Huayu: Starting from managing the Mahua FunAge Theater Troupe

The speed at which word-of-mouth spread far exceeded expectations.

The following day, June 16nd.

Audiences who didn't want the hassle of taking the bus and didn't care about the ticket price found the landline number through newspapers, Shen Feiyang's self-built "Happy Twist Theater Troupe" forum, 114 directory assistance, etc., called to find out the ticket sales time, and then went straight to the Yifu Theater to buy tickets.

Temporary workers at various intersections near the Yifu Theatre held up signs with huge lettering that read "Happy Twist Theatre Troupe" and "Want to Eat Twist? We'll Twist It for You Now" starring He Jiong, Yu Na, and Xie Na, solving the problem of audiences not being able to find the place when they arrived in the vicinity.

This method was conceived by Yu Kai and his team during the first round, but word-of-mouth hadn't taken off at the time, and too few people came voluntarily, so this solution for the last mile didn't work.

Today, people are coming in droves to buy tickets.

The Happy Bus has been reduced to only one trip, and the minibuses will no longer be used for pick-up and drop-off services. In other words, there are only 200 lucky free tickets available.

The remaining 700 seats were all sold out, setting a new record for single-show ticket revenue at 79400 yuan.

Because the contract with the Yifu Theater is a pure rental model, ticket revenue goes directly into the company's account.

In just three days, the company's account balance skyrocketed to over 100,000.

Sitting at the theater ticket counter, counting today's earnings with Shen Feiyang, Yu Kai's face was completely free of worry.

Yu Kai said happily, "I didn't expect things to get better so quickly. The people's spending power is really increasing day by day."

Shen Feiyang leaned back in his chair, holding a newspaper in his hand, and casually replied, "This shows that the country's economic strength is developing rapidly. Just as the newspaper said, my country's GDP is expected to reach 11 trillion RMB in 2003. The tertiary industry is booming, and the social consumption structure is upgrading towards development-oriented and enjoyment-oriented consumption. The stage play performance we are doing should be an enjoyment-oriented consumption."

"That's right, the prefabricated miniature project you did is also a form of enjoyment-based consumption," Yu Kai said.

Shen Feiyang chuckled and teased, "It just goes to show you need to read more newspapers. They say there's a golden house in books, but I think there's a lot of wealth hidden in newspapers too."

Yu Kai largely agreed with this view: "What you said makes sense, but to dig out the wealth in the newspaper, you need to have a certain eye and a sense of social development."

Yu Kai then asked Shen Feiyang, "By the way, should we cancel the Happy Bus? It would save us some money."

Shen Feiyang shook his head: "No, we need to make it a regular practice. Apart from special star shows, we should set aside 200 regular seats for each performance to attract more people. Also, parking the bus in a crowded place like a shopping mall is a waste of time. The ultimate goal is to make 'Happy Bus, Direct to Happiness' a symbol of the troupe."

"I see."

Splash splash splash splash splash.

Hearing the applause coming from the auditorium, Shen Feiyang folded up a newspaper: "I'll go hand out keychains to the audience."

"it is good."

Yu Kai lowered his head and put the money into his bag.

……

Shen Feiyang had just walked to the table outside the entrance and exit of the auditorium.

Jiang Yan, Yu Shasha, Xiong Naijin and others walked out of the audience hall.

The performances of the pre-made skits will not be completely finished until January 20th.

However, Jiang Yan and others no longer have any performance assignments.

During the day, they practiced the lines and movements of "Mahua" with Shen Teng in the Hepingli office. In the evening, they came to the theater to watch the performance, observe and learn how to act the roles they were playing, and then rehearsed on location here after He Jiong and the others finished their performance.

Shen Feiyang asked Yu Kai to rent the time slot from 10 PM to midnight for 20 days.

It didn't cost much, 600 a day. The theater rented it out to them in order to make more money.

"President Shen, let me send it out for you too," Jiang Yan said, leaning closer.

Yu Shasha followed over: "President Shen, you can leave it to us."

"President Shen..."

Xiong Naijin also came over with the two of them.

