After Guo Lanying agreed to participate in the performance of the "Into the New Era" concert, all the eleven actors of the concert were confirmed. 35xs However, Xu Wangqiu's work pressure has not been reduced, and there are still many things to run, such as performance venues.

There are many sports venues in Beiping City, such as the Workers' Stadium and the Capital Gymnasium. Among them, the Workers' Stadium is the largest, which can accommodate 60,000 spectators, and if it is performed in the Workers' Stadium, it can accommodate nearly 40,000 spectators even if it opens three stages. However, the Workers' Stadium is an open-air stadium, and the concert is held in January, which is obviously not appropriate. Therefore, Xu Wangqiu's first target is the Capital Gymnasium.

Built in 1968, with a construction area of about 530,000 square meters and 180,000 seats, the Capital Gymnasium is a comprehensive and multi-functional gymnasium and one of the important sports and cultural venues in Beiping. In the 38 years since its completion, it has undertaken many international and domestic sports competitions and trainings, as well as large-scale theatrical performances.

Xu Wangqiu, Xu Wangchuan and Xie Fei came to the office of the director of the Capital Gymnasium and found Zhang Bin, the person in charge. Xu Wangchuan put the approval issued by the Ministry of Culture in front of Zhang Bin, and briefly stated Nortel's idea of preparing to hold a concert in the gymnasium.

Zhang Bin looked at the approval document, it was the approval of the Ministry of Culture, it was written, and it was agreed that the Peking Film Academy would hold a concert of "Into the New Era". However, he felt strange in his heart, your film school is engaged in films, isn't it a bit unprofessional to hold concerts? He couldn't help asking, "Why did your film school think of holding concerts?"

Xie Fei sighed deeply: "Movies are a handicraft, filmmakers are craftsmen, teachers and students should shoot more and practice more, so that teachers can teach students well, and students can make good movies when they leave school." But our school is very poor, and the state only approves 40,000 yuan for teaching practice, and it costs at least 230,000 yuan to make a movie. We thought about it for a while, and finally came up with this solution, which is to organize theatrical performances and earn money through performances, so as to scrape together enough money to make movies. 35xs”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he couldn't help sighing: "Now that the country is poor, money is needed everywhere, and there is no way to do it." However, sympathy is sympathy, and he is not optimistic about Nortel's concerts: "You have the approval of the Ministry of Culture, and you are saving money for the school's teaching practice, so it is said that our gymnasium should support you." But our stadium is a big stadium that can accommodate 18,000 people, and if you play in it, you need money for lighting, sound and security. Your film academy is not a professional singer, and there will not be too many audiences who come to see your performance, and when the time comes, you will not only not make money, but also lose money. You should find a small venue to perform, such as the Palace of Culture, or the Tianqiao Theater, which may be more suitable. ”

Xie Fei knew that the other party had misunderstood, and immediately said: "Director Zhang, our performance is not a performance by teachers and students, but an actor from various song and dance troupes, these people are carefully selected by us from various song and dance troupes, and they are definitely first-class." ”

Zhang Bin was slightly stunned: "I don't know which actors you are going to invite to perform?"

Xie Fei immediately said: "Guo Lanying, Li Guyi, and some actors from other song and dance troupes. ”

Zhang Bin was taken aback when he heard that Guo Lanying and Li Guyi would participate in the performance, Li Guyi was okay, after all, he had only been popular for a few years, and Guo Lanying was a national treasure-level artist! My motherland, Nanniwan, these songs, but everyone knows them! With Guo Lanying in charge, plus Li Guyi and others, there is no need to worry about not being able to sell tickets at all, and there will definitely be no loss. Zhang Bin stared at Xie Fei and asked, "You're not kidding, can you really invite Guo Lanying to perform?"

Xu Wangqiu said with great certainty: "We went to the Opera and Dance Theater to find Teacher Guo Lanying, and we have already negotiated with her, and Dean Qiao Yu of the Opera and Dance Theater also agreed to Teacher Guo Lanying to participate in our performance. In addition to singing our well-known My Motherland and Nanniwan, we will also sing the theme song of our concert to approach the new era. ”

Zhang Bin was completely relieved when he heard that Guo Lanying would really perform and launch a new song: "Since Guo Lanying is here, then you don't need to worry about the tickets for this performance at all." When are you going to perform, and how many are you going to perform?"

Xie Fei said: "We are preparing to officially start the performance on the evening of January 15th for five consecutive days. ”

Zhang Bin nodded and said, "We have no other arrangements in those days, you can come to the performance." ”

Xie Fei looked at Zhang Bin, smiled, and said, "That Director Zhang Ran, you also know that our school is so poor that we don't have the money to rent a venue, do you think we can sell tickets first, and then we will give you the money when the tickets are sold?"

With Guo Lanying and Li Guyi in charge, venue fees are not a problem at all. Zhang Bin looked very bold, and waved his hand: "This is easy to say, when the time comes, you can settle with the ticket payment." I think so, when the time comes, half of our family, you will set up the stage by yourself, and we will arrange the lighting and sound, and we will also be responsible for security. What do you think?"

When Xie Fei heard that he heard half of the family, he would definitely agree: "This is not good, one person and half are too tall!"

