Chapter 3372 First Concert
Tawana’s first concert in Jinling was coming soon.
In the past two days, the people of Jinling have clearly felt the impact of Tawana.
There are obviously many more people in Jinling. The hotels are full and all the vehicles of the car rental companies have been rented out. The roads are much more crowded than before, and there is no distinction between morning rush hour and evening rush hour.
Jinling's famous tourist attractions have also become crowded with out-of-town tourists and even foreign tourists taking photos and checking in.
According to official reports, Jinling has received approximately 400,000 to 500,000 out-of-town tourists in recent days, and many of them have already booked their train and air tickets, but have not yet decided to travel.
Ye Chen was very puzzled at first. The total number of tickets sold for the four concerts was only a few hundred thousand or a hundred thousand. How come there were so many tourists from other places?
Later he learned from the Internet that many fans, although unable to buy tickets, also rushed to this place to feel the atmosphere of their idol out of their love for their idol.
It is also said that on the day of Tawana's concert, there were more audiences listening outside the venue than watching inside.
Many fans who cannot buy tickets are willing to fly over and listen to the performance for an entire night at the entrance of the venue.
This is the powerful attraction of Tawana and the special economic effect it produces.
Xiao Changkun used to drive Cullinan whenever he went out. Even if Ma Lan asked him to go to the vegetable market to buy two onions, he would definitely drive Cullinan. But the traffic jams in the past two days have made him doubt his life.
On the morning of the first concert, Xiao Changkun was cursing at home: "Damn it, what kind of a crap concert is this? The whole city is jammed up. It usually takes me 20 to 30 minutes to drive to work, but now it takes less than an hour."
Ye Chen smiled and said, “Dad, there are a lot of tourists from other places these two days. If you really can’t, don’t drive. Just take the bus or subway.”
Xiao Changkun said depressedly: "It's been a long time since I took the bus or subway. I feel it's beneath my dignity to squeeze into the subway with those losers."
Ye Chen smiled helplessly.
My father-in-law is a typical example. It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.
Once he drives a Cullinan, he will still look down on you even if you give him a Bentley Bentayga.
Xiao Churan packed up and prepared to go out. Before leaving, she said to Ye Chen, "Husband, what time do we go to the venue in the afternoon?"
Ye Chen said casually: "It's up to you. Their concert starts at 7:30 and ends at 10:30. I will go there soon to see if there is anything that needs attention in terms of Feng Shui and give them some guidance."
Xiao Churan thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll try to finish my work at four or five o'clock and go over there. I'll call you then and ask you to come out and pick me up."
"No problem." Ye Chen agreed and asked her, "How do you go to the company?"
Xiao Churan said: "I'll just go out and scan a shared bike. With the traffic conditions now, riding a bike is much faster than driving."
Ye Chen said with concern: "The weather is a bit cold, please keep warm and be safe when riding your bike."
Xiao Churan nodded and said, "Don't worry, I understand."
After that, he asked Xiao Changkun: "Dad, do you want to ride together?"
Xiao Changkun shook his head repeatedly: "I can't stand it anymore. I think I'd better go to the subway. There are more people, at least it's warm."
Xiao Churan smiled and asked him, "Do you want to go out together?"
"Okay." Xiao Changkun agreed, put down the Cullinan car keys and prepared to change shoes and go out.
But before leaving, he turned back, put the Cullinan key in his pocket, and then went out.
Ye Chen was curious and thought that he was going to drive again. He went to the window and saw that his father-in-law did not drive, but walked out of the yard with his wife Xiao Churan.
He was still a little confused and wondered why his father-in-law turned around to take the car keys.
But when he saw his back and the key hanging on his belt with one hand, he knew what his father-in-law meant.
Although the car cannot be driven out, I still have to carry the keys with me to show off.
Seeing this scene, he could only sigh in his heart: It really is you...
Not long after, Ye Chen also left home alone.
After he went out, he also scanned a shared bicycle and rode it to the Olympic Center.
He didn't really want to do any feng shui for Tawana, but mainly because today's performance was exclusively sponsored by Changying Automobile, and Ye Chen wanted to see if there were any safety hazards left at the scene? Especially when the audience started to enter this afternoon, there would definitely be many people who bought expensive tickets and tried to sneak in. At that time, security checks, ticket checks, and identity verification would become the top priority.
If everything is in order and the accuracy of authentication and identification can be guaranteed, then scalpers and those who resell high-priced tickets will lose their living space. Ye Chen also wants to see the whole process with his own eyes.
When we arrived at the Olympic Center, there were already crowds of people outside.
He didn't understand why so many people had already gathered when the performance was only about to start in the evening.
After finally passing through the staff passage and entering the venue, Tawana's agent took him to the performance venue.
At this time, the stage has been completely built. The entire stage is in a T-shape, and the height of the background is almost flush with the ceiling of the entire venue. Such a tall performance stage background is actually an assembled front LCD screen.
Tawana was standing at the very front of the ladder platform at the moment. The on-site camera captured her full-body image, which was projected onto the LCD background screen behind her. She looked like a mecha in a science fiction movie, dozens of meters tall.
A large group of staff were communicating with Tawana through the intercom. Tawana didn't hold a microphone, but used the intercom at her waist to confirm positions and other issues with the staff.
The manager joked with Ye Chen, "The fans outside are so enthusiastic. Earlier, he just used the microphone to test the sound system and said "check", and the fans outside started cheering wildly. The huge cheers made it difficult for us to hear what the people in front of us were saying, so we don't even dare to make any sound through the sound system in the venue."
Ye Chen smiled and nodded: "It's understandable. After all, it's Tawana's first concert in China. It's very memorable for the fans. I was also surprised when I came here just now. So many people gathered here so early. It feels like they must be very tired. But everyone seems to be very happy. I guess this is the power of idols."
The agent nodded and asked him, "Mr. Ye, are you going to take a look here or go backstage to rest? Mr. Kennedy is backstage."
The Kennedy mentioned by the agent is Tawanna's boyfriend, Trevor Kennedy.
Ye Chen didn't think much about it, and said directly: "You go and do your work, don't worry about me, I'll just stand here."
The agent handed him two badges and said, "Mr. Ye, these two badges are for special consultants only. They have anti-counterfeiting chips. After you and your spouse wear them, you can freely enter and exit any area of the performance venue. Moreover, these badges are universal for this Hua Xia concert, not only for today's concert, but also for the next 19 concerts."
Ye Chen took it and said with a smile: "Thank you."
The agent added, "If you need more badges, please let me know and I will customize them for you. If there is anything wrong with these two, please let me know and I can reissue them for you and then make the ones you threw away invalid."
"it is good."
