Chapter 312: Ice and Fire
Actually, when Zhang Fei initially decided to establish a charitable organization, he had already been observing the entire economic structure of Bianjing.
He was mainly looking for a business that could absorb large amounts of capital investment.
Major commodities like grain, salt, alcohol, and sugar were basically under court regulation, and powerful families were entrenched everywhere in these trades, making such businesses unreliable.
After calculating everything, only the entertainment industry could swallow such a massive investment.
At the time, he had two choices: first, invest in pleasure quarters and entertainment districts; second, invest in football and establish a new league.
However, given that there were no microphones at present, the influence that pleasure quarters and entertainment districts could create was very limited, while sports had no such restrictions and even had peripheral products.
In the end, he chose football.
He also deliberately scheduled Wang Anshi’s article and the football finals on the same day, wanting to see the influence of football.
The result was obvious – the first shot of the New Policies did not affect everyone’s attention to football.