In ancient times, the capital of a country was usually also the political, cultural and economic center of the country. As people from the capital, from high-ranking officials to ordinary people, everyone felt that they had seen and experienced everything.
But it was not until the opening of the Princess's Commercial Street today that everyone suddenly realized what they had been eating and playing with over the years.
It's not presentable, it's really too unsophisticated.
Not to mention anything else, that casino alone has already overturned the three views of many men, young and old.
It turns out that casinos can be built so magnificently, and the interior environment can be so elegant. It turns out that the people who play with you don’t have to be a group of men, but can also be young girls in cool clothes.
"Hey, Brother Li is here too. How's your luck today?"
"It's going pretty smoothly. I just made a small profit of three hundred taels. Brother Zhao has quite a few chips in his hands."
"I'm not really good at this, I just followed others and made a few moves. I didn't expect to make so much money. I'm using it to supplement my family income."
"Hahaha, Brother Li, what you said makes sense. Let's continue then?"
“Please, please, please!”
"Brother Zhu, why don't you place your bets? Stop looking. Are you here to gamble or visit a brothel?"
"Brother Xu, what are you talking about? It's totally disrespectful. I'm just appreciating the beautiful things in this world. What's wrong with that?"
"Brother Hu, stop eating, let's go over there and take a look."
"Oh, this is all free, Brother Liang. It would be a shame not to eat it. It's so delicious! I can't stop eating it!"
"Write it down! I'm going to write it all down. This will be something my classmates and I will talk about for a long time to come!"
"Damn, bad luck today, let's fight again tomorrow. Come on, I heard there's a bathing center nearby, let's go check it out."
"Hahaha, I'm lucky today. Don't leave for a moment, let's go to the restaurant next door for a meal!"
The first floor of the casino was bustling with people, and this novel experience made everyone a little excited.
At the same time, a group of people were standing on the second floor of the casino, looking at the first floor. Some of them were also very excited, and even couldn't help but hold on to the railings tightly, causing them to squeak.
Lu Chen just stood there quietly, waiting for these people to digest what they had just seen.
After a while, Li Zhuo calmed his breath and turned around and said, "Master, I heard that you will give out 100 taels of chips for free today. Won't you lose money by doing business like this?"
Everyone looked at each other, and in fact the answer was already in everyone's heart.
Just look at the fanatical expressions of those people below and you will know that this business will definitely not lose money.
For these gamblers, one hundred taels is nothing. It only takes a few minutes to lose money.
Just now, Liang Licang saw that no less than twenty people had gone to redeem their chips.
Lu Chen smiled and responded, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, there will definitely be no loss. It's just that you will earn less."
"It's better to earn less. There's nothing wrong with earning less with this kind of money. By the way, how much of a stake did you say the Royal Family holds in this?"
"Your Majesty, in a business like this, the royal family naturally takes the lion's share, so they took 30% of the shares."
When he heard about the 30% stake, the little tongue in Li Zhuo's throat was about to dance.
Li Zhuo just estimated that the daily turnover of this place must be at least tens of thousands of taels of silver.
Ten thousand taels a day, that's several million taels a year. If the royal family took 30% of it, wouldn't they all be able to live a prosperous life from now on?
If Lu Chen knew what Li Zhuo was thinking at the moment, he would definitely laugh at the emperor for being so useless.
If a place like this can only earn 10,000 taels of silver a day, then why would he bother going there?
Just as Lu Chen was about to open his mouth to explain, Wei Yong snorted coldly, "Your Majesty, such a place of extravagance and debauchery should not exist in the imperial city of Great Qi. It is simply immoral."
"Once this extravagant trend spreads, it will inevitably lead to a situation where the civil officials are at peace and the military officials are idle. If that happens, it will not be a good thing for the prosperity of our Great Qi!"
Lu Chen also admired Lord Wei's ability to cause trouble to others anytime and anywhere.
Li Zhuo looked at Wei Yong with complicated eyes. Doesn't he know that such a place might encourage some bad trends?
But that’s a daily turnover of 10,000 taels, and he’s poor now!
Just when Li Zhuo was unsure how to respond to Wei Yong, Lu Chen said with a smile, "Don't worry, Lord Wei. The situation you're worried about won't happen. When this place officially opens, officials from Da Qi won't be allowed to enter."
"To be honest, the majority of our service targets aren't Da Qi officials. Frankly speaking, Da Qi officials earn only a pittance, and we can only squeeze a few pounds of oil out of them. In the future, this kind of place will cater to foreign envoys residing in the Honglu Temple, as well as international friends visiting Da Qi."
"Once they arrive here, we will provide them with meticulous service so that they will feel like this is their home and won't want to leave."
"In addition, some wealthy businessmen in Da Qi are also the main targets of our service. I have heard that many of them have made a lot of money but don't know how to spend it. This is not right. I believe we have an obligation to teach these wealthy businessmen how to spend their money and benefit more people in Da Qi."
"For this reason, our hotel has even launched a private room service. As long as these people spend a certain amount of money here, they can even stay for free. Of course, as I said before, Da Qi officials cannot enjoy these preferential treatments."
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