A ticket cost 200 copper coins. It wasn't expensive, but it wasn't cheap either!
To the rich, 200 copper coins was just the cost of a meal. It wasn't even enough for a meal. However, to the poor who couldn't even afford to eat, 200 copper coins could save their lives. It was enough for a family of five to eat rice for a month!
But then again, for those who worked hard to make a living, even if you gave them a ticket for free, they wouldn't have the time to watch the competition! Therefore, those who were well-off were the main force to watch the competition!
At a quarter to nine, the tickets for the second and third football stadiums started selling on time. At this time, the two football stadiums were surrounded by many commoners. Fortunately, the two football stadiums had more than ten ticket sales windows open at the same time. This greatly increased the speed of selling tickets!
"I want two tickets for the Wind and Thunder Team against Qingyun Team on the 10th of March! The closer to the front, the better! "
"Okay! A row of seven seats and a row of eight seats. Here you go! It's a total of 400 copper coins. You can use copper coins or tangyuan! "
"Hey! Here! Here you go, 400 tangyuan! "
"Buddy! Give my young master two tickets for each of the 160 group matches of the Fixed Rank League! "
"… Uh! Little brