HCB Chapter 604: Just a Few Thousands
Chapter 604: Just a Few Thousands
Chapter 604: Just a few tens of millions
After the exam week, the campus music festival was held as scheduled.
On Monday morning, Kong Liu accompanied Gu Chenxi to school early.
A restricted traffic roadblock has been set up at the intersection 500 meters away from the school gate. The security guards at the school gate have all been replaced by police officers. The security check at the gate is staffed by professional security personnel arranged by Shengshi Entertainment. The school’s security guards can now only act as odd jobs and assist the police officers in their work.
Of course, the school’s security guards are too few to handle such a large situation. There are too few of them, and they have no experience in this area. They usually patrol the school and bully honest college students.
If you really meet a veteran in society, their tricks are simply not enough.
On the first day of the music festival, in order to get off to a good start, Shengshi arranged two music kings to make their final appearance, as well as top young stars to warm up the audience. The lineup on the first day was already unbeatable!
Shengyu Company estimates that the off-campus traffic of Jiaotong University on the first day will exceed 80,000 people - you know, the total capacity of the Capital Gymnasium is more than 90,000 people.
Of course, passenger flow and total capacity are not the same concept.
In order to ensure that there will be no stampedes caused by overcrowding, Shengyu has strictly limited the number of tickets available on the platform this time. One account can only buy one ticket, and real-name registration is required.
For students, they also set up many checkpoints on campus to strictly check non-students from entering the music festival.
After entering the school, you must wear a special positioning bracelet for the music festival. Backstage staff will monitor the number of people in each area in real time to ensure that the number of people on campus is controlled within a reasonable range.
This is not the first time that China Overseas has held a large-scale event, but it is the first time that Jiaotong University has held such a large-scale event.
Schools and large stadiums are inherently different, so all parties put in their utmost effort to ensure that the seven-day music festival would end smoothly and successfully.
Although Gu Chenxi's Porsche had long been affixed with Shengyu Group's music festival-exclusive "Speed Pass" logo, when entering the school, Kong Liu and Gu Chenxi still asked to get out of the car for inspection.
Even the driver was asked to open the storage box and check the items inside.
After completing all the checks, the security personnel let them go.
Gu Chenxi curiously asked Gong Liu: "It's just a music festival, why are you so strict?"
"All the top stars under Shengyu came to this music festival, and they also invited several top singers in the Chinese music scene. If their total number of fans were added together, they would be able to crush Zhonghai!"
Gong Yoo said as he took out his phone from his pocket, "In the past half month, all public transportation tickets to Zhonghai have been sold out, which shows how enthusiastic the fans are. With so many people, if anything happens, Jiaotong University won't be able to hold any large-scale events in the future, so the flow of people must be strictly limited."
"That's right..." Gu Chenxi nodded and asked, "Then can you help me?"
"I know you like it, so I invited her. She's going to have a concert a few days ago, so she'll take time out to come on the seventh night, so it can be considered the finale."
"Really?!" Gu Chenxi cheered happily, "Great! Then, why is Jiejie not on the list for the seventh day?"
"Mysterious guest, get it?"
"Oh oh, yeah!"
Gu Chenxi cheered again.
Because of the music festival, the driveways and sidewalks in the school were also separated. The road that originally went straight to the parking lot now has to make a big turn in the school. The purpose of the turn is to disperse the traffic flow.
It took five minutes to drive to the designated parking lot for the music festival. It was still early and there were not many cars in the parking lot, so Gong Yoo chose a parking space close to the exit.
After getting off the bus, you still have to walk for ten minutes to get to the school gymnasium.
On the way, Gu Chenxi asked Gong Liu: "How much money can we make from this music festival?"
Gong Liu stroked his chin and pretended to think for a while, then replied: "I can't make a penny, and I may lose tens of millions."
"what?!"
Gu Chenxi exclaimed when she heard what Kong Liu said.
She tilted her head, stared at Kong Liu blankly, and asked, "Why?"
"This music festival is mainly for students, and half of the participants are from Jiaotong University. They certainly can't earn money from tickets. The total capacity of the venues and gymnasiums used by the school is much smaller than that of normal provincial and municipal gymnasiums, so they must strictly restrict the entry of people outside the school. Therefore, there are relatively few tickets available."
When Kong Liu said this, Gu Chenxi suddenly asked: "Besides the tickets, what else can we do? We can always make some money by selling food and drinks, right?"
"The school cafeteria was forbidden to raise prices, and they even lowered prices for the music festival. To take care of the students, the two organizers (both of the Kong family) also lowered the prices of the snack stands near the venue. Excluding logistics, labor, and water and electricity costs, the income from the snack stands is just so-so, but the income from selling official peripherals is very considerable."
Gu Chenxi was even more confused and asked, "Then why did they lose tens of millions?"
"Are you spilling!"
Gong Liu poked Gu Chenxi's forehead and said, "So many staff and police officers are all human beings. They all need to eat and be paid. More importantly, the singers and stars who are invited to perform earn a few hundred thousand or even millions per show. There are also maintenance costs for stage lighting, sound equipment, and various other miscellaneous expenses..."
"Alright, alright, Master Kong, stop reciting, stop reciting!"
Gu Chenxi listened to the series of money-spending projects listed by Gong Yoo. She became more and more confused. She felt a headache and covered her ears directly.
Gu Chenxi sighed: "It turns out that a large-scale performance costs so much money."
Gu Chenxi's family's pillar industries are e-commerce and logistics, so he doesn't really know much about other industries.
But the Kong family is different. The Kong family is large and powerful. With foreign trade and real estate as the two industries, the family has spread to all walks of life and radiated to almost all industries. It can be said that all industries from the primary industry to the tertiary industry are involved.
(The three pillar industries of the modern economic system are agriculture, industry, and service industry. PS: Don’t take the novel too seriously, it doesn’t exist in reality.)
Gong Yoo turned to look at her in surprise, smiled and said, "Now you know that music festivals cost a lot of money!"
Gu Chenxi nodded and asked, "If you can't make any money, why do you still want to do it?"
Gong Liu held Gu Chenxi's hand and said, "It doesn't matter whether it's money or not. It's just a loss of tens of millions. This little money can be earned back soon. As long as you are happy, that's all."
"We're losing tens of millions just to make the festival be called 'Dawn Music Festival'?"
"Yeah." Gong Liu nodded. "It's only a few tens of millions, it's worth it to just put your name on it."
"Big fool!"
"Damn it, I'm just playing tricks on the princes, just to make the beauty smile!"
"Then you are a huge fool!"
"Okay, okay, I'm a big fool, so don't marry me."
Gu Chenxi threw herself into Gong Liu's arms and said, "No, that won't work. Just be a little silly, as long as you are nice to me."
(End of this chapter)