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"Brother, why don't you do it?"

At night, my sister Zhou Nan sneaked into Zhou Buqi's study quietly, looking like a thief.

Zhou Buqi was slightly startled, "What are you going to do?"

Zhou Nan pinched her waist and hummed: "Stop pretending! Dilireya!"

Zhou Buqi glared at her, "I'm not a big guy, but I know a lot."

Zhou Nan almost died of anger, "Your sister has grown up, okay? She is no longer a little girl. Re Ya still wants to call me Sister Nan Nan. In school, she always followed me. I have to warn you. , if you don't act quickly, if someone else takes advantage of you in the future, don't blame me for not protecting you."

"Huh?" Zhou Buqi raised his eyebrows, "Is someone chasing her?"

"Too many, but those stupid young people in school don't have a chance. I'm talking about those outside school. Sister Baihui has already made arrangements for her. Next year she will go to the crew of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" to film. She will act for others. Concubine.”

"It's just acting."

"The crew is so scary!"

Zhou Nan made an exaggerated expression and gestured with his hands.

Zhou Buqi asked: "You went too?"

Zhou Nan said: "Well, I went with him on the day of the interview."

"Did you get the role too?"

"No, I didn't even compete. I...I appeared as Dilireya's agent, hehe. Xu Baihui arranged it for me, saying that I was your sister, and asked me to show off as one. Young actor, I blame you for embarrassing me."

Zhou Buqi didn't believe it. He snorted coldly: "Don't use me as a shield. It must be because your acting skills are not good. The role given to you by the crew is too small for you to like."

Zhou Nan blushed and said: "No! With Sister Baihui helping me, how can I still not get the role? I just don't want to act, I want to change my career to become an agent... Oh, I didn't tell you this, I What I’m telling you is your darling.”

Zhou Buqi put down the materials on the table and turned to look at her, "What's wrong with Re Ya?"

"Well..." Zhou Nan hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice, "It's not her either. I'm talking about what I saw on the set. At that time, Re Ya and I were interviewing together, as well as one of my classmates and a A girl. She was also chosen. She was a palace maid and had only a few scenes. In the evening, there was a party in the crew, and Sister Baihui took us there to get close to the director and the big actors. This classmate of mine also went . And guess what?"

Zhou Buqi was angry and funny, "If you have anything to say, just say it!"

Zhou Nan hummed: "There was a very famous actor in the crew, so my classmate went up to talk to him, and we had a great time. The actor's wife was also present at the time. That night, my classmate followed the couple. Went to the hotel. Later I asked and they said that the three of them slept together that night."

Zhou Buqi sighed, "The world is getting worse!"

Zhou Nan was deeply convinced and said worriedly: "Yes, this circle is so chaotic, we are almost catching up with you. If Re Ya stays in the crew for a long time, if something happens..."

"What are you talking about?" Zhou Buqi stared.

Zhou Nan stuck out her tongue and said with a smile: "Brother, no, they didn't say anything about you. You are not an actor, you are a hundred times better than them. That's what I said, I can't follow Re Ya all the time. If I am in class at school and she is filming on the set, what if she is tricked into going while I am away?"

Zhou Buqi nodded, "Well, there are too many romantic relationships in the crew, so proper precautions must be taken. Therefore, each actor must be surrounded by several more assistants, at least five, who must follow them all the way to the toilet. "

Zhou Nan suddenly realized, "So that's it. I'm still surprised. Many young actors have a lot of assistants around them, while many big actors have no assistants around them, or only have one assistant. Logically speaking, the more famous actors are, the more things will happen." The more there are, the more assistants are needed. It turns out that this is the case, assistants are used to keep an eye on people."

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "That's what I said, you are the only one who knows how to make blind connections."

Zhou Nan yawned and said lazily: "Anyway, I've finished telling you, you can figure it out yourself. I'll be on vacation in three weeks, and then I'll go to Hawaii on a big yacht for vacation."

Zhou Buqi waved his hand, "Tell your sister-in-law and let her make arrangements for you."

"Which sister-in-law?"

"Baoshan."

"Then it's settled!"

Zhou Nan left the study room with satisfaction. He happened to see Wu Yu coming over after taking a bath and putting on new pajamas. She said with a smile: "Sister Wu Yu, your pajamas are so beautiful and sexy. They will definitely make my brother crazy." Three ways.”

Wu Yu couldn't help laughing, "Your brother and I want to talk about work."

Zhou Nan said old-fashionedly: "We can't always talk about work. Young people, it's more important to talk about love."

Wu Yu stretched out his hand and pinched her cheek, "Okay, go wash up and go to bed. You can't even open your eyes."

The so-called work is actually a blind box.

When Chaowan Commune was about to introduce investors, a wave of good news came from the market.

After Manchester United's player blind boxes became a hot-selling product in the Manchester area, a second hot-selling market emerged - South Korea.

The blind box entered the Korean market on November 15th.

Direct domestic shipment, 20,000 pieces of Manchester United blind boxes were delivered and handed over to Hyundai Group.

There are three global sales models of Chaowan Commune. One is to cooperate with clubs such as Manchester United, Chelsea, and Liverpool in the UK, and use the club's local influence and official stores to sell; the other is to cooperate with third-party intermediaries such as Ziweixing Global, Adidas, and Nike.

The last one is direct sales and semi-direct sales in domestic, Korean, Japanese and Southeast Asian markets.

