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Everyone wanted coffee. We rushed to clean up and dress, and when everyone was ready, we headed downstairs for breakfast. As we walked into the restaurant, we saw Paul, Sally, Jim C, and his wives sitting at a large table, so we joined them.
"Morning everyone," I said. "What's on our agenda for today?"
Mary said, "Good morning all. As to our agenda, we don't have one yet."
Jim C said, "Well that is about to change I think. If I'm not mistaken, I just saw Maxine headed to the reception desk."
Frank got up from the table, found Maxine, and brought her back to the table. As she arrived, those of us who had not ordered were giving our order to our waitress. Maxine settled for a cup of tea.
Frank asked, "Did you find out anything interesting yesterday Maxine?"
"Yes I did. The Ministry's office confirmed that you could engage in automotive fabrication under the current zoning. I also asked about the Assessment of Environmental Effects. They said that as long as you don't dump waste products on the property and utilize the approved procedures for any hazardous materials that may be required you wouldn't have any problems getting your Resource Consent Application approved.
"The local district is in financial difficulty. The tax base that your plant represents will aid them with many of the new programs that they need to fund. They are very willing to work with you in getting the plant built and operational, so there should be no problem with new construction."
Frank and I had been watching Paul and Sally as Maxine explained things to us and saw them nodding their heads in agreement, although they did shrug their shoulders at a few things she said. Frank said, "That sounds like good news Maxine. Jim and I need to check out a few additional items and if everything is okay, we will be making the owner an offer.
"Did you locate any properties that would be good for a new residence?"
"Yes and they are not too far from the lot for your plant. Both are flat bare farmland that is zoned for both agriculture and residential use; however, they are considerably larger than the 40 acres you indicated. One is 200 acres and the second is 190 acres. The owners are two elderly couples who have no kids, so all they want to do is to sell the property and get enough money to support themselves for the remainder of their lives. I was a bit hesitant to suggest the lots, but the price is ridiculously low, so even if you don't need a property that large it will be a good investment."
"When can we see them?" Frank said.
"I thought you might want to see them, so I made arrangements for us to go out anytime today."
"Good thinking Maxine. I think we will all be ready to go right after breakfast."
Maxine gave our bus driver the addresses of the two lots, and then we followed her to the first lot.
Once again, she gave all of us data sheets and described the property. Frank and I were nodding yes to each other. We liked what we saw; even if it was a good bit larger than we had intended buying. Then it was back on the bus, and off to the second lot. The second lot was only two miles from the first, and we couldn't see any appreciable difference between the two lots.
"What do you think Frank?"
"I like both of them Jim. I'm not sure what we are going to do with all of this extra land, but we will undoubtedly find a use for it. Since they are basically the same, I think we should go for the larger of the two lots."
I looked at our wives who were all smiles and nodding their heads. I said, "Well, I guess I'll make it unanimous.
Jim C spoke up saying, "Congratulations on your new home. My wives and I were talking last night and on the way over here. We will buy the smaller property."
Frank and I looked at each other in surprise. I said, "We thought you wanted to keep separation between us."
"As far as business goes that is true, but I like to keep my friends close to me."
I think the most surprised and happiest of us all was Maxine. We were going to offer the asking prices, which totaled about $30 million, so assuming that all of the sellers accepted our offers, she, as the owner of the real estate agency and lister of the properties, had just made a commission of close to $667,000 NZ for about four days of work.
After returning to our hotel, Maxine sat down with the three of us over lunch and wrote up the three offer letters. We wanted this to be a package deal, so we added a contingency requiring all three offers to be accepted by the respective sellers. She would present them to the owners' agents that afternoon, and then it would be just a matter of waiting.
Our wives wanted us to become tourists for the rest of the day, so they could go see the sights of Auckland. Frank and I went along and enjoyed ourselves. Why is it that for women, at least for our wives, the main sights of a new city are always apparel shops? Frank and I will never understand why as tourists, we had to try to buy out every clothing store we went into. The telltale words were, "Oh, look. Isn't that cute?"
Ka-ching, Ka-ching, Ka-ching.
Early that evening, Maxine called to let us know that the owners of the two residential lots had accepted our offers. She had not heard from the other lot's owner.
Maxine joined us for breakfast the next day. Our offer expired at 2 PM if the owner failed to respond. Maxine contacted the owner to find out if he had a problem with the offer. After five minutes of intense conversation, Maxine asked the owner to give her a moment. She turned to us and said, "My client can't make a decision. I think that since you offered full price, he believes he has undervalued the property."
