Chapter 134 Investing in Private Clubs

Fang Jianming's two words made Tang Yu recall, "What's the matter? The people at home urged Brother Fang to invest again? However, it's not a matter to put eight or nine hundred million yuan in the bank.

"That's right. Originally, this money was not your brother Fang and myself. It took a lot of effort for the old man to make such a large scale of funds. At this time, there is no place to put nearly one billion of funds in hand. Naturally, some people are not happy.

Tang Yu smiled twice, "It was Brother Fang's previous investment that made them taste the sweetness. I remember that my second uncle said that in 1990, the capital scale of the Fangjia Group was only 200 to 300 million yuan. In Brother Fang's hands, it slowly grew. After a circle in Hainan and Beihai, it doubled several times to nearly one billion. Naturally, some people's minds I'm not sober. Moreover, the real estate market is indeed profitable at this time. Isn't it that someone is encouraging to enter real estate again? For these people, it is the stupidest way to put money in the bank and eat interest.

Fang Jianming smiled bitterly, "That's right. They don't understand the old man's ideas. Everyone has their own ideas. Now that the old man is pressing on it, they can't turn over the storm, but it's not a way to leave the money empty like this. After talking to the old man, the old man also said that the operation of the private club you mentioned before is indeed a good idea. The old man has just returned from Beijing recently and has heard about the two clubs being built in the capital. The old man also went to read it specially and checked some information. What the old man now means is that this private clubhouse is a precedent in China, but it seems to be very interesting. We can also try the water in the capital circle, but it is better to start from Liaohai..."

Fang Jianming was interrupted by Tang Yu before he finished speaking, "What? Does the old man mean that he wants the Fang family to have a clubhouse? Do you want to play club?

Fang Jianming smiled and said, "That's about it. The old man and I are still discussing the details. We haven't completely decided how to do it and where to do it. However, what the old man means is that there are already two clubs with such a club model in the capital. This thing is a new thing in China, and we may not be able to squeeze into the circle of the capital, so we are ready to test the water from Liaohai first. After all, our Fang family's base camp is in Liaohai, and we have an advantage from Liaohai.

What Fang Jianming said is true. The private club is not something that everyone can do, not everyone can do it. The water there is deep. If the members of the four major domestic clubs in those years, if the founders can't suppress them, they may not be willing to be you. Member of.

Although the old man of the Fang family retreated from the deputy state-level position, the water depth of the capital is deep. Although the Fang family is protected by the big tree of the old man, the human nature below may not be good. Moreover, it is still a private clubhouse business clubhouse. As the founder, Fangjia does not have much achievements in the business field. If it is in the capital, it may not be successful. Moreover, there are already two houses under construction in the capital. The old man Fang probably also knows who are behind them, so he asked Fang Jianming to start testing the water from Liaohai Province.

Private clubs are different from others. The planners need to have a huge social influence to recruit high-level members, and then someone is willing to pay membership fees for membership. Otherwise, with the prominent status of others in society, why do you want to buy the face of your club, and why do you want to become a member of the club? Obviously, it is not enough to have a deputy national-level old man behind him. The old man of the Fang family probably understood the joints here, so he asked Fang Jianming to start from Liaohai.

In fact, the domestic concept of private clubs flowed into China in 1993. Before, there had never been anything similar to clubs or clubs in China, but there were very successful clubs and clubs abroad long ago. Whether it is a purely commercial clubhouse or a clubhouse for entertainment, there are many mature business models abroad.

Chang'an Club and Kyoto Club, which have always been well-known in later generations, began to be built in the capital in 1993. They are the earliest private clubs in China, and there were few before that. In the memory of Tang Yu's previous life, the Kyoto Club was the earliest club to start operating in China. They began to recruit the first batch of members in October 1994. Later, clubs of various high and low club models sprung up in China. There are winners and losers.

In fact, we can't imagine the membership of the four major private clubs in China in the previous life. The basic annual consumption of the members in it is more than 1 million yuan, and the number of rich people in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan is not counted. With the identity of Fang Jianming, the value of one billion yuan is really not enough.

In the memory of Tang Yu's previous life, it was about the early 1990s that the four top clubs (private clubs) in China quietly appeared in the capital. At that time, the members of the club enjoyed the happiness of life with the "lifetime membership of the US dollar". And those who can join these clubs are "rich or noble". They take off their masks, drink and share the feeling of success in the private club, in the atmosphere of familiar with each other.

