34 Grab a ticket
Yuan Xiao knew that there would be discussions online after the fourth episode was broadcast, but according to the data feedback reported to her by the system, it seemed that there were not many attacks on Yuan Xin and herself, and no wave of public opinion had formed.
This made all her mental preparation useless, and it was like she had raised her shield in advance but only received air.
Later, after monitoring the discussions of each group, I found out that she believed that it was the company's responsibility for the trainee's injury, but in fact the injury was an emergency and could not be predicted in advance. Yuanxin's response and handling were also very timely, and the whole process was clearly recorded without hiding it from fans. She was like a breath of fresh air in the domestic entertainment industry, which is always plagued by the worst.
Yuan Xiao: ...Your requirements are really low.
Well, she has other things to do recently. The public opinion monitoring has been fully entrusted to the propaganda department, and there is also a system to help. As long as her popularity is still growing steadily, basically nothing serious will happen. The debut battle date is approaching, and Yuan Xiao is worried about the final performance.
The staff of Genshin Impact is experienced in hosting concerts. The venue for their debut concert is set at a medium-sized stadium in the capital area. Based on past experience, it can accommodate about 10,000 people when fully opened. If some seats with poor views are removed, there will be about 9,800 seats available for sale.
But this is the case with the four-sided table.
Yuan Xiao went to the venue several times to check it out and walked around the center of the venue. He was a little worried that the trainees would not be able to cope with the four-sided stage.
The difference between a four-sided stage and a three-sided stage is not just the difference of a large LED screen. After removing the background, the stage is clearly visible, the stage equipment becomes abrupt and almost all has to be removed, and all the attention is on the performers themselves.
Not only are there very high requirements for physical ability, but group performances also have to take into account four directions, and the movements become very complicated. With such a large stage, it is possible that some trainees will get dizzy and make mistakes.
The trainees are used to rehearsing in front of the mirror most of the time in the practice room. After they disperse to four directions, they do the group dance, which increases the difficulty by more than a little.
If it is a three-sided stage, there will be about 7,000 seats available for sale. The difference in the number of tickets may make fans vying for tickets wail in pain, but it is not the most important thing for Yuan Xiao, because the distance to the top of the mountain in the last row directly in front of the three-sided stage will be farther away. If it is a very long extended stage, the audience in the inner field can only see the golden profiles of the trainees.
To put it simply, a four-sided table is difficult but has good effects, while a three-sided table is simple but has many disadvantages.
Each has its pros and cons, and it is really difficult to choose.
Yuan Xiao hesitated for a long time, and finally decided to just ask the trainee himself.
No matter what kind of stage it is, in the end it all depends on whether they can do it, and the performers have the most say.
Yuan Xiao chose the time when the cultural classes were over and went to the 14th floor and knocked on the door of the classroom. He borrowed Pei Zijin from a group of children who were frantically catching up on their summer homework, and called Yan Fan, Jin Zeyu and a few others who had more stage experience to go to the conference room for a talk.
She suddenly appeared and startled a few people. They were slightly relieved until they heard Yuan Xiao say it was about the stage. Yuan Xiao projected the real scenes of the three-sided stage and the four-sided stage taken with his mobile phone on the big screen in the conference room, and asked Yan Fan first: "If I let you challenge the four-sided stage now, how many people do you think can do it?"
She roughly explained the difference between the two types of stages to these young people who had never performed on the stadium stage, and searched for other artists' stages for reference. Yan Fan and Pei Zijin and Jin Zeyu looked at each other and were a little embarrassed: "We haven't danced this kind of stage either..."
"In fact, the key point is whether you can take care of every aspect."
Yuan Xiao added: "It is obvious that a four-sided stage will be much better than a three-sided stage if used properly, but it may require all of you to be like a merry-go-round throughout the entire show..." Because we are not sure how the fans sitting below will be distributed, so everyone must be taken care of on each side.
The three of them were silent. Indeed, it was dizzying just thinking about it.
Yan Fan looked at the flying ribbons on the big screen and the cheers from all directions. The performers opened their arms, and even the audience behind them became part of the performance. The effect was indeed much better. After discussing with Pei Zijin and Jin Zeyu, he finally gritted his teeth and said:
"Tell me, Sister Xiaoxiao, if you decide that the four-sided stage is the best and more outstanding, we will not embarrass you even if we practice to death."
Yuan Xiao looked deeply into their determined eyes and nodded: "Okay."
Since that's what she said, she can't fall behind. These kids may only have one debut opportunity in their lives, so the venue, stage design, lighting, and sound systems all need to be the best.
At the same time, a plan B must also be prepared. In case the trainees are still unable to take on the standard four-sided stage, there must be a simple alternative plan.
After all, venue preparation always starts much earlier than their practice, and the money spent on renting various stage equipment cannot be refunded.
When Yuan Xiao was discussing the final stage design with the organizer, he even came up with an abstract plan where the stage would move instead of the people. In the end, the plan had to be cancelled because of concerns that people would get motion sickness.
