This Star Doesn’t Work Overtime

  Chapter 295 293. Huaxia is so easy to make money, right? Are the two dealers crazy?

  Magic City!

  In a five-star hotel.

  Phips, Heidi, and Professor Haixi all came to Charles' room to watch Charles play a piano etude No. 1 played by Wang Cheng last night on the piano!

  The simple melody, for a world-class pianist like Charles, is really easy to grasp at a glance, and then he can quickly get started.

only…

  Charles' performance never had the feeling that Wang Cheng played on TV.

   And the TV signal is more than one level worse than the scene.

so…

  Charles' current performance is at least two levels behind Wang Cheng's live performance.

However, Charles liked the No. 1 etude very much. He played it again, stood up and said to Heidi, Phipps, and Professor Hessey: "This piece has a charm, and the more you play it, the more you will get better and better." I want to play, although it is very simple, but I like it very much.”

  Heidi also nodded and said: "Yes, I played it twice, and I still want to play it. I can sit there and play this piece all day without any impatience."

   Phipps: "I love this one too!"

  Phips is not that sentimental, nor does he have too much life precipitation, so he doesn't like this piece of Fur Alice too much, but he just thinks it is very good. He prefers the No. 2 piano etude that can show off his skills.

  Professor Haixi said: "I have already booked tickets for Mr. Howard. They should be able to arrive tonight and catch up with Wang Cheng's solo concert tomorrow!"

  Charles nodded: "Are the tickets for the concert confirmed?"

Professor Haixi shook his head: "There are still a few minutes to go online, and I'm ready to snap up. I heard that Wang Cheng himself is a superstar in China, and any tickets for him will be snapped up by fans. This time there are only 3,000 tickets , it might be very hot. So, I asked Heidi and Phipps to grab it with me!"

  Charles said with emotion: "It's the first time I listen to a Chinese musician's concert."

In recent years, many top performers in China have also gone international, wanting to prove themselves internationally, and have held concerts in famous places in Europe and America, but few people care about them, and no one in the circle patronizes them, because Going to represent a kind of recognition.

  The ancient music circles in Europe and America did not approve of Chinese music performers. Even if several top Chinese performers were not inferior to their world-class top performers, they would be rejected by them and would not recognize them.

  Charles doesn’t have much prejudice against Chinese musicians, but he won’t fight against most other people in the circle. He insists on listening to Chinese musicians’ performances, so he has never heard any Chinese musicians’ performances.

  Wang Cheng's solo concert was the first time he listened to a Chinese musician's recital.

  Same reason...

   This is also the recital that Curtis Institute attaches great importance to a Chinese musician. Not only Charles, the vice president, came to the scene in person, but even the president and the three most respected world-class musicians in the school came.

If such a lineup is normal, it will definitely cause shocks in the entire classical music industry in China. All the classical music schools will definitely go crazy and invite these people to exchange with their schools, and then promote them to improve themselves. Influence and status at home and abroad.

However, no one has come to ask them about this matter now. Even Charles has been here for a day or two. It is no secret in the hotel and in the musician program group. No one came to visit Charles.

   It's not just that they have this treatment.

   Several people in Haixi know that the other top music academies in Europe and the United States who also live in this hotel are the same as their Curtis Institute.

   Several other academies also had heavyweights who came to Shanghai yesterday, and they all studied Wang Cheng in the hotel room, but no one came to visit them either!

  As if...

  They, the heavyweights of the world's top music schools, have been ignored.

   In other words, these world's top music schools themselves have been ignored by several Chinese music academies and the entire classical music art festival.

because.

  At this time, there are more important and far-reaching figures attracting the attention of almost all classical music artists in China.

Curtis, Eastman, Manhattan, Berlin Art, Paris Conservatory, etc., the world's top music schools are not fundamentally different from China's Central Music, Zheyin, Moyin, Chuanyin, etc. They are all regarded as the same. Individuals attract almost all the attention, leaving no time or energy for each other.

so!

  Charles and the others didn't bother to pay attention to whether they should be grandly received by the Huaxia Music Academy.

  His full attention at this time is also on Wang Cheng and the upcoming solo concert.

Ding!

  The alarm clock that Phipps and Heidi had set in advance rang, and the two of them and Professor Haixi quickly picked up their mobile phones and started to grab tickets!

but…

   One minute later, when the tickets are officially launched.

