This star doesn’t work overtime

Magic City!

In a five-star hotel.

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

A simple melody, for a world-class piano master like Charles, can really be understood at a glance, and then he can quickly pick it up. He becomes extremely proficient in playing both sides, and it sounds extremely beautiful and beautiful.

only……

Charles' performance never had the same feeling as Wang Cheng's performance on TV.

The TV signal is one level worse than the live one.

so……

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

However, Charles liked Etude No. 1 very much. He played it again, stood up and said to Heidi, Phipps, and Professor Heise: "This piece has a charm. The more you play it, the better it becomes." It’s very simple to play, but I really like it.”

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 of music all day long without any impatience."

Phipps: “I love this one too!”

Phipps is not that sentimental, nor does he have much experience in life, so he doesn't like the piece "To Alice" too much. He just thinks it's very good. He prefers the Piano Etude No. 2, which 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 Wang Cheng's solo concert tomorrow!"

Charles nodded: "Are the concert tickets confirmed?"

Professor Haixi shook his head: "It will be online in a few minutes, and I am already ready to snap up. I heard that Wang Cheng himself is a superstar in China, and any of his tickets will be snapped up by fans. This time there are only 3,000 tickets. , it may be very popular. So, I asked Heidi and Phipps to grab it together with me!"

Charles said with emotion: "This is my first time to listen to a Chinese musician's concert."

In recent years, many top Chinese performers have also gone international. Wanting to prove themselves internationally, they have held concerts in famous places in Europe and the United States, but few people paid attention to them, and no one in the circle came to patronize them, because Going there represents a kind of recognition.

The ancient music circles in Europe and the United States were extremely disapproving of Chinese music performers. Even if several top Chinese performers were not inferior to their world-class performers, they would be ostracized by them and would not recognize them.

Charles does not have much prejudice against Chinese musicians, but he will not go against most other people in the circle and insist on listening to Chinese musicians, so he has not listened to any Chinese musicians.

Wang Cheng's solo concert was the first time he heard a concert by a Chinese musician.

Same reason...

This is also a concert where Curtis College attaches great importance to a Chinese musician. Not only the vice president Charles came to the event in person, but also the president and three of the most respected world-class musicians in the school came.

If such a lineup were normal, it would definitely cause shock in the entire classical music industry in China. All classical music schools would definitely be crazy about the popularity and invite these people to their schools for exchanges, and then give publicity 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 not a secret in the hotel or the musician program group. The news will naturally spread to several Chinese Conservatories, but it is also No one came to visit Charles.

It's not just them who are treated like this.

The people in Haixi know that there are several other top music academies in Europe and America that also live in this hotel, just like their Curtis Institute.

Heavyweights from several other colleges also came to the Magic City yesterday, and they were all studying Wang Cheng in their hotel rooms, but no one came to visit them!

as if……

These heavyweights from 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 schools and the entire classical music and art festival.

because.

At this time, there is a more important and far-reaching figure attracting the attention of almost all classical music and art people in China.

At this time, there is no essential difference between the world's top music schools such as Curtis, Eastman, Manhattan, Berlin Art, Paris Conservatoire, and China's Central Music School, Zhejiang Music School, Magic Music School, Sichuan Music School, etc., and they are all regarded as the same. Individuals attract almost all the attention, leaving little time or energy to pay attention to each other.

so!

Charles and others were too lazy to pay attention to whether they should be solemnly received by the Huaxia Conservatory of Music.

All his attention at this time was also on Wang Cheng and the upcoming solo concert.

Ding!

The alarm clock that Phipps and Heidi had booked in advance rang. The two of them and Professor Heidi quickly picked up their phones and started preparing to grab tickets!

but……

A minute later, the tickets officially went online.

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 ticket costs more than 40,000 US dollars? Is this a robbery?"

Phipps also opened his eyes wide and shouted: "God, I have never seen such an expensive ticket! More than 40,000 US dollars... Is this a mistake? Is there an extra zero?"

Professor Haixi's hand shook and he looked directly at Charles: "Tickets for the first row are more than 40,000 US dollars!"

Charles was also shocked, but after all, he was a man in his fifties and had seen too much of the world. He quickly said: "Buy it first, grab the position first!"

Professor Haixi quickly shouted: "Heidi, Phipps, pay first! If the price is wrong, 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 quickly clicked to pay!

but……

The page immediately prompts - sold out!

Professor Haixi got the same tip.

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

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

Phipps also said with a face full of shock: "Can I consider holding a solo concert in China?"

When Phipps saw that Wang Cheng's expensive tickets could be sold so quickly, he became jealous and jealous!

Music artists also want to make money...

For an average top music artist, the maximum ticket revenue from a solo concert in Europe and the United States is about one million U.S. dollars. After all, music and art concerts are not like celebrity concerts that can be held in large open-air stadiums. Music and art concerts require Artistic atmosphere and an elegant on-site atmosphere are required, so you can only look for indoor venues. Indoor theaters are generally relatively small, with a few thousand seats at most, and smaller ones only have about a thousand seats.

