This time in the competition, to Yang Xuan's expectation, the winner was Lu Jingqi, the eldest son of Prince Hui's palace.
I originally thought that he was just a curious child playing for fun, but I didn't expect that he could not only play, but also play so well.
Yang Xuan locked him as a partner for his next plan.
According to Yang Xuan's plan, after horse racing becomes popular, a club will be organized.
Organize young men who are fond of horse racing and car racing to form a circle. Such a circle is either rich or noble. If you can bring these people together, that is a network, which will be of great benefit to future development.
However, Yang Xuan's status is not enough to control this kind of aristocratic circle, so a person of high status is needed, and Lu Jingqi is the best candidate.
His father is Prince Hui, the top leader of the clan family. He is responsible for taking care of all the family affairs of the royal family. No one but His Majesty the Emperor can deny him face.
In the circle of powerful people, Lu Jingqi's status is also at the top.
Of course, Lu Jingqi's father must agree to this.
So in Prince Hui's palace, Yang Xuan started his deception... No, it was lobbying.
"Members' club?" Prince Hui heard this term for the first time and asked in confusion: "I know about members, but what does a club mean?"
"Ji means to have both, and Le means to be happy and happy, which means that everyone gathers together and has fun together."
Hearing this word, Prince Hui frowned: "It turns out it means a club, but isn't this not doing the right thing?"
This is what Yang Xuan said. If it were someone else, he would probably have his legs broken and thrown out by Prince Hui. He actually tricked his eldest son into having fun.
"No, no, this club is called for fun, but it's actually about building relationships." Yang Xuan said, "People who can afford horse racing and carriages are all children of rich and noble families. Gathering these people in the name of fun is gathering them together."
As for the connections, if the prince can manage them properly, wouldn't it be the prince's will to obey others? There are only advantages and no disadvantages in this matter."
With this explanation, Prince Hui immediately understood that his eldest son would inherit his title of prince in the future. If he could gather these powerful people from a young age, it would be a great help in the future.
"Sir, you are far-sighted, but I have misunderstood. Just as you said, Jingqi will be in charge of this club."
Yang Xuan said: "It still depends on the prince's opinion."
Prince Hui and Yang Xuan immediately set their sights on Lu Jingqi.
Lu Jingqi was only sixteen years old at the moment. Faced with such an important task, he was a little worried: "I... I'm afraid I won't do it well."
However, Lu Jing, who had been acting well on the side, suddenly spoke: "Mr. Yang, I am actually very interested, so how about you let me assist Brother Jingqi?"
Yang Xuan's eyes lit up: "If this is feasible, let Miss Lu also buy shares."
"Buy shares?" Prince Hui was stunned again. He thought it was similar to a poetry club or a literary club, but he didn't expect it to be different: "If it's not just a club, why do you need to buy shares?"
Yang Xuan said: "The club also needs a place for members to exchange interests and connect with each other, and there are requirements for membership. According to my idea, the membership fee is not low, and not just anyone can join, as long as they have money.
No, you still need to have status and make people feel that it is an honor to join this club."
"Do I need to pay to join the membership? How much?"
"This is called the membership fee, which is about five thousand taels a year." Yang Xuan said casually: "They have paid so much money, and we have to provide value for money, so we need to invest in it."
Prince Hui nodded, Yang Xuan's methods were really varied, and a club could come up with so many tricks.
"In that case, I happen to have a villa in the south of the city, and I will give it to you to use as a place."
After asking for the detailed address, Yang Xuan was overjoyed. The villa is not far from the track, and the location is quite suitable: "In this case, the villa will be used as the share capital of His Royal Highness, accounting for 40% of the shares. I will invest in the name of Shunfengxing."
, add another three thousand taels of silver, and take 50% of the shares. After all, the club’s main focus is horse racing, and it will need to provide a large number of horse-drawn carriage-related accessories, technology, etc. As for Miss Lu, you can give me one thousand taels of silver and take one percent of the shares.
How about converting it into shares?"
No one has any opinion on Yang Xuan's share distribution. Although Lu Jingqi only has 40% of the shares, personally speaking, he holds the largest share.
Of course, Shunfengxing holds 50% of the shares, and as Yang Xuan is the representative of Shunfengxing, he still has the final say in the club.
The next day, Prince Hui asked people to take Yang Xuan and others to the villa in the south of the city.
It has to be said that the prince is the prince and is generous. This villa is really a villa. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers and occupies a huge area. The open space outside can also be used.
There is only one main building in Zhuangzi, and the courtyard is large enough. Yang Xuan only took a walk around and decided on the renovation plan.
First of all, one building is definitely not enough. He also needs to build many houses like suites, so that members can not only study carriages here, but also eat, drink, have fun, and even stay here.
In fact, this is nothing unusual for Yang Xuan, it's just a private club with a horse racing theme.
The main building of the villa can be used as a gathering place, but other buildings still need to be built, which is a huge expense.
But regardless of all that, the most important thing is to attract customers to join the club. After many discussions, Yang Xuan made a decision.
Just recruit a few honorary lifetime members first. With Lu Jingqi's reputation as the heir apparent of Prince Hui's palace, this shouldn't be difficult.
These lifetime honorary members must all be descendants of the royal family and people with distinguished backgrounds.
With these people as members, there will inevitably be people who want to gain connections and want to join.
Just like those large shopping malls in later generations, they first attracted some big international brand chain stores for free or even subsidies, and then naturally other brands were willing to spend money to rent stores.
Unexpectedly, when recruiting lifelong members, Lu Jing actually played a great role, that is, based on her status, she invited many close friends to become honorary members.
As the seventh princess, Lu Jing naturally interacts with women from powerful families, all of whom are ladies.
This immediately raised the level of the club several notches.
Although marriages in the Dasheng Dynasty emphasized matching, the rules were much looser than the feudal rules in history. Young people had a certain say in marriage matters, and women did not stay away from home.
It's just that we don't have many opportunities to get along with each other, and those ladies from the world have become honorary members, which will naturally make many young men flock to them.
The decoration of the villa was already luxurious. After simple decoration and renovation, it became a huge hall. Then Yang Xuan let Weijixian move in. All the new products that can be eaten in the early adopter restaurant can be eaten here, and
Hot pot and signature dishes of several cooperative restaurants, as well as the limited supply of Sansheng Sanshi wine outside.
In addition, Yang Xuan also produced mahjong tiles and poker cards, which can be used by members for entertainment.
But even as the club was making intensive preparations, Yang Xuan still ran into trouble.
