"What does football lottery mean? Is it a lottery?" Cao Ping asked, confused.
Lu Yao looked at Pan Wen and said, "It's your turn, brother. Tell them what I told you before. I'll take a break."
After saying that, Lu Yao sat down directly. After talking for so long, his mouth was inevitably dry and his tongue felt a little on fire. He thought, wouldn't it be great if he could get some sour plum soup at this time? Then he thought about it, this is
Where did sour plum soup come from in the Song Dynasty? It didn’t appear until the Qing Dynasty. Lu Yao didn’t expect this, because his mouth was dry and he found another opportunity to make money.
But at this time, Lu Yao could only pick up the tea cup on the table and take a sip of tea to moisten his throat.
"Oh? I didn't expect Mr. Pan to know about the football lottery? Then tell us all quickly." Han Wenyuan looked at Pan Wen and said.
Since the Han family and the Lu family re-engaged, the Han family has gotten to know Lu Yao more deeply. Everyone now knows that Lu Yao doesn't have many friends in Bianliang City, and that Su Shi and Su Che are just recent friends.
They knew each other, but they couldn't be called friends. The only real friend was Pan Wen, and Han Wenyuan thought that based on the relationship between Lu Yao and Pan Wen, he must know something.
Pan Wenwen was not very interested in this gathering. If Pan Yuanwu hadn't dragged him to come in the afternoon, he wouldn't have wanted to come. Ever since he finished talking to Lu Yao that day, he has been busy gathering team members.
No matter how stupid Pan Wen is, he still knows the principle of first come, first served. If all the strong and strong people in Bianliang City are chosen by those families, then how can his Pan family's team win the competition?
However, what made Pan Wen change his mind was today's party. Although his father had told him that all the chefs from Fan Lou were at the Lu Mansion today, Pan Wen always felt that Lu Yao had always been a loser in terms of face and hospitality.
A person who doesn't do errands, no matter what, he should show off his skills today, so to put it bluntly, Pan Wen came to the party today more for the delicious food.
Later, he also listened to his father's words and shouted several times when Lu Yao was speaking. Unexpectedly, Lu Yao had to stand up and speak at this time. At first, he didn't know what to say.
However, when Lu Yao said that he wanted to talk about football lottery, Pan Wen's eyes immediately brightened up. Facing Han Wenyuan's question, he immediately said: "Well, my good brother Lu Yao did tell me about this before.
The thing is, I think this football lottery is an excellent opportunity for everyone here to make money."
"What?" None of the other two families present responded, and Wang Da was also confused.
Pan Wen was at ease here and started talking. "I know that the Cao family and the Han family are both high-ranking and well-paid families, and they may not be short of money. Mr. Wang Da, although you are the captain of the Cuju team, but I say
To be honest, your main purpose is to play every game well, and behind you is the emperor. Naturally, the emperor will not care about these things. But I am different. Our Pan family has been in business for generations. It is profitable and rich.
We naturally have to do things that make money."
Pan Wen's speech, not to mention Pan Yuanwu on the side, even Lu Yao was somewhat impressed by Pan Wen. Lu Yao has gradually discovered that Pan Wen's thinking is really serious whenever he mentions making money.
It feels like it suddenly came online.
As everyone knows, Pan Wen's words spoke to the hearts of other people present. Although the Cao family and the Han family, one is a relative of the emperor and the other is a supreme minister, they are also considered high-ranking officials, but in fact the money in their hands
, just that much.
What's more, up and down the government, just the monthly salary of the servants costs a lot, plus the courtesy exchanges between officials, the monthly expenses are even more countless. Take Cao Guo
As for my uncle, although he is the uncle of the country, he has already been unable to make ends meet last month.
Although Cao Yi knew in his heart that if he had a tense situation with his money, he could solve it by opening his mouth to Zhao Zhen. In the past, Zhao Zhen himself was a little unable to reveal the blame, but since the recent rise of the lottery industry, Zhao Zhen's little
The treasury has shown a rapid growth rate that is visible to the naked eye, which makes Cao Yi extremely envious. But because of his own face, plus a minister borrowing money from the emperor to live, wouldn't it become a joke if word spread?
For various reasons, Cao Yi finally gave up his plan to borrow money from Zhao Zhen.
As for Han Yonghe, although the marriage between Lu Yao and his daughter is almost certain, Han Yonghe is just like an official, he knows right from wrong, and he is straight-tempered.
