Wu Hong and Chen Ying also came to Amsterdam on the third day of Fu's arrival in Amsterdam, that is, the day before Fu's performance.

After a fun stroll around Amsterdam's most famous red-light district, the two found a casual Airbnb to stay in, played some special games they saw that day, and then ushered in the next day's Fu tune performance.

Fu Tune's global tour, seriously, you can't say that his performance is very popular, you can't say that it is not popular, but it is at a very special point.

Even those who pay attention can brush up on the news of Fu Tune, knowing that Fu Tune is holding a concert in Amsterdam this week, and all the works he plays are Chopin's solo works, and his encore works may be jazz adapted from Chopin's works, so Fu Tune's tickets are still selling well.

But......

Fu Tune's influence is still limited to his fans, and it doesn't seem to be particularly well-known among passers-by, for example, Wu Hong and Chen Ying spent two days in Amsterdam, and they didn't see a single poster about Fu Tune's performance.

It wasn't until near the concert hall that I saw the poster of Fu Tune.

The posters were all clustered around theaters and concert halls, not the entire city.

The poster of this place is similar to the poster of the Berliner Philharmoniker, but it is simply changed with a name, time and place, and that's it.

Looking at such a small number of posters, Chen Ying was full of anger, and couldn't help but puff up angrily when she pointed to these posters.

"Can't these posters be put outside the concert hall for these propaganda people, put them at the door of the concert hall and theater, except for those who come to the theater concert hall, who else knows that there is a Fu tune concert today? It really is! That's what happened when Marta Argerich came to Berlin before! I was preparing for a concert and didn't go to the Berliner Philharmoniker for a few days, but I suddenly swiped Instagram and my friend went to listen to Argerich! Ahhhh ”

Wu Hong patted her shoulder lightly, scratched her head with his other hand and whispered, "But...... This is classical music, and apart from the wandering bands, there shouldn't be many agencies and publicity departments that choose to put these posters all over the city, right? Anyway, there are posters of the latest Bayix Loaking Orchestra and Polero Bands on the street near my house. ”

"Although there is nothing wrong with saying this, I always feel uncomfortable, as if others don't pay attention to what I value, and it's annoying, why can't a newcomer like Fu Diao post advertisements everywhere in the city like the wandering orchestra? Wouldn't it be nice to attract a little more people to come and watch? ”

Chen Ying muttered in a low voice and shook her head slightly.

The so-called wandering orchestras, in fact, are those that do not have a residency, and generally travel around the country, book a venue for the tour a year in advance, and then tour the country to give concerts.

Although these orchestras have the most basic qualities, the personnel in them are not particularly fixed, and even the most publicized direction is only to promote their repertoire, not who their conductor is, who their violinist is, because ......

These are not fixed and often change.

Studying abroad in Germany often encounters the lack of personnel in large symphony orchestras, and if they play a work that they are familiar with, it is very easy for outsiders to insert it and play as a member of a mariachi band.

But the level of performance is strong......

It can only be said that the performers are indeed powerful, and the works they play are indeed such a work, but the feeling they play is not that feeling, and it just sounds a little bad.

But people often move, just a few ordinary levels in this kind of group to eat and wait for death, what high-level performance do you still ask people to play? It's good to listen to it.

That's why they advertise the work they're going to play everywhere, but not who their conductor is.

After all, the name of the work is much more valuable than their conductor.

Chen Ying walked to the vicinity of the concert hall with a stomach full of anger, and when she was about to turn around and wait back, she complained that the Royal Dutch Concert Hall did not pay enough attention to it, but when she entered the concert hall where Fu Tune was about to play, and looked at the people who came to the concert hall today, she suddenly closed her mouth.

Densely packed, all of them are people.

They had already arrived very early, and they had already started queuing up to enter the concert hall after the ticket check-ins began, but when they actually entered the concert hall, she realized that she was still late.

The front seats were already full, and those who bought high-priced tickets couldn't wait to rush to their seats, waiting for Fu Tune's performance.

It is only them, the middle voters, who will wander slowly to their own positions.

As for the distant summit ticket...... It was occupied by a group of students, students of the Royal Netherlands Conservatory of Music, who bought a ticket to the top of the mountain with a low-cost ticket.

To put it simply, even though I don't have any money, I'm still here to support you.

Looking at the appearance of that group of students, it seemed very excited.

Chen Ying only realized this at this time, patted Wu Hong beside him vigorously, and said excitedly.

"I see! I know! ”

"You know, why are you beating me?" Wu Hong dodged back, grabbed Chen Ying's swinging hand, and pressed it on her lap: "Speak well, don't get excited, what do you know?" ”

"I know why I don't give Fu a Dutch promotion of his performance!"

