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the next morning.

Ning Yaxian got up early and went to take care of the child.

Zhou Buqi held Ning Yameng's soft body in his arms and lazily didn't want to get up. He smiled and said, "You and your sister are really similar. If I didn't open my eyes, I really couldn't tell the difference between the two in my arms." Is it you or your sister?"

Ning Yameng pursed her lips and said, "My sister has bigger breasts than me."

Zhou Buqi said: "It's all good, it's all good."

Ning Yameng chuckled and said, "Sister Meimei also has a good figure."

"I know."

Zhou Buqi has seen it a long time ago, let alone the second sister Shi Jingmei, even the eldest sister Shi Jingyue has admired her naked style.

These three sisters from the Shi family are really incredible.

Not only are they in good shape and beautiful, but they are also all very talented.

Zhou Buqi asked: "Is Shi Jingmei's model blind box really that powerful?"

"Is there any fake news?" Ning Yameng pursed her lips, "But it has been welcomed by the market, especially in the past few months, with the cooperation with those luxury brands, the market popularity has skyrocketed, and many big and extremely wealthy players have entered the market. Buy blind boxes. In the past, the blind box business was mainly for the middle class. Now that we cooperate with luxury brands, those who are really wealthy have joined in.”

Zhou Buqi asked: "How many series are there in the Chaowan Commune now?"

Ning Yameng said: "Four series. Two are brand authorized series, football series and Avengers series. There are also two series that are original, model blind box series and pet blind box series."

"Pet blind box?"

"Just some cute pets, cats and dogs, etc., just launched this year."

"Success?"

"It's not bad. It's not a lot of money, but at least it's still profitable. This series is at the bottom, and it's estimated that it will make more than 4 million US dollars in profit this year."

Although Ning Yameng is the vice president in charge of creativity in the Chaowan Commune, she is still very knowledgeable in terms of finance.

In this aspect, he is very similar to Aunt Xue and Ning Yaxian.

They all have the idea of ​​"keeping home".

Chaowan Commune is the property of the Zhou family. As the daughter-in-law of the Zhou family, of course she must have a sense of ownership and sort out the accounts.

Zhou Buqi then asked: "What's the total?"

Ning Yameng chuckled and said, "That's a lot. This year's model blind box was a big success, and the profit this year will definitely exceed 300 million US dollars. Sister Meimei has a business acumen, and we all admire her."

"What kind of brain does she have?" Zhou Buqi snorted, "Didn't I teach her all her skills?"

Ning Yameng laughed and said, "Well, that's what she said too. She admires you."

Zhou Buqi laughed and said, "What about you? Don't you admire me?"

"I admire you, I always admire you." Ning Yameng lay in his arms and looked up at him, "When a woman likes someone, she will have some admiration. Back then... when I hadn't met you yet, I will worship you."

"Ah?" Zhou Buqi was a little puzzled, "Is it true or false?"

Ning Yameng said: "Really, you are ten years younger than my sister, and you can still take down my sister. When I heard the news, I admired you very much. I felt that you, a young man, are very capable. Not only can you do In business, he is also very good at picking up girls.”

Zhou Buqi twitched the corner of his mouth, "Is that the opposite? She took me down, and I still suffered a loss."

"She said no, you could chase her."

"Spread rumors!"

"what about me?"

"You..." Zhou Buqi burst out laughing, "You are the one who took the initiative, is that okay?"

Ning Yameng said angrily: "How could you be like this, even my own sisters would do this?"

Zhou Buqi didn't take it seriously, "What are these sisters? Even if they are... Oops, it's getting late. Get up quickly. There will be something else to do soon. Zhou Shaoning is coming!"

…

Zhou Shaoning rushed over from here covered in dust.

After coming here, go to a meeting first.

Zhou Buqi took him with him to Germany to attend an EU intellectual property-related meeting.

The attendees were all relevant figures in the EU’s intellectual property field.

The theme of the meeting is around suggestions for the development of the European technology industry, with relevant patent data as a reference.

In the past, according to statistics from the European Patent Office, the United States, Germany, and Japan accounted for 60% of European patents.

But there have been significant changes in recent years.

The number of patents applied by Japanese companies has dropped significantly, but they still rank among the top five.

However, Korean companies represented by Samsung and LG have risen rapidly, surpassing Japan and ranking among the top three.

At the same time, China has emerged as a new power.

In the past year, Samsung applied for the largest number of patents in the EU, reaching 2,833, and South Korea's LG ranked fourth with 1,648. In the top 25 list, there are two Chinese companies. One is Huawei, ranked 11th, with 1,077 patent applications, and the other is ASDA, ranked 17th, with 1,077 patent applications. 924 pieces.

In contrast, the overall number of patents in Europe has declined significantly.

Except for Germany, which can still maintain its strength, the number of intellectual property applications filed by other EU countries (excluding the UK, all data for the UK is listed separately in the EU) has shown a downward trend, especially technology patents, which have dropped significantly.

This is enough to illustrate the decline of the entire European technology industry.

Instead, there is the rise of China and South Korea.

However, China and South Korea are developing very fast.

But even if China and South Korea are combined, they are less than half of the United States.

This situation is also the result of a general situation in which many technology giants in the United States disdain to be patent trolls and are unwilling to apply for patents in Europe.

For example, industrial giants such as IBM, Apple, and Microsoft have applied for three to four thousand patents in the United States, but only two to three hundred in Europe. These companies only need to apply for patents locally to protect their own local interests. They do not rely on collecting patent fees to make money or restrict the development of others.

There are also some American companies that are different and have a very jerk style. For example, the two companies that have applied for the largest number of patents in Europe are Qualcomm and Intel.

They are all chip companies with patent lawsuits flying all over the place.

Even if they rely on patents to survive, they are still wandering in the gray area on the edge of monopoly.

Various ideas were put forward at the meeting, mainly focusing on the improvement and establishment of digital markets, with the intention of helping small and medium-sized enterprises reduce their operating costs, thereby having more funds to develop new intellectual property rights.

At the meeting, Zhou Buqi expressed his opinion that this should be done and the EU should act quickly.

After the meeting, Zhou Buqi communicated with Zhou Shaoning and told the truth, "In my opinion, this is a dead end, there is no way to save it! Unless it is anti-globalization, do everything possible to restrict the development of China, the United States, Japan and South Korea in Europe , otherwise Europe’s domestic technology industry will only decline more and more.”

Zhou Shaoning said with a smile: "Looking at the overall situation, this is indeed the case. China, the United States, Japan and South Korea have dominated every mainstream technology industry track in the world. Europe is the only one left with the automobile industry, which is pretty good."

Zhou Buqi said: "Cars are going to die too! Europe is too rich, and high welfare supports lazy people."