Chapter 317 316. Terrifying performance ticket revenue! Wang Qian’s super personal appeal! (Subscribe please!)

This time period is the busiest time of the year in the Los Angeles entertainment industry.

Because this period of time is when all kinds of blockbuster movies are released and reap the box office.

This is because this period is the most intense time in the Oscar sprint every year. All the big names and blockbusters who want to win Oscars invest frantically in publicity and public relations during this period, and constantly make their presence felt in various media.

Also, because the annual Grammy Awards is about to begin, big-name singers will also come out during this period to show up and hype up their popularity!

So! There are a lot of media waiting at the Los Angeles airport every day, trying to find some news about the big names.

However, there are too many media outlets waiting at the airport today, hundreds of them, plus many self-media outlets numbering thousands, which has affected the normal order of the airport.

Zhou Qinghua, He Dongming and Cui Wenfeng drove over. They struggled to rush through a large group of media reporters and self-media people, and walked to the airport exit and waited.

He Dongming looked around at the densely packed media reporters and said admiringly, "I never thought that one day our Chinese singers would be so popular in Los Angeles."

He Dongming is truly happy and proud of his old classmate.

Zhou Qinghua said: "This is just the beginning. Now Wang Qian has only attracted the attention of the North American media and the recognition of most professionals in the music field. In fact, almost all ordinary people are just watching the fun and are not really conquered by Wang Qian. So, it seems that all the people here are media, all wanting to dig out news from Wang Qian and grab traffic to make money, but there are no fans of Wang Qian here yet."

Cui Wenfeng nodded: "Yes, Wang Qian still needs more works and achievements to attract more ordinary people in Europe and America to become his fans. That will be the real success."

He Dongming: "He will succeed!"

In this regard, Zhou Qinghua and Cui Wenfeng also have great trust in Wang Qian.

"Ryder is out."

A cry of surprise appeared.

Many people in the crowd immediately raised their fan badges and waved them at a handsome blond man who walked out of the aisle.

Most of the reporters in the group also pointed their cameras and cell phones to take pictures of the handsome blond man.

"Ryder, the movie you starred in, Age of Sail, has grossed over $200 million. Do you think you'll be nominated for an Oscar?"

"Ryder, a director said your acting was a disaster and you don't deserve an Oscar nomination. What do you think?"

"Ryder..."

A media reporter quickly asked the blond man.

However, the blond man ignored these people. He just smiled and waved to the fans holding fan signs, and then left under the protection of his assistant and bodyguards.

And these media reporters didn't care about it at all and didn't ask any questions!

Reid was very surprised when he walked out of the airport passage. Looking back, he found that no media outlet was paying attention to him.

This was the first time he encountered a situation where the media people did not chase him, so he asked the assistant beside him: "What are they doing?"

The assistant was also confused about this. He was searching for information on his phone, then looked up and said to Reid, "Sir, I saw someone say that Wang Qian, a Chinese contestant of The Voice, is about to arrive in Los Angeles. They may be waiting for Wang Qian."

Ryder stopped walking, frowned on his handsome face, looked at the assistant with blue eyes and asked, "Is that the Wang Qian who lectures at Curtis Institute? The Wang Qian who has been invited by Curtis Institute to be a professor? The Wang Qian who sang "Its My Life"? "

The assistant nodded, looking very serious: "Yes, it's him. There are news and discussions about him everywhere on the Internet. The media will definitely not let go of such popularity and will definitely chase him to hype up the popularity. So, these media reporters may be coming for him."

Reid suddenly understood.

As a male star who can single-handedly bring in hundreds of millions of dollars in box office revenue, Ryder is also a superstar in Hollywood and is the focus of media wherever he goes.

Today was the first time he was ignored by the media! However, he heard that Wang Qian was right behind him.

Reid also expressed his understanding of this.

He knew that even the annual Oscars could not compete with Wang Qian for popularity.

Even though a certain annual blockbuster movie is about to break $700 million at the global box office, it cannot compete with Wang Qian for popularity.

The box office of the movie starring him has exceeded 200 million US dollars in just half a month, and is expected to exceed 350 million US dollars. This is already a success and has once again established his superstar status, but he also cannot compete with Wang Qian for popularity.

Reid stopped and looked back at the crowded media, and said softly, "His music is really great, but it's a pity that there are too many people here, otherwise I would like to get to know him."

The assistant smiled and said, "He has broken Kristen's single-day and single-week download records in just two days. Kristen has held this record for just over a year. I heard that many big-name singers have changed their song release dates because of this. We may not be able to hear new songs from other big-name singers in the next one or two months. We can only listen to the works of the contestants of The Voice of China."

Reid was stunned for a moment: "Oh? Were those singing guys scared by him?"

