Zhou Buqi watched the next two games of Manchester United at home.

In the 32nd round of the Premier League against visiting Bolton Wanderers, Ferguson indeed arranged a substitute lineup and rested the main players to prepare for the very important Champions League game in midweek.

However, the substitute lineup did not perform well and conceded a goal in the 37th minute.

In the second half, the situation failed to improve. Ferguson replaced two people in a row, replacing the young player Bell and the core of the team Rooney. The effect of the substitutions was immediate. In the 78th minute of the game, Rooney equalized the score with a header. Only 5 minutes passed.

, Gareth Bale broke out, attacked from the wing and then cut inside directly, and shot a blast to overtake the score!

On March 30, Zhou Buqi went to the airport to pick him up, and everyone from the Shi family came to London. Shi Jinglin was going to be a bride, and the whole family came to commemorate it. Even her sister Zhou Nan asked for leave and ran away from China.

come over.

So when Manchester United played Bayern Munich away from home on March 31, the whole family watched the game together in front of the TV. The atmosphere was so lively.

However, the team's performance was not satisfactory.

Manchester United's recent injury wave has been too serious. Van Persie, Robben, Beckham, Carrick and others have all suffered injuries. But this is the most important game, and Ferguson still fielded the strongest lineup.

The left winger is Giggs, the center is Berbatov, and Rooney plays on the right. The midfield trio is Scholes, Yaya Toure and Bastian Schweinsteiger.

The effect is not very good.

At the end of the first half, Manchester United trailed 0:2.

Half-time adjustment, Berbatov came off, Park Ji-sung came on. Rooney moved to the center, Park Ji-sung played on the right. Then, Yaya Toure's position was moved forward to strengthen the attack.

Under the tight defense of the opponent's tall central defender, Berbatov could hardly get the ball. In the second half, he had to play more with his feet and pursue short, flat and quick agile coordination.

However, the effect is still not very good.

In the 62nd minute of the game, Ferguson completed his second substitution. The aging Giggs came off the field and was replaced by his fellow Welshman Gareth Bale.

Then, the good show started.

Last summer, Manchester United spent a huge sum of 40 million euros to buy their main right back Lahm from Bayern. In other words, Bell faced the slow German defender Lyle, and the supporting and protective central defender Demi

Kelis, the Argentinian is even slower.

Bell comes on the field, full of energy, young and vigorous, showing off his power!

In the 69th minute of the game, Manchester United intercepted the ball on defense, and Scholes passed it directly to Bell on the wing. This was amazing. Bell started racing like a hot wheel.

He moved forward, charged at full speed, and directly passed through Lyle's defense. Then, facing Demichelis's defense, he simply moved forward again, and the ball went directly to the edge of the small penalty area.

Facing the attacking goalkeeper Lehmann, Bell calmly fired a low shot that went under the goalkeeper's armpit!

1:2!

Manchester United pulled one back.

The show is not over yet.

In the 83rd minute of the game, the same trick was almost repeated. After taking the ball, Bell once again used his absolute advantage in speed to eat up the opponent's defensive players, and then directly hit the far corner from the right side of the penalty area!

The ball went in again!

2:2!

Gareth Bale, the surprise player who came on as a substitute, became the most dazzling star on the court. He scored two goals in 20 minutes to help Manchester United equalize the score!

The broadcast footage showed Ferguson, who was dancing happily like a child.

The current Champions League still has an away goal advantage. The away game ended with a score of 2:2. It can be said that Manchester United has already occupied a huge advantage on the way to promotion.

Zhou Buqi was very satisfied with the result of this game and sent a text message to Ferguson after the game: "Congratulations, a great game."

After watching the game, I talked about business with my second sister Shi Jingmei.

The father-in-law of the Shi family also participated.

What we are talking about is the plan to build a factory in Chaowan Commune.

At present, Chaowan Commune plans to introduce three advanced toy production factories in the country. Each production line can produce 10,000-20,000 blind boxes per day. The three production lines can produce approximately 15 million blind boxes per year.

This scale is far from enough.

Judging from the current trend, Manchester United's annual blind box sales may reach 10 million blind boxes. Chaowan Commune needs to further expand its production line.

At least three more production lines will be introduced!

However, Shi Jingmei has very high requirements for lathe equipment, and the production lines are all high-priced goods purchased from Germany. Money is not a problem, Chaowan Commune has just completed financing and has sufficient funds.

What is lacking is time.

Next season's games will start in August or September.

This kind of large machine tool can only be transported by sea. It may take 2-3 months to transport it back to China from Germany. And the lathe takes another 2-3 months.