For the four top clubs, although Tang Yu has never visited them in his previous life, he has heard more or less.

The earliest ones are Kyoto Club and Chang'an Club.

Chang'an Club was founded in 1993. Its main members are Li Ka-shing, Huo Yingdong and Yang Yuanqing. Needless to say, these three people are not thunderous figures in their previous lives.

The membership fee of Chang'an Club is $16,000 for individual membership and $18,000 for corporate membership. It is most famous for its elegant, elegant and exquisite palace style. Moreover, Chang'an Club has the ability to invite the most authoritative and top figures in the industry. It is said that in Tang Yu's previous life, there was a saying that Duan Yongji, the "village leader" of Zhongguancun, never went to the star hotel to talk, but chose the Chang'an Club, because everyone here would take care of him privately and kindly like a family.

Next is the Kyoto Club, which was founded in 1993. It is the preferred private business club for the Chinese business elite. Most of its main members are business elites, people from emerging industries and embassy staff, among which the most famous are Li Zekai and Xu Rongmao. The membership fee of Kyoto Club is 100,000 yuan for individual membership and 125,000 yuan for company membership, which seems to be cheaper than that of Chang'an Club. Even if Tang Yu has never entered in his previous life, he also knows that the most special thing about the Kyoto Club is its long floor-to-ceiling window with a 360-degree perspective on the 50th floor of the Beijing Capital Building, which is its most unique place. From the moment you step into the club, you can overlook Beijing. In his previous life, as far as Tang Yu knew, the Kyoto Club was known as "China's No. 1 Rich Club", which once gathered the presidents of most of the world's top 500 Chinese companies and a considerable number of ambassadors to China. As for whether it is true or not, it can't be known as Tang Yu's previous life.

Next, the China Association was founded by Deng Yonggeng in 1996. The most strange thing about it is that it retains the essence of traditional Chinese architecture, antique quadrangle courtyards, palace lamps, old-fashioned tables and chairs, beds, wind lotus, willow trees, peach trees and ginkgo in the courtyard, and traditional combination. Natural flavor. The membership fee of the China Association is $15,000 for permanent members, $100 per month, $7,000 for overseas membership, and $5,000 for local membership. Most of the main members are foreign royal family members, entrepreneurs and artists.

Tang Yu often heard this saying in his previous life: "Everything in China is antique, and only people are new." Probably because of this unique Chinese characteristic, China has received countless foreign heads of state and celebrities from all walks of life. It is said that after French President Chirac signed the Sino-French Joint Statement in Beijing, he mysteriously disappeared for hours. In fact, the president, who had a deep understanding of Chinese culture, could not resist the ** of the quadrangle courtyard and went to China to feel the life of the Chinese emperor. As for whether it is true or not, it is naturally unknown for the social level Tang Yu came into contact with in his previous life, but even if it is true, it can only be said to be a successful hype.

Among the four major clubs, the Beijing American Club was established last night, which was only established in 2002, but it was not inferior at all. Most of its main members are representatives of the world's top 500 enterprises in the mainland, senior executives, artists, and returnees. Representative members Zhang Chaoyang and Sun Zhenyi are both famous figures, with a membership fee of 160 million US dollars per person. Located on the top floor of China Resources Building, Beijing American Club is the youngest club in the "Four Conferences" in Beijing. It clearly positions itself in the "Business Club". Large companies such as Microsoft and HP are its main members.

In addition, the successful clubs that Tang Yu knew in his previous life include the Bankers Club, the Guangzhou Louvre Club, the Shenyang Yuhao Club, the Shenzhen Xifu Club and many other clubs.

Although their membership fee does not seem to be large, in fact, the profit and influence of the club are beyond the understanding of outsiders.

In terms of the Fang family's connections and influence in China, it is natural to prepare for the construction of the four top-scale clubs in China similar to the previous life, but if it is to build a private club similar to the Kyoto Club in Liaohai Province, it is very possible. According to Tang Yu's idea, if the Fang family is preparing to build a private clubhouse, according to the old man Fang's idea, it is probably also a clubhouse that focuses on business nature, rather than that kind of soft, erotic or pure or erotic entertainment club.

Although the leader of private enterprises in the province is the Jilong Group of the Zhang family, and the commercial strength of the Fang family in the province is not as good as that of the Zhang family, the Zhang family does not have the huge influence of the old man Fang family. It's not enough to have money to do this kind of thing. Even with the energy of the Fang family, the old man of the Fang family let Fang Jianming do it from the province, instead of going directly to the capital to test the water.

