Chapter 1400: 1400
In the blink of an eye, the day of the ticket sales arrived.
The three Japanese and Korean celebrities' concerts had all adopted online ticket sales and it was the same for Zhang Ye and Yao Jiancai's crosstalk tour as well. The traditional method of selling tickets had long been replaced by this. These days, the success of a concert would usually be measured by four points of information.
1.) The size of the venue
2.) Whether the tickets were sold out
3.) Duration it took for the tickets to sell out
4.) The response and praise after the concert is over
The promotions by the three Japanese and Korean celebrities had already begun long ago and were currently underway in full swing.
On Weibo.
"Have they opened up the ticket sales?"
"I've lost count of how many times I've refreshed the ticketing website!"
"It should be starting soon!"
"Their tickets definitely won't be easy to get. It's going to be all up to luck!"
"The promotions are so overwhelming."
"That's right, the Chinese market is very important to them, so of course they will spare no effort in marketing their events."
"Heh, why is Zhang Ye the only one who did not promote his tour?"
"I'm also puzzled by that. Isn't Teacher Zhang trying to make trouble for them? Then why is he keeping so quiet?"
"Pfft, are you guys joking? The reason why those Japanese and Korean celebrities are advertising is that there are many people in the country who still do not know about them, so of course they will have to give it as much publicity as they can. But for Zhang Ye? Tell me who in China doesn't know of him? He just needs to hang up a sign for his crosstalk tour and that's good enough."
"That's true, but I'm not really optimistic about the crosstalk tour. Having three consecutive performances in three cities over Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, he's really putting his life at risk. It will also be very tiring as well. Besides, such large-scale crosstalks have not taken place for over ten years now. They can't even sell out tickets that cost ten to twenty yuan for a theater that holds up to 100 audience members, let alone at a venue as big as the Beijing Exhibition Center. The majority of crosstalk comedians have been surviving by making appearances on the Spring Festival Galas to keep up their popularities and no longer do theater shows. No one has ever organized a show at the Beijing Exhibition Center like this. Even though Zhang Ye and Yao Jiancai's crosstalks are very well-spoken of, it's still very difficult to say if their tour will succeed or not."
"It's enough as long as Zhang Ye's name is there!"
"Right, Zhang Ye and Old Yao's crosstalk mustn't be missed!"
"I'm still looking more forward to Park Jaesang's concert."
"I'm waiting here to get ahold of Kimura's tickets!"
"Let's wait and see whose tickets will sell better."
…
At Zhang Ye's Studio.
Everyone was extremely busy.
Wu Yi had already led a team of people to head to the Shanghai venue.
Tong Fu and his team went straight to Shenzhen to liaise with the venue and ticketing office.
Meanwhile, Ha Qiqi took charge of the Beijing Exhibition Center venue and was running back and forth to get everything in order.
…
Back at home.
Zhang Ye was in a very relaxed mood.
His mother asked, "Are you really going to take them on?"
Zhang Ye smiled and said, "Yeah."
His father asked, "How are you planning to do it?"
Zhang Ye smiled. "Just wait and see. In my territory, I will torment them to death!"
He then called Old Wu's secretary.
Zhang Ye asked: "Hello, Secretary Bai, have the ticket sales been approved yet?"
Secretary Bai replied: "I guess they're probably getting to it soon?"
"Help me check with them, could you? Their work efficiency is too poor."
"Alright, I'll get back to you immediately."
Soon after, his cell phone rang.
"Mr. Zhang, it's done."
Zhang Ye said: "Alright, thank you."
The three Japanese and Korean celebrities had begun planning and preparing for their upcoming concert in China since half a year ago. The approval process had also been completed very early on, and the concert was very well-planned as well. Meanwhile, Zhang Ye had spontaneously decided to go ahead with his crosstalk tour, so not many preparations were done yet. But since Zhang Ye had the home field advantage, be it the venue or the approval process, he was basically able to get the green light with just a phone call.
The formalities were complete.
Now it was just a matter of setting the ticket prices.
Zhang Ye narrowed his eyes and began thinking.
How much should he price them?
How many categories should he have for the seating?
…
Kimura Kazuya's team.
They had already arrived in China to prepare for their concert.
"How much should we price the tickets?"
"How much does it usually cost in China for their concerts?"
"It depends on the popularity of the person. Judging from our reputation, the seat categories at our level should be going for 600 RMB, 1,200 RMB, and 3,000 RMB for the premium VIP seats."
"Isn't that too low?"
"Yeah, I think it should be doubled."
"If it's too high, I'm afraid it'll sell very slowly."
"But we still have to make money. If we set it too low, we won't be able to make much at all."
"Right, and if the ticket prices are too low, it would reflect negatively to the quality of the concert."
…
Park Jaesang's team.
"No, the ticket prices can't be so low!"
"I heard that the lowest price for Kimura's concert tickets is 1,000 RMB!"
"What? It's that high?"
"Then we must set ours higher than theirs!"
"That's right, our popularity is higher than his!"
"Yeah, it won't reflect well if the ticket prices are too low."
"Let's raise them then! Bring them up a tier!"
…
Kim Jichan's team.
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