[The Epoch Times, 28 Giblean, 2024](Epoch Times reporter Tong Yijia reported) After the premiere and re-screening of his new movie “Mr. Red Carpet”, in which he starred, failed miserably, Andy Lau announced on April 23 that he will open 8 stores in mainland China concerts in the city. Although the official announcement of the concert was very important news for Andy Lau, whose film suffered a serious failure at the box office, the news was only ranked 42 on Weibo hot searches that day. Some Chinese media complained nicely about this: “I can’t say that there is no enthusiasm, it’s just a little fake.”
The first performances of Andrew Lau’s concert tour titled “Today…is the Day” will be in first class cities in mainland China such as Shanghai and Beijing. Some netizens thought: “Andy Lau has hundreds of millions of fans in China, and it will definitely be difficult to get tickets for the concert they shouted out more than 10,000 yuan (RMB, same below) ) ticket price, fans shouted “take tickets” instead of “take money”.
Recently, a media person with the online name “Crazy Highness” posted ticket information for Andy Lau’s tour concert in Guangzhou in July. The price of each seat is clearly marked in the table: the first row of the infield went sold for 40,000 (RMB), , the same thing below), the best seat in row 10 is priced at 15,000. The price of the first row on both sides of the platform is 10,500 yuan, and the price of the 10th row is 7,600 yuan. Although this information cannot be confirmed as a general representation of all tickets available, the ticket prices are known to be very high.
A few days ago, ticket prices for Andy Lau’s concert in Guangzhou appeared online in mainland China, and they were suspected of being ticket scammers. (network screen)
Some netizens said, “According to this price list, if you want to see Andrew Lau’s face, you have to spend at least 9,000 yuan, which is at least two months’ salary for an ordinary working class.”
According to mainland industry information, tickets for concerts by top singers in China were usually between 500 yuan and 2,000 yuan in the past. Some people have compared .
Some also consider “ticket scalpers”. Last year, Jay Chou’s tickets were resold by scalpers for NT$15,000.
As for why Andy Lau’s concert tour tickets are so high with scalpers, the answer is said to be “more monks and less rice”. “Scalpers” predicts, “There are too many people who love Andy Lau. When tens of millions of people get hold of thousands of tickets, the price of the tickets can only increase, and it continues to increase as a bidding process.
In addition, according to “Sohu.com”, some platforms have already launched a “proxy shooting” mode for Andy Lau’s performances, that is, the high- channels help get hold of tickets. Before receiving tickets, spectators must pay an agent fee in advance. If you get a ticket, the money will be given to the stage If you can’t get a ticket, the money will be paid back to the audience. It is worth mentioning that the auction fee does not include ticket fees Recently, the “Tickets” platform showed that the auction fee for Andy Lau’s concert starts at 3,000 yuan If to measure according to the tickets for the concerts of the first line singers, Andy Lau concert tickets It will also be between 500 yuan and 2,000 yuan, which means that the fans of the tickets grab from the stage ” tickets” starting at 3,500 yuan.
Some netizens also speculated that even if it costs 3,500 yuan to see a concert, working audiences will have to take time off, buy air tickets or high-speed rail tickets, and stay in hostels. hotel the total cost will not be lower than 5,000 yuan .This is what even working people can spend in a month. Therefore, after the high auction fees were exposed, many netizens said: “Don’t say 3,000 yuan, even if it is 30 yuan, I will not go to see it. “
Regarding the news of Andy Lau’s official concert announcement, he was only ranked 42nd in the hot search. Some netizens in the mainland lamented: “He is really old.” Another netizen said, “The official ceremony announcement may not be able to explain anything. Andrew Lau’s death has been confirmed once and for all. , I don’t intend to do that.
As we all know, the Chinese New Year movie “Mr. Red Carpet” starring Andy Lau has been re-released. However, “Mr. Red Carpet”, which invested more than 260 million yuan, ended sadly with a total box office of 94.22 million, which is the worst box office of the New Year’s film less than “Do shake the sun together”. Since the box office is determined by the number of moviegoers, “Mr. Red Carpet” had only 1.86 million moviegoers. Some netizens asked: “Does an idol who has been popular for so many years just have so few fans?
In fact, Andy Lau, the most popular among Hong Kong stars in mainland China, has more than 70 million followers on the Douyin short video platform. Someone lamented, “Even if only a tenth of the fans buy tickets for “Mr.
In the past few years, Andrew Lau has done his best to seek cooperation in the mainland and is deeply integrated into the entertainment industry of the mainland. “NetEase News” said of Andrew Lau: “When the series “Tang Detective” became popular, he was a guest; when the series “Wandering Earth” became popular, he took e the initiative to contact Guo Fan to participate in “The Wandering” Earth 2″; Rao Xiaozhi fame “The Unknown” The box office was good, and the sequel “The Unknown 2″ is named Andy Lau…”
Some mainland netizens said: “Since the “King of Hong Kong” Andrew Lau is already so old, it is really not easy to go on tour.” Some people even said they took pictures of the 63-year-old Andy Lau with white hair and a beer belly.
Although the film crew revealed that it was just Andy Lau’s new look in “The Unknown 2” and that he needed to play the role, “NetEase News” quoted an insider as saying: “The reason for that (Andy Lau) trip. “Mr. Red Carpet” box office was not as good as expected, the film was canceled and released continuously, and the final box office was less than 100 million, and the cost was output as high as 200 million. It can be said that he suffered a great loss. “(Previous reports:Andy Lau’s New Year’s release “Mr. Red Carpet” back at the box office and it was a big loss)
Editor-in-Chief: Yang Ming
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