American Entertainment: Taylor Swift wrote a song for the beginning

Chapter 182 Huge Tour Plan
Late at night, a group of people sat on the ground in the stadium. There were many pizza boxes on the ground with the Papa John's Pizza logo printed on them.

A bald man with a goatee on his chin was putting a piece of pizza into his mouth, but his arms were shaking uncontrollably.

He is the drummer in Taylor's band and the oldest person present.

"AL, you're old!" said the man with an exaggerated "radioactive" hairstyle with a smile. His name is Grant, and he is the electric guitarist in Taylor's band.

Anyone who has seen Taylor's live performances a few times will have some impression of him, the "Black Lion King".

"We're not going to keep doing this until the concert starts, are we?" asked Caitlin Iverson, the band's violinist who occasionally plays guitar and backing vocals.

"That's not in the contract," whispered Liz, who was sitting next to her and was Taylor's backup singer at the concert.

"According to Ryan, the stage can be set up within three days." Taylor, who was standing nearby, heard the band members' conversation and leaned over with a piece of pizza in his mouth.

She ate with the band members, then stood up and distributed the remaining pizzas to everyone else.

"Thank you," said bassist Amos Heller, who didn't have an exaggerated hairstyle, but had sideburns similar to Elvis Presley. He worked so hard and was like nothing happened. As of 2024, he is still working for Taylor.

"Give me some more, I'm so hungry." said lead guitarist Paul Sidoti, who has an honest and kind appearance.

Also on the bill are Ben Clark on mandolin and banjo, and Daniel Sadonic also on percussion.

This group of eight is Taylor's band members. In addition, there are seven dancers, five women and two men. Together with Taylor himself, the total performance team is sixteen people.

At this time, Taylor also walked to Ryan. He seemed to be worried and thinking about something.

The main steel frame of the stage has been basically completed. It will be finished tomorrow morning, and the soft furnishings will start in the afternoon. The last step is the equipment installation. As for the large screen, the personnel from the Chinese manufacturer will arrive tomorrow afternoon. In addition to the lighting, sound, electricity, and hydraulic lifting devices... If we work overtime in the next two days, the stage will be completely built as early as noon the day after tomorrow. At that time, the steel structure of the second stop, Jonesboro stage, will also be completed. This group of people will go directly to continue the laying of the second stop. At the same time, the stage construction workers will go to the third stop, St. Louis... Everything will be in time.

Ryan then breathed a sigh of relief. Regardless of the extra costs, at least Taylor's tour would not be postponed.

The postponement can be a big deal or a small one. Not to mention the hurt to the fans, the ticket refunds and additional costs are a lot of money. For the tour, there are three teams, with a total of 150 people, plus the cost of the trucks. It costs a lot of money to feed so many people every day.

Ryan made a rough calculation and found that the core members of the band would earn $300-500 a day during the performance period (because they are unemployed, their wages would be higher during performance time). Some core positions (technical persons in charge of lighting, sound, etc.) would earn even higher wages. Stage workers and porters would earn $150, and senior managers, such as tour managers, would earn $1000 a day.

The salary cost alone is $50000 a day.

The average cost of food and accommodation per person per day is US$150, which is just over US$2.

If you add in all the miscellaneous expenses, such as transportation, security, and additional expenses, even if we take the cheapest option, it would cost at least $15000.

With this calculation, the total cost per day during the concert was nearly US$90000.

The cities that have been confirmed so far include 39 cities in 54 states in the United States and California, with a total cost of 500 million yuan.

This does not include the venue fee, which is also a big expense, as well as two shifts of stagehands and technicians, which will be another expense.

"Taylor, what's the average ticket price for this concert?" Ryan asked.

"About sixty dollars," Taylor said. (This number has been verified. The average ticket price at that time was this much.)
"Lower than the revenue from nightclub ticket sales?" Ryan was stunned.

"The concert market is very competitive. If the ticket price is any higher, the tickets won't sell," Taylor said.

