I believe the school to be a bad idea for the investors. Surely it is a good idea for the crown prince and the state, but bad for traders. Here is why. If everyone can visit it, they will create more upstarters, that are a competition. it would make more sense to pay the education of an employer employee yourself, who then is in your dept for picking him/her up. It's true that you find more talented people in a school, as it draws talented people towards it and let them shine. You create a pool of better working forces, but everyone fishes in that pool -> harder competition. And then again the thing with the upstarts.
On a side note: Where can I buy that tea set? Those tea cups have such a nice design. Modest, yet a bit playful and extravagant. That simple white color-scheme with that slightly sharp golden edge...it looks glorious.