That is, they received advance fee payments from members and continually invested in expansion, then in turn received fees from the newly opened branches. As the right hand received money, the left hand spent it, driving a constant cycle of expansion.
也就是把向會員預收的會費不斷拿去投資擴點，然後再於擴點處預收會費，藉左手收錢、右手支出，循環不已的擴張規模。