The assistant shook his head. "It's not just him that scares me. After all, no matter how good Wang Qian is, he can only occupy one or two spots at most. However, the other contestants of The Voice of China are also very good. Sophie, Adam, and Elizabeth all have the potential to become superstars. They are almost occupying all the top ten spots on the Billboard. Poor Nana just released her song for more than a week. She won the championship in the first week, but was squeezed to fifth in the second week. I heard that Nana has been doing crisis public relations, but it doesn't work."

Ryder smiled, then turned and continued walking toward the parking lot, saying, "When is Wang Qian's next performance?"

The assistant answered without hesitation: "Next weekend is Wang Qian's official competition performance, and it will be at the Staples Center."

Ryder: "Get me a front row ticket."

Assistant: "Okay sir, I'll call and book the ticket right away."

Ryder: "I missed the opening performance last time because of something. I can't miss his live performance this time. I hope it can be as exciting as the opening performance, that would be great."

The truth was, he hadn’t thought that the opening performance of The Voice of China would be much of a success, so he didn’t go because of other things.

If he knew that the opening performance of The Voice of China would be so successful, he would definitely turn down everything else and just show up there.

Therefore, he will definitely not miss Wang Qian’s next performance.

The assistant smiled and nodded: "Yes, I think the last opening performance of The Voice of China was almost as good as the Grammy Awards, and Wang Qian's performance was more exciting than all the Grammy Awards in recent years."

Ryder: "You want to see it too? Then order two tickets."

The assistant smiled and said, "Thank you, sir."

In fact, both of them knew it.

During this time, Reid has a lot on his plate and normally wouldn't have time to go to the show.

but……

The initial promotion of The Voice of China World Competition was extremely successful, attracting global attention, with the highest exposure and popularity beyond everyone's imagination.

Wang Qian is responsible for the traffic and popularity of The Voice World Competition, and has single-handedly raised the popularity and ratings of The Voice to a new level.

Therefore, Wang Qian’s performance will definitely be the one with the highest exposure at that time, and the global viewership may set a new record.

It was a rare opportunity to show up in the front row at such an event! It was more popular and easier than Ryder going to promote the event.

However, when the two got in the car and sat down.

The assistant covered the microphone of his mobile phone and looked at Reid with a somewhat unpleasant expression: "Sir, the front row tickets are a bit expensive!"

Reid didn't mind. He often went to Staples to watch games, not because he liked basketball so much, but just to increase his exposure there. He always sat in the front row, and every time he could be captured by the camera, he would get a close-up opportunity, which was worth the ticket price. He said in a relaxed tone: "No matter how expensive it is, I want two."

The assistant whispered, "The best seats in the front row are on sale, $800,000 a ticket!"

Reid, who had just sat down, was shocked by the number and sat up straight. The ease on his face disappeared and he stared at the assistant with wide eyes: "What did you say? 800,000? US dollars? It can't be Japanese yen?"

The most expensive ticket he ever bought at Staples Center was for the Christmas game, which cost tens of thousands of dollars.

Now……

The Voice of China officials sold front row tickets for a whopping $800,000? Are you sure it's not Japanese yen? The assistant looked at Reid and smiled bitterly, "It's US dollars, 800,000. And this is not the best seat, it's just the second row. They said the best seat in the first row, where the camera can clearly capture the front view, costs one million dollars a ticket."

Hiss! After saying this number, the assistant took a deep breath.

This price! He didn't even dare to say it out loud, for fear of scaring people.

However, two seconds later, the assistant covered the phone with a strange expression, looked at Reid and said, "They said that there are no seats in the first row, but there are still some seats left in the second row..."

First row, tickets cost one million dollars each!

No more? Although there aren't many seats in the first row of the Staples Center, there should be dozens of seats after going around the stadium, right?

In other words, the organizers of The Voice of China earned tens of millions of dollars just from the first-row tickets? Ryder's eyes widened and he asked softly, "Have you told them which show we want to buy tickets for?"

Although $800,000 was not a large sum of money for him, he still felt that it was too expensive for just one ticket.

He wondered if the organizer had made a mistake. The assistant nodded, "Yes, I told them in detail. They said that the first performance was cheaper, the first row was only $100,000, and the second row was $80,000! But... Wang Qian would not appear in the first performance. The second performance where Wang Qian appeared would be priced at the same price, $1 million for the first row, $800,000 for the second row, and $300,000 for the third row, all in US dollars..."

Reid frowned and asked again, "The first row is sold out? One million per ticket, and there are no more?"

The assistant nodded again: "Yes, they said that the one million tickets are gone. The best seats now are the 800,000 tickets in the second row, and there are not many left!"

There are still many rich people!

Los Angeles is worthy of being the City of Angels.

Ryder asked again, "How much is the box?"

