Chapter 294 Born to Love (4800)(2/2)
There is no lateness limit, and you can enter and leave the venue at any interval between tracks; (to further accommodate listeners with different work schedules)
The repertoire will be short and there will be no encores, and it will end before 10pm; (to take care of trivial housework and child support needs after work)
After the tickets are opened on April 1, the daily number of tickets sold will be controlled to 20% of the total number of tickets; (it will take five days at the fastest to sell out, because workers cannot free up free time immediately when they have their own arrangements)
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The middle-class employees, nobles and factory owners did not think about the layer behind the words, but these workers who were watching only felt that all the arrangements and adjustments were taking care of their own distressed side as much as possible.
Little did they know that the performers' understanding of their living conditions was precisely the result of Fan Ning's extensive interviews and research in the early stages.
On the first day of invoicing, many workers had already taken action and decided to try to see the situation.
"Sir, may I ask... is there a show on April 15th where the ticket price is 4p?"
At seven o'clock in the morning, there was a long queue as usual in front of a sales agency in the South Pier District. A female textile worker on her way to work, wearing an old gray cotton-padded jacket, gritted her teeth and asked the front desk calmly.
After receiving a positive answer, she pretended to be nonchalant and took out four coins, quickly selected her seat without even looking at it, and finally carefully put the tickets in her arms and left.
The gentlemen standing behind their walking sticks said nothing, their eyes were calm under their top hats, and they did not keep a close eye on them out of courtesy. However, if you look closely at their facial expressions, you always feel that there is something strange.
Later, there were also several people who looked like laborers queuing up, and among them there were some in between, skilled workers, small shopkeepers, and clerks whose families were slightly better off but not yet middle-class.
They are gentlemen and ladies again.
After the ticket sales reach the daily limit coordinated by the general management, tickets for the corresponding Youth Symphony Orchestra performance will be temporarily suspended, while other performances will continue to be sold normally.
Generally speaking, there was nothing worth mentioning about the on-site conditions at various sales outlets in the first two days.
After all, no gentleman or lady would make radical remarks at the scene.
The problem arises from the subsequent media reports and public opinion.
Nowadays, when Turner Art Hall has won a wide reputation in society, the mainstream front-line media will not do things that attract attention, but there have been many tactful criticisms.
In the eyes of the upper class, whether conservatives or progressives, the previous dispute between academicism and impressionism was just an "internal" contradiction within the artistic trend...
And this incident is a bit like "the elegant palace of art is stepped on by muddy soles".
The above quotation marks come from the city's number one media "Ufranser Art Review".
"Theoline Cultural Weekly", which has always praised Turner Art Hall, also published an article that "everyone is born to love music, but music is a broad concept, and the boundaries between seriousness and business cannot be confused." They especially pointed out that "nobles and
Common people are not distinguished by wealth, but by taste. As a leading art venue, Turner Art Hall, when its performance prices fall below a certain limit, the effect is not public welfare, but for the empire.
Public cultural resources have been occupied and wasted.”
Big media is more or less polite.
The reporting angle of Ufranser's second-tier media "Events" is very tricky.
They directly published several photos taken at the early morning queue, in which gentlemen and ladies with well-made makeup and workers with embarrassed faces were mixed in the queue.
There is even a close-up of two young women who are painted in makeup and wearing stockings, boots and leg rings in the cold weather. They seem to be dressed as wandering orioles!
The content of the article beside the picture seems to be excerpts from interviews with citizens lining up:
"I bought a ticket for this, yes, I bought it decisively. You know, I am a loyal music fan of Turner Hall. I swear, when these 'music lovers' applauded randomly during the music, I
They will jump out and stop them to protect the young musicians."
"The current situation is undoubtedly understandable: for such a performance, if we consider the cost, its price reduction is an inevitable result. Because our beloved Mr. Fanning needs to hire at least 20 more people than originally planned.
Twice the manpower to clean up the dirt, dust, stains and garbage left inside and outside the symphony hall after the performance!"
Chapter completed!