I said to Maxine, "Tell him that he set a price. We would like to buy the property and didn't want to haggle over price; his price seems fair to us so we offered what he asked. If he decides to decline our offer, then that is okay with us. There are other properties that will meet our needs as well or perhaps better than his property, so we can always look elsewhere."
Maxine explained our position to her client and said goodbye. During breakfast, Jim C talked with her about what he needed for his corporation's site. The rest of the morning was spent sightseeing with our wives. Hamilton had a lot of shops.
While we were eating lunch, Maxine called Sally to let us know our offer had been accepted. After a brief celebration, we gathered in my hotel room for a meeting. With a platter of snack foods on the table and drinks in hand, Frank started the meeting.
"We need to get back to California, but before we leave there are several things that we need to take care of.
Looking at Jim C, Frank said, "Jim would you and your family like Paul and Sally to represent you in the purchase of your property?"
"Yes, I would appreciate their being a go between to keep us informed."
"Paul, Jim and I want you and Sally to represent us in this real estate purchase, and while you are at it, take care of Jim C's purchase as well. Will you need a power of attorney to do that or is our informing Maxine of our wishes adequate?"
"Your direction should be adequate for Maxine, but we will put together a Power of Attorney for each of you for I expect we will need to do other things for you."
"The next item is we need to open several bank accounts. I think that we should open both personal and business bank accounts in Pukekohe tomorrow. We can make a small deposit initially, and then make a wire transfer after we return home so we will have adequate funds to cover the cost of our property purchases and some initial operating capital. Paul, I would like you and Sally to make a recommendation as to which bank in Pukekohe would be the best to represent us."
"Okay Frank," Paul said. "Can you do that Sally, while I put together three powers of attorney?"
Sally nodded yes, so Frank started to continue, but Jim C said, "I think this conversation will be simplified if you consider my family as part of anything we discuss this evening, and if I have a problem with something you say, I'll mention it."
"Alright Jim. My third item is finding an architectural firm to design our homes."
Turning to Jim C, Frank said, "I am not sure what you would like to build Jim, but I have noticed that our two homes in California are very similar. I think that we should merge our design ideas to create a single home design, and then if we want something different, we can tailor a set of plans to meet our specific needs."
Jim C looked at Mary and Karen, and Mary said, "That sounds okay to me."
Jim C nodded to Frank and Frank continued, "Jim, you have been working with your automotive engineer. Is the car's design far enough along that we can begin designing the production line?"
"Yes, he finished the design of our second prototype and we are preparing to test it. He has been documenting the manufacturing process as he has been designing the car. If I recall, he is close to 85% complete in defining what needs to be done at each station of the production line. He told me that he should be complete in around nine months, but that includes a period of time for incorporating any changes in the car's design that may be necessary as a result of our testing. He would have been done by now I think if I hadn't developed tunnel vision about producing a rear-wheel drive vehicle when I had originally planned a front-wheel drive vehicle."
"That's good news Jim. It sounds as if we can begin the design of the production facility. We will need to know how much storage space will be required for the car's parts. We will also need to know how you wish to handle licensing when we go to an outside source for parts."
"We do need to discuss those items Frank, but let's defer that discussion until we can get with my automotive engineer."
"That completes the main items I wanted to address. Does anyone else have anything to bring up?"
I said, "Yes, we will also need to address incorporating our new companies, and decide how we are going to register the Chocolateen Corporation in New Zealand."
Turning to Jim C, I asked, "Have you received any feedback on the name for our new company that Frank suggested the other night?"
"Yes I have. Cathy informed me that her sources indicated that they could foresee no problems with using Jim C's Products as a corporate name. They were still looking into the use of Jim C's as a trademark and brand name."
Paul and Sally gave each other a look for it was the first time Cathy's name had popped up in our conversation. Jim C realized what he said and glanced at the ceiling while he rolled his eyes.
Hoping to divert attention away from Cathy, I said, "Good. Paul what is involved in creating a corporation in New Zealand and how long does it take?"
"Well the process can be done on-line and is fairly simple. It can be completed in several days, but the overall process must be finished within 20 days or you have to restart your application. There is one thing you should know, and that is here in New Zealand, all company names must end with the word 'Limited', or its abbreviation, so your company name would have to be 'Jim C's Products, Ltd'."
I looked at Frank and he just shrugged his shoulders. I said, "That's fine with us."