Of course, if it starts from Liaohai Province, it is inherently limited to the later development of the clubhouse. After all, as a medium-developed province in China, Liaohai is not comparable to the conditions of the capital. It has innate conditions and advantages to set up a private club in the capital. After all, the members of the private club are successful people in the sea of business. The innate conditions of the capital make the rich gather, which is not comparable to a corner of the Liaohai Sea.

Of course, in 1993, whether it was from the capital or from the Liaohai in China, everyone crossed the river by feeling the stones. There was no precedent for club in China before. Everyone was trying to explore. On the contrary, Tang Yu, Tang Yu, who had seen a lot of things in his previous life. I know the business model of many mature domestic clubs.

Although in terms of the provinces of his previous life, he did not have the opportunity to go in high clubs such as Kyoto Club and Chang'an Club, but he has seen a lot of medium-sized private clubs in the capital. There was also a relatively successful private club in Liaohai Province in those years, but it was similar to the nature of red buildings. It's qualitative, but it's not worth emulating.

In fact, according to Tang Yu's plan, by the time the Fang family's private club was completed to recruit members, perhaps the Fang family and Tang Yu at that time had developed to a jaw-dropping point. With Tang Yu's understanding of the VCD project and tea series of beverages, Zhang Jia has become the leader of enterprises in the province. Tang Yu is really looking forward to the point where it is easy, especially the VCD project, which will eventually be reached. And their commercial success is obviously conducive to the success of Fangjia's private clubhouse. In the early stage of the opening of the club, several members were needed to live in the town.

He talked to Fang Jianming about the clubhouse. Fang Jianming told Tang Yu that he had recently prepared to go abroad to investigate, get familiar with the model of private clubs, and then dig a few people and hire a management team to prepare to do a big job on this project. Now that the old man has agreed to this project, he naturally has to do a good job. Fang Jianming said before that he likes to run entertainment venues, but the old man does not agree with him to get involved. At this time, it is naturally excellent to have a flux.

Fang Jianming told Tang Yu that he specially asked a person in the provincial capital to exchange funds with the research institute, gave Tang Yu a name and phone number, and told him that this was a financial specialist specially used for the VCD project. He reserved nearly 100 million yuan for the project in the provincial capital for Tang Yu to burn.

If the research institute is on the right track to start formal research, the research funds will be poured in, but a special person is needed to be responsible for this matter. Tang Yu roughly estimated that there is a fund of 100 million, which is more than enough for the VCD project. According to Jiang Wanshi's estimate, about 20 to 30 million yuan is enough, but scientific research is not sure. It is very likely to double in the end, and the remaining half is also possible. It is better to prepare well in advance.

Fang Jianming heard some famous things from Tang Yu's words. Tang Yu was familiar with the so-called private club, which was tight. Tang Yu casually said a few words and made Fang Jianming amazed. He thought that the boy had personally seen those clubs abroad and made up his mind that after he came back from abroad, he must pull it. Tang Yu said well. After all, this idea was put forward by Tang Yu at the beginning.

Fang Jianming doesn't know that although Tang Yu has never seen those things abroad in his life, he has seen many private clubs and clubs in China in his previous life. After 2004, there were countless domestic clubs and private clubs. Tang Yu thought that he had a work relationship in his previous life, but he had a lot of contact with those things. In addition to purely commercial clubs, he had seen a lot of clubs with soft colors, emotional services and pure entertainment. At this time, it is naturally easy to deceive Fang Jianming. In the 1990s, few people in China knew about private clubs.

After hanging up Fang Jianming's phone, Tang Yu shook his head and smiled. It seems that it is necessary to plan for this project in the future. The Fang family carries out this project, which has nothing to do with Fang Jianming at the beginning.

Moreover, the Fang family is a good ally, both commercially and politically. Although Tang Yu is not qualified to be an ally of the Fang family in business and politics, Tang Yu believes that such a day will appear in the near future. Before this day, he naturally had to have a good relationship with the Fang family, and at the same time let them realize their value and importance, and that they are qualified to be allies of the Fang family.

He hung up the phone and thought about it. Anyway, there was nothing to do. Tang Yu simply hung up another phone call to his second uncle. It happened that Tang Tianhao and Tang Tianyu were originally near the outside hospital, and they were also going to come to see Tang Yu later.

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