There are 11000 seats here. Excluding one-fifth of the space behind the stage, assuming it is full, the box office revenue will be nearly 35 US dollars. After deducting the share of the ticketing channels, the box office revenue will be about US dollars.

The stadium was rented for five days, with a basic rental of $15000 a day. There were additional expenses of $5000 on the day of the concert (cleaning, venue security, ticket checking). Considering that this was the first concert and there was extra preparation time, this concert could only break even under ideal circumstances, but the next two concerts would most likely make money.

How much profit is made depends on the attendance rate. If it is full, a concert can make at least 20 US dollars. This is just for a medium-sized venue. If it is held in a large venue and the ticket price increases further, the profit will be even greater.

But then again, this is the couple's money, and Taylor gets at least half. It's just that this money is only temporarily "saved" with her, and her father hasn't approved it yet.

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Late at night, Taylor's wailing could be heard from the room.

"Hey...it hurts."

"You hurt me." "Be gentle."

"Hey."

It wasn't anything he did, but Ryan touched the bruise on Taylor's back.

"I told you not to do the work. You are so frail, you can't do that work." Ryan said with some heartache.

At this moment, there were bruises on Taylor's snow-white back, neck and collarbone, which were caused by the work just now.

"Since you've already done it, I can't just stand by and watch. I have to set a good example, right?" Taylor frowned. He didn't feel anything just now, but it was getting more and more painful.

"Next time you encounter this kind of situation, just do some auxiliary work, such as handing someone a drink." Ryan poured some Akaline Cream on his palm. This thing can be bought at the pharmacy and its effect is similar to Yunnan Baiyao.

"Hiss..." Taylor gasped in pain while applying it.

"Almost there." Ryan finally put on a cold compress to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis.

Taylor pulled down his collar.

"It should be gone a lot in the next few days. If it really doesn't work, you'll have to cover it up with makeup. Otherwise, someone will see it and post the pictures on the Internet saying that I'm abusing you." Ryan laughed.

"You know what, it's really possible." Taylor pulled his collar.

Ryan took out an orange from the plastic bag and peeled it specifically for Taylor.

"Open your mouth." Ryan handed over the orange flesh.

Taylor opened her teeth and bit the orange flesh.

"So sweet." Taylor smiled with his eyes narrowed.

"Luckily I'm here this time, otherwise it would be unknown whether this tour can be held as scheduled." Ryan sighed.

"That's right, my dad can't really control these things." Taylor had to admit it.

"What should we do next? What does your father think?" Ryan asked calmly.

"The economy is bad right now. My dad said last time that he would focus on me from now on," Taylor said.

This means that her father is not going to let go of the tour.

"But your father is old too." Ryan said. Her father was born in 52 and is years old this year.

"Yeah, I also think that it's better to let them retire early. But my dad also said that he would set up a performance agency and use my lucky number as the name. He also said that in a few years, he would leave all the shares to me." Taylor continued.

"If you ask me, it would be better to just give you the shares and let your father be a senior executive of the company." Ryan thought for a while and said.

It would be better to let Taylor own the shares directly than to let his parents own the shares.

"Besides, you know all the tricks your dad has done. I don't want a penny of the money I'm going to make. You can control it as you like." Ryan saw that the time was almost right, so he hugged Taylor from behind and said while kissing her snow-white neck.

At this time, if we rush to seize control, it would be too straightforward. Taylor has to step in and deal with her parents. As for Taylor herself, who else can she side with if not her husband?
"I have the money, but it seems I can't do anything except buy a house..." Taylor grabbed Ryan's hands that were around his waist and rubbed them, falling into deep thought.

"Then you have to take it too. Think about it, if your dad takes the money, doesn't your brother also get a share? This money should have been yours." Ryan reminded.

"That's true." Taylor turned around.

"I have to consider our little family now, so it's settled. I'll go with you to see my dad tomorrow." Taylor nodded.

(End of this chapter)