Lisco's American Life

Furthermore, influenced by Lisko's father and Lisko's philosophy, when Colt gradually became wealthy, he did not spend extravagantly like other Americans. Instead, he consciously asked Lisko for advice and began to save and invest.

Of course, Lisko would not hide anything and instructed Colt to invest his own funds in the stock market and hold Amazon's shares for a long time. As a well-known American Internet company, Amazon has always performed well in the stock market.

The current stock price is US$180 per share, and by 17 years, the price has reached US$1,000. Although compared to some other stocks, it may only have increased five times, which does not seem very impressive.

However, Amazon has been performing very steadily in the stock market and has been growing year by year. As a long-term holding stock, it is still very good, at least there is no risk.

Colt was also convinced of Lisko's suggestion and directly used all the family's current savings of 100,000 US dollars to buy Amazon stocks. The remaining funds were, of course, used to repay the loan he had borrowed from the bank to purchase the ranch.

And he also plans to use all the remaining funds from the year at the end of each year to buy Amazon stocks.

"You're here to get the flowers you need for Christmas, right? I've just prepared a few gift bags, so you can just take them away."

Goli took the prepared bundle over angrily and handed it to Lisko.

As a savvy businessman, Goli knew that many people would buy flowers for Christmas on this day, so she launched a Christmas gift package. One large gift package included all the flowers needed, saving a lot of people.

As soon as this gift package was launched, she received a large number of orders, which made her make a lot of money again.

"Well, I won't be polite. Thank you for your gift."

Lisko looked at Goli who didn't intend to accept the money, and knew that if he gave money, it would definitely hurt the friendship between the two people, so he had no choice but to give up.

After buying flowers, Lisko went shopping on the street again. However, because it was a festival, everyone was in a hurry. They were preparing for the festival at home. There were not many interesting places, so they could only go to the pasture in frustration.

Return inside.

"gentlemen."

Seeing Lisko get out of the car, David, who had been waiting at the gate of the castle for a long time, quickly stepped forward and said hello.

As soon as he arrived at the castle, he heard that Lisko had gone out. After asking about the destination, he chose to wait here. Half an hour had passed since he arrived.

"Is something wrong?"

Lisko handed the gift bag to Yu Qing, motioned for the other party to take it in, and stood there chatting with David.

"Well, Christmas is coming soon, and we need to take stock of this year's accounts, so I would like to ask you, sir, to move to the pasture."

At the end of every year, David would choose a time to report the past year's income and expenses to Lisko. Although Lisko usually trusted him and would hardly interfere, David always adhered to his own principles.

List all ranch expenses in detail.

"Okay."

Lisko knew that he could not shirk this matter, so he could only follow David towards his office.

Colorado is still very cold in winter. Although there has not yet been a large-scale snowfall, the cold wind has already arrived. He wrapped himself in his coat and quickened his pace.

The entire pasture is all withered and yellow, and the trees on the roadside are bare and leafless. The cattle do not leave the cowsheds this season. They still prefer to be in a warm house compared to the freedom outside.

Daily food depends entirely on silage and hay, because the number of cattle on the pasture is not large, and now, a few are slaughtered almost every day, so the storage on the pasture is more than enough.

As soon as David pushed the door open, Lisko took a few steps and entered the office. The warm wind blew on his body, making him shiver as he was already a little cold.

"Come, sir,"

David first poured a cup of hot coffee and handed it to Lisko. The two of them drank a few sips before they regained consciousness.

"Is it going to snow soon?"

Lisko felt that today was much colder than the previous few days.

"Yes, sir, there will be heavy snow the day after tomorrow. I have already done a good job of protecting the pasture and checked every place. There will be no danger of collapse."

Many cattle sheds on ranches are made of wood, which are easily collapsed by snow in winter. There are also houses where ranchers live. There have been a lot less of them around Garrison in recent years. In Lisko’s memory, the most common ones when he was a child

Even if someone's house collapses, everyone will ride their horses to help.

After all, David was an experienced veteran. As soon as he heard Lisko's question, he knew what he meant and explained it clearly.

"That's good."

Lisko nodded and drank the coffee in his hand.

"Okay, let's get started."

Lisko stretched out and entered the warm room. He felt a little sleepy and wanted to end things here as soon as possible and go home to catch up on his sleep.

In the cold winter, the most comfortable place is undoubtedly by the fireplace and under your own bed.

"Okay, sir."

When he got down to business, David's expression became serious. He took out a folder from the drawer beside him and handed it to Lisko.

Lisko opened it, and it listed various expenditures and incomes during the year, as well as the time and pictures of receipts and payments.

"This year, all our rye was brewed into beer. We earned US$5 million at the Oktoberfest. We purchased 1,300 calves at the beginning of the year at a cost of US$1.2 million. Currently, we have slaughtered 800 calves, with a profit of US$260.

One hundred thousand U.S. dollars, the vegetable income is 700,000 U.S. dollars, and after adding the balance at the beginning of the year, the current account balance of the ranch is 7.2 million U.S. dollars."

Of course, this money is after the acquisition of Little Rune Ranch. Lisko looked at the expenditures and incomes one by one and nodded involuntarily.

David saw that Lisko had already approved, and then spoke.

"A portion of the US$7.2 million must be set aside to prepare for next year's purchase of calves, various seeds, and pasture costs. The basic cost of building the hotel is US$1.7 million."

Because the hotel is built in a pasture area and there is no charge for the land, the price is greatly reduced. In addition, the construction company is its own and only charges a little profit, but the engineering strength and decoration supplies are all used

Top-notch, in this regard, it also saves a lot of money.

Compared with the previous two years, this income is much less, and Lisko has no idea of ​​transferring money from the ranch account.

"Let's stick to the old rules and keep the money in the ranch's account to meet the unexpected needs next year."

Because there were very few transactions involved, Lisko quickly completed the review and handed the ledger back to David.