For example, Hyundai Group will wholesale blind boxes at a unit price of US$5, and then they will independently design marketing models and price positioning. It is Hyundai's business to make more or less.

Chaowan Company first provided 20,000 Korean blind boxes to test the waters first.

Unexpectedly, unexpectedly.

After the 2002 World Cup, Korean players have become a phenomenon that almost everyone in Europe calls for beating, and they are discriminated against everywhere. Only Manchester United gave Park Ji-sung the fairest treatment and gave him an important role between the main player and the semi-main player.

Park Ji-sung is South Korea's football king, which means almost all of South Korea are fans of Manchester United.

Two weeks to do marketing.

Hyundai Group is very experienced in football. Not only does it own multiple football teams, but its family members are also vice-presidents of the World Football Federation. They obviously have an accurate understanding of Park Ji-sung's influence.

Shopping mall ads, TV ads, and radio ads were all put together, which directly brought out the popularity of Manchester United's blind box products.

The blind boxes, which cost up to 12,000 won each, were officially sold on December 1, with more than 6,000 units sold on the first day. The main reason is that there are too few sales points, with only 3 opened in Seoul.

By December 4th, all 20,000 blind boxes were sold out.

Fortunately, blind box figures have the same style all over the world. Whether you buy them in the UK, Thailand, or South Korea, the products you buy are the same.

The production process is much simpler.

The only difference is the language of the outer packaging, which is very simple.

The CP Group in Southeast Asia is much less efficient and influential than the Hyundai Group. Business in South Korea quickly picked up. Chaowan Commune urgently shipped goods and sent another 500,000 blind boxes to South Korea.

It was quite good originally.

But then something unexpected happened.

When this batch of goods was unloaded at the dock, a typhoon hit the container and the container was flooded, causing the seawater to soak the blind boxes, causing an urgent shortage in South Korea.

Wu Yu wiped his wet hair with a towel, and seemed not to be in a hurry, "Second sister has already made arrangements, and 50,000 pieces have been urgently airlifted from the Magic City, for a few days. The factory can't keep up. Yes, there are too many orders.”

The document Zhou Buqi got was the insurance reimbursement material. "Why is this reimbursement so small? It's only 1 million US dollars? Hyundai Insurance is too stingy, isn't it? Isn't it a left-handed thing within the Hyundai Group?"

Wu Yu came over and took a look, a little confused. After thinking for a moment, he suddenly remembered, "Oh, by the way, it seems that the premiums are shared equally between the two families, and the compensation is also shared equally between the two families."

Zhou Buqi twitched his lips, "What kind of business is this? It's our blind box that's losing money. Hyundai didn't do anything and it earned compensation?"

Wu Yu said softly: "They pay for the freight. Oh, it's all a trivial matter. The total cost of 500,000 blind boxes is only 500,000 US dollars. Even if it is soaked by sea water, we still make a profit from this business." $500,000."

Zhou Buqi nodded and asked: "Can't the production capacity of blind boxes keep up? Isn't it just a loss of 500,000 blind boxes? Is the pressure on production capacity so great?"

Wu Yu said softly: "Well, I can't keep up. The new production line was stopped by the second sister. The workmanship is too poor."

"Um?"

"It was suggested by a vice president, saying that we should purchase domestic toy production lines, which are low-priced and can be put online quickly. However, it seems that there is something wrong with the injection molding machine. I don't know much about it. Anyway, the accuracy is not good. The figures produced are uneven. Qi, there is a big gap with the standards. The second sister was very angry, so she fired the vice president and then abandoned the entire production line."

"What should we do?"

"Introduced from Germany, it is very valuable. A production line costs 1.5 million euros, which is 10 times that of domestic production. There are two production lines that are almost ready and are expected to be launched this month. There are still three production lines at sea, which are not yet the arrival."

Zhou Buqi asked: "What is the production capacity of a production line?"

Wu Yu said with a headache: "Husband, I don't care about any of this. I'm in charge of design and finance, not production."

Zhou Buqi said angrily: "These are the most basic, you don't even know this?"

"I know, I know." Wu Yu pursed his lips, then shook his head and said, "A production line can produce 10,000 blind boxes per day. The process is very complicated, including fabric processing, silicone body production, and assembly of jerseys and player bodies. , as well as the process of hair and coloring, and finally packaging, affixing anti-counterfeiting labels, and packing, which require the cooperation of the color box factory, silicone factory, carton factory, printing factory and other links..."

Zhou Buqi is not interested in these details, "In other words, Chaowan Commune will soon launch a total of 6 production lines, which can produce 60,000 blind boxes per day?"

Wu Yudao: "No, the current production line works 8 hours a day and can produce 10,000 blind boxes. But if it works in three shifts 24 hours a day, it can produce 30,000 blind boxes. And this is an old production line. The new production lines imported from Germany are customized and have higher production capacity."

"It's still a bit missing." Zhou Buqi shook his head, "The current production line can't even maintain Manchester United's blind box production capacity. When next season starts, how about Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Liverpool, Chelsea, Inter Milan and Juventus? These production lines It’s still not enough.”

Wu Yu said speechlessly: "I don't have any money. For these few production lines, my second sister went to Germany specifically and signed a pre-sale agreement. I will give you 20% of the down payment first. For the 5 newly ordered production lines, It costs nearly 10 million euros."

Zhou Buqi said: "Well, it seems we have to hurry up and start the financing plan."