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London is a historic metropolis with so many fascinating tourist attractions. However, Jiang Bingjie and Li Xinwan are not cultural people. They are not interested in historical and cultural places, but they are very interested in the palace.

From the Tower of London to Hampton Court Palace, as well as Kensington Palace, the State Banquet Hall, Kew Palace, etc., we visited the Royal Palaces all over.

However, the most important Buckingham Palace is not open.

It's winter now, it's important to keep warm.

It won’t open until mid-summer.

Both families were disappointed.

That night, Zhou Buqi heard the two eldest daughters talk about this matter, and immediately found a relationship and solved the problem easily. Buckingham Palace is not open to the public, but it is open to private relationships.

The next day was the day of the League Cup final.

Went to Buckingham Palace in the morning, had a British state banquet at noon, and went to Wembley Stadium to watch football in the afternoon.

This morning, Zhou Buqi accompanied the two families to Buckingham Palace.

With no outsiders present, privacy can be protected.

However, there is a little surprise.

It's just that Jiang Bingjie can't open her legs when walking. When she takes long steps, she frowns slightly and has to rely on Zhou Buqi for support. Her mother was very concerned, so she came over and asked in a low voice: "Are you feeling uncomfortable? Your stomach hurts?"

Jiang Bingjie shook her head slightly, her face turned red.

Mother Jiang is very strange.

If something happens to your daughter, you don't have to be so shy, right? What's there to be embarrassed about in front of your mother?

Zhou Buqi coughed slightly and said with some embarrassment: "It's my fault too. Last night... I wasn't very careful and I might have hurt her. Please be careful in the future."

Mother Jiang was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "Oh, this is normal. You are young... you are strong and recover quickly. It's okay."

Jiang Bingjie whispered: "Well, just rest for two days and you'll be fine."

Mother Jiang looked at Li Xinwan on the other side and asked with a smile: "Where's Xiaowan, how are you?"

Li Xinwan pursed her lips and said, "I'm fine. Thank you Aunt Jiang for your concern."

Then, I won’t say much more.

This kind of whisper is relatively private and is inconvenient to talk about.

Then continue sightseeing.

The tour guide is a British girl who speaks relatively fluent Chinese, which is very impressive. Because the visitors were so popular, the Queen sent a maid to take care of them at all times. Although she is a maid, she has a good background. She is a top graduate from Oxford University, the daughter of a Duke, and she is eloquent about British history.

Father Jiang also paid attention to his daughter's situation and asked, "What's wrong with my daughter?"

Mother Jiang said: "It's my period."

Father Jiang frowned slightly and looked back at his daughter, "Why is it so serious this time? Why don't you tell Mr. Zhou and find a place to sit for a while?"

Mother Jiang said impatiently: "Okay, you don't have to worry about the child. By the way, Mr. Zhou said he would invite you to watch the game at Wembley Stadium this afternoon. Will you go?"

"Go!" Father Jiang was very excited, "It's such a good opportunity, of course I want to go. Call Lao Li and let's go together!"

Jiang's mother has no interest in football. "Then you go ahead. My daughter and I will go to the hotel to rest."

At 2 p.m., the League Cup final kicked off at Wembley Stadium in London.

The two teams facing each other are Manchester United and Liverpool.

This is a focus battle!

Although the League Cup is an unimportant and useless event, it is the finals and it is still a duel between mortal enemies, which is very attractive. The stadium with 100,000 people was packed.

Fortunately, Zhou Buqi has a VIP box here, so it is easy to arrange a few people. He himself could not go to the box and had to sit in the public VIP seats.

If the team wins the championship, as the team's boss, he will still have the opportunity to walk onto the green field and win the trophy. Next to the VIP seat was Santoku.

Mainly reporting work.

Santoku beamed with joy, "The San Jose Earthquake deal has basically been concluded."

Zhou Buqi nodded, "Well, I saw the email."

Santoku said: "The transaction price is 18 million US dollars, plus some handling fees and intermediary fees, the transaction should be completed within 20 million US dollars. Next, we will go through the procedures and the transaction is expected to be completed before May."

"Okay, good thing."

Zhou Buqi's attention was on the court. Gerrard's long shot just now almost scored, which was very dangerous.

Liverpool, which has just changed its boss, is very motivated!

In contrast, Manchester United seems to be a bit slow and playing defensive counterattack.

Santoku said: "The total transaction price of the Zurich team reached 60 million U.S. dollars. The main reason why the Earthquakes' price is so low is because the Earthquakes do not have a stadium. The current home stadium used by the Earthquakes is Buckshaw Stadium, which is Santa Clara University. The stadium is the home stadium of their college team, with only 10,000 seats."

"Huh?" Zhou Buqi glanced at him, "Any new plans?"

Santoku said: "In the past few years, the Earthquakes' attendance has increased significantly. In 2007, the stadium was expanded from 6,000 seats to 10,000 seats. Now it seems that it is still a bit small. If If the team has greater ambitions, it should have a stadium of its own."

