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Out of the 3,000 tickets available for sales, only 1,000 (over a little) tickets are sold out, Shin Hyesung, member of Shinhwa from Korea hold his concert in Shanghai Grand stage last night hitting a low attendances, which broke the record of Korean artist unbeaten myth in their box office. However, the reporter is surprised to discover that the illegal seller have many tickets that runs in sequences number and are unwillingly to sell those tickets in low price which was puzzling. One of the fans with the surname Tang told the reporter, “Some people is aware of our (fan’s) mentality and was making use of it.” And based on the information provided by the fans, the reporter discovered that none of the cheap tickets are sold, which is different from the pricing stated in the approval document (for the concert).
Poor box office sales depressed the fans.
Earlier the organizer published that they are only 3,000 tickets out for sale for the Shanghai Grand stage in order to guarantee the quality of the theatrical effects of the stage however the low attendances on last night concert was really bad that it exposed the organizer’s lack of confidence. The venue allowed 8,000 fans but last night before the concert started, those attended is less than 2,000 fans which broke the lowest sale in the record in Shanghai Grand stage. Yesterday, the reporter understand from the ticketing company that only 1,000 plus tickets are officially sold however the reporter also found that the illegal seller has many tickets that runs in sequences and all of the illegal seller comes to a compromise not to lower the price.
One of the staff of the organizer company revealed that the pressure is not from the poor sales but the misunderstanding of the fans. “Many people thought that we purposely refuse to sell lower-priced tickets but in actual fact, we didn’t receive any notification about the pricing of the tickets at RMB 80 to RMB 480.” And the reporter investigated on spot and discovered that the lowest priced ticket is RMB 680, there’s no tickets below TMB 480. Majority of the fans expressed to the reporter that the tickets sold from RMB 680 to RMB 1,680 is petty unaffordable. However, based on the reporter’s understanding from the related personnel, the approval document for this concert performance really have the lowed price tickets at RMB 80, RMB 280 and RMB 480. However, where have all these tickets disappeared? It’s still a mystery.
Refusal for interview is to preventive measure of making things difficult to the artist.
It’s a lost in regards to the ticketing problems and for the press conference interview, things didn’t go on well too. It was originally scheduled 14:00pm and later postponed to 16:30pm and yet Hyesung didn’t appear on time. The staffs of the organizer bluntly said, “Shin Hyesung was a little not punctual, we have already get someone to send him a reminder.” And while Hyesung who just arrived and got seated, the first question asked by the reporter was rejected by the organizer. The reporter asked about him inviting so many guests in Seoul concert so why he didn’t consider inviting guests in Shanghai. Under the strong request from the group of reporters, Shin Hyesung initiated to explain with the help of the translator, “This is my first solo concert in China so I hoped that the stage belongs only to me.” The reporters pressed on asking if the result is satisfactory on the ticketing sales as well as the practice of the selling of the 3,000 tickets are known and the organizer once again stopped the questioning of the reporters and expressed that such question will put things difficult to the artist and affect his performance mood. The reporters requested the translator to communicate to Shin Hyesung to see if he is willing to answer. Hyesung gave a positive response, “This time it’s my solo performance, this cannot be compared with the Shinhwa’s. Today I saw that the stage is very big so I am a little worried but I will try my very best to give my best performances.” In the entire interview, Shin Hyesung has taken initiative to cooperate, unsure if it’s due to the miscommunication between the organizer and the artist or is it a “two-man show” play? Everything is unknown.
Credits: hyesungstory@Shinhwa.biz (English translation) + 新闻晚报 + www.jfdaily.com (source)
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