The final design chose a common and foolproof nine-grid square stage, which was convenient for movement and positioning. Taking into account the trainees' limited stage experience, Yuan Xiao did not choose to make the entire stage into a lift. Instead, except for the middle piece that could be raised and lowered for the trainees to go on stage, the other eight pieces were directly fixed in a staggered staircase shape.
This way, the changes can be reflected when walking on the stage, and they will not be tripped by the sudden rise of the stage under their feet. On the one hand, it is for safety reasons. After all, there is no way to build guardrails around such a high stage. On the other hand, Yuan Xiao does not want the trainees to be distracted during the performance because of the fear of falling.
While the trainees are performing on the stage, there will be cameras on each side that will broadcast the performance on the stage in real time on the circular screen above their heads. Even if you are sitting in the corner of the venue, you can see it clearly on the big screen.
Because the large screen at the back was removed, the floor and sides of the stage were all paved with LEDs, aiming to provide the best visual experience both in the backstage and in the stands.
Coupled with top-notch lighting and audio equipment, Yuan Xiao felt a slight pain in his heart as he watched the money in the company's account being spent like water.
Everything is ready, it's time to release the tickets.
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The official Weibo account and the program both announced the time of the final debut concert, which is scheduled for October 15th. Tickets can be purchased one month in advance. A total of 9,768 tickets were sold in the venue. All of them were released in the first round, and only return tickets were sold in the second round.
This is full of sincerity. Fans with experience in watching concerts have more or less an idea of how many people the several domestic stadiums that can host concert-level performances can accommodate. In other words, fans also know how many tickets the organizers have withheld for scalpers.
This is because the organizer is also under Yuanxin, otherwise it would not be easy for Yuan Xiao to intercept these tickets and break the unspoken rules in the industry.
Although there are still inevitable scalpers who rush to buy products on behalf of others, at least Yuanxin has cut off many of the channels through which scalpers can make profits at high prices.
The tickets were rushed at noon. Zheng Xiyan set the alarm for 11:50 am on September 20th. She also called her roommates to rush together at that time, hoping to see if she could grab the best tickets for the front field.
No one wants to miss the chance to be present at the debut match. If one fails to make his debut, this may be the first and last chance to meet each other.
The ticket prices for the debut match have also been announced, divided into five ticket tiers, with the highest being 1,088 for the inner field and the lowest being 388 for the mountaintop grandstand tickets, decreasing from the front to the back.
The ticket price and whether it can be sold out in seconds are important criteria for the industry to evaluate the market value of singers or idols. Only when they have proven that they have sufficient ticket-selling ability will music festivals, compilation concerts and other offline performances be willing to invite them.
The ticket prices for the debut competition have been calculated by Yuanxin’s marketing department, taking into account popularity, fan stickiness, and user portraits. The final market evaluation result is slightly lower than the ticket prices for second-tier singers in the market.
Yuan Xiao knew that Yuan Xin's trainees were quite popular online, but she still had some concerns about the offline ticket sales capabilities, so when it came to grabbing tickets now, she also opened her phone and sat in front of the WiFi in Yuan Xin's company building, staring closely at the ticket grabbing interface with two minutes left.
According to her previous experience, the tickets for the inner field at 1,088 and the mountain top at 388 are usually the most popular and the most difficult to get, followed by other ticket prices.
In a moment, as long as she clicks in and joins in the scramble, a spinning circle will pop up in the ticket slots other than these two, representing the number of people scrambling for tickets, which proves that the number of people scrambling for tickets is far greater than the number of tickets that can be selected.
This may be a devastating result for fans, but for the organizers and the artist team themselves, gaining market recognition is great news.
With twenty seconds left, Yuan Xiao began to pull down the interface frantically to refresh it.
Theoretically, the more people grab the tickets, the higher the success rate will be, but Yuan Xiao has always trusted his own hand speed.
She clicked into the pre-set ticket file at the moment when the interface was refreshed, and happily welcomed the software freeze along with tens of thousands of people at that moment, and then...
Failed to get the ticket.
The platform popped up a prompt, reminding her that she could set an out-of-stock reminder and wait for the ticket to be returned.
Yuan Xiao: …
My hand speed is okay, but my luck is terrible.
Well, this is exactly what she wanted to see. The phone quickly received a data message that in 18 seconds, all 9,768 tickets were sold out, and only a small number of people chose to return the tickets without paying. The remaining tickets will also return to the ticket pool and be released again in the second round of ticket grabbing. The promotional posters prepared by the publicity department that sold out in seconds can now be posted on social platforms to celebrate.
The comment section was filled with the daily control of comments by the fan data groups of various trainees, but a wailing fan comment was pushed up faster because it was too consistent with the thoughts of all fans at the moment, and was soon pushed to the top of the hot comments:
“Ahhhhh Yuanxin, if you have the guts to hold a show for 100,000 people, ahhhhhh——”
Yuan Xiao also saw this post, and she thought silently:
Although there has never been a precedent for an idol group to hold a concert in the National Stadium, she thinks that her group will have that day.
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