Magic City!

In a five-star hotel.

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

The simple melody, for a world-class pianist like Charles, is really a glance, and then you can quickly get started, and the two sides of the play are extremely proficient, and it sounds extremely beautiful and beautiful.

It's just that......

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

And the TV signal will be more than one level worse than the scene.

So......

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

However, Charles liked this etude No. 1 very much, played it again, stood up and said to Professor Heidi, Phipps, and Hysey: "This piece has a charm, the more you play it, the more you 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 still want to play, I can sit there and play this piece all day without any impatience." ”

Phipps: "I love this piece too!" ”

Phipps doesn't have so much sentimentality, and he doesn't have much precipitation in life, so he doesn't like this piece to Alice too much, but he thinks it's very good, and he prefers the piano etude No. 2 that can show off his skills.

Professor Heicy said: "I have booked a plane ticket for Mr. Howard, and they should be able to arrive tonight in time for Wang Cheng's solo recital tomorrow!" ”

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

Professor Heicy shook his head: "There are still a few minutes to go live, and I'm ready to snap it up." I've heard that Wang Cheng is a superstar in China himself, and any of his tickets will be grabbed by fans, and this time there are only 3,000 tickets, which may be very popular. So, I let Heidi, Phipps and me grab it! ”

Charles sighed: "It was the first time I heard a Chinese musician reciprocate. ”

In recent years, many top Chinese performers have also gone international, wanting to prove themselves internationally, and have held concerts in major famous locations in Europe and the United States, but few people care about them, and no one in the circle has patronized them, because going to them represents a kind of recognition.

The music circles in ancient Europe and the United States were extremely unrecognized for Chinese music performers, and even if several top Chinese performers were not inferior to their world-class top performers, they would be rejected by them and would not be recognized.

Charles doesn't have much prejudice against Chinese musicians, but he doesn't go against most other insiders, and he has to listen to Chinese musicians, so he hasn't heard any Chinese musicians play.

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

Similarly......

This is why Curtis College attaches so much importance to the recital of a Chinese musician, not only Charles, the vice principal, but also the president and three of the most respected world-class musicians in the school.

If such a lineup is usual, it will definitely cause a shock in the entire classical music industry in China, and various classical music academies will definitely be crazy about the popularity, crazy invite these people to their colleges and universities to communicate, and then publicize it, so as to improve their influence and status at home and abroad.

However, no one has come to ask them about it now, and even Charles has been there for a day or two, which is not a secret in the hotel and in the musicians' program group, and the news will naturally spread to several Huaxia Conservatory of Music, but no one has come to visit Charles.

It's not just that they have that treatment.

The Hercynian people know that several other top conservatories in Europe and the United States that also live in this hotel are also like their Curtis Institute.

Several other academies also had heavyweights come to the Demon Capital yesterday, and they were all studying Wang Cheng in their hotel rooms, but no one came to visit them!

Seems......

They are the heavyweights of the world's top music schools, and they are all overlooked.

In other words, they are the world's top music schools themselves ignored by several music schools in China and the entire classical music and art festival.

Because.

At this time, there were more important and far-reaching figures that attracted 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 Huaxia's Central Yin, Zheyin, Moyin, Chuanyin and other colleges at this time, they all attracted almost all the attention of the same person, and they did not have the time and energy to pay attention to 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 was also on Wang Cheng and the upcoming solo recital.

Bite!

The alarm clock that Phipps and Heidi had booked in advance rang, and the two of them and Professor Heicy quickly picked up their phones and began to prepare to grab tickets!

But......

A minute later, the tickets are officially online.

All three's eyes widened at the same time.

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

Phipps also widened his eyes and shouted, "God, I've never seen such expensive tickets!" More than $40,000...... Is this a typo, an extra zero? ”

Professor Heicy's hand 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 was in his fifties and had seen too much of the world, so he quickly said: "Buy it first, grab the position first!" ”

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

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

But......

The page immediately indicates that it is sold out!

Professor Heissey got the same hint.

The tickets for the first row, only a hundred, are sold out!

Heidi's eyes widened and she exclaimed again, "What is this?" More than $40,000 a ticket was sold out? Are the Chinese so rich? ”

Phipps also said with a shocked face: "Can I consider holding a solo concert in Huaxia?" ”

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

Music artists are also about making money......

After all, music and art concerts are not like star concerts that can be held in large open-air stadiums, music and art concerts need artistic atmosphere, but also need an elegant live atmosphere, so they can only find indoor venues, and indoor theaters are generally smaller, with a maximum of thousands of seats, and smaller ones only have about 1,000 seats.

A 3,000-seat solo concert like Wang Cheng is already a relatively large-scale classical music concert in the world.

The tickets for the individual concerts of top music artists in Europe and the United States are thousands of dollars, and the VIPs in the front row or the box are more expensive than tens of thousands of dollars, and the tickets for thousands of seats can be sold for millions of dollars, but this is the box office income that can only be obtained by the top music performers, and such top-level concerts can only be held once a year at most, in order to maintain the status of top artists, and most of these top music artists will only hold such music concerts once in several years. More than one million dollars at a time.

