Chapter 202: Tickets
There is only one day left before the day when the Red Warbler Circus arrives in the free capital of Pylos.
While there's no shortage of circus shows in the city, the average thing is nothing short of the well-informed Pelos.
The Red Oriole Circus is different.
As one of the best in the industry, every stop of its show is different, and the audience will always see something new in their show. Recently, there have even been avid circus fans following up the Red Oriole's performances at every stop.
Red Oriole has become the sole giant of the circus group.
The populace of Pylos showed considerable interest in this prestigious group. The Red Oriole Circus also attaches great importance to this performance. Some of the members even arrived in the city of Pelos early in time for the big group to promote the upcoming performances, and also carried out a pre-sale ticket campaign.
According to the explanation of the head of the troupe, Iyeta, this pre-sale only sells tickets for the first three days of the performance, and it is not sold out all at once. 100 tickets are sold twice a day, each time in the morning and afternoon, while stocks last. This directly leads to people waiting in front of the ticket office from the night before the official ticket sale to wait for the next day's pre-sale.
Unfortunately, due to the large number of people in line, only a few people bought tickets the next day.
Speaking of which, we have to mention another nickname for Pelos in addition to the capital of freedom.
The capital of commerce.
Rowan's ability to become one of the hexagrams protecting Pylos as a merchant is enough to prove the status of commerce in the city. In other words, it was by virtue of commerce that Palos had the capital to compete with Oude.
All of Odin's young people with huge business dreams will come to Pelos to make their ambitions come to Pelos. While most of them are stepping stones to a very small number of successful people, there are also many smart people who are sharp-minded and can always grasp business opportunities.
Now, it's time to create new business models.
The business of queuing up for people to buy tickets has quietly risen. What's more, some people will directly resell the tickets bought in line, and the price is much higher than the original price. Fortunately, Pylos is rich in rich people, and they only buy things according to their mood.
Ticket prices skyrocketed overnight. By the morning of the third day, ninety percent of the Pelos could no longer afford tickets for the Red Warbler.
It was on this day that Eric arrived at the ticket office. He first looked at the endless queue in front of him, and then looked at the price of the second ticket next to him, and suddenly lost the desire to buy tickets.
Undoubtedly, the inspector of the police station is one of the ninety percent.
How the hell did Marat get those two tickets......
Eric suddenly developed a subtle admiration for Howe's humble librarian, and it seems that he had really paid for his invitation to Catherine.
The leakage of the pre-sale of tickets for this performance is absolutely beyond the imagination of the circus and the castle lord. The money that should have belonged to them went into the pockets of the merchants.
With Iyeta's character of never suffering, he must have negotiated an excellent price with the city lord's side of the fort. She knew very well that the arrival of the Red Oriole would drive the turnover of the accommodation, entertainment and catering industry in Pelos for a long time, and that was not a small amount.
Therefore, the pricing power of the performance ticket is completely in the hands of the Red Oriole, that is, Iyeta.
If something happened to that shrewd regimental leader, his heart would inevitably bleed. He could even imagine her angry screams:
The ticket price is too low! Give me a tenfold increase, no, twenty times!
Eric wished her back what she had lost in the rest of the show.
Due to the force majeure, Eric, who had wanted to buy tickets to support his old friends, changed his mind - with his acquaintance with the Red Oriole, it should not be difficult to get free admission on the first day of the circus performance.
......
"Sorry, you can't go in. ”
Contrary to polite words, a female circus member rudely stopped in front of Eric.
She is short in stature, dark-skinned, and stockier than the average woman. It's no wonder she's been here to keep the raving circus fans at bay.
"As I said, I'm an old acquaintance with your leader, Ietta. ”
"Sir, you are the twenty-third person who has tried to get in with this sentence. I don't know where you got the name of the leader, but as long as I'm here, don't try to play tricks. ”
The girl's expression was serious and categorical.
Eric was slightly distressed when he heard this. In order to prevent disturbing the order, he deliberately did not choose the main entrance, who knew that the female members here were a fresh face.
But he immediately thought of a solution. The next moment, he threw out a bunch of names that were familiar to the other party with two lips.
"So, what about Connie, the deputy captain, the tamer Turuk, Jasmine the clown, Angel the announcer, Lillian the tightrope walker, and her little apprentice Rowling? Miss, I just need you to tell me about it. ”
The circus troupe members were a little surprised. I couldn't help but look up and down a few more times at the strange man in front of me. He looked disgusting and waiting to be released, which made her uncomfortable.
So she rejected him.
"You're the first person to name so many, and I think you've been a guest on our circus tours. This deserves my sincerest thanks to you, but you still can't go in. ”
The girl's melodious voice was not pretty, which made Eric seem to understand what the little girl was thinking.
After a moment's hesitation, the detective stuffed the half-pulled police station ID back into his jacket pocket and decided to her.
"Miss, you haven't been in the circus for long, have you? ”
Eric stared at the female members.
"What?!Why......"
The poked young girl group member was at a loss, and she didn't understand why such a fact appeared out of Eric's mouth for no apparent reason.
Seeing the reaction of the other party who almost wrote the words "I am a newcomer" on his face, Eric was even more sure of his guess.
"Look at the Red Oriole uniform on you, it's old, loose, and it doesn't fit. Probably because there are too many new members in the circus recently, resulting in a run out of sizes that suit you. So there should be an old member of the group who has taken out one of her old clothes and gave it to you to wear. This is number one.
I've never seen you when I was in the circus. And when you do the work of preventing outsiders from entering the site, you will generally be a newcomer. This is the second.
And the third is your attitude towards your guests. It seems that Iyeta did not teach you well. If I was a veteran member of the Red Warbler, I would definitely have a lot of respect for me.
Above, thanks. ”
The women's group members were dumbfounded.
Eric even suspected that she hadn't heard what she was saying. Actually, the third one was nonsense, he said this just to scare the girl in front of him, so that he could enter the venue smoothly.
Waiting to come back to her senses, the girl changed her previous rude attitude and asked, "Who are you?"
And it worked!he smiled.
"Eric, a detective. ”
However, just as Eric made his enthusiastic appearance, a voice with obvious joy appeared in the ears of the two of them.
Two syllables, loud and loud.
"Ellie!"