The Show Begins

Chapter 83: There were problems at the box office

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Lai Yang was not imagining things, but based on his understanding of Tian Jing, this song was definitely not something she sang casually.

And she deliberately started from the second paragraph, which makes it even more suspicious.

She was also taught to play guitar by Little Turtle, so maybe this song is also one that she likes to sing.

Lai Yang took a deep puff of the cigarette, his brain wandering wildly.

In fact, it doesn’t matter even if Tianjing has been in a relationship. She is not a kindergarten student, she is not young anymore, and she is so beautiful.

But what bothered Lai Yang was that when listening to her emotions when she sang, it was obvious that she couldn't let go of the past.

Thinking of this, Lai Yang felt as if his forehead was wrapped in a layer of plastic bag, making him suffocate.

Why are you asking this suddenly

Tian Jing finally replied. When Lai Yang excitedly picked up the phone, the cigarette between his fingers fell onto his thigh. He jumped up from the bed in pain, kicked the cigarette butt off the bed, and sat cross-legged again, tapping his fingers.

Oh, I just happened to hear the song you sang tonight, but I'm an Aquarius, so I'm just asking.

When I asked her if she had landed, she didn't reply. When I asked her if she had eaten, she ignored me.

As a result, when I asked Aquarius, Tian Jing replied.

It’s not that Lai Yang is suspicious, but even a blind person can feel that something is wrong.

After a while, Tian Jing replied: Are you a mouse

ah

Lai Yang was confused, but Tian Jing soon sent another voice message.

"If I sing Aquarius, does that mean I must be Aquarius? Then you sing Mouse Loves Rice, so you must be Mouse?"

For some reason, when Lai Yang heard Jingjing's voice, a smile unconsciously appeared on his face.

He simply changed his voice and said, "Who is the mouse? Can't I be the rice?"

"Haha, you're so dark, and you think you're rice?"

"Is black rice not okay? Besides, how can I be dark? I have a healthy wheat color, okay?"

Lai Yang chuckled twice, then realized that he seemed to have been led astray by Tian Jing. His smile froze immediately, and he took a deep breath and continued to ask.

"Jingjing, why do you start singing this song from the second verse?"

“…because I don’t want to sing the first verse.”

"… "

Lai Yang couldn't understand what this meant. After a while, he pressed his chest and asked if there was a story in the first paragraph.

But what I got was: I'm sleepy, good night.

Laiyang stared at the screen numbly

"Yes," Tian Jing answered silently, but in fact, she had already given the answer. Although she did not lose anything, her heart seemed to have fallen into an endless abyss.

That bitter feeling was like a failed confession, all the strength was drained away, and a huge sense of loss came over me.

This night, the loneliness is so unbearable that it feels like it has frozen to the bones.

Time is like the wind outside the window, secretly cooling down a week's time. When the warm sun shines into Lai Yang's window again, it is already early March.

This week, Tian Jing didn't talk much with Lai Yang. She must be very busy, and Lai Yang was a little overwhelmed with planning for a venue for thousands of people.

First of all, it was Li's mother. In order to prevent her from affecting the performance about everyone's fate, Lai Yang and Li Dian went to talk to her again.

The refund date of the 100,000 yuan was negotiated to April 2nd.

Li's mother originally refused to agree, but Li Dian flew into a rage and had a fierce quarrel with her. Finally, Lai Yang persuaded her in various ways, and Li's mother reluctantly agreed.

I have no choice but to agree. I really don't have the money to give her now.

After dealing with Li's mother, problems arose with the ticketing again.

At that time, the "Big Ticketing Platform" gave it a banner recommendation for a week.

As a result, it was removed from the shelves in early March, causing the click rate of the thousand-person show to plummet, and the number of tickets sold also dropped significantly.

The popularity of short videos is like a gust of wind.

After that trend died down, traffic and exposure remained at the original level, which resulted in only two tickets being sold yesterday.

As a result, today, someone returned three tickets...

So far, more than 300 tickets have been sold for the 1,000-seat show, and the attendance rate has not even reached half.

Lai Yang started to have nightmares.

In the dream, I was standing on a huge stage.

As a result, there were only a few dozen people sitting sparsely in the audience, blending in among the thousands of chairs, as if they were invisible.

This strange performance was just like the performance for ghosts and gods in the rural temple when I was a child.

After waking up from the dream, Lai Yang's back was covered in cold sweat.

At three o'clock in the afternoon of the next day, Lai Yang immediately called Alu, Yunlu and others to the theater, and everyone had an in-depth discussion on the ticket issue.

"I think it was a mistake to expect short videos to sell tickets."

Yunlu started criticizing right away. Laiyang held a cigarette between his fingers and looked up at her.

"A work becomes popular.

It is cyclical, and there is also a large element of chance. Even if you post another video later, it is not certain whether it will be popular. I feel that Brother Yang, you were a little impulsive this time."

"Oh, how should I talk to Brother Yang? Brother Yang is always impulsive, right Brother Yang, hehe~"

Song Wen was actually trying to save face for Lai Yang, but his hypocritical and awkward smile made Lai Yang even more angry.

There are currently a total of 324 tickets, all for the middle and back rows, and each ticket costs only 188 yuan.

The total cost was just over 60,000 yuan, which didn't even cover the venue fee. Moreover, once the performance was held, Lai Yang would have to consider everyone's performance fees, as well as the cost of props and materials.

The box office is currently stagnant. If it continues like this, not only will this show not make any money, but Lai Yang will also lose tens of thousands.

If Li Dian's mother makes trouble again, this theater will really fall apart.

"Well, I'll borrow some money from my family. Let's do some advertising. Let's arrange the elevator ad."

After Alu screamed for a long time, he stood at the door with his cell phone and shouted, "Hey! Dad, I'm a little short of money recently, can you see if... "

Pah~

Yuan Shengda kicked him out of the theater door.

"Can you please stop being crazy at a time like this? You're holding your phone upside down, why are you pretending?"

"How about handing out flyers? Print a batch of flyers and hand them out?"

Li Dian's face looked very ugly. After he finished speaking, Lai Yang shook his head: "It's useless."

"Why is it useless? I think we can give it a try." Aru came in again with a serious face.

Lai Yang flicked the cigarette butt out through the door and exhaled the smoke.

"Because I have distributed flyers before, and if I send out 200 copies, I can sell one ticket on average, which is a theater ticket for 88. Converted to the price of a 1,000-person show, assuming that 300 copies sell one ticket, if we want to sell another 700 tickets, then we need to send out 210,000 flyers."

After these words were spoken, everyone looked at Lai Yang in a daze.

After a few seconds, Aru swallowed his saliva and said, "For a 10,000-person event, do they have to distribute flyers to people all over the country..."

After that, everyone looked at Aru dimly.

"Oh... I'm just asking out of curiosity." He pursed his lips slightly in embarrassment and murmured in a low voice.

"Laiyang, why don't you ask your Jingjing? See if there is any solution?"

Yuan Shengda raised her pretty face, and the others all looked towards Lai Yang.

But Lai Yang shook his head: "I don't want to chat with Aquarius people."