Huayu: Starting from Fahrenheit

Chapter 322 Fans
The morning sun shines straight down, illuminating the words all over the street.

Neon lights were still flashing on the billboards on both sides of the street.

"Barbecued pork buns!"

"Delicious and affordable shrimp dumplings, take a look!"

The news that Happy Valley was going to host a performance with more than 50,000 attendees had already spread throughout Hong Kong.

Early in the morning, a large number of vendors gathered outside the racecourse.

There is a wide variety of vendors selling steamed buns, fried dough sticks, snacks, and drinks.

Although there are many vendors, their business has not been affected at all by the large number of competitors.

Because there are too many people buying things!
More than 50,000 people—that's no small number.

It takes one or two hours just to get in.

And the waiting period is when these vendors make big money.

Whether in China or abroad, large-scale performances are not simply about selling tickets.

Many countries even invite famous singers to perform locally on a national level.

The reason why.

The reason is that large-scale concerts can boost the local economy.

And it's not just any number.

Wu Zhuo has a certain say in the economic benefits of performing arts.

His concert in Tokyo a few days ago only had a little over 20,000 attendees.

However, the total number of people in the vicinity reached approximately 40,000.

Many of these people are not locals, but come from other places, or even other countries.

They gathered together in Tokyo, bought local specialties, stayed in hotels, and ate.

In total, Wu Zhuo's concert in Japan a few days ago boosted Tokyo's economy by nearly 50 billion yen.

Converted to RMB, that's about 2.5 million.

This terrifying appeal and economic driving force made it directly into Japanese financial news.

After the performance, Osaka, which borders Tokyo, was filled with envy. Officials contacted Wu Zhuo directly, hoping that Wu Zhuo's next concert in Japan could be held in Osaka.

Compared to Wu Zhuo's concert in Japan, this star-studded charity performance in Hong Kong was absolutely no less impressive.

A large number of audience members from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong are rushing to the venue to witness this performance that brings together 80% of the most famous artists from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Last night, people were already queuing outside Happy Valley.

Some of these people may have brought lunch boxes.

But the vast majority of them came on an empty stomach.

This naturally benefited the vendors outside Happy Valley, allowing them to make a fortune.

"It'll probably be really hot at noon in this weather! There are some T-shirts and hats over there, I'll go buy two sets, can you save me a good spot?"

In the long queue, Wang Xiaohua looked up at the rising sun in the sky, frowned, and gave instructions to Zhou Lin, who had come from Taipei with her.

Zhou Lin was her new boyfriend, whom she had only been dating for a short time.

When Wu Zhuo held a concert in Tokyo, they originally planned to go there to watch the show and then travel.

As a result, I was unable to go due to some unforeseen circumstances.

I couldn't go to South Korea either.

In the end, the two had no choice but to perform at this benefit show.

Although it was a charity performance, there were still special merchandise items for sale at the entrance of Happy Valley.

However, unlike the usual concert merchandise which includes posters of the singers, this charity concert only had two items: a red hat and a white T-shirt with a red heart and the words "When one place is in trouble, help comes from all sides" written on it.

Fans and audience members can purchase tickets upon entry, depending on their own circumstances.

After the performance, the money from selling merchandise will be donated to the disaster area along with the funds raised.

It's also worth mentioning that this benefit performance was sponsored. And there was more than one sponsor, all of them major brands.

For example, the T-shirts and hats sold around the store were sponsored by Anta.

Their sponsorship fee consisted of these costumes, which were provided to the organizers free of charge.

Then, the biggest sponsor is Master Kong Iced Tea.

Master Kong Iced Tea is a product endorsed by Wu Zhuo.

Wu Zhuo cooperated very well with them.

After learning that Wu Zhuo was the initiator of this charity performance, Master Kong directly sponsored all the equipment, venue usage fees, and 60,000 bottles of Master Kong iced tea for the performance.

As the main sponsor, in addition to slogans calling for donations, many places at the charity performance venue were decorated with Master Kong advertising banners.

As for the 60,000 bottles of beverages.

This is actually a form of advertising.

Each audience member was given a bottle of Master Kong Iced Tea upon entry.

This will make the beverage memorable for the audience.

Furthermore, if performers get thirsty on stage, they can only drink Master Kong Iced Tea in front of the camera.

"Oh! Amei, you're here too!"

After squeezing through the crowd for a while, Wang Xiaohua bought some clothes and was about to go back to the queue when she saw two rather short girls queuing outside the official store selling merchandise.

At first glance, she felt that he looked somewhat familiar.

At first glance, I immediately recognized the two girls as her friends from Wu Zhuo's fan club in Taipei.

Upon encountering an acquaintance, she immediately ran over happily.

"Little Flower, you're here too!"

"Of course, I'm Xiaoyu's most loyal fan. How could I not come to his performance?"

"Great, you're here too! Let's cheer for Xiaoyu together later!"

The other two girls were also very happy to see Wang Xiaohua.

The three girls were skipping and jumping hand in hand, attracting frequent glances from several single men nearby.

"You guys line up to buy your support outfits first, I'll wait for you, then we'll go line up together to enter. My boyfriend is already in line over there."

"Oh, you're dating? When did this start?"

"It hasn't been long. He's also a fan of Xiaoyu. We met at one of Xiaoyu's events."

"You're so lucky! Your boyfriend is willing to come to the show with you. My boyfriend is such a loser. He stays at home all day. When I asked him to come with me to Xiaoyu's show, he said something about how it's wrong to be a fan. It's so annoying."

The group chatted while queuing, and soon they bought the T-shirts.

Then they walked towards the entrance passage, met up with Wang Xiaohua's boyfriend, and the group took the opportunity to change into their T-shirts in a nearby changing room provided by the organizers before queuing up in peace.

At 9:30 a.m., the venue opened, and the audience began to enter in an orderly manner under the guidance of the organizer's security personnel.

Although it's a free performance, there are still designated seats.

The wealthy individuals who were specially invited were seated closer to the stage.

This is not to say that we are currying favor with them.

Rather, all these wealthy individuals who came today were invited by Wu Zhuo and others. Their presence was proof that they intended to donate money, and the amount was not small.

In this situation, if you put someone in a chaotic, ordinary audience seat, then the organizer is in the wrong.

Therefore, they were assigned specific positions.

As for the general audience, their seats were assigned according to the order of entry.

If you're at the front of the line, you'll get a number from the front.

So naturally, it can only be behind.

(End of this chapter)