Man, this is also the reason why even if the relationship between himself and Lu Xu was tense in private, he would not attack Lu Xu in court.
In life, Han Yonghe also made a very clear distinction. Even if Lu Yao really became his son-in-law one day, and Han Yunyu married into the Lu family, in Han Yonghe's heart, she would also become a member of the Lu family.
Whether Lu Yao lives in the Lu Mansion or buys a new house, the property the two of them have has nothing to do with them.
Han Yonghe made a very clear distinction in this regard. What belongs to others belongs to others, and he still has to rely on his own income to maintain the operation of his family. Putting aside Lu Yao's relationship, in the current Han family, although his salary is
It can support this large family. In addition, Han Wenyuan also lives in the Han Mansion, and the family can still live comfortably. But it depends on who to compare with. If compared with the Pan family, the Han family is really
It was a bit shabby. Apart from anything else, Han Yonghe could tell just when he came to the Lu Mansion for the meeting that the fabric of Pan Wen's clothes was much higher quality than the clothes his son wore.
A dignified minister's life is not as good as that of a businessman. The world is really in decline. Han Yonghe once thought about whether to do some business or trading, but in the end he gave up this idea after becoming an official in the court.
He is also a person who pays great attention to reputation.
As a result, Han Yonghe was inexplicably trapped in an endless cycle of dilemma.
As for Wang Da, the reason for wanting to make money is even more simple and crude. The Royal Cuju Team sounds nice, but more recently, it is the so-called Royal Acrobatic Troupe. Which acrobatic troupe have you ever seen?
Can everyone have enough to eat and food and clothing?
The same is true for the brothers below Wang Da. Although he does not understand the meaning and operation mode of this football lottery, if he can win, then Zhao Zhen will get the so-called football lottery management rights. If he eats meat, he will have to give it to himself and others.
My brothers, let’s take a sip of the soup.
So, when these three groups saw that the young master of the Pan family, a business family, swore that the football lottery would bring a lot of profits, they were actually very happy in their hearts, but on the surface, they could not show any mood swings.
You still have to protect your face.
Others couldn't see that forbearing look, and how could Lu Yao, who was well versed in human psychology, not see it. In Lu Yao's view, these people were clearly lemons. In fact, based on the income of ordinary people and officials, this
Both the Cao family and the Han family have made a lot of money. After all, it was him who came out of nowhere recently and broke the income balance of the imperial court. Out of thin air, there was an extra wealthy family in Bianliang City, and he turned out to be the same person he had always been.
Young masters who are all doing nothing, how can they endure such a tone.
They must be thinking that they also want to make more money, just because Lu Yao is greedy, but their location does not allow them to make money wantonly, but this time the football lottery industry has indeed given them such an opportunity.
Cao Yi coughed twice, looked at Pan Wen, and said, "Tell me, what kind of benefits will this football lottery bring?"
I thought that this point would make Pan Wen, who has always been clumsy, unable to answer. Unexpectedly, Pan Wen answered fluently and said: "Of course, no problem. Let me ask you first, have you ever bought a lottery ticket?"
Everyone was silent, but Lu Yao could see from their expressions that Han Wenyuan and Cao Ping should have bought lottery tickets, and it was reasonable for Cao You to not know much about them because they had just returned to the capital. And that
At first glance, Wang Da looked like someone who often bought lottery tickets, so when Pan Wen mentioned lottery tickets, he immediately perked up.
"I do often buy lottery tickets, but unfortunately, I have never won a big prize." Wang Da was much more sincere than Han Wenyuan and Cao Pingke and said immediately.
Pan Wen said: "Master Wang's experience can be said to be exactly the same as that of Mr. Wang. Have you ever thought about the reason for this?"
Wang Da said without thinking: "It's because of bad luck."
"It can be said that, but in the final analysis, the chance of winning the lottery with this thing is really too low," Pan Wen said. "Others, even if you have never bought a lottery ticket, you should have heard about how this thing works.
Bar."
Everyone nodded, and Pan Wen continued: "Since everyone knows about lottery, let me talk about football lottery now. Football lottery can also be called Cuju lottery. In other words, this industry actually relies on the Cuju competition held by Lu Yao.
What happened at the same time, and what Lu Yao means, is that from the first game to the final, the football lottery betting session will be open."
