Club culture originated in England, the 17th century on the continent and in England, when gentlemen's clubs originated as a kind of civil social place for the British upper class, and they often have a history of hundreds of years. The interior furnishings of such clubs are very sophisticated, hoe antique rooms and beautiful decorations, clubs are also equipped with study, library, tea room, restaurant and entertainment room. The club organizes regular social activities, but also to provide members with catering, bank insurance, contacts and contacts and other services. In the past, the standard English gentleman would not just go down to the restaurant or to the bank; they always accomplished these things in their own clubs. Even writing letters and short notes they tried to use the paper of the club they were in, as it was only decent. In the traditional British clubs, the British gentleman's good breeding, elegant tradition and elegant taste for life can be fully realized. It can be said that in British society, a person has a number of well-known club membership is the embodiment of the person's social status.
Chinese club status
General clubs are closed management, set dining, meetings, entertainment as one, senior clubs are not high-grade places, and then the good decoration will be old, the human factor, the service factor is the key to clubs over the long years, in foreign countries, is also the case.
Although most clubs in China are for-profit organizations, various clubs have more or less stipulated qualifications for membership. What kind of clubs are high-class business clubs, and what kind of people can become members of high-class business clubs?
Most of them are chief representatives of foreign companies, returnees, heads of famous enterprises and so on.
"In foreign countries, some people buy lifetime memberships of clubs actually for value-added and as gift-giving," said the statement. "For example, a club's membership fee starts at 30,000 yuan, and after five years, when it becomes a top club, the membership fee may be 200,000 yuan. Memberships are transferable, so some members will pass on memberships in premium clubs to their juniors in their wills, which is no small gift."
Several Chinese business clubs with "international" titles charge membership fees ranging from 30,000 yuan to 100,000 yuan, but there is also an annual membership fee of at least several thousand yuan.
"Clubs are part of traditional culture abroad, and the reason why some clubs can easily invite global business elites or famous scholars is because of their credibility, which can't be accomplished in a short period of time. This is not unrelated to the cultural and traditional habits that senior business clubs uphold.
Senior business clubs are inevitable in a market economy, and the privacy of business clubs is quite high, so if you are not a member, you can't even drink a cup of coffee for 50 yuan (unless you are a guest). So what are those members doing?
"The club is a very special platform for business networking," says it, "and it's special because if it's impossible to do something in an ordinary atmosphere, it can be done in the club, and that's because of the club's tradition of equality As long as you're a member, everyone is equal, even if you're the CEO of a Fortune 500 company in the world. likely to turn down an invitation to have a drink and sit down for a chat with another member in the club."
Some people feel that most of the members of these clubs are high-powered business leaders, and that people who are used to the culture of "the unit" may feel unbalanced by the comparison.
"In recent years, people have become more aware of the concept of clubs. In earlier years, many people thought that clubs were nightclubs or other entertainment venues, which to some extent limited the development of clubs in the country. "Like sports clubs, residential clubs, white-collar clubs and other specialty clubs, business clubs also have established characteristics and established groups of people, where you will come into contact with senior people engaged in a variety of business activities, and you can hear the latest news from various business fields, which is why many members, after working hard during the day, have to use their spare time to come to the the club's activities.
In addition, since clubs are still social occasions, members generally get along with others in a specific professional capacity and maintain their good behavior. Some high-level clubs have a wife's activity room to improve communication between members' families, and if the wife does not participate in club activities, she is generally more comfortable because the top clubs are actually another formal social occasion.