   All three of them widened their eyes at the same time.

  Heidi, who was originally sitting, jumped up and exclaimed, "Are you Katie? The first row of tickets cost more than 40,000 dollars? Is this a robbery?"

  Phips also widened his eyes and shouted: "God, I have never seen such an expensive ticket! More than 40,000 dollars... This is a typo, did you write an extra zero?"

  Professor Haixi's hands trembled, and he looked directly at Charles: "The first row of tickets is more than 40,000 dollars!"

  Charles was also shocked, but after all, he is in his fifties and has seen too much of the world, so he quickly said: "Buy it first, grab the seat first!"

  Professor Hessey quickly shouted: "Heidi, Phipps, pay first! If it is a wrong price, you can apply for a refund afterwards."

  Heidi and Phipps no longer hesitated. Although the price of more than 40,000 US dollars was still dazzling, they still quickly clicked to pay!

but…

  The page immediately prompts that it is sold out!

  Professor Hessey got the same prompt.

   There are only 100 tickets for the first row, and they are sold out!

  Heidi's eyes widened and she exclaimed again: "What is this? Tickets worth more than 40,000 dollars are sold out? Are Chinese people so rich?"

  Phips also said in shock: "Can I consider holding a solo concert in China?"

   Phipps saw that such expensive tickets as Wang Cheng sold so quickly, and he also became envious and jealous!

  Music artists also want to make money...

Generally, the top music artists, the ticket revenue for a solo concert in Europe and America is at most about one million US dollars. Artistic atmosphere also requires an elegant on-site atmosphere, so you can only find indoor venues, and indoor theaters are generally relatively small, with a maximum of several thousand seats, and smaller ones only have about 1,000 seats.

  A solo concert with 3,000 seats like Wang Cheng’s is considered a relatively large-scale classical music concert in the world.

Tickets for individual concerts of top music artists in Europe and the United States are thousands of dollars a piece, and VIPs in the front row or boxes are more expensive, which is about tens of thousands of dollars. Thousands of seats can add up to several million dollars in tickets. But this is the box office revenue that can only be obtained by the top music performers, and such top-level concerts can only be held once a year at most to maintain the status of top artists. There will be one such music recital, and one revenue will exceed one million dollars.

But…

Phipps, Heidi, Charles, and Haixi were all staring at the ticket sales page. Only then did they realize that among the five ticket sizes, the most expensive ones are the ones in the first row and the second row. The price is as high as 40,000 US dollars. Although there are only 200 tickets, only these 200 tickets can sell almost tens of millions of dollars at the box office.

  Hoo...

  The four of them calculated the numbers for a while, and then took a breath at the same time.

  In today's decline of classical music art, have they ever seen such a terrifying box office revenue in the music art circle?

   And, that's not all.

They looked at the back, and there were 800 tickets in the front row, which cost nearly 30,000 US dollars each; 1,000 tickets in the middle area, also more than 20,000 US dollars a ticket; 1,000 tickets in the last row, the price was as high as 1,500 USD or so!

this…

The four pairs of eyes carefully looked and looked again, to make sure that they read the number correctly, and that the other party must not have written the wrong number, because it is impossible to write all five price points wrong, and the only possibility is that this is the price determined by the other party. .

certainly…

   What made the four of them most shocked and speechless, and at the same time flashed envy.

  The five grades of tickets are all showing the sold out sign at this time.

   That is to say, all of these concert tickets, which are scary in their eyes, are all sold out at this time, and it may take less than a minute.

They have never seen such a speed of selling tickets, not only in their classical music circle, but even the concert tickets of top superstar singers in Europe and America have never sold so fast, let alone People will sell so expensive.

  Hoo...

   All four of them took a long breath to calm down their emotions a little.

  Phipps's eyes were shining, and he said in a low voice: "I calculated, these tickets are all sold out, it should bring in about 70 million dollars! God, I've never seen so much money."

  Let’s not talk about him, even the other three have never seen so much money.

Even Heidi, who is from the best background, has a family asset of hundreds of millions of dollars, but that is the total assets. The most cash she has ever seen is only a few million dollars. Seventy million dollars in cash can buy her grandfather and father The entire company has been run by two generations.

  Charles and Professor Haixi have never seen so much money in their entire lives...

  However, such a large amount of money is only the ticket income for Wang Cheng's solo concert.

