Chapter 300: Is "Journey to the West" popular now?
Before he reached the place where the door curtain was divided, he was still several steps away.
Sang Yu heard the passionate voice of the storyteller coming from the lobby, and he was telling the two episodes of "Journey to the West" from yesterday.
She listened and felt that the story was as good as ever. He was worthy of being a highly paid storyteller, as his voice was loud and clear.
However, what Manager Liu wanted her to see was not the storyteller's skills. He walked to the door curtain and stood by the door with his burly figure like a door god.
"Ms. Sang, just watch."
As he said this, he lifted the door curtain, revealing the scene inside the lobby.
Sang Yu raised his eyes, and even though he was mentally prepared, he was still shocked by the scene before him.
The lobby, which originally had tables, chairs and benches with ample space between the tables, now only had benches left, one row after another, starting from under the storytelling stage and extending all the way around.
To be honest, seeing this scene, Sang Yu felt that the students had never sat so cramped at previous opening ceremonies. She didn't know how these spoiled young ladies and gentlemen could bear it.
After a long while, Sang Yu swallowed his saliva and asked slowly, "How many people can sit here?"
"One bench can seat three people. There are about a few hundred benches on the first floor, and more than a hundred outside. Adding the benches on the second floor, there are about three thousand people."
Although Manager Liu did not count the number of people specifically, he had transferred these benches from other places, so he could roughly estimate the number.
If he hadn't mentioned it, Sang Yu really hadn't remembered the second floor. She raised her eyes slightly and looked towards the second floor. There was also a crowd of people sitting there.
If it weren't for the limited space and the need to arrange seats, it would not be a problem to squeeze in 10,000 people.
Sang Yu swallowed again and continued to ask, "Manager Liu, when did this place become like this?"
She had clearly only focused on the pearl drinks for about ten days, but why did it feel like ten months had passed at the Zhong Family Restaurant?
"It's been about three or four days." Shopkeeper Liu frowned and thought, he couldn't remember the exact day.
At the beginning, the store was always full, and customers outside wanted to come in but had nowhere to sit.
They adjusted the internal layout slightly, reducing the gaps between tables and chairs and making room for an extra table for guests from outside.
But a set of tables and chairs takes up too much space. After this adjustment, only six or seven tables and chairs can be added, which is really a drop in the bucket for those who are queuing outside.
I don't know who suggested that we just remove the newly added tables and add more chairs so that more people can sit.
This did temporarily solve the problem of customers queuing at the door, but then a new problem arose.
You should know that Zhong's Teahouse is not open all day long, and the storyteller tells different chapters at different times of the day. He will repeat the story told yesterday afternoon the next morning.
Some people thought, since the two incidents from yesterday would be repeated the next morning, why not just stay in the teahouse all day?
Arriving early, you can grab a front-row seat and comfortably sip tea and listen to the book. Secondly, it's like listening to four chapters of a new book at once, which is really enjoyable.
As a result, the front seats were taken early and remained occupied all day, and people who arrived a little later had to sit in the back.
There was obviously more than one smart person, and everyone gradually came up with this good idea.
Every morning, a large number of people line up at the door, and as soon as the door of Zhongjia Teahouse opens, they rush in to grab a good seat.
If they hadn't taken into consideration that they were all well-known figures, they would probably have started fighting on the spot to grab a position.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Manager Liu simply removed the tables on the first floor and left only the benches. This way, more people could sit and the effect of listening to the book would be better.
At the beginning, the gaps between the chairs were relatively large, at least to make it convenient for the waiters to come in and out to add water and for the guests to come in and out.
I don't know who took the lead and moved forward little by little, but it gradually evolved into the current situation where people are standing next to each other, and even if you want to drink some tea, you need others to pass it to you.
Sang Yu looked at Shopkeeper Liu with a puzzled look. He was truly a genius. Even modern concerts only sold reserved seats, yet he dared to sell bench seats.
"So... Journey to the West is popular now?"
If she remembered correctly, the entire Lingnan City had a population of only about 40,000 to 50,000.
There are currently 3,000 people in Guangzhong's teahouse, which means that one out of ten people knows about "Journey to the West".
Of course, this conversion ratio is obviously wrong. Anyone who can sit still and listen to books in such a harsh environment must be a loyal fan of "Journey to the West".
As they spread the story by word of mouth, more and more people must have known about it.
"Of course," Shopkeeper Liu nodded firmly. He had never seen a storybook attract so many people. If anyone said Journey to the West wasn't popular, he would be the first to disagree.
"Well, that has nothing to do with the request for the storybook, right?" Sang Yu came back to her senses from the shock and remembered what Manager Liu said when he first saw her.
"Yes! We're planning to change the order of our daily storytelling. If it can be delivered earlier, we'll start with the new chapter in the morning and start again in the afternoon."
Now that "Journey to the West" is a huge hit, it's natural to strike while the iron is hot and start telling the new chapter in the morning and start from the beginning in the afternoon.
Zhongjia Teahouse looks very popular now, but in fact, due to the removal of tables and the tight spacing between seats, their revenue is actually lower than before.
If it weren’t for the high admission fees collected from the large number of people, even the turnover would have decreased.
As the owner of this store, he naturally cannot let the situation continue to develop in this way, and he has to change his thinking.
There are so many people in the store now, and many of them sit from morning to night just to listen to the complete four episodes, so he simply arranges it in the morning.
After listening four times, we will start again from the beginning and repeat it four times in the afternoon. If the guests are happy to listen, they can stay. If they are not happy to listen, they will naturally leave.
As they leave, not only will the space become larger, but the frequency of requests for dried fruits, tea, etc. will also increase greatly, and new customers will be attracted, killing two birds with one stone.
After just a few words, Sang Yu understood his intention and immediately nodded in agreement: "That's a good idea. I'll send you a new chapter early every day from now on."
"Then I'd like to thank you first, young lady." Shopkeeper Liu bowed and thanked her, then asked, "Would you like to stay and listen to the book for a while?"
Sang Yu shook her head repeatedly: "No, no, I'll come back another day to listen."
There were about 3,000 people crammed into the second floor. Given the current level of construction, she was really afraid that the load-bearing columns would not be able to bear the weight, so she decided to just run away.
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