Chapter 121 Close the door and let go of ambition!
Although Li Youzhi has been busy during this period of time, he has not neglected his fitness at all.
Although the current body fat rate has reached a plateau that is difficult to reduce, as Li Youzhi continues to increase weight, the effect of muscle gain is obvious.
After checking in again at the 21DAY gym with few customers and saying hello to the bored boss, Li Youzhi returned to his dormitory after taking a shower.
According to Chen Shuting's arrangement, she will go to the Provincial Theater for rehearsal tomorrow morning and arrange the lighting and live sound effects for the performance in advance.
After returning to the dormitory, thinking that he would still be busy tomorrow, Li Youzhi went to bed early.
The next day, Li Youzhi still got up on time at 6:30 in the morning.
Entering May, this class of senior students is about to graduate.
In the early morning on campus, there was also an inexplicable anxiety.
Li Youzhi grinned as he jogged rhythmically on the track of the playground. Looking at the senior students who got up early in the morning and rushed to the library, or started studying with laptops in their hands.
There's no way, it's like this every year during the graduation season; this feeling is basically like fishing for a day, but when you get off work, you find that the materials requested by the leader are not ready yet, and you start frantically trying to make amends.
Although I knew I was definitely dead, I still didn't want to give up until I gave it a try.
Fortunately, Brother Zhi, I was admitted to graduate school!
After silently praying for these poor people in his heart for a moment, Li Youzhi quickened his pace.
After the routine five-kilometer trip in the morning, Li Youzhi packed himself up, met up with Liu Meng, Zhou Yuan, and Tu Susu at the school gate, and took a bus to the provincial literary center theater.
in the car.
Looking at the few guys sitting in the back seat sleeping soundly after waking up early in the morning, Li Youzhi wanted to take a nap for a while.
But just as he rested his head on Liu Meng's shoulder and before closing his eyes, he heard a buzzing sound from the cell phone in his pocket.
Taking out his mobile phone, Li Youzhi quickly opened the APP when he saw a lot of hand-shaking message prompts on the screen early in the morning.
The post posted last night announcing a performance at the Provincial Literature and Art Center Theater has received nearly 8,000 likes.
The video of the previous cultural week premiere of "Classics" has been posted on the school's home page as a propaganda role for the construction of the Agricultural University's school spirit.
After a week of fermentation, the quality of the drama itself and the high-energy drama scene attracted the attention of many local netizens for Li Youzhi.
When Li Youzhi was raising funds for Tongchen Society, many local netizens in Chengdu had already urged him to perform the show again, but Li Youzhi felt that the school anniversary scene was already the peak of the atmosphere.
On the premise that the on-site effect cannot be improved in all aspects, there is no point in reenacting it in the school, so it is not carried out.
Last night, I learned that the play would be performed at the Literary Center Theater, and many new netizens expressed their strong willingness to buy tickets.
However, when he opened the comment area and saw the messages from netizens, Li Youzhi's brows suddenly wrinkled, and even the sleepiness disappeared.
In the comment area, some newly followed netizens are complaining!
"Oh no! I watched the promotional video of Agricultural University before and thought the play "Classics" is good. Last night I saw that the little brother said that he would come to the province to perform, so I specially visited the online ticket window. As a result, I pre-ordered one this morning I was shocked by the ticket price. It’s 300 for regular seats and 550 for front row seats. Is it so expensive to watch a drama?”
"Oh my god, I was scared to death by the ticket price and came here. I said why so few people watch dramas now. It turns out that the cost of dramas is higher than that of movies! I looked down upon it and slipped away."
"The Lezi people were confused; theater tickets are indeed more expensive than movie tickets, but it's not as outrageous as you said, right? When I was in Shanghai a few years ago, I went to a few shows with my friends. I'm not a big player in the industry. The ticket price for a play starring a big shot is about one hundred and two hundred. For a play starring a big shot, the general ticket price is more than five hundred, and it is normal for those in the front row to charge two to three thousand. The little brother and his dramas The club is just a university drama club, are you sure you didn’t read the price wrong? Or maybe you forgot to use some discount coupon?”
"Upstairs, look at the screenshot! The pre-order window of the Provincial Art Center Theater just opened this morning. There is no discount. It is the price we said!"
"Damn, this is really expensive! But don't panic, our little brother will listen to the advice the most. As long as you make a wish, no matter how outrageous it is, he will try his best to fulfill it! So... I suggest that I save my words. Prices are down!"
"Hahaha, you upstairs have mastered the password to communicate with me! In that case, let me tell you the number! I suggest that I price the fare for provincial calls to less than 150, so that more local netizens in Chengdu can watch it. To your drama!”
Beep!
[Received a suggested task (reducing the ticket price of the Literary Center Theater to within 150), with a difficulty level of 6 stars. After completion, you will receive a C-level reward treasure chest! 】
What the hell? !
Li Youzhi himself was still confused when he saw the suggested tasks refreshed on the system panel.
The tickets are so expensive, I don’t even know what’s going on!
With this in mind, he quickly turned off shaking hands and dialed Chen Shuting's video call.
"You guys are here?"
Chen Shuting in the video was obviously driving. After connecting to the video, her phone was stuck at a death angle.
The road conditions in downtown Rongcheng were not very good. Li Youzhi frowned when he saw the trembling noises.
"Teacher Chen, you set the ticket price of the Literary and Art Center Theater? It's too high! I see netizens say that the ordinary ticket is more than 300, and the front row ticket is more than 500. How much attendance can this get?"
