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It's Christmas, which is very grand in the West.

But Zhou Buqi didn't care and took Shi Jingmei and Wu Yu directly to New York to meet with seven venture capital funds, all of which were the leading companies on Wall Street.

The bigger the company, the stronger it is.

With the investment from these venture capital giants, you can get part of their market resources, which is conducive to strong alliances and use their relationships to promote the business development of Chaowan Commune.

For example, KPCB Venture Capital has a seat on Nike's board of directors, so they can take the lead and bridge the gap between Nike and Chaowan Commune.

Another example is Black Rock. They are an important investor in Disney and have a lot of say. They can also take the lead and help establish cooperation between Disney and the Fashion Commune.

However, in the short term, Chaowan Commune may not be able to reach Hollywood.

The order is easy to sign, but the production capacity may not be able to keep up.

Currently, Chaowan Commune has only one production line operating at full capacity, with a daily output of approximately 20,000 blind boxes. Starting next season, more wealthy clubs will participate.

Production capacity is one aspect, and there are other aspects such as operations management, logistics planning, and product design.

Trendy Play Commune is too young, and every link needs time to grow. Even if it knows that there are huge opportunities in Hollywood, it will not be able to eat this cake in a short time.

Eating too much can lead to indigestion.

Let's start the European football business first. Manchester United has already made a good start.

However, the business model of Chaowan Commune is original and there has been no successful precedent before, which means that the investment risk is very high.

Even if Chaowan Commune produced a beautiful financial statement, these capitalists were still driving down prices. Zhou Buqi’s lowest psychological expectation for Chaowan Commune is a valuation of US$800 million. These people are so good, the highest they opened was only US$280 million.

Fortunately, this kind of thing cannot be completed in a day or two.

Zhou Buqi has a two-story luxury apartment next to Central Park in New York. He lives there at night with Shi Jingmei, Wu Yu, and three secretaries, Sun Wanran, Ning Lu, and Feng Muer.

"Dong dong dong."

Someone is knocking on the study door.

After knocking on the door, Zhou Buqi basically guessed who it was without coming in directly. It should be the second sister Shi Jingmei. She was the only "outsider" in the family and would pay more attention to this kind of personal privacy.

"Come in."

"Are you occupied?"

Sure enough, it was Shi Jingmei. She was wearing a red nightgown and her hair was tied into a ponytail. She was not flattering in appearance, but she seemed to be showing off her evil spirit everywhere. Her red lips were like fire and her starry eyes were like waves. The skirt was very short, revealing a pair of long, straight, snow-white legs, with red nail polish on her shiny toes.

Her whole body was red, and she looked like a bride.

Zhou Buqi adhered to the ethics of a gentleman and did not look at any inappropriate manners. He stretched out and said, "It's okay. I just called Sun Zhengyi. These old beauties passed by as soon as they saw it and joined forces to lower the price for us. It really doesn't work. I don’t want any American capital! I’m used to their faults!”

Shi Jingmei pushed her hair around her ears, swayed her waist, and walked over with a chuckle, "If you ask me, just find a few investors in Europe. The football business is a European business."

Zhou Buqi shook his head and said: "Europe is more conservative than the United States. The price quoted by Wall Street is US$280 million, while Europe's price is even lower."

"What should we do? Looking for Asian funds?"

"Don't be in a hurry. Let's talk for a while and get it done before March. Don't delay the blind box business in football next season."

If you want to get a high valuation when financing, it is a better way to attract Asian venture capital funds to participate, such as Japan's SoftBank, South Korea's Hyundai, and Singapore's Temasek.

European and American venture capital giants have broader and richer global resources. These resources are actually a reflection of value, and they can drive down prices. Asian venture capital has relatively few resources, so it can only be competitive on price.

Zhou Buqi just communicated with Sun Zhengyi.

If it doesn’t work, just make a hodgepodge.

In the first round, we will find 4-5 venture capital investors to participate, including 1-2 from the United States, 1 from Europe, 1 from Asia, and 1 from China. That’s basically it. Give them two months to do their due diligence.

In the next two months, Manchester United Blind Box will officially open up sales in Southeast Asia. In the United States, Amazon has placed an order for 200,000 blind boxes, and Nike stores are also preparing to launch Manchester United blind boxes. Coupled with the Manchester area, the Korean market and the domestic market... Chaowan Commune is confident.

The longer the time drags on, the more beautiful the report card will be, and the higher the price will be.

Shi Jingmei walked to the sofa chair where Zhou Buqi was and sat directly next to it. She brought a faint fragrance to her body, which was obviously sprayed with perfume. She said softly: "Brother-in-law, the second sister doesn't understand these either. The financing is all up to you."

Zhou Buqi felt bad, feeling that she might fall into his arms at any time, so he stepped aside and turned to look at her warily, "Second sister, what do you want to do?"

When Shi Jingmei saw that he was guarding her like a thief, she became furious. All her tenderness disappeared in an instant. She gritted her teeth and said, "What are you afraid of? Can I still eat you?"

Zhou Buqi said: "Men and women cannot be intimate with each other."

Shi Jingmei curled her lips and said, "I'm not afraid of a woman, so what are you afraid of as a man? How can you still suffer?"

Zhou Buqi said with a serious face: "It's not a matter of taking advantage or not. You are Linlin's second sister. This is inappropriate."