Everyone was a little confused when they heard this. Cao You here spoke up and said: "You mean, let us predict the outcome of the game?"
Pan Wen nodded and said: "Yes, this actually gives everyone a great opportunity to make money by investing money in guessing the results of the competition. Then, if the guess is correct, you will receive additional monetary rewards according to a certain amount. Of course,
The money invested before can also be recovered.”
"This basically means no investment is required, if you can recover your capital in the end." Han Wenyuan thought for a moment and said.
"Yes, so this is a way to get money faster than lottery tickets where you still have to invest money." Pan Wen said.
"But," Cao Ping thought for a moment and said, "What if the guess is wrong about the result of the game? Then the capital is gone, and it is different from the lottery industry. I think the cost of this kind of football lottery is higher than that of the lottery.
A lot."
"Brother Cao Ping is right to the point. Yes, if you make a wrong guess, you won't be able to get your money back. But where did the money you lost if you guessed wrong go?"
Everyone thought for a while, and Cao Yi said: "Of course it fell into the hands of someone who runs the football lottery business."
"Master Cao has great foresight, so if he is the one who finally gets the football lottery management rights, you should be able to imagine the benefits he will get in the future. After all, Lu Yao also said that this Cuju competition cannot be held just this once."
Pan Wen said.
At this point, everyone has a general understanding of football lottery. Indeed, as an operator, no matter how much money it loses or earns, it should not be in a state of loss.
However, these are the rewards that the winning team can get in the end, but there is only one champion, so what benefits can the others get?
"I wonder what else we can get through football lottery?" Han Yonghe also asked.
Pan Wen continued to explain: "Master Han, do you still remember what Lu Yao just said about the rules of the first round?"
Han Yonghe recalled that he didn't listen much just now because he wanted Han Wenyuan to be responsible for this aspect.
Fortunately, Han Wenyuan remembered all the details, so he said: "I remember that the team we found will be the first opponent of our own family team." At this point, Han Wenyuan looked at Wang Da and said, "Master Wang is here
You can also help choose your opponent’s team together.”
Wang Da smiled and nodded.
"That's right," Pan Wen continued, "Since you are looking for your own opponents, you should all know about their level. In other words, before the game starts, you should have a good understanding of your opponents.
A preliminary impression is that their abilities are stronger than mine, or that I have a great chance of defeating them."
When Pan Wen said this, he stopped abruptly, leaving time for other families to think, but he sat down.
As soon as he sat down, Pan Yuanwu said: "Okay, son, I thought you have been busy looking for a team during this time and have thrown all the football lottery matters aside."
As soon as Pan Wen sat down, his expression returned to his previous naive look, and he said: "This football lottery is a big money-making business. How can I not pay attention to it? Dad, we must strive to become the best in this Cuju competition."
The winning team can get the right to operate the football lottery, which will bring much higher income to our Pan family than Fan Lou."
Several other families were discussing after listening to Pan Wen's previous speech. Only Wang Da was still confused. In order to increase Wang Da's enthusiasm for the competition, Lu Yao stood up and said: "Everyone understands
Alright? You choose your opponents yourself. If you prepare properly, no matter you win or lose in the first round, everyone should be able to gain a lot of economic benefits, because you should have a good understanding of your own strength and the strength of your opponent.
Yes, I said that, everyone understands."
As soon as these words came out, Wang Da finally understood the meaning of Lu Yao's words. For the four games in the first round, as long as the four families present were fully prepared, it would be like giving money to them, because the winner
They can actually be controlled.
"It's just that starting from the second round of the game, the opponents will be selected by drawing lots, and the football lottery industry will also accept bets from ordinary people in the second round, and the final amount of money will be distributed based on the number of bettors. I don't care
This thing is called odds. For example, if everyone is optimistic that this team will win, then its odds will be low, which means that the return from the final investment will not be too much, but it will definitely win the prize nine times out of ten. But the weaker team
On one side, although the chance of winning is low, the odds may be frighteningly high. Maybe you invested a thousand coins, but you may not necessarily get tens of thousands of coins in the end. Therefore, what everyone really needs to care about is the second round.
.”
Cao Yan didn't take it seriously, looked at Han Yonghe, and said: "Then I generally understand. Mr. Han, why don't we make an agreement with each other. If we can get to the second round of the competition, how about our two families fighting each other?
