Chapter 742 Negotiating acquisitions with the state government
The land ownership system in the United States is different from that in China.
Most of the land in the country is owned by the public, and only a very small amount of farmland is allocated to private individuals. In fact, there is no private land at all.
Because these fields are allocated to private individuals, individuals basically have no control rights, let alone private sales.
At most, some compensation was paid for the demolition.
There is no such thing as large private landowners in China.
The United States is different.
There are two types of land ownership in the United States: private ownership and public land ownership.
Among them, private ownership dominates, accounting for approximately 60% of the country's land area, and basically owns most of the rights to the land it belongs to.
Private individuals can buy and sell land and can freely control the use of land.
The premise is just to obtain some permits, such as environmental protection agencies related to environmental pollution, wildlife protection agencies with wild animals, etc.
The public ownership of land is divided into two levels.
One level is owned by the federal government, accounting for about 33% of the country's land area, and the other level is owned by the state government, accounting for about 5%. The remaining 2% of the land is the original Indian reservation.
Only a pitiful 2% of the once real masters of the North American continent remain.
This is quite dramatic!
It is also a human tragedy!
The reason why private land accounts for 60% is mainly because in the mid-to-late 1990s, the then government promulgated the far-reaching "Homestead Law".
This law stipulates that the head of each household or a U.S. citizen over 21 years old, as well as those who apply to obtain U.S. citizenship and have not used force to oppose the U.S. government,
As long as you pay a registration fee of US$10, you can obtain about hectares of land, or nearly 1,000 acres, from state-owned land in the west for free.
You only need to farm continuously for more than 5 years to legally own the land.
Coupled with the subsequent agricultural laws such as the "Tree Planting Law", "Barren Land Law", and "Stone Law", state-owned land will be further distributed free of charge.
In recognition of their contribution to the Civil War, the U.S. government also donated large amounts of land to soldiers and companies.
This series of national government operations, coupled with nearly a hundred years of continuous evolution, resulted in 60% of the land in the United States becoming privately owned.
It is precisely because of these policies that the locations of these private lands are relatively good.
After all, as long as the land is cultivated and cultivated for 5 consecutive years, the land will become one's own. No one wants to go to a bad "bad" place compared to land in a fertile area with convenient transportation.
Among them, for example, the area chosen by Long Zhan is located on the edge of the great swamp.
Everyone knows the harsh environment of the swamp. It is not suitable for farming or living. As a result, no one has ever made it private land.
After searching online, Long Zhan learned that this land belongs to the North Carolina government.
Compared to private.
Government land is actually easier to operate, especially since this land still belongs to the state government and does not need to be declared to the federal government during the purchase and sale process.
As long as you can use appropriate means to accelerate, you can definitely get it done within a month.
Long Zhan personally went to the site for on-site investigation and found that although it was a swamp in name, it was not difficult to build on the edge of the swamp.
As long as dozens of high-rise buildings are not built, there will be no problems at all with this land.
Even because it is a swamp, there are some advantages for building a military training center that do not exist in other places.
For example, swamp areas with muddy roads are very suitable for special forces to come in for special training.
Long Zhan also discovered an inner lake inside, with an area of about 40 acres, which can be transformed into a water training ground.
Dragon War is about to win the Navy SEAL contract, and this inner lake is simply the finishing touch.
Absolutely amazing!
Once here, there is a formal center, which is the entire planned land for the training ground, and this inner lake must be captured.
After driving around the edge of the swamp, Long Zhan had a rough outline in his mind.
Finally, I took out the map and drew an irregular oval with Neihu as the northern perimeter, delineating a land area of more than 4,000 acres.
Due to the complicated procedures for purchasing land from the government, Long Zhan did not go directly to negotiate the price this time.
Instead, he called Tucker and asked him to dispatch a professional business team from the company to take charge of related land transfer matters.
As the saying goes: Use magic to defeat magic.
To deal with official organizations that may not charge exorbitant amounts of money or make things difficult for others, but will go through various complicated procedures, a professional business team must be dispatched to deal with it.
Tucker's speed was quite fast, and the business group flew over on the second day.
Long Zhan met with the head of the business group at the hotel and had a private meeting with him for nearly two hours, discussing all the details that needed attention.
And gave him a minimum price and a maximum price for him to operate.
The lowest price is US$2,000 per acre, and the highest price cannot exceed US$7,000 per acre.
And promised to receive a bonus after the sale is concluded.
The bonus ranges from US$10,000 to US$500,000. The closer the final transaction price is to the low price of Dragon War Report, the higher the bonus the business group will receive.
On the other hand, if the highest transaction amount is US$7,000, the bonus will be reduced to US$10,000.
If the negotiation is not successful, wages will be deducted.
Under the mechanism of clear rewards and punishments like Dragon War, the enthusiasm of the person in charge of the business group was completely mobilized, and he was full of joy and was bound to win a bonus of 500,000.
This is fucking 500,000.
It is equivalent to his salary for several years.
As a representative of Titan Company, the business group officially began to contact the North Carolina government to negotiate the transfer of swampland.
Faced with the land transfer and sale worth tens of millions, and the subsequent investment of companies that may reach hundreds of millions, it can bring huge benefits and tax revenue to the state.
The North Carolina government attaches great importance to it and has also sent a special team to conduct separate negotiations.
Such a large deal cannot be concluded in three or two days. The various preliminary negotiations are very complicated and are expected to take at least half a month.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Until the day when the contract is finally signed, Long Zhan does not need to show up at all.
This time, Long Zhan, who had been busy for nearly 10 days, suddenly lost the burden on his shoulders and became a shopkeeper with nothing to do.
Looking for an excuse to stop by and rest for a few days, Long Zhan simply ran back and started to get tired of Stella.
Except for the small cup size, this woman's condition is very good in all aspects. After Long Zhan's hard work over the years, this shortcoming has developed a second time, and her skin has become more delicate and smooth.
In addition, Stella knows how to be a woman and thinks about many things more clearly than ordinary women, and will never cause trouble for Long Zhan.
Therefore, even though Long Zhan has played with all kinds of beauties, he still can't get enough of the "evolved" Stella.
While enjoying life together with Stella at home, and taking time to have a drink with John from time to time, Long Zhan kept in touch with Tucker.
On the one hand, it is to understand the progress of recruitment and whether the work of expanding staff is going smoothly.
On the other hand, we need to keep paying attention to land resumption to ensure that this transaction can be completed 100%, so that Taishen Company can smoothly enter the second stage of development.
In the blink of an eye.
Three days have passed.
The progress in staff expansion is very good, even exceeding initial expectations.
Under the dual stimulation of Dragon War's rewards and dividends, the company's existing contractor employees are very active and devote themselves to this gluttonous feast.
In less than half a month since the recruitment announcement was made at the end of the meeting, the company has successfully signed 248 contractors.
In addition to those recruited from the original Dragon War, including Sayu, Jasper, Tanto, Teague, the instructors from the Hunter Academy and dozens of other old contractors.
Jushen Company's serious standard PMC has now exceeded the 300-person mark.
With such remarkable results in just half a month, Long Zhan believes that it will not be a problem to recruit 1,000 people in the next half year.
As the company has more and more PMCs and ordinary employees, the company's daily financial expenditure burden is getting bigger and bigger, which is a problem that the company must face as it grows.
Long Zhan didn’t take it to heart at all!
Even if Tucker reports to Long Zhan, it is the latest company financial expenditure budget.