Zhou Buqi raised his eyebrows, turned to look at him, and asked: "How much is the investment in Manchester United's reserve team stadium?"

Santoku said: "This is an expansion stadium, from 10,000 seats to 30,000 seats, costing 25 million pounds. If a large stadium is built in the United States... it depends on the size, location and positioning of the stadium."

If you want to build a modern large-scale stadium, it will cost too much.

For example, Wembley Stadium is a newly built top-level stadium with a total cost of US$1.2 billion.

Zhou Buqi would definitely not want to spend such a large amount of money on a small team like the Earthquakes. He said: "This matter still requires in-depth cooperation with the local government. The government will provide land for free and subsidize 100 million- 200 million U.S. dollars, and we will invest another 100 million to 200 million U.S. dollars to build a stadium with a capacity of 60,000 to 70,000 people, which will be the top professional football stadium in the United States."

Santoku hesitated slightly, "Where's the ownership?"

Zhou Buqi glanced at him and said calmly: "Our stadium must have full ownership and use rights. The local government can only provide free money. Whoever pays more will move the Earthquake's home stadium there. Football I don’t believe anyone can’t discover the tourism, catering and entertainment markets driven by the market.”

Sandoku nodded.

Zhou Buqi said: "The name Earthquake Team is too unpleasant. Has it been investigated? Can the name be changed?"

Sandoko smiled and said: "Yes, the United States is a football desert. They don't have such a deep football background. You can change the name at will, let alone the football team. The basketball team and the rugby team will not encounter much resistance if they want to change their names. , This is the good thing about the American market. Fans don’t have a master mentality. They all know that the team is owned by the owner, and what the fans get is joy rather than sovereignty. Do you know about Beckham?”

"Beckham? What's wrong with him?"

"He wants to acquire the Los Angeles Galaxy, probably for US$20 million. After the acquisition is completed, he wants to change the team's name to 'Manchester United.'"

"Ah?" Zhou Buqi was slightly startled, "This can't be done!"

Sandoko smiled and said: "Yes, the board of directors has rejected his application."

Zhou Buqi said: "Let's do this. The Earthquakes will change their name. From now on they will be called the San Jose Purple Stars. If the money from San Jose is too little...then they can move to San Francisco and change their name to the Golden State Purple Stars. The home field is the Golden State Purple Stars. It’s called Ziweixing Stadium.”

San Dezi said: "This matter is rather complicated and needs to be done slowly."

"It's okay, there's no rush."

Zhou Buqi knows that the United States has not yet paid attention to the football industry. After a few years, Middle Eastern capital enters the European football market and football capital develops, and American sports will begin to focus on football.

Santoku nodded, "Rangnick wants us to expand into the Brazilian market as soon as possible."

Zhou Buqi remembered something, "By the way, did the Red Team Group buy a team in Brazil?"

Santoku said: "Yes, the Brazilian Red Bulls started in 2007. However, it failed very badly. It has been hovering in the second and third level leagues and has been unable to be promoted to the Brazilian League."

"What's the reason?" Zhou Buqi glanced at him, "Have you summarized it?"

Santoku was stunned for a moment and immediately expressed his stance, "I will get in touch with Red Bull."

Zhou Buqi said: "Many systems and management are different between developed and developing countries. You have been working in the United States and the United Kingdom all year round, and you don't know much about the situation in third world countries. Maybe the Brazilian Red Bull has also encountered such a dilemma. ."

San Dezi obviously didn't quite understand, "What kind of dilemma?"

Zhou Buqi said: "Don't be bossy."

"ah?"

San Dezi was confused.

Zhou Buqi simply explained, "Human nature has the attribute of inferiority. If you are afraid of anything, you will cover it up, fight against it, and keep shouting. If you say I am ugly, I will laugh, because I am not ugly; I say If you are ugly, you will be angry because you are really ugly.”

"Ahem..." San Dezi is actually not ugly. When he heard this, he burst out laughing and said, "It's a very vivid metaphor."

Zhou Buqi said: "The overall management of PPT Football Group can be used in places such as Switzerland, Germany, the United States, Australia, Spain, Italy, and Japan, and can be managed in a unified manner. However, it must be used in some third world countries. Be careful and don’t dream of controlling the world from the commanding heights of management. Red Bull can succeed in countries such as Germany, Austria, Spain, and the United States, but it is difficult to succeed in Brazil and Africa. This should be the reason. This is internationalization A common problem among large companies is the sense of superiority that exists when reaching out from the markets of developed countries to the markets of developing countries. The stronger this sense of superiority, the easier it is to fail."

Sandoko took a deep breath.

I sighed repeatedly in my heart and felt inexplicable admiration.

How awesome!

He is indeed a world-class entrepreneur!

Pointing out the country and scolding Fang Qiu, he hit the nail on the head in just a few words.

Make people enlightened.

However, the problem has been pointed out, how to solve it?

Sandoko felt that he could never find a solution in his life, so he could only ask the big boss for advice, "Is there any way?"