Chen Ying looked at Wu Hong excitedly, and said in a suppressed voice: "It's not that the Dutch side doesn't want to promote Fu Tune, but because ...... There's no need for publicity at all, you know? There is no need to promote Fu Tune at all! If you look at the people around you, even if there is only a little publicity, and even the posters are only placed near the concert hall, but the attendance rate around them is already so high that it can't be higher! Do you know what this means? That is to say, before the promotion, Fu Tiao's tickets in the Netherlands were completely sold out! Just like Argerich before! ”

"Huh?"

Wu Hong looked at the object of his excitement, and his mouth couldn't help but open wide: "It's all sold out?" ”

"That's right! It's all sold out! The highest-priced seats in the front row have all been sold, and then the top tickets in the back have also been taken over by those students, and only some of the middle tickets are still on sale, but you look at the people around, there are more and more people coming in, and there are fewer and fewer vacant seats left. That's the most fundamental reason why they don't promote Fu Tune! ”

Chen Ying looked excited.

At that time, she began to book tickets after the performance of Fu Tune, because it had just opened, and everyone did not know much about Fu Tune, so when she bought tickets, the seats were even more than ninety percent empty, and almost no one bought tickets.

This is the main reason why she became so angry when she first saw that the concert hall did not promote Fu Tune.

But when she saw that there were people everywhere now, she understood the distress of the concert hall.

The purpose of your promotion is to sell more tickets.

Now that all your tickets are sold out, what else are you promoting?

You're telling the whole city that there's a big concert this weekend, and we've got a bigwig pianist to come and perform, and all the classical music lovers have already got tickets, but guess who's not getting tickets?

It's you!

As long as the image of the Dutch is brought in a little, Chen Ying's fists can't help but harden.

I'm so angry, I can't wait to punch the person who put up the poster!

Why do you want to spread the publicity when you can't buy a ticket poster at all! Are you mocking us?

Thinking of this, Chen Ying nodded sympathetically.

"Yes, sure enough, you still can't put up the poster directly, oh yes, Wu Hong, did you buy a ticket for Fu's next concert?"

"I bought it, Brussels, and Paris, I bought both, and I still bought it with you at the time, have you forgotten?" Wu Hong nodded honestly, and then smiled bitterly: "No, Ying, the repertoire played in the Fu Tune concert will not be particularly different, why are you pursuing him so much?" ”

"You don't understand! This is the pursuit of piano learners! It just so happens that I have been practicing Chopin recently, and I am also planning to give a solo concert of Chopin, and I plan to make a good reference to the performance of Fu tune! ”

Chen Ying looked firm, then stunned for a moment, and slapped Wu Hong suddenly: "No, I was almost confused by your interjection, I just wanted to ask you something...... Oh yes, buy a ticket! Let's go and see if the tickets are sold out? ”

"Ticket ...... behind"

Wu Hong smiled bitterly.

Although he also studied music, his preference for the piano can only be regarded as average, and he comes to the concert more to accompany himself, rather than to listen to the concert.

For Fu tune, he feels that the most awesome thing about Fu tune is the encore at the end of Fu tune last time, and that encore feeling is really amazing, it is one of the most awesome encore he has ever heard, and Chopin plays Fu tune......

It can only be said that it is about the same level as the gods he has heard in the headphones, right? I can't hear a big difference.

If it weren't for his girlfriend who always wanted to listen to Fu Tune, he probably wouldn't have listened to it a second time after listening to it once.

But well......

Looking at his delicate body, slender waist, sweet appearance, and perverted object, no matter how much he doesn't want to hear it, he is willing to accompany his object.

After all, last night's gameplay even made him wonder if his object was not learning piano, but ballet or jiu-jitsu.

Wu Hong shook his head, put aside some not-so-good thoughts in his mind, turned on his mobile phone and began to check Fu Tune's tickets, and then couldn't help but be stunned.

Leaving aside the tickets that have not been sold in the last month, the tickets for the several cities that have started to be sold at present, except for the three cities he bought, are ......

All sold out?

Don't have a ticket left?

Wu Hong was stunned, looking at Steinway, who was empty on the stage, just quietly placed there, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching.

Fu Tune's appeal is so strong? Tickets can be sold...... So much?

Wu Hong got up abruptly and looked around the concert hall.

This concert hall is not a large concert hall, and at present, the size of this concert hall should be about five or six hundred people, not too much, not too little.

Even if all the concert halls in the back are all small concert halls of this type, then what Fu Tune is showing so far is completely unusual! This appeal has rarely seen an incredible level, and Wu Hong has not seen it in anyone other than Lang Liangyue.

Of course, Argerich, Barenboim and the like, their tickets actually sell well, but because they are top appeal players, they all perform in that kind of particularly large concert hall, and it is normal for tickets to not sell out, and they cannot be compared with Fu Tune.

But if you compare it with some other people, for example, many venues with 1,000 people may not be able to go to a concert hall full of people, then Fu Tune's appeal is already very terrifying, even terrifying to the extreme.

It makes people wonder if classical music is declining as those people say.