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

Tickets for individual concerts by top European and American music artists cost thousands of dollars each. VIPs in the front row or in the boxes are more expensive, which cost around tens of thousands of dollars. Tickets for thousands of seats can be sold for millions of dollars. But this is the box office revenue that only the top music performers can get, and such top-level concerts can only be held once a year at most to maintain the status of top artists. Most of these top music artists have only been performing for several years. There would be one music concert like this that would earn over a million dollars at a time.

But……

Phipps, Heidi, Charles, and Haixi all stared at the ticket sales page. At this time, they discovered that among the five sizes of tickets, the most expensive ones were in the first row and the second row. The price is as high as about US$40,000. Although there are only two hundred tickets, just these two hundred tickets can sell almost tens of millions of US dollars at the box office.

call……

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

Today, when classical music and art are in decline, have they ever seen such terrifying box office revenue in the music and art circles?

And that's not all.

They looked at the back. There were 800 tickets in the front row, priced at nearly 30,000 US dollars each; a thousand tickets in the middle area, also priced at more than 20,000 US dollars each; and a thousand tickets in the last row, priced as high as 1,500 US dollars each. Around USD!

this……

Four pairs of eyes looked at it carefully, making sure that they had read the number correctly, and that the other party had definitely not written the wrong selling price, because it was impossible for all five prices to be written wrong. The only possibility was that this was the selling price determined by the other party. .

certainly……

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

All five levels of tickets are showing sold-out signs at this time.

In other words, these sky-high price concert tickets, which they thought were scary, were all sold out at this time, and it might take less than a minute.

This kind of ticket sales speed is something they have never seen before, not only in their classical music circle, but even the concert tickets of top superstar singers in Europe and the United States have never sold out so fast, let alone People would sell it so expensively.

call……

All four of them took a deep breath and calmed down a little.

With his eyes shining, Phipps whispered, "I did the math, and if all these tickets are sold out, we should be able to earn about $70 million! God, I've never seen so much money."

Let alone him, even the other three have never seen so much money.

Even Heidi, who comes from the best family, has hundreds of millions of dollars in family assets, but that is the total assets. The most cash she has ever seen is just a million dollars. Seventy million dollars in cash can buy her grandfather and father. Two generations have run the entire company.

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

However, such a large amount of money was only the ticket income from Wang Cheng's personal concert.

This does not include income from other sponsors.

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

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

They know that other people who come to give concerts will never make as much money as Wang Cheng, because Wang Cheng also has the status of another entertainment superstar. But as long as they can make more than a million US dollars stably from one concert, they will be lucky. Big good news.

Charles whispered: "It seems that we must attach great importance to our contact with China. When I go back, I will immediately promote the establishment of long-term cooperative relationships with several Chinese music schools."

Professor Haixi said softly: "In fact, I proposed it when I returned to school last month, but no one ignored me. Most people still despised my proposal..."

Charles smiled awkwardly.

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

After all, in their traditional understanding, where is the music and art in China? How can Chinese people understand music and art? I don't even bother to understand it, and I don't even bother to go to China to perform.

Now……

Charles felt nothing but embarrassment and regret.

Everything, after all, must rely on reality to speak for itself.

Here appeared a super musical and artistic genius like Wang Cheng.

There is also a huge market here.

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

Heidi's eyes flickered and she whispered: "Perhaps, I can come to China to give a solo concert next time."

Phipps shook his head: "You don't have any reputation in China, so it will be difficult to sell tickets."

Heidi: "Then I will also join your show. What is your show called?"

Phipps: "Musician! If you want to join, it won't be until next year, and you will need to go through selection..."

Heidi: "I'll pass the selection."

At this time, Heidi automatically ignored the fact that the musician program team had contacted her, but she refused directly without even meeting Hu Xiaoshan.

Now, Heidi regrets her original choice.

but……

At this time, the four of them had temporarily given up the idea of ​​coming to China for development.

Because they looked at the word 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 to see if there are any resale tickets on the second-hand market..."

Charles said with certainty: "Of course I have to go to his solo concert. If you don't see it in person, how can you determine his strength and talent? Mr. Howard and the others are coming, as well as senior and important figures from several other colleges. , if they all go and we don’t go, wouldn’t we be laughed at by them?”

There was a pause in his tone, and Charles said firmly again: "We must go, and we must sit in the first row. Otherwise, how can we meet the identity and status of our Curtis Institute?"

As soon as they thought about it, they all nodded in agreement!

They have been in the music and art circles 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 net worth, just like the status of a celebrity in the entertainment industry. The price is determined by the status of the celebrity.

If they want to develop and make money in China in the future, 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.

Representing Curtis College, sitting in the front row and having close contact with Wang Cheng is absolutely essential.

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

Phipps and Heidi immediately picked up their phones and said, "Let's find out how much second-hand tickets cost!"

Phipps prayed: "I hope these second-hand dealers won't be too cruel!"

And the next moment!

Heidi, who opened the search page first, saw a few numbers displayed on the first page. Her hands shook in an instant. She was so frightened that she couldn't hold her phone and dropped it to the ground with a thud. The others jumped.

When Phipps was startled, his eyes happened to see the second-hand market price numbers displayed on the page of his mobile phone. His eyes suddenly turned round, his hands shook as well, and the mobile phone in his hand also fell to the ground with a bang. , as if the phone is hot to the touch.

Both Charles and Professor Heidi looked at Phipps and Heidi in surprise, not knowing what was happening!

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