Xu Wangqiu also hurriedly said: "There are 18,000 seats in the Capital Gymnasium, and the ticket is one dollar, and that concert can only be sold for 18,000 yuan." If you were one and a half, you would have to take nine thousand. We also have to pay the actors, as well as the cost of props and costumes, and we can only earn six or seven thousand per game. We don't do concerts to make money, we do it to raise money to make movies. We really don't have a way to raise money through concert tickets. ”

Speaking of this, Xu Wangqiu pinched his leg hard, bringing tears to his eyes: "Like our teacher Xie Fei, he has a head and a face, and he is very respected. But for the sake of the concert, he disregarded his dignity, begged people everywhere, begged his grandfather to sue his grandmother, and suffered a lot of cynicism and a lot of white eyes. Do you think he is willing? Isn't it just so that the teachers and students of the school can make a movie? Director Zhang, you can do it, let's divide it a little more. ”

Zhang Bin was moved by Xu Wangqiu's words, and felt that it was really not easy for Nortel teachers and students, and they had done it to this extent in order to make a movie, so he sighed slightly and said: "It's really not easy for you." In this way, I will collect 5,000 from you at a time, even if it is a small support for our motherland's film industry!"

Xu Wangqiu stood up and bowed to Zhang Bin: "Thank you Director Zhang for your support to us, this kindness is remembered by the teachers and students of Nortel." When the movie is released, we will definitely put subtitles to thank the Capital Stadium for its support. ”

Xie Fei couldn't help but thank Zhang Bin: "Thank you for your support to us, thank you so much!"

Xu Wangchuan couldn't help bowing to Zhang Bin, but when he bowed, he couldn't stop laughing in his heart, Wangqiu, this kid is worthy of being a movie, he is so good at acting, seeing his tearful appearance, I almost believed it!

Zhang Bin heard that when the movie was released, he would put a subtitle thanking the Capital Gymnasium, and his eyes lit up. If you are helping other units, you often receive a thank you letter, and if you do a good deed, others will not know that you don't think of helping the film school, they can subtitle the movie. The movie will be released nationwide, and the audience across the country will know about it, and maybe even the head of the central government will know about it. He smiled and said, "Your way of thanking us is very interesting, and we are also on the big screen." ”

After the venue problem was solved, Xu Wangqiu and his team began to work for the printing of concert tickets, program lists and songbooks, looking for a suitable printing house. However, the printing house is not as easy to talk to as the gymnasium, and the other party always insists that they will not print without paying a deposit.

Xu Wangqiu pretended to be pitiful, wiped his tears, and took out an Oscar-level performance, but the other party was unmoved, and it was always a sentence, and he didn't pay a deposit or give a seal. Xu Wangqiu was so angry that he scolded, where are you like a socialist printing house, which is simply more than a capitalist philistine?

It's good to just print the program list and songbook, and it doesn't matter if you print it later, but the ticket can't be delayed. Otherwise, it would be a joke to wait until the concert starts selling tickets and you don't have a ticket in hand. In the end, Xie Fei paid 2,000 yuan and paid the deposit to the printing house, and the printing matter was completely resolved.

Next, Xu Wangqiu and Xie Feibing split up and went to the newspaper to talk about advertising. The concert will be held in a large venue of 18,000 people, and it will be performed five times in a row, with a total of 90,000 tickets. Advertising is necessary to let more people know about it and attract more audiences to the show.

Xie Fei ran the Beiping Daily, while Xu Wangqiu and Xu Wangchuan ran the Workers' Daily. In this era, workers belong to a relatively wealthy group, and they are the most important audience group for the "Into the New Era" concert. Advertising in the Workers' Daily will undoubtedly make more workers aware of this.

During the campaign, newspapers and television in the country were not allowed to advertise, which was a capitalist act, but this year this taboo was broken. On January 4, the country's first commercial advertisement was published in Tianjin Daily. Later, Wen Wei Po published a foreign advertisement: Rado. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, mainland newspapers never published advertisements for foreign businessmen, which caused huge controversy.

Soon after, the Workers' Daily published an advertisement for an electrical appliance from Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co., Ltd., and the Guangming Daily published an advertisement for the Japanese company Olympus. These two media belong to the central media, and they have begun to advertise, which is enough to show that foreign advertising is no longer a forbidden area, and all kinds of advertisements have sprung up in major media.

The Workers' Daily even dares to advertise foreign businessmen, so there will naturally be no problem with concert advertisements. The editor-in-chief felt that the "Into the New Era" concert was very meaningful and was willing to spend money on advertising, which should be strongly supported.

After some bargaining, the Workers' Daily agreed to publish an advertisement for the "Into the New Era" concert in the Workers' Daily for three consecutive days, starting on January 5, at a price of 900 yuan.

The printing factory acted very quickly, working overtime to pick up the word and impose, and the copy workshop made the tickets and program sheets designed by the teachers of the art department into versions, and took them to the lithographic workshop for color printing. In just two days, 180,000 tickets and program lists were released.

Xu Wangqiu smiled when he looked at this program list with distinctive characteristics of the times, the preparations for the concert went very smoothly, and the actors have been practicing the program for a few days, and it is time to officially rehearse!