  This is not counting other sponsor income.

  Charles and Professor Haixi looked at each other, their eyes were full of shock and regret...

  If they had known that the Huaxia market was so profitable, they would have come to Huaxia to give music concerts, and established close ties with several music academies in Huaxia.

They know that other people come to give concerts, and it is absolutely impossible to make as much money as Wang Cheng, because Wang Cheng has another status as an entertainment superstar, but as long as they can earn more than one million dollars in one concert, it is God. Great news.

  Charles said in a low voice: "It seems that we have to attach great importance to the connection with Huaxia. When I go back, I will immediately promote the establishment of long-term cooperative relations with several Huaxia music schools."

  Professor Haixi said softly: "Actually, I proposed it when I returned to school last month, but no one paid attention to me. Most people still despise my proposal..."

  Charles smiled awkwardly.

  Because he was also one of the people who despised Professor Haixi's proposal at the time.

   After all, in their traditional understanding, where does Huaxia have any music art? How could Chinese people understand the art of music? I'm too lazy to understand it, and I'm too lazy to go to Huaxia to perform.

Now…

  Charles has nothing but embarrassment and regret.

   Everything, after all, depends on reality to speak.

  Here comes Wang Cheng, a super genius in music and art.

   There is also a super huge market here.

   This is enough to attract any world-class music artist and top music schools.

  Heidi's eyes flickered, and she said in a low voice: "Perhaps, I can come to Huaxia to give a solo concert next time."

  Phips shook his head: "You don't have any reputation in China, so it's hard to sell tickets."

  Heidi: "Then I will join your show, what is your show called?"

  Phips: "Musician! It will be next year if you want to join, and you need to go through selection..."

  Heidi: "I will pass the selection."

  At this time, Heidi also automatically ignored it. The musician program group had contacted her, but she didn't bother to meet Hu Xiaoshan and refused directly.

  Now, Heidi regrets her original choice.

but…

   At this time, the four of them temporarily let go of the idea of ​​coming to China to develop.

  Because they looked at the words that were sold out displayed on the mobile phone page, and frowned at the same time.

Phipps: "Mr. Charles, the tickets are all sold out. Do we still want to watch Wang Cheng's concert? If we still want to watch it, then we can only go to the organizer and ask if they have reserved tickets, or go to Check the second-hand market to see if there are any tickets for resale..."

Charles said affirmatively: "Of course I have to go to his solo recital. If you don't see it yourself, how can you be sure of his strength and talent? Mr. Howard and the others are going to be there, as are several other high-level and important figures from the academy. , if they all go and we don't, won't we be laughed at by them?"

  The tone paused, and Charles said again with certainty: "We must go, and we must sit in the first row. Otherwise, how can we meet the identity and status of our Curtis Institute?"

   After thinking about it, everyone immediately nodded in agreement!

  They have been in the music and art circle since they were young, and they know very clearly that the style and status of a music artist are very important, almost equivalent to their social status, just like the status of a celebrity in the entertainment industry, whatever the status of the celebrity is the price.

  They want to develop and make money in China in the future, so it is absolutely necessary to establish a superior style and status in front of the public, so that they can make more money in the future.

  Represents Curtis Institute, sitting in the first row and getting close to Wang Cheng is absolutely essential.

  Professor Haixi immediately said: "I'll contact the musician program group and ask them to ask the organizer for me to see if I can buy internal tickets at the original price!"

  Phips and Heidi immediately picked up their phones and said, "Let's check how much second-hand tickets sell for!"

   Phipps prayed: "I hope these second-hand dealers will not be too ruthless!"

   And the next moment!

Heidi, who opened the search page first, saw a few numbers displayed on the first page, her hands trembled instantly, she was so frightened that she didn't hold the phone, and it fell to the ground with a slap. The others jumped.

When Phipps was taken aback, his eyes just happened to see the second-hand market price figures displayed on the page of his mobile phone, and his eyes were rounded, his hands shook as well, and the mobile phone in his hand fell to the ground with a slap , as if the phone is hot.

  Both Charles and Professor Haixi looked at Phipps and Heidi in surprise, not knowing what happened!

  Heidi looked into the eyes of the two professors, handed the mobile phone on the ground to Professor Charles, and said incoherently: "Professor, look, these Chinese second-class dealers are all crazy..."

  (end of this chapter)