Sub-heading of this chapter: Set a small goal that can be achieved

The first "Literary Salon" held by Yuan Yanqian was a success. Towards the end of the night, he proposed www.biquge.info set up 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 chairman of the first club, but took the initiative to let Xian give Mr. Luo Puxiang, which was regarded as a favor for him. Because the house number of this river-view house is also 144, this club was named "Club 144".

"Brothers, look at this."

It's early in the morning, and the NYU classmates are gone, and even Mr. Chandler Jr. has gone back to get his luggage. The four original card pairs stayed together for a late-night snack called from Chinatown. After our Master Yuan drank a bowl of porridge with preserved eggs and lean pork, he took out a few documents and handed them to the other three Chinese students.

The three of them couldn't help but look at each other when they read it, because this was actually a letter of intent for equity subscription. The company, called Seris Investment Management LLC, is expected to have a total share capital of $100,000. According to the terms of the letter of intent, the minimum and maximum subscription amount for the three of them is the same, both of which are $5,000!

These three cards are all from rich backgrounds, and naturally they are not owners who have never seen money, but they are still taken aback by this number. For those who haven't inherited the family business and are still studying, $5,000 is not a small amount.

"Lao Yuan, what is your company going to do?"

"What to do? Didn't you see that? Mahjong! ”

Hearing him say this, Camel Xiangzi threw the documents on the table, and said loudly with an unhappy face: "Old Yuan, are you short of money to spend to tell us, what are you doing with this moth?" ”

The six-fingered qin demon wiped his mouth and echoed: "Yes, Xiangzi is right!" But didn't you say at the dinner table yesterday that you knocked a lot of bamboo from Edison's street fight? Will you still be short of money to spend? ”

Xiao Yang fried the shrimp dumplings in his mouth with great effort (one of the major sins of Cantonese cuisine is that the dim sum is thicker than the main dish, and the patients agree or not?) Swallowed, and said, "It's a person who can speak!" Lao Yuan, Nong Ge will not go on the road, and he will find the head of Alla Tou with happiness. It's over! (Translation: That's what I say!) Lao Yuan, you won't be on the road, and the joke will come to us. That's too much! ）

Yuan Yanqian was not moved when she heard this, but laughed and said: "Three brothers, the days we have known each other are not short, is Yuan someone this kind of person who will cheat you out of money?" ”

When he saw that the three of them were about to speak, he raised his hand and said, "Brothers, don't be busy, listen to my brother first." ”

"Brother, I've been in Citigroup for the longest time, and it's been more than three years now. And Xiao Yang, the youngest among you, is almost two years old. It's time for us to think about where we go from here......"

"Of course, with the family background of the brothers...... Let's just say brother, it's a big deal for me to go back to China and eat old rice, and I will definitely not starve to death. But as the saying goes, people have left a name, and geese have left a voice! ”

"The ancients said that the eldest husband did not eat five tripods in life, and cooked five tripods when he died."

"Someone else said I'd rather sit in a BMW...... Ahem, ahem. Anyway, we have to think about something big......"

Xiangzi couldn't help but interject and asked: "Old Yuan, the big business you said is mahjong tiles?" ”

"Why not?" Yuan Yanqian asked rhetorically, "Why can't we use mahjong to break out of this Citigroup country?" ”

The three card partners were stunned for a moment when they heard this question, and then immediately laughed:

"Hahaha...... Old Yuan, have you drunk too much? ”

"Hahaha...... Big guy, why are you talking about it?"

"Hahaha...... Oh, Nong Ge joked too much white...... Well, funny. (Translation: You're so funny.) ）

Our Master Yuan sat there quietly drinking tea, and when the three of them were almost smiling, he said, "I said, brothers, don't you stay in Citigroup except for playing mahjong, drinking wine and sleeping with girls, don't you go to appreciate the American customs?" Like going to a baseball game or horse race? ”

Camel Xiangzi wiped the tears from his laughter and asked casually: "Old Yuan, mahjong can also be compared with baseball?" ”

Yuan Yanqian replied as a matter of course: "Why can't it be compared? Brother, I'll tell you......"

As soon as he got up, he figured out something, so he turned to say indifferently: "Forget it, brother, I don't force this matter." If you want to, you can join a share, and if you don't want to, you can treat it as a fart, and let it go. ”

The real purpose of our Master Yuan to open this investment management company is not to make money, but to ...... Send money. To be more precise, it is to pick friends who are pleasing to the eye to make a fortune together.

His stall is getting bigger and bigger, so there are naturally more and more friends in need. However, this traverser thinks that the friends who follow him are too tall to say, and the youngest target is also a millionaire. And the millionaires of this year, according to the exchange rate in a hundred years, that is, they are worth more than 100 million.

In that case, does he still have to go to great lengths to come up with a set of rhetoric to convince these card partners?

He naturally welcomes those who are willing to keep up, but he will not drag others on the road if he can't keep up. So the $5,000 is a test to see if they really believe in themselves.

Founded on November 24, 1920, Club 144 was the first mahjong club in the United States and the starting point of the American Mahjong Association (AMA), the largest organization of mahjong enthusiasts in the United States. The AMA has the highest level of mahjong in the United States, the American Occupation Mahjong ......League, or AOML.

The annual grand finale held by AMOL is called the "Super Table", and in order to commemorate the day of the establishment of the "Club 144", the "Super Table" is held on the last Saturday night of November every year. ”

-- Excerpt from "From Club to Major League: A Brief History of Mahjong in the United States"

Of course, by the end of the twentieth century in this timeline, neither AMA nor AMOL was the largest in the world, and the world's largest mahjong enthusiast organization and the most popular professional mahjong league were of course in a big country in the East......

"Okay, you can go back and think about this slowly, anyway, there's no hurry." Yuan Yanqian took a sip of tea and said, "By the way, the brothers have to come over tomorrow." ”

Camel Xiangzi became a mahjong teacher twice, but he became an addiction. So he asked with great interest: "Are we going to teach those foreign devils to play mahjong tomorrow?" ”

Our Master Yuan nodded and said, "Yes, not only do you have to teach, but you also have to lose!" ”