the farm, a mining department to manage the oil industry, an administrative department responsible for coordination, an education department responsible for managing "Huafu Academy", and a security department responsible for the safety of the farm. Study these departments well and report back to me with your recommendations, and I will make the decisions." Gu Yu instructed.

  "Provide guns for the Ministry of Defense, equip team members with Springfield rifles. Isn't this the rifle that America's army is equipped with? At least 5,000 should be purchased, which can be done in batches. Bullets should also be stocked up in large quantities because if team members practice their marksmanship frequently, they will definitely use a lot of bullets."

  "Alright boss, I'll take care of it." Al closed his book and left, looking very professional.

  With 60 million in cash of his own, what should he do?