Paul continued, "I will prepare a list of the information you need to present and a description of the process. The most complex portion of the process is the development of a Constitution if you decide to have one."
Frank asked, "What is a Constitution and what does it mean if we do or do not have one?"
Sally said, "A constitution sets out the rights, powers and duties of your company, board of directors, each director, and the shareholders. If you decide to incorporate without a Constitution, then your company's operation will be governed by the Companies Act of 1993. Since that will require a long time to explain, I suggest we discuss it later."
Frank said, "Alright we'll table that discussion for now. Is there anything else that we need to address?"
Once again, I spoke up with, "Yes, we need to address a detailed schedule for moving to New Zealand and we also need to locate a place to live until our new homes are built.
"My suggestion is we work on the schedule during our return flight, and once we get home, we can get together and discuss our housing requirements."
Frank looked around and everyone seemed to be nodding in agreement, so he said, "Okay we'll update our schedule on the way home and discuss housing after we get there. Is there anything else?
I was surprised and couldn't figure out why he said it, but Jim C added, "Cathy mentioned a couple of items that I need to discuss with the two of you privately."
Sally said, "You mentioned Cathy a few moments ago Jim. Is she someone we need to know about?"
I just had to hear how Jim C would answer that question, "Not really Sally. Cathy works with us as a consultant from time to time. I doubt that you will ever have the opportunity to meet or speak with her."
Frank was smirking over Jim's reply when he summarized with, "From what I am hearing, we will need to spend at least another three days here taking care of what we have discussed. For now, I will tell our flight crew that we plan to depart on the morning of the fourth day. Since we may need to leave late in the day, I'll tell them to plan on our layover to be in Fiji again, since it is only a short flight from here."
Our meeting broke up with everyone returning to their respective hotel rooms. Frank called Bob's room to let him know about our departure plans, so he, Jill, and Carol would have the plane ready to go.
I said, "Frank, I think that we and our wives should begin defining what we want in a new home. We should be able to put together a fairly decent list of needs that we can give to an architect, so they can put together a few concept drawings and floor plans.
"Personally, I think we should plan on a larger home than we have now. I suspect our wives will be giving us several more children, and I have been getting the impression that they are considering adding another wife or two to our family."
Frank replied, "I suspect a larger home is definitely in order. I have been getting similar vibes from my wives. I think we should have a family meeting when we get home to discuss our impressions. If our family is to increase in size, we need to plan that increase into the design of our home."
Some years back, I noticed an interesting habit that Frank and I had. When we talked together regarding our wives, kids, and ourselves, we always said 'family' for we thought of ourselves as a single combined family and our lifestyle followed that single-family concept. However, when we discussed our family with or around others, we used the plural form 'families' as if we were two families sharing a single residence. I don't know if it meant anything specific, but lately we had used family around Jim C and when talking with Frank and me, he had referred to our group as your family.
During the rest of the evening, Frank and I discussed the requirements for a new home with our wives. Our current home seemed adequate for our needs. Frank asked if it would still be adequate, if we added a couple of wives and all of our wives each had one or two more babies. The general consensus was that we would need more bedrooms and the common areas would need to be larger. Sandy and Helen told us that with that many people in the house, they would need commercial equipment in our laundry room and kitchen. They also indicated that they would need some help around the house to care for that many kids. Frank and I looked at each other and nodded; it seemed to us that additional wives would be in our futures. We definitely need to hold that family meeting. Perhaps several domestics would suffice. In retrospect, the strange thing about that conversation was they talked as if we would be adding wives and children, but they avoided acknowledging that that was what we would do.
The next day, the three of us opened our bank accounts where Sally recommended, and we signed the powers of attorney giving Paul and Sally the right to act as our representatives in the purchase of the three properties. Of course, we planned to return to New Zealand for the actual closing on the properties. That afternoon Paul, Sally, Frank, Jim C, and I investigated several architectural firms. Paul called our first choice and set up an appointment for 9:15 AM the next day.
The one thing in particular that I recall of that evening was prompted by one of Frank's comments. We had been discussing the number of bedrooms that were needed in the house. Turning to Jim C, Frank jokingly said, "It seems to me that Jim and I will need far more bedrooms in our house than you will Jim. Do you have any plans for the extra rooms?"