Following Li Youzhi's angry questioning, a sudden sound of brakes sounded.
Across the screen, Li Youzhi was given a set of facial cleansers.
"real or fake?"
The phone was picked up again, and seeing Chen Shuting's blank face, Li Youzhi directly sent the screenshot of the comment area just now.
Chen Shuting's eyes on the screen moved slightly, obviously after seeing the screenshots, and her face became serious.
"The previous communication between the college and the literary and art center was to use that platform to perform performances to expand the influence of our college. We will do the actors, on-site service and technical aspects ourselves, and the literary and art center will try our best to cooperate, and 100% of the commercial income will be The fifth is owned by the Cultural Center. The ticket price is also determined by that end, so it seems a bit high... Forget it, you guys come first, I will be there soon, let’s meet up! Let’s talk to the person in charge of the Cultural Center Let’s talk.”
Amidst the honking and urging, Chen Shuting hurriedly hung up the video.
Li Youzhi was happy when he put down the phone.
Damn it!
The academy hires its own actors to serve as actors and performers on set, and gets 40% of the profit.
The Provincial Center Theater just puts on a show here and charges 60% of the profit?
The venue fee is not low!
…
Half an hour later, Li Youzhi, Liu Meng, and Tu Susu, who were also unhappy after hearing the news about the ticket price, arrived in front of the Theater of the Art Center.
Chen Shuting, wearing a black casual suit, was already waiting at the door.
Seeing Li Youzhi and others, she immediately waved her hand.
"I just called the leader of the province to report this matter. The leader asked us to talk to the director of the literary and art center."
After a brief explanation, Chen Shuting focused on Li Youzhi.
With a look that said, "Be more honest for a while," Chen Shuting led everyone along the passage to the office area inside the theater.
The Literary Center Theater was just completed the year before last.
As an urban civilization construction project, the scale of the theater is not small. The two-story structure has four theaters, one large, three small and four.
The main theater on the first floor has 2,000 audience seats, and the stage uses a double-layer stage that is currently rare.
It is the kind of performance where one level can be lowered to the audience or raised to the upper level for preparations for the next act, making it almost seamless between acts.
Walking along the staff passage to the end, Li Youzhi and others followed Chen Shuting and stood in front of the center director's office.
As Chen Shuting knocked on the door, there was a burst of footsteps inside.
Immediately, a male cadre in his thirties opened the door and appeared in front of everyone.
He had a neat three-quarter hair, his glasses and leather shoes were polished to a gleam, and there wasn't even a single wrinkle in his clothes.
"You are?"
"Hello Director Shan, I am the instructor of Tongchen Drama Club of Agricultural University, Chen Shuting, and these are my students."
"Oh oh oh."
Hearing Chen Shuting introduce herself, the meticulous Director Shan stretched out his hand, shook Chen Shuting's hand lightly, took out a few shoe covers and handed them over.
"You guys are here to rehearse, so put on your shoe covers and come in."
Holding the shoe covers, Li Youzhi frowned and looked at Chen Shuting. Seeing the other party's look, he helplessly put it on his feet.
"There are still two days left for your performance, but there are no big performances in the theater these two days. You can use the scene to rehearse. I have already explained the specific matters to the security guard. You can just contact him directly in the future."
When he walked into the office and saw the environment in the room, Li Youzhi, who was pretty clean himself, couldn't help but be speechless.
Too clean and tidy!
The morning sunlight shines through the almost transparent windows and onto the solid wood floor, glowing with dazzling light.
The desk is spotless, and the bookshelf next to it is neatly stocked like a queue.
The wall is as white as a child's newly grown baby teeth. A row of calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall are all framed in exactly the same size and hung neatly in a horizontal line.
Even the pot of cactus on the desk used to prevent computer radiation is a standard ψ type!
What a refined old boy this is!
"Director Shan, the main reason we came here is to discuss the performance ticket price with you. I noticed that the ticket price for our online pre-sale is more than 300 for regular tickets and more than 500 for front row tickets. We think this price is too high. .After all, we are a school drama club. Although the play performed this time has some audiences, considering the audience's spending power, if we set this price, the attendance of the performance may not be very good. Can you see if you can reduce the ticket price to It’s about 150, so I think our audience, or our classmates in school, may be able to accept it.”
Sitting on the sofa covered with fabric seat covers, Chen Shuting took the water handed over by Director Shan and said with a smile.
"The ticket price of our literary center theater is based on past performance data. For private groups like you, the average attendance rate for performances is basically less than 30%. Based on the 1,000-seat small theater, you can get 30% of the attendance per performance. One hundred is pretty good. One ticket is priced at one hundred and fifty, and the sales for one show are thirty thousand. The ticket agent takes 20%, which means there is still twenty-five thousand left. We take sixty percent, which is just over ten thousand. Do you know how much the venue rental for a 1,000-person venue in our Art Center Theater is to the outside world? For one performance, that’s 20,000 to 25,000! One ticket costs 150... Teacher Chen, our Art Center Theater also needs to be profitable! "
However, upon hearing Chen Shuting's request, Shan Guoguang smiled, touched his eyes, and slowly shook his head.
"Our ticket prices are set very scientifically. If you think we have set them too high, that means two things. Otherwise, you have no confidence in your work, or you have no confidence in the appeal of your team. I think you should start from your own Find the reason in yourself.”
Hearing this, Chen Shuting sighed quietly.
She knew that there was a high probability that things would go wrong again today.