Shen Feiyang readily agreed and gave them the job of distributing keychains.

The audience members gradually emerged from the hall.

After a while.

Most of the audience has left.

Shen Tengcai, Huang Bo, Ai Lun, Li Jian, and Qi Kui came over.

They were responsible for transporting people and props for the prefabricated miniature project.

……

After seeing off He Jiong, Yu Na, Xie Na, and Tian Youliang.

Shen Feiyang and Yu Kai returned to the theater to watch Shen Teng and others rehearse.

Wei Xiang, Huang Nina, Zhou Dayong, and other elderly people who performed with the star group also stayed behind to work overtime and assist Shen Teng and others with rehearsals.

Shen Feiyang and Yu Kai watched from below the stage.

The company's situation has only improved slightly, but it is still in the startup phase.

Shen Teng's group bears the heavy responsibility of the company's "star-making plan" and cannot afford the slightest mistake.

Shen Feiyang and Yu Kai must see with their own eyes whether their performance can fill the time slots left after He Jiong leaves.

The unique feature of the play "Mahua" is that one actor plays multiple roles.

Shen Teng plays the male lead Wang Dong, who also changes several identities and roles. Jiang Yan plays the female lead Yi Lin, who changes identities according to Wang Dong's wishes. Xiong Naijin plays the devilish Ma Hua, who appears throughout the series. Everyone else also has several roles to play.

Shen Teng arranged what roles each person played, since he was the director.

Shen Feiyang did not intervene.

Yilin and Mahua have roughly the same amount of screen time.

When the cast list is released later, Jiang Yan and Xiong Naijin's names will only be below Shen Teng's.

Having only practiced their lines and blocking for two days, the actors on stage displayed visibly immature acting skills.

Shen Feiyang felt the progress was acceptable.

The fact that Shen Teng was able to lead them through the entire play shows that he had indeed put in a lot of effort over the past two days.

Rehearsals have ended.

After tidying up, we left the theater, and it was already past midnight.

The group then traveled by car to Jin Ding Xuan for a late-night snack.

Huang Bo and Ai Lun each drove their own cars.

Shen Feiyang got into Huang Bo's car; he was also somewhat skeptical of Ai Lun's skills.

Shen Teng sat in the passenger seat, so Shen Feiyang had to sit in the back. Jiang Yan, Xiong Naijin, Yu Shasha, and Huang Nina were also sitting in the back. Everyone else was in Ai Lun's car. Yu Kai was also there. As one of the senior executives of the company and the troupe, he was naturally responsible for some of the work of winning people over.

As for why all the girls are with Shen Feiyang, that's not important.

On the way to the restaurant.

Shen Feiyang chatted with the others.

Yu Shasha seized the opportunity and asked Shen Feiyang very frankly, "Mr. Shen, have you ever had any dating experience?"

Shen Feiyang: Does watching other people date count? I often observe Shen Teng and his partner dating.

"Eh eh eh..."

Shen Teng turned around from the passenger seat: "You better explain yourself clearly. What do you mean by 'observing me dating'? Aren't you afraid of getting a sty?"

A soft laugh rang out from inside the carriage.

Yu Shasha smiled and asked again, "So you have no dating experience?"

"What? You sound like you're very experienced?" Shen Feiyang asked in return.

"Hehehe..."

Yu Shasha smiled, raised her hands and placed them on Jiang Yan's shoulders, saying, "What do you think of Yan Yan? She has a great personality, is very gentle, and always willing to help others. Plus, she's very beautiful and has a great figure."

Jiang Yan's ear tips turned red instantly.

Shen Feiyang looked at her.

Eyes facing each other.

Like being electrocuted.

Jiang Yan quickly lowered her head.

Shen Feiyang rolled his eyes at Yu Shasha and said, "Damn, she's not even an adult yet."

Yu Shasha scratched her head: "Hehe, I'll be an adult next month."

"Let's talk about it later. We've only known each other for a few days. What if I'm a bad guy?" Shen Feiyang joked.

Jiang Yan felt relieved, but also a little disappointed that she couldn't quite put her finger on.