There's not enough time.

This means that it is now necessary for Chaowan Commune to build a factory in Europe. After the lathe equipment is produced, it can be directly brought to the nearest factory for installation, deployment, and production.

Only in this way can we catch up with the production demand for blind box orders next season.

Shi Jingmei explained: "I have conducted research and found that Lego has five major production areas in the world. In addition to Denmark, the other four regions are Hungary, Mexico, the Czech Republic and China. The production lines of our domestic factories are the smallest, and other countries have the smallest production lines."

Almost. Domestic labor costs are indeed low, but indirect costs such as infrastructure, tax rates, transportation, and warehousing are higher. Taken together, the cost difference does not count when building factories in small European countries outside the Eurozone such as Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland, and Croatia.

Too big."

Zhou Buqi asked: "The gap is not big, is there a gap?"

"Well, the domestic cost is still lower. Maybe the cost in India and Vietnam will be lower, but the situation in India and Southeast Asia is not very stable. Europe is very stable. As long as you don't get close to Russia, there are no geopolitical risks in Central Europe."

Shi Jingmei has been in Europe for half a month for inspection and feels that she cannot delay it too much.

Old father-in-law Shi Guotai said: "It is right to build factories in Europe. We cannot build all factories in China. We still have to diversify investment."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "Would it also help the family's chemical business?"

"Yes." Shi Guotai did not hide it. "For the same batch of goods, the profit from exporting is 15% to 20% higher than the profit from domestic sales."

Domestically produced products are often sold cheaper abroad and sold at higher prices domestically.

There are four main reasons.

First, the price abroad is low, which is conducive to grabbing the market. This is the most important point.

Second, VAT can be refunded on exports.

Third, foreign income taxes and indirect taxes will be lower.

Fourth, the cost of infrastructure services such as water, electricity, and transportation fees in foreign countries is lower. With less operating costs, there is room for lower prices.

Almost all the raw materials used by Chaowan Commune to produce blind boxes are provided by Shijia's chemical company.

If Chaowan Commune builds a factory in Europe, it will be equivalent to opening up a new export track for the Shi family's chemical business, which can create higher income.

Shi Guotai said: "In fact, it is secondary to earn more or less. Exports earn foreign exchange, which is related to the stability of the country's financial system. This means that export-oriented enterprises have a higher class status. The greater the share of exports, the more they can

The more social resources you occupy.”

Now that the words were said, Zhou Buqi couldn't object even if he wanted to. He smiled and said, "Okay, that's a good thing, let's do it like this! Second sister, have you chosen the address?"

"Poland, it's right next to Germany. German is the second language in Poland, and it's easy to communicate." Shi Jingmei has already done the preliminary work, "German management is the best in Europe, you can find a German

Someone comes and becomes the factory director."

Zhou Buqi nodded, "When doing business in continental Europe, you still have to do it around Germany."

That's it.

The father-in-law of the Shi family was very satisfied. He felt that since he got to know this good son-in-law, the family business was getting better and better. He got up and left the study, intending to go back to rest.

Flying from China to attend the wedding of my third daughter, this long journey is really a bit tiring.

Just a few steps out of the study, he suddenly remembered that Tai Zun Real Estate had an idea for a project before he said it, so he turned back and was shocked when he opened the door.

Then she found her second daughter, Shi Jingmei, kneeling on the sofa, lifting her skirt up, and her third son-in-law, Zhou Buqi, standing behind her, untying her belt.

"Ah!" Shi Jingmei reacted first, quickly put down her skirt, stood up suddenly, and said with a blushing face, "Dad, why didn't you knock on the door?"

Zhou Buqi was so embarrassed that he wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl in.

This is terrible.

Maybe my old father-in-law will be angry.

Unexpectedly, Shi's father-in-law looked even more embarrassed than Zhou Buqi, and then he quickly turned around and walked out, "You guys continue... continue... I'm going back to the house to rest..."

Zhou Buqi twitched the corner of his mouth.

Shi Jingmei breathed a sigh of relief, then went over and locked the door of the study room. She walked back and lifted her skirt around her waist, revealing a pair of sexy black panties underneath. She looked at Zhou Buqi with a half-smile, "What's wrong?"

?Are you scared? Didn’t you just say you were going to hit me? Hit me?"

Zhou Buqi coughed lightly, "Well... your dad won't misunderstand, right?"

"What's the misunderstanding?"

"Just now when you were pouting here, I was taking off my belt, and he saw it. That action... seemed like I was going to have something happen to you."

"Puch!"
To be continued...