"
Han Yonghe was also unambiguous and immediately said: "Let's fight. When the time comes, I can win the game and make a fortune at the same time. Why not?"
The two of them really quarreled no matter what, and Lu Yao couldn't do anything about it.
After listening to Lu Yao's explanation, Wang Da finally discovered that this football lottery is really a good business to make money. He secretly made up his mind to train well when he went back. By then, he and his brothers would be able to make a lot of money.
Pen.
"Okay, that's it for me to explain the football lottery. Next, let's talk about the rules." Lu Yao said, "Because each participating team has different personnel capabilities and different foundations, so
The rules of the Cuju Competition need to be reworked, from the court area, to the number of players, and even the winning rules, everyone should know this."
Wang Da said here: "Before I came, the officials had informed me that I should listen carefully to Mr. Lu's explanation of what this new Cuju is like."
Lu Yao nodded and then motioned for everyone to take a look at the drawings just distributed to everyone, which contained the basic design of the stadium.
To put it bluntly, it is a football field with the center line, side lines, and goal positions drawn on the paper.
Wang Da looked at it and said: "With two goals, this stadium looks very big."
"Yes, and the game will be divided into two halves. Each half lasts two quarters of an hour. Added together, it is half an hour of regular game time." Lu Yao said.
Although it still follows the rules of a regular football match, Lu Yao shortened the time to one hour for the whole match. This is because he took into account that the physical strength of people at this time was far less than that of modern people, and because of the emerging sports, participating now
Most of the team members are servants of their respective families or rich second generations from ancient times, and there was no way to find so many substitute players at the same time.
"Half an hour is quite a long time." Han Wenyuan thought for a while and said.
Lu Yao then told everyone about the rules of winning. Of course, they must be the same as the rules of football, including the introduction of some simple foul punishment measures. Lu Yao thought, red cards and yellow cards are still required, if not
When the time comes, just get two small wooden boards and dye them with dye.
At first, Wang Da felt that his team had a foundation and would gain some innate advantages, and it would be easier to win. But after hearing Lu Yao's introduction to the rules, Wang Da only felt that what Lu Yao said was
The only similarity between the new Cuju and the Cuju team that I created is probably the only similarity between them is the word Cuju.
Lu Yao spent half an hour briefly introducing the rules, winning methods, etc.
At first, everyone still listened roughly, but after only five minutes, everyone started asking Lu Yao for pen and paper, and they all started taking notes, which made Lu Yao feel very funny.
Doesn't he know that the reason why everyone wants to record such detailed records is not for the right to operate the final football lottery. As long as they can win, the benefits will be unimaginable, so now they still need to record the rules.
It’s good to understand.
"That is to say, each team must have eleven players, one of whom is a goalkeeper?"
"Well, it's best to have two or three alternate players. After all, not every player can last through such a high-intensity game for half an hour."
Cao You thought for a while and said: "In addition to the players and the team, there must be other people involved in the game. Such a complicated rule must be controlled by someone who is familiar with it."
Lu Yao smiled and said: "This is natural. In a normal game, there must be a head referee who is responsible for controlling the entire field and determining penalties according to the rules. In addition, there must be two referees on the two sidelines.
As an assistant, otherwise one person would be too busy."
Pan Wen said: "Do you already have a suitable candidate in this regard?"
Lu Yao said: "This is natural. I will take care of all these. If nothing else happens, I will find Bao Zheng and Mr. Bao to be the chief referee, and Gongsun Ce and Zhan Zhao will be the two side referees."
"Master Bao?" Cao Ping immediately felt something was wrong, "Do you think he can keep running back and forth for half an hour? I think it would be better for Zhan Zhao to be the referee."
Everyone agreed.
After listening to everyone's opinions, Lu Yao also felt that it was really difficult for Bao Zheng to run back and forth for an hour because of his slightly fat figure. Zhan Zhao was young and strong, so he finally decided to let Zhan Zhao be the referee.
Lu Yao planned to go to Kaifeng Mansion in person in two days to talk to Bao Zheng about these matters. After all, this competition was held under the royal banner, so he would not fail to help.
"One more thing," Han Wenyuan said: "After we contact the team and find the players, who will be responsible for training? We ourselves are not very proficient in this new style of Cuju. If we let Brother Lu do the coaching, it seems that
It’s not appropriate.”
"I have my own arrangements in this regard. You just need to find your own team and opponents." Lu Yao seemed confident.