Chen Ying looked at her boyfriend who got up suddenly, instantly realized something, and looked excited.

"How's it going? How about the ticket in the back? ”

"Stop selling, fill in the mailbox and wait for the remaining ticket notification......" Wu Hong looked down at his object, with a shocked face: "I never thought that Fu Diao's appeal was so strong, even if it is calculated according to the normal ticket price, or even a little less, after the high-priced tickets and student tickets cancel each other, the average ticket price may be thirty or forty euros, this small field of several hundred people is equivalent to Fu Diao selling tens of thousands of tickets a day?" If the ticket price is more expensive......"

"Hey, don't think about this, this expensive ticket price has nothing to do with Fu Tune, Fu Tune should take money according to the number of shows, a few thousand euros per game, no matter how many tickets are sold." Chen Ying interrupted Wu Hong's words, looked at the stage in front of him, and couldn't help but show longing.

"When will I be able to have such a strong appeal like Fu Diao......

"Keep it up for yourself, you will." After Wu Hong comforted his object a little, he fell into his own world.

He's shaking.

He actually knew that Fu Tiao was currently settling money according to the number of sessions, but ...... It's now.

Agencies don't like to do pure loss-making business, they definitely want to make money, and all the tours for these new performers are the first level for these players to see how popular your audience is.

Normally, if you can have half of the attendance rate, let the brokerage company lose a little less, it is already considered good, and it is already worth continuing to cultivate.

But now, Fu Tune's attendance rate is actually full?

It's as simple as that.

Of course, for the brokerage company, it is more in line with their idea than directly buying a time slot for Fu Diao to use, and being responsible for profits and losses together with the theater.

However, because of this negotiation, Wu Hong didn't know the specific price, so he was too lazy to calculate, so he directly calculated that the brokerage company bought a time period for Fu Diao to use.

Based on 500 seats, 40 euros per person, and marketing such as drinks to fill the gap, then today's revenue can be at least 20,000 euros.

Normally, the price of renting a concert hall with about 500 people, renting it for four hours, plus tickets, advertising, is definitely a few thousand euros, and even a little bit over-standard!

Even if you count a little more, you can rent a concert hall for 10,000 euros, make tickets, print flyers, and make a special ticket purchase page.

Your income of nearly 20,000 euros can almost offset all the costs you pay, and even earn a little bit.

This is the main reason why for those new pianists, it is enough for the agency to be able to have half the attendance.

With half of the attendance rate, this is already in a state of not losing money, and Fu Diao's full attendance rate is definitely profitable!

In this case, you have only two options for a brokerage company, either to raise Fu's salary directly, or to use the gradient method to raise Fu's salary.

As for not caring about anything, just just doing it and watching?

Other small companies may still be possible, for them, selling artists is more profitable than cultivating a top class, but for large companies, it is absolutely impossible.

Especially for Deutsche Grammophone, which has been acquired and is in great need of performance, they will never give up Fu Diao, the future star, because of a little petty profit.

Wu Hong's heart was completely confused at this time, he looked at the empty stage blankly, and couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.

", I really see that Fu Diao has a lot of money now, and the current appeal of Fu Diao is too terrifying......"

"Yes, yes, he is the champion of the Chopin International Piano Competition, and of course he has a bright future! The previous champions in 2005 and 2010 were not as good as him, and the 2000 champion Li Diyun was still successful, but he is not good now. ”

"Yes, this money way, but it's really, the stars are visible to the naked eye."

Wu Hong's tone was complicated.

Chen Ying didn't hear the envy in Wu Hong's words, but thought that he was praising Fu Tuo, and couldn't help but laugh and joke with him again.

Under the fight between the two of them, the lights of the entire concert hall couldn't help but dim, while the lights on the stage gradually increased.

Chen Ying only came to her senses at this time, raised her head slightly and glanced around, and sure enough, just as she thought, all the seats around her were full.

Seeing all this, she smiled brightly and returned to her seat with great pleasure, looking expectantly at the position of the entrance door to the stage.

Click! Click! Click!

The concert hall became incredibly quiet, and all that could be heard was the second hand of the nearest mechanical watch, except for their own heartbeat.

In the anticipation of everyone almost holding their breath, the stage door finally opened, and Fu Tiao walked out of the door wearing a suit.

The applause roared instantly.

Under the applause and lights, Fu Tiao smiled and walked to the center of the stage, bowed slightly to everyone, did not stop, and sat directly on the piano bench.

Then, press the first chord perfectly!

Crying bitterly, I realized that when I was out last week, Argerich came to my city for a concert.

When I was debating whether or not to decide whether to book Argerich's concert next month, I just discussed it with my friends for a while, and Argerich and Barenboim were gone.

Only one Zimmerman, one Soroyev, one Kisin can be played.

That's how to say, three student tickets are 30 euros, and my round-trip ticket is almost 100+......

(End of chapter)