But......

Phipps, Heidi, Charles, and Hercy all stared at the ticket page, and then they found that the five specifications of tickets, the most expensive of which were the first row and the second row, were sold for about $40,000, although there were only two hundred, but just these two hundred tickets could sell almost tens of millions of dollars at the box office.

Call......

The four of them calculated the numbers a little, and then gasped at the same time.

In today's decline of classical music and art, how have they ever seen such a terrible box office income in the music and art circle?

And that's not all.

They looked behind them, and there were eight hundred tickets in the front row, nearly $30,000 each; 1,000 tickets for the middle area, and more than 20,000 dollars for one ticket; The 1,000 tickets in the last row also cost about 15,000 dollars!

This......

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

Of course......

The most shocking and speechless thing for the four people, as well as the envy that flashed at the same time.

Tickets for all five grades are displayed with the sign of being sold out at this time.

In other words, these sky-high concert tickets, which seemed scary to them, were all sold out at this time, and it may take less than a minute.

This kind of ticket sales speed is also something they have never seen before, not only in their classical music circle, but even those concert tickets for top superstar singers in Europe and the United States have not been sold so fast, and no one will sell them so expensive.

Call......

All four let out a long breath to calm their emotions a little.

Phipps's eyes lit up and he whispered, "I calculated, these tickets are all sold out, and they should be able to earn about 70 million US dollars!" God, I've never seen so much money. ”

Not to mention him, even the other three have never seen so much money.

Even Heidi, who is the best-born, has hundreds of millions of dollars in family assets, but that is the total asset, and the most cash she has ever seen is only millions of dollars, and 70 million dollars in cash can buy the entire company run by her grandfather and father for two generations.

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

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

And that's not even counting the other sponsor revenues.

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

I knew that the Huaxia market was so profitable, they would have come to Huaxia to hold music concerts a long time ago, and they had already established close ties with several music academies in Huaxia.

They know that it is absolutely impossible for other people to make as much money as Wang Cheng when they come to hold a concert, because Wang Cheng has the identity of another superstar in the entertainment industry, but as long as they can make more than one million dollars stably from a concert, it is great news.

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

Professor Heicy whispered, "Actually, I proposed it when I went back to school last month, but no one paid attention to me. Most people also despise my proposal......"

Charles smiled awkwardly.

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

After all, in their traditional understanding, where is there any musical art in China? How can Chinese people understand the art of music? I didn't bother to understand at all, I didn't bother to go to China to perform.

Right now......

Charles had nothing but embarrassment and regret.

After all, everything depends on reality to speak.

There is such a super musical and artistic genius as Wang Cheng here.

There is also a huge market.

That's enough to attract any world-class music artist and top music school.

Heidi's eyes flickered, and she whispered, "Perhaps, I can also come to Huaxia next time to hold a solo recital." ”

Phipps shook his head: "You don't have any fame in Huaxia, it's hard to sell tickets." ”

Heidi: "Then I'll join your show too, what's your show called?" ”

Phipps: "Musician! It's going to be next year if you want to join, and you'll have to go through a selection ......"

Heidi: "I'll pass the selection." ”

At this time, Heidi also automatically ignored that the musician program team contacted her at the beginning, but she didn't bother to see Hu Xiaoshan and directly refused.

Now, Heidi regrets her choice.

But......

At this time, the four of them temporarily put aside the idea of coming to Huaxia for development.

Because, they looked at the sold-out words displayed on the page of their phones, and frowned at the same time.

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

Charles said in an affirmative tone: "Of course, I have to go to his solo recital, if I don't see it in person, how can I be sure of his strength and talent?" Mr. Howard, they're all coming, and there are several other high-level and important people from the colleges, and if they all go and we don't, isn't that a joke from them? ”

After a pause, Charles reaffirmed, "We have to go, and we have to sit in the first row." Otherwise, how can it fit in with the identity and status of our Curtis College? ”

When several people thought about it, they immediately nodded in agreement!

They have been mixed in the music and art circle since they were children, and they know very clearly that the style and status of music artists are very important, almost equal to their value, just like the coffee position in the entertainment industry, what coffee position is what price.

If they want to make money in the future, they must establish a high 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 getting up close and personal with Wang Cheng is absolutely essential.

Professor Heixi immediately said: "I will 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 check how much second-hand tickets sell!" ”

Phipps prayed, "I hope these second-hand dealers don't get too ruthless!" ”

And the next moment!

Heidi, who opened the search page first, saw the numbers displayed on the first page, and instantly shook her hand, and the hand in her hand shook, and she was so frightened that she didn't hold the phone, and fell to the ground with a snap, startling others.

When Phipps was startled, his eyes happened to see the second-hand market price figures displayed on the page of his mobile phone, and he suddenly had round stools, his hands also shook, and the mobile phone in his hand also fell to the ground with a snap, as if the mobile phone was hot.

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

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

(End of chapter)