Game within game: chess player

At this time, the membership fees directly divided the social classes. Those who could afford 50 yuan were one level of wealthy families, and those who could afford one million yuan were the super wealthy families in the capital. The difference was not in funds, but in knowledge. difference. Moreover, due to the limited capacity of the two best private rooms in Qianyuan, in order to prevent customers from having a bad experience, the store is limited to only fifty million-level membership cards. This means that the two golden private rooms in Qianyuan can contribute 5000 million yuan in net profit in a year, which is no exaggeration to say that it is equivalent to the net profit of a medium-sized listed company in a year.

These fifty tickets are the tickets for the super wealthy families in Beijing. The million-level membership fee sold more than thirty tickets in the first year of its opening. This means that these people have the qualification to eat in the super private room of Qianyuan. When these young men and ladies went home in the afternoon and described the scenery in Xiyuan, and after knowing the principles of setting membership fees in Xiyuan, and sensitively smelling that another capital circle was about to be formed, everyone began to go crazy. Grab a million-level membership card, then 50, and finally 20 and [-].

Three days after its opening, all membership cards in Xiyuan have been sold out, and membership fees have exceeded 50 million in just two days. In the future, Xiyuan will no longer sell membership cards, causing the number of Xiyuan membership cards on the market to skyrocket. Even the lowest membership standard has been raised to 500, while the membership fee for the top private rooms in Qianyuan has been directly raised to [-] million, even though In this way, no one is willing to transfer the Xiyuan membership card in their hands.

Ten years later, the top membership card of Xiyuan Qianyuan will be worth 5000 million. The 5000 million paid is not a membership fee, but a symbol of the super wealthy family in Beijing.

Xiyuan is no longer a club, but a circle, a circle run by Ye Fang. Since then, Xiaozhuang has become a popular mysterious woman in the capital. Her identity and background have become extremely unclear after a few years. People familiar with that period of history have all kept silent because no one dared to talk about Ye Fang's woman behind her back.

Ye Fang accompanied Ma Yongchang into Xiyuan and introduced Xiyuan to everyone along the way according to the formula Xiaozhuang had told himself before. However, Ye Fang soon discovered that when Ma Yongchang entered Xiyuan, he just swept past Yuanheng and Yuanheng, and went straight to the ginkgo tree in the central courtyard.

In the severe winter, the frost-stained ginkgo leaves gradually wither and turn yellow, and the yellow leaves fall rustlingly in the north wind, covering the ground with a "golden blanket". After the heavy snowfall, the ginkgo tree is covered in snow, and the strong body of the ginkgo tree looks even more handsome, chic and mighty against the backdrop of the ice and snow.

"This place is the most beautiful in autumn!" Ye Fang said from the side.

"Well, I know, even the one in the Forbidden City can't compare to this one." Ma Yongchang looked at the ginkgo tree and fell into long memories. He used to run and play under this tree when he was a child. At that time, the Ye family compound It's even more grand than Xiyuan now. Mingxuan, are you okay in heaven? Ma Yongchang couldn't help but sigh heavily when he thought of this.

"Grandpa, what's wrong with you?" Ye Fang asked curiously.

"It's okay, I just remembered a lot of things from the past." Ma Yongchang said slowly.

"Father, you are tired from walking, let's go into the room and take a rest." Ma Zhengping said

"Okay." Ma Yongchang agreed.

Then Ye Fang let Ma Yongchang and Ma Zhengping into Room [-] of the Qianyuan. The entire Room [-] was designed completely in accordance with the royal regulations. Just sitting here gave him an aura of dominion over the world.

"The room is well designed." Ma Yongchang said sincerely.

"This was designed by Professor Shan Limin, an expert in the restoration of the Forbidden City. It is completely imitated by the regulations of the Imperial Garden of the Forbidden City." Ye Fang said.

"Father, if you like it, we can also modify our courtyard according to this." Ma Zhengping said.

Ma Yongchang shook his head and said, "You can't draw a tiger against a horse. Only this courtyard can be worthy of this kind of regulation. Do you know why? Because this courtyard has a royal aura that other courtyards don't have."

"Tell me about it." Ma Zhengping asked humbly.

Ye Fang also pricked up his ears and listened. At this time, he was the only one in the room. The rest of the people were outside and no one dared to come in without being summoned.

"When Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, built the Forbidden City, he used the leftover materials from the Forbidden City to build mansions in the capital for six of his former powerful generals, including the current courtyard. This courtyard was given to the powerful general Tan Yuan by Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty. Tan Yuan died in battle before Zhu Di ascended the throne. After Zhu Di ascended the throne, he named Tan Yuan's son Tan Zhong the new Ningbo and rewarded this house. After that, the Tan family became rich for nine generations in the Ming Dynasty. So this courtyard is used Every brick and tile has the same regulations as the Forbidden City. As far as I know, only this courtyard is still intact. The rest of the courtyards have either been taken over by the government or have been submerged in the market. Do you think it can be the same?" Ma After Yongchang finished speaking, he coughed a few times. It was obvious that the old man had not spoken for such a long time in a long time.

Ye Fang nodded. It turns out that this courtyard still has such an unknown history. He said slowly, "That is indeed different." The Imperial Garden can be built anywhere if you have the money, but without the bricks and tiles of this imperial city, it will be impossible. It doesn't have that royal vibe.

"Grandpa, it's okay. You can come over to Xiyuan at any time. I will leave a courtyard for you in the inner courtyard." Ye Fang said.

"Okay, it's rare for you to have such filial piety." Ma Yongchang replied with a smile.

"I guess you still have a filial piety," Ma Zhengping scolded with a smile.

At this time, Xiaozhuang walked in, bowed Yingying, and said, "Mr. Ye, the lunch is ready. I'll have it served. You and the old man can chat while eating."

"Old man, how are you? Let's chat while eating, okay?" Ye Fang leaned over and asked

"Okay, let's try the craftsmanship here today." Ma Yongchang said with a smile.

Then Ye Fang nodded to Xiaozhuang. Xiaozhuang waved his hand and several waiters dressed in the costumes of palace maids came over carrying exquisite dishes that were not inferior to the state banquet level. Soon, six state banquet level dishes were served. Come up.

"Old man, Xiyuan hires all special chefs who have done state banquets. These dishes are Mountains and Rivers, Splendid Rivers and Blessed East Sea..." Xiaozhuang introduced the dishes on the table to Ma Yongchang and Ma Zhengping in turn. The dishes, including ingredients, production process and meaning, made Mr. Ma Yongchang nod his head after taking a bite.

"Are you the boss of Xiyuan?" Ma Yongchang put down his chopsticks and asked.

"Back to the old man, the boss of Xiyuan is Mr. Ye. I just help Mr. Ye take care of Xiyuan." Xiaozhuang replied with a smile and glanced at Ye Fang inadvertently.

"Do you like him?" Ma Yongchang asked suddenly.

Hearing the old man's sudden question, Ye Fang, who was drinking tea, almost spit out the tea, coughed a few times, and said quickly, "Old man, you are off topic!"