The assistant had obviously asked this question, so he immediately replied, "The box is not as expensive as the first three rows. It's only $200,000! But they said they're all sold out."

The car fell silent.

Reid thought about all these things. He knew that the private rooms were generally the most expensive, but the price of the private rooms here was much lower than the front row.

He quickly realized that most of these millions of tickets must have been snatched up by Hollywood stars.

Now is the important time for Oscars and various blockbuster promotions! For exposure and traffic, producers and superstars will never be stingy. Millions of dollars are just a small investment for them.

Haven't you seen that the publicity investment for blockbuster movies every year is calculated in tens of millions or even hundreds of millions, and the annual Oscar public relations fees for big-name stars competing for awards are also calculated in tens of millions of dollars! Millions can be exchanged for super high exposure in front of the whole world.

It's an absolute bargain.

After figuring this out, Reid immediately said, "I want one ticket for $800,000! I'll reimburse you for another $10,000."

The assistant quickly picked up the phone and said, "One for 800,000, and one for 10,000!"

Then, the assistant looked at Reid with an unpleasant expression: "Sir, they said there are no 10,000 tickets. The cheapest one is 15,000 US dollars. Moreover, they said there are not many tickets left..."

Reid took a deep breath! He didn't expect that the performance where Wang Qian appeared would be so popular.

Not to mention the advertising revenue from the TV station’s high ratings.

The ticket revenue alone is terrifying.

Among all the blockbusters released in the past one or two months, it is estimated that none of them can make so much money. Even the blockbuster with a box office of over 700 million US dollars, the producer's income is at most around 200 million US dollars, which is not even as much as the ticket revenue of a performance by Wang Qian.

However, as a superstar, he knows that the bulk of the income for the organizers of "The Voice of China" does not come from ticket sales, but from television advertising revenue from various countries with super high ratings!

Thinking of this, Reid didn't dare to think about it carefully or calculate it. He couldn't imagine how terrible the income would be for the organizers of The Voice of China this time.

A popular world-class variety show is even more terrifying than a money printing machine.

However, he knew that Wang Qian was currently the main person in charge of this super money printing machine.

He could pay such a high price of $800,000 for Wang Qian's performance, but if the performances of other contestants were also priced at the same, he would definitely not go to watch them.

The assistant saw that Ryder had gone silent, but the ticket booking line was still on the line, so he asked softly, "Sir?"

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Reid came to his senses and said quickly, "Then order one ticket worth 800,000 and one worth 15,000. Oh, and order two tickets for the first game, one worth 100,000 and one ordinary ticket!"

The assistant immediately said, "Thank you, sir."

Then he placed the order over the phone.

Four tickets, one for $100,000, one for $800,000, and two ordinary tickets, contributed a lot of income to the organizers of The Voice of China.

The tickets have been booked and the car is about to leave.

Ryder suddenly said, "Wait!"

The car stopped.

Reid looked towards the airport and said, "Should we meet with Mr. Wang Qian now? Maybe we'll have a chance to get to know each other?"

The assistant was stunned for a moment, then his eyes lit up: "Yes, this is an opportunity for us. Perhaps, we can create a chance to meet him and have a chat. I think he must know you, sir."

Reid has been in the industry for twenty years and has appeared in more than fifteen films, five of which he starred in, with a total box office of more than three billion U.S. dollars. He is truly a world-class superstar!

He believed that Wang Qian must know him and have seen his works.

Now, he and Wang Qian met by chance and chatted with each other in front of hundreds of media, which would definitely greatly increase his exposure during this period of time!

Do what you say.

Reid immediately got out of the car with his assistant, disguised himself slightly, and then returned to the airport again and went into the bathroom to wait, thinking that when Wang Qian came out, they would go out of the bathroom, meet Wang Qian by chance, and then get to know each other naturally.

At this moment, Wang Qian just walked out from the exit.

After the assistant saw this, he quickly made a gesture and walked out with Reid.

But!

When they came out.

Where can I see Wang Qian again?

All I could see were densely packed heads of people in front of me.

Hundreds of media reporters rushed directly over the isolation fence, blocking the passage in front of Wang Qian, making it impossible for him to get out.

Reid and his assistant looked at each other in surprise. After seeing this scene, they knew that their plan to meet Wang Qian by chance had failed. They immediately left quickly while the media were not noticing them.

Wang Qian came out with Qin Xuerong, Jiang Yu, Murong Yue, Chen Xiaowen, Ru Ke, as well as Sophie, Miyuki Nakamori, and Maou Chiba.

When Wang Qian saw the densely packed guns and cannons flashing lights in front of him, he knew that something bad was going to happen, so he immediately quickened his pace to leave.

But!

These media reporters rushed over frantically and blocked the passage.