Jim C just laughed and said, "What extra bedrooms? I've been sitting here trying to decide if we have enough bedrooms for my family's future needs. My children will become the next generation of the Inner Council. Cathy tells me that over the next ten years, I will need to add at least four more wives to my family in order to father the number of children that I will need in twenty years. She also mentioned that I would eventually need 25 wives. I think that she and the Guidance Council have a schedule that shows when I should add another wife and when I should father our family's next child. What I know for sure is that Cathy and Sam decided that we should add Mary to our family. A while later, the three of them decided to add Karen. The three of them always seem busy discussing the family's expansion with Cathy shortly before one of them gets pregnant. My family's expansion is planned. It's just that I don't seem to be in the loop when it comes to planning, and I can't decide if that is a good thing or not.
"I haven't described the proposed long-term structure of the Inner Council to you, but, according to the Guidance Council, the next generation of the Inner Council will be structured as a main council here in New Zealand and a number of satellite groups in other countries. That means I will have to father a lot of children, so we will need a lot of bedrooms."
Frank and I were surprised by Jim C's reply. I looked at Frank and intending to tease Frank, I asked, "If we adjust our house plans to what Jim will need, what do you think we will do with our extra bedrooms Frank?"
"I don't know Jim. Maybe we can rent them out to him for any overflow of kids and wives that he may have."
When we finished chuckling over Frank's remark, Jim C said he would consult with Cathy and his wives to determine what their needs would be. Frank and I looked at our four wives and they pointedly ignored our looks. After coming to a silent agreement, Frank and I returned to defining the requirements of our new home. All our wives would say was to wait until we got home, so with no input from our wives, we had to guess at how many bedrooms we would actually need. From the look on our wives faces, our suspicion was that Jim C's needs might not be much more than what we would need.
The next day we met with the architectural firm to discuss our needs. We decided to have them do the design of our homes, and we also came to a tentative agreement for them to design our headquarters building, automotive plant, and support buildings. We didn't end that meeting until late afternoon. Jim C discussed with them what he would need for his R&D company. We all agreed to spend the remainder of the day relaxing at the hotel.
The next morning we met with Paul and Sally to discuss incorporating our businesses and other legal issues that we would face in the coming years. When Paul finished reviewing the requirements of the Companies Act of 1993 with us, I said, "Paul, the requirements specified by the Companies Act seem very similar to the way we structured and currently operate the Chocolateen Corporation. Frank and I are planning to operate the new corporation the same way, so what advantages might we obtain by developing a separate Constitution?"
"In general, I can't think of anything specific that you would gain. Now if you were a small business, many of the Act's requirements might be burdensome to you and your business, so a Constitution would be a way to unburden yourself. If you have what you call a business plan for the new corporation or for the Chocolateen Corporation, Sally and I can review it to determine if you may benefit from a Constitution."
Frank said, "Jim and I have been working on a business plan for the new corporation but it is not complete. We wanted to determine what would be required of us by New Zealand before we expended unnecessary effort. We will give you a copy of what we have and a copy of the Chocolateen Corporation's business plan. That should give you a good idea of what we have planned."
Sally said, "Good, the next thing we think would be beneficial to discuss with you is employee wages and benefits, which is my specialty."
The day continued with a variety of topics that spanned both our personal and business needs. We finally finished around 4:00 PM. Paul and Sally ended up with a long list of items that they would need to do for us, some more critical than others. Everyone was in agreement, no more business discussion for today.
After breakfast the next day, Paul and Sally left for their home in Auckland and the rest of us boarded the bus to go to the airport. Actually, our flight crew had already left so the plane should be ready to go when we got there.
Once we were airborne, I went to our office area and connected my laptop to the external monitor and keyboard. Frank and Jim C joined me by the time I had booted the laptop and pulled up the schedule. We started down the listing of tasks and task elements. For each of the tasks and task elements that we had started on this trip, we entered hard start dates and adjusted the task duration accordingly. We also added a few task events and linked them to the other events. By the time we finished the updates, Carol was telling us we would be landing in Fiji shortly.
Frank, Jim C, and I had been to Fiji on our last trip, and we played tourist on our outbound leg of this trip, but there were a few things we still wanted to do and see. We let our wives know what we wanted to do, and let them choose our itinerary. The ladies appreciated our consideration and rewarded us and themselves that night.
With all the stores we visited, Frank and I missed a few of the things we wanted to do, so perhaps the next trip. We stayed for two nights and left early in the morning of the next day. We cleared customs at Honolulu, so our arrival at Van Nuys Airport was the same as it always was and we were all eager to get to our respective homes.
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