Shi Jingmei raised her chin slightly and hummed: "Don't use Linlin as a shield, she is the one who asked me to seduce you."

"You can pull him down!"

Zhou Buqi doesn’t believe it.

"it is true!"

"She said she wanted you to seduce me?"

"Well...that's not what I said."

"What did she say?"

Seeing how vigilant he was, Shi Jingmei rolled her eyes, got up and sat down on the sofa, crossed her legs, and said to herself: "She said you were going to marry her, and she wanted me to thank you. Isn't this a hint to me?"

Zhou Buqi was amused by her, "Second sister, in order to deceive me about your health, you really spread the rumor without a blushing face or a heartbeat!"

Shi Jingmei's face turned red, "Who started the rumor?"

"Linlin really said that?"

"She said you were going to marry her. She was very happy. She even showed off her diamond ring to me. It looked like a bargain. You are really stingy."

"This is my heart, it has nothing to do with money." Zhou Buqi waved his hand, "Don't interrupt, it's normal for her to be happy when we get engaged, and I want you to thank me. Isn't this nonsense?"

He knew Shi Jinglin's character very well. She was indeed a bit rebellious for outsiders' girls, but this kind of thing could not happen to her relatives. She was the second sister with whom she had the best relationship.

Shi Jingmei said: "It's true, but she made an excuse, which is quite clever. She said that I can achieve success in my career, that my dad can have a second career, and even that my family's chemical factory can start a plastic business. , and also because the blind box business has new growth points. This is all because of you. We, the Shi family, all want to thank you."

"I think you're just looking for excuses, right?" Zhou Buqi was a little amused and didn't take it seriously. "I'm going to marry Linlin. If one family doesn't talk to each other, there's no need to say thank you."

Shi Jingmei said angrily: "I don't believe you don't want to sleep with me! What are you pretending to do?!"

Zhou Buqi immediately thought of what Aunt Xue often said, and said empathetically: "Wanting to sleep is one thing, being able to sleep is another. We all have to exercise restraint and not make mistakes."

Shi Jingmei was almost furious, "Go to hell! I'm leaving! Go to sleep!"

"Wait!"

When she reached the door, Zhou Buqi stopped her.

Shi Jingmei turned around, thinking it was a matter of business, and asked softly: "What's wrong?"

This time, it was Zhou Buqi's turn to exert his strength, "The seduction is over, and you're leaving?"

Shi Jing gave him a white look, then gently lifted up her already short nightgown, flashing the small red panty underneath, "Boss Zhou, what do you want?"

"Old rules! Beat you! If you make a mistake, you will be beaten. This is the rule of my Zhou family."

"ah?"

Shi Jingmei's face suddenly turned red.

Zhou Buqi pointed to the sofa, "Go and lie down there."

Shi Jingmei bit her red lips, "Just hit me, no one is afraid of you!"

Then, he went to the sofa, held the back of the sofa, and knelt down. He didn't see Zhou Buqi coming over for a long time. When he looked back, he found that he was looking around and didn't know what he was looking for, so he asked strangely: "What are you doing?" What? Do you still want to fight? If not, I will leave?"

Zhou Buqi said: "Let me see if I can find a stick or something."

Shi Jingmei was almost furious, "You want to beat me to death? Why don't you find a stick and hit me twice with your hands? That's pretty much it?"

Zhou Buqi said: "I'm afraid the shock will hurt my hands."

Shi Jingmei was so angry that she couldn't laugh or cry and said: "I said you are almost ready, but you hit me and you are still afraid of pain? How can you be so good at being a monster? You can hit women in so many ways."

Zhou Buqi said plausibly: "Have you ever studied physics? Forces act on each other!"

Shi Jing gave him a white look, "Are you going to fight or not? You're so glib!"

"Hit me, lift up your skirt."

"Where are your underwear? Do you want to take them off?"

"That's not necessary. Don't look at anything inappropriate. You have to avoid suspicion."

Zhou Buqi came over and saw that she had lifted her skirt around her waist and raised her buttocks in preparation for being spanked, so he spat into his palms and rubbed his hands.

"Are you disgusting?" Shi Jingmei went crazy. She jumped up and looked at his hands with contempt, "I won't come, you are too disgusting."

Zhou Buqi said innocently: "You really haven't studied physics. Have you never seen workers spitting when they work? This can increase the friction between the palms and make the beating more painful."

"It also increases friction, and you can beat me to death!"

"Okay, okay, I'll be gentle, you go and lie down."

"You are not allowed to spit."

"good."

After receiving Zhou Buqi's promise, Shi Jingmei lay down on the sofa again and assumed the same posture as before. Zhou Buqi stopped scratching now, and struck him from the left and right together, crackling seven or eight times.

In fact, she didn't use much force, but her skin was white and delicate, and it turned red in a short while.

When Zhou Buqi saw this, he stopped beating him and said, "Okay, get up, it's all like a monkey's butt."

"You have a monkey butt!"

Shi Jingmei stood up, stroked her skirt, rubbed her butt, and then smiled.

Zhou Buqi was surprised, "What's your expression?"

Shi Jingmei winked and asked him jokingly, "Brother-in-law, is it more fun to hit a woman than to play with her?"

Zhou Buqi looked serious and said seriously: "Don't talk nonsense, I am enforcing the house rules, not playing games with you. Okay, you can leave quickly, I have a conference call."