Microphones were thrust in front of Wang Qian without a care.

"Mr. Wang Qian, are you going to continue to participate in The Voice of China when you return to Los Angeles this time, or are you announcing your withdrawal?"

"Mr. Wang Qian, the Voice of China competition has no meaning to you. Will you announce your withdrawal? Even if you beat Adam and the others to win the championship, it will be meaningless. You are already a professor at Curtis College. You also broke Christine's record for popular song downloads. You are already very successful!"

"Mr. Wang Qian, if you continue to participate in the competition, don't you think you are bullying others? This is unfair to others!"

"Mr. Wang Qian... Do you think you are the king of piano now? Some people call you the king of violin, do you agree?"

"Mr. Wang Qian, it is rumored that a wealthy man in New York offered five million dollars to buy your calligraphy and painting. Is this true? Or is it hype?"

"Mr. Wang Qian..."

…

One question after another, regardless of whether Wang Qian was willing to listen or not, all were spoken out quickly and loudly.

Wang Qian's face was calm. He held Qin Xuerong tightly in one hand and carried the suitcase in the other. He ignored the reporters around him and did not answer their questions. He just walked quickly forward.

The reporters didn't dare to stop Wang Qian from leaving, so they could only move slowly with Wang Qian towards the exit.

Jiang Yu, Murong Yue, Chen Xiaowen, Ru Ke, and even Sophie, Miyuki Nakamori, and Maou Chiba all came together and surrounded Wang Qian, acting as his temporary bodyguards.

Not far away, the airport security guards quickly ran over, trying to drive these media reporters away and prevent them from blocking the passage.

Seeing that Wang Qian refused to budge, the media reporters quickly turned their attention to looking for news.

Many microphones were handed to Sophie.

Sophie is the contestant whose performance in the Voice of China competition is second only to Wang Qian.

"Sophie, you are the champion of the French region. Do you think Wang Qian should withdraw from the competition? This will be fair to you."

"Sophie, what do you think of Wang Qian's musical ability?"

"Sophie, do you think you can beat Wang Qian?"

Questions came one after another towards Sophie.

Sophie was originally very calm and didn't want to pay attention, but the constant questioning made her irritated, and she couldn't help but say: "He shouldn't withdraw from the competition. No matter how strong he is, it is fair for us to be defeated by him on the stage. It's not cowardly to want him to withdraw from the competition just because he is too strong."

"Moreover, I look forward to Professor Wang Qian having a more wonderful performance on the stage. I will also try my best to strive for it. If I can eliminate him myself, it will be my greatest achievement."

Sophie's answer made the surrounding media reporters very excited.

Finally found the news.

Although it wasn't Wang Qian who said it, Sophie is together with Wang Qian now, so there is too much news that can be manipulated.

Seeing how excited all the media reporters were, Sophie felt a little worried.

Wang Qian pulled Sophie over and whispered, "Don't talk, don't give these media a chance!"

The moment Sophie's hand was grabbed by Wang Qian, she lost her ability to think. Her mind went blank for a moment, and then she quickly reacted. Her face flushed, and then she agreed obediently: "Well, thank you!"

Wang Qian quickly let go of Sophie's hand and saw Zhou Qinghua, He Dongming and Cui Wenfeng rushing in, clearing a path for the crowd of media reporters. He then quickly quickened his pace and rushed over to meet Zhou Qinghua and the other two!

At the same time, airport security also came over to maintain order and pushed the media reporters to the back!

The passage was barely restored.

Everyone quickly walked outside, fearing that they would be blocked by these crazy media again.

Wang Qian couldn't really let Ru Ke and Jiang Yu charge into battle as his bodyguards, so he led the way himself and together with He Dongming and the other two, they fought their way out of the encirclement of reporters.

Two cars had already stopped at the door, and the group rushed out and immediately got in the cars and left.

The media reporters behind them had already chased out madly and kept taking pictures of their car.

Then!

The news appeared on social platforms in North America.

"French player Sophie expressed her confidence in eliminating Chinese player Wang Qian, and she believes that Chinese player Wang Qian's strength is not that strong!"

Some media also said: "French player Sophie threatened to eliminate Chinese player Wang Qian for the championship!"

…

At this time! The official pre-sale of tickets for the next two performances of The Voice of China has caused a stir on social media around the world! The first performance, with a minimum price of US$5,000 and a maximum price of US$100,000, made many people say that it was too expensive.

But, the second show!

Minimum $15,000.

Up to $1 million.

The average ticket price of over 50,000 US dollars shocked the entire entertainment industry and ordinary people around the world. Is this definitely not robbery?

What shocked them even more was that the tickets for the first show were sold out.

Tickets for the second show are about to sell out.

(End of this chapter)