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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 players in a row, replacing the young player Bell and the core of the team Rooney. The effect of the substitution was immediate. In the 78th minute of the game, Rooney equalized the score with a header. Only 5 minutes later, Gareth Bale broke out, attacked from the wing, cut inside, and shot a blast to overtake the score!

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

Therefore, when Manchester United played Bayern Munich in an away game 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.

The recent wave of injuries at Manchester United has been too serious. Robin 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 Schweinsteiger.

The effect is not very good.

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

Halftime adjustment, Berbatov comes off, Park Ji-sung comes on. Rooney moved to the center and Park Ji-sung played on the right. Then, move Yaya Toure's position forward to strengthen the offense.

Under the tight defense of the opponent's tall central defender, Berbatov could hardly get the ball. In the second half, it is necessary to play more with the feet and pursue short, flat and fast 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 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 center back Demichelis, and the Argentinian was even slower.

Bell comes on the field, full of energy, young and energetic, showing great power!

In the 69th minute of the game, Manchester United intercepted the ball on defense, and Scholes directly passed it to Bell on the wing. This is amazing. Bell is like stepping on a hot wheel, and he starts to fly wildly.

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 came 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 for joy 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 road to promotion.

Zhou Buqi was very satisfied with the result of this game and sent Ferguson a text message 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.

They were talking about the Chaowan Commune’s plan to build a factory.

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

This scale is far from enough.

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

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 expensive products purchased from Germany. Money is not a problem. Chaowan Commune has just completed financing and has ample funds.

What is lacking is time.

Next season’s games will start in August and September.

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

Time is running out.

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 in our country's factories are the smallest, and other countries have the smallest production lines. Almost the same. 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, but there is a gap, right?"

"Well, domestic costs are still lower. Maybe costs in India and Vietnam will be lower. However, 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 anything. "For the same batch of goods, the profit from export is 15% to 20% higher than the profit from domestic sales."

Domestic 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, income tax and indirect taxes will be lower abroad.

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 they occupy.”

Having said this, 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 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."

The matter is settled.

The father-in-law of the Shi family is very satisfied. He feels that since he got this good son-in-law, the family business has become smoother and smoother. He got up and left the study, planning to go back and rest.

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

Just a few steps out of the study, he suddenly remembered that Taizun 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 they found their second daughter, Shi Jingmei, kneeling on the sofa, lifting up her skirt, 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 would 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 to the study. 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, "Um... Dad won't get it wrong, 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!"

Shi Jingmei laughed heartlessly.

Zhou Buqi said angrily: "What's so funny?"

Shi Jingmei said nonchalantly: "It's just a misunderstanding, so what? Can't you see what my father's attitude is? He has a patriarchal mentality. As long as his son can inherit the family property, he can take all his daughters All for you."

"No, not really." Zhou Buqi said a good word for his old father-in-law, "I think Lord Taishan is quite nice and reasonable."

Shi Jing gave him a white look, then knelt down on the sofa as before, turning to look at him, "Do you want a beating? How about... how about I take off my underwear?"

"No, that's fine."

Zhou Buqi subconsciously wanted to spit into his palms and rub his hands.

Shi Jingmei had noticed it a long time ago and quickly opened her eyes, "No spitting! It's okay to spank, but spitting is not allowed! This kind of quirk of yours is not good, you must change it!"

Zhou Buqi rubbed his hands together a few times, walked over, lifted her nightgown up again, and raised his palms towards her round and white buttocks, "Second sister, did I really get spanked?"

"Um."

"Easy or important?"

"Whatever, just don't beat me until I can't walk tomorrow."

"Snapped!"

Zhou Buqi was not polite at all and slapped him directly.

Um!

Cool!

It's definitely not okay to beat your wife, it's domestic violence. Beating your wife and her sister should be considered a friendly interaction between relatives, right?