Harold thought about Xia Xiaolan’s company’s new property development.

The cash vouchers and other promotional methods were quite interesting.

If Xia Xiaolan were willing, he would hire her without hesitation, offering a million-dollar annual salary plus bonuses – a compensation package he wouldn’t mind paying at all.

Unfortunately, Xia Xiaolan was an extremely ambitious woman who would never work for anyone else. She only followed her instincts, constantly expanding her business empire.

Harold had invited Ji Jiangyuan to work in America partly because Ji Jiangyuan and Xia Xiaolan were now legally siblings.

He had heard they were getting along well.

While thinking about this person, Harold returned to the hotel and coincidentally ran into Xia Xiaolan.

Xia Xiaolan had just finished talking with Grandmother Yu.

There was a reason her relationship with Ji Jiangyuan had improved – they both traveled between Beijing and Pengcheng on weekends and when their schedules aligned, they usually traveled together.

Both were making an effort to accept their “new family members.”

Xia Xiaolan hadn’t rushed to leave, as she was waiting for Ji Jiangyuan.

Harold certainly traveled in style now, with cars escorting him front and back, occupying the hotel’s top-floor suite—

“Hi, long time no see.”

“Long time no see.”

Harold wanted to chat with Xia Xiaolan about her new property development, but she was in a hurry to get to the airport, briefly greeting him before leaving with Ji Jiangyuan.

Should she warn Harold?

The thought crossed Xia Xiaolan’s mind, but she quickly dismissed it.

Harold wasn’t stupid. Given how much he had suppressed the Wilsons, he must be on guard.

Perhaps Harold was also waiting for the Wilsons’ final counterattack?

Xia Xiaolan silently shook her head and withdrew her gaze.

Ji Jiangyuan was quite worried:

“Will your lawsuit in America be difficult to handle? Tina said she’s willing to testify in court. She’s also trying to persuade Mrs. Wilson, though I don’t think we should expect too much from that.”

“I’m waiting for my lawyer’s response. This kind of lawsuit is troublesome, but not impossible to handle. By the way, is Tina planning to work for Harold?”

Ji Jiangyuan didn’t ask how Xia Xiaolan knew; he assumed Tina had told Grandmother Yu.

“I think she lacks experience. The young lady has big ambitions, but rather than letting her fumble around, it’s better to keep her under my supervision. I’ve already discussed this with Bill, and he agrees to let Tina work there.”

Harold was quietly developing a membership-based golf course.

Tina would handle some paperwork, which shouldn’t be too challenging.

Currently, the first batch of members would primarily consist of foreigners and Hong Kong-Macau residents. Tina’s language skills weren’t an issue, so she could handle this job competently.

…

“Speaking of which, the golf club is recruiting its first batch of members. Are you interested in joining? I have two recommendation slots.”

On the plane, Ji Jiangyuan suddenly remembered this matter.

Among those joining the golf club, how many enjoyed playing golf?

Harold was aiming to create a high-end golf club.

Xia Xiaolan showed some interest:

“How much are the membership fees?”

“If I recommend you, you’d be a VIP member. VIP membership costs 100,000 yuan annually. Those recommended by VIP members become regular members, paying 50,000 yuan annually. If invited directly by the club, you become a Senior VIP member, with annual fees of 500,000 yuan. Senior VIP members can recommend friends for VIP membership. These are just membership fees – all club consumption and course usage require additional payment, about 50 yuan per hour for the course… That’s the current fee structure, as I understand it.”

Wouldn’t that mean ten Senior VIP members would bring in 5 million in fees?

This fee structure was practically highway robbery.

Xia Xiaolan quickly calculated in her mind:

“There won’t be too many Senior VIP members, right? If I were Harold, I wouldn’t charge membership fees for the first batch of Senior VIP invitees.”

Those invited would certainly be wealthy and prestigious; the club wouldn’t invite nouveau riche.

Many people would want to associate with these members who chose to join the golf club.

Take Du Zhaohui for example – despite his flashy nature, he was still the young master of the Chengrong Group. Setting aside his former playboy days, now that he was managing group affairs, people wanted to connect with him.

They wanted to cooperate with Chengrong Group, seeking Du Zhaohui’s help.

Usually, there was no way to approach him, but if they heard Du Zhaohui was a golf club member, someone might spend 50,000 yuan for regular membership, frequently visiting the club for a chance to meet him.

After playing golf together a few times, unless their emotional intelligence was particularly low, they’d establish some connection.

So while the club might seem to lose money by giving away Senior VIP memberships, it would drive regular VIP and lower-tier regular member applications.

Add the incentive of regular VIPs upgrading to Senior VIPs after five years of membership, and everything falls into place.

Such clubs were places for both leisure and networking.

Treating someone to a meal? Nothing special about that.

Inviting someone for a round of golf? Sounds much healthier.

After golf, they could still drink and dine – the club’s restaurant standards couldn’t be lower than five-star hotels.

Not charging Senior VIP membership fees wouldn’t matter; they’d make money elsewhere. With this dining standard, there was no limit to consumption – they could provide any expensive wine as long as members could afford it—

Why waive fees for the first batch of Senior VIP members?

The club needed to attract regular VIPs and regular members through the Senior VIPs’ appeal. These big shots could play golf anywhere – why choose this new course?

Getting them to join would give Pengcheng’s golf club its initial appeal.

Xia Xiaolan was lost in thought. Despite Harold’s large investment in the golf course taking two years to complete, once opened, it would bring in money like flowing water.

It wasn’t just making money for Harold, but also building his connections.

As an American owner of the club, he could easily get close to any member.

This would facilitate future business not just in China… no, looking broader, throughout East Asia.

This was what Xia Xiaolan envied.

Money-making money was so easy. With large capital, business operations could be grand.

“Regular VIPs can only recommend regular members, right? The two recommendation slots you have are for regular VIPs?”

Ji Jiangyuan nodded:

“Bill probably has four regular VIP slots. If you need more, I could try to get another one for you.”

Xia Xiaolan thought for a moment, “Let me have your two slots first. Two regular VIPs can recommend two regular members, so that’s four slots total. There must be different treatment levels between regular members and VIP and senior VIP members – I’ll wait to see how you ultimately operate this. May I ask what the criteria are for Senior VIP invitations?”

“Personal assets of over 100 million yuan.”

—Damn, she knew it would be like that. She was almost losing hope in this money-obsessed world!