Volume 1: A sound on Wall Street, Xinxiang City is busy copying books Chapter 194: Little Partner
Chapter subtitle: Set a small achievable goal first
Yuan Yanshu's first "Literary Salon" was a success. At the end of the evening, he proposed to establish a mahjong club while the iron was hot.
Everyone present automatically became the first batch of members of the club, but Master Yuan did not serve as the first chairman of the club, but took the initiative to give up the position to Mr. Luo Puxiang, as a favor to him. Because the house number of this river view room is also 144, the club was named "Club No. 144".
"Brothers, take a look at this."
It was already early in the morning, and all the NYU students had left, even Mr. Chandler had gone back to get his luggage. The four former poker partners stayed to eat the midnight snack they had ordered from Chinatown. After Master Yuan finished a bowl of preserved egg and lean meat porridge, he took out some documents and handed them to the other three Chinese students.
The three of them looked at each other in surprise after reading it, because it turned out to be a letter of intent for equity subscription. The company was called Seris Investment Management Co., Ltd., and its total share capital was estimated to be 100,000 US dollars. According to the terms of the letter of intent, the minimum and maximum subscription amounts for the three of them were the same, all 5,000 US dollars!
The three poker partners were all from wealthy families, so they had seen money before, but they were still shocked by the number. For them, who had not yet inherited the family business and were still studying, five thousand dollars was not a small amount.
"Old Yuan, what ?"
"What? Didn't you see it? Mahjong!"
Hearing what he said, Camel Xiangzi threw the documents on the table and shouted in displeasure: "Old Yuan, if you are short of money, why don't you tell us? Why are you doing this?"
The six-fingered demon wiped his mouth and agreed , "Yes, Xiangzi is right! But didn't you say at the dinner table yesterday that you had extorted a large sum of money from that loser Edison? Are you still short of money?"
Xiao Yang Sheng Jian struggled to put the shrimp dumplings in his mouthHe swallowed it and continued, "That's just a good talker! Lao Yuan, you're not going to start this journey anymore. You're just having fun and making fun of us. That's over!" (Translation: That's what I mean! Lao Yuan, you're not being polite and making fun of us. That's too much!)
Yuan Yanshu was not angry when he heard this. Instead, he laughed and said, "Three brothers, we have known each other for quite a while. Is Yuan the kind of person who would cheat you out of your money?"
Seeing the three of them about to speak, he raised his hand and said, "Don't be in a hurry, brothers. Let me finish what I have to say first."
"Brother, I have been in the United States the longest, for more than three years. And Xiao Yang, the shortest among you, has almost been there for two years. It's time for us to think about what to do in the future..."
"Of course, with our family backgrounds... let's take me for example. At worst, I can just go back home and eat my old rice, but I definitely won't starve to death. But as the saying goes, people leave their names behind, and wild geese leave their voices behind!"
"As the ancients said, a real man does not eat from five cauldrons when alive, but cooks himself in five cauldrons when dead."
"Some people also say that they would rather sit in a BMW... cough cough cough. Anyway, we have to find a way to do something big..."
Xiangzi couldn't help but interrupt and asked, "Old Yuan, the big business you are talking about is mahjong?"
"Why not?" Yuan Yan suddenly asked, "Why can't we use Mahjong to make a name for ourselves in the United States?"
The three poker partners were stunned at first when they heard this question, and then they immediately laughed:
"Hahahaha... Lao Yuan, have you drunk too much?"
"Hahahaha... Boss, why are you joking and saying scary things?"
"Hahaha... Oh, Nongger's joke is so funny... Yeah, funny." (Translation: Your joke is so funny.)
Our Master Yuan sat there quietly drinking tea, and when the three of them had almost finished laughing, he said, "Hey guys, besides playing mahjong, drinking wine, and sleeping with girls, didn't you go to experience the customs of America in the United States? Like, go to a baseball game or horse racing?"
Camel Xiangzi wiped away the tears from his laughter and asked casually, "Old Yuan, can mahjong be compared to baseball?"
Yuan Yanshu replied as a matter of course: "Why can't we compare? Brothers, let me tell you..."
He figured out something right after he started, so he said nonchalantly: "Forget it, I won't force you on this matter. If you guys are willing, just invest, if not, just treat it as a fart and let it go."
The real purpose of our Master Yuan opening this investment management company is not to make money, but to…give money away. To be more precise, it is to pick partners that he likes to make money together.
As his business grew bigger, he naturally needed more and more partners. However, this time traveler thought that the partners who followed him would be very rich, but he dared not say that the smallest goal was to become a millionaire. And a millionaire these days would be worth over 100 million according to the exchange rate a hundred years later.
In that case, is there any need for him to rack his brains to come up with an argument to persuade these card partners?
He would welcome those who were willing to catch up, but he would not force those who were not able to catch up. So the $5,000 was a test to see if they really believed in him.
" Club is the first mahjong club in the United States. It is also the starting point of the American Mahjong Association (AMA), the largest mahjong enthusiasts organization in the United States in the future. AMA has the highest-level mahjong competition in the United States - the American Occupation Mahjong League (AOML)..."
"The annual finals held by AMOL are called the 'Super Table'. To commemorate the founding of the 'Club 144' and to take into account the ratings, the 'Super Table' is held on the last Saturday night of November every year."
——Excerpt from "From Clubs to Major Leagues: A Brief History of the Development of Mahjong in the United States"
Of course, by the end of the 20th century on this timeline, neither AMA nor AMOL was the largest in the world. The world's largest mahjong enthusiasts organization and the most popular professional mahjong league were of course in a certain big country in the East...
"Okay, go back and think about it slowly. There's no rush anyway." Yuan Yan took a sip of tea and said, "By the way, you guys have to come over tomorrow."
After being a mahjong teacher twice, Camel Xiangzi became addicted to it. So he asked excitedly: "Are we going to teach those foreigners to play mahjong tomorrow?"
Our Master Yuan nodded and said, "Yes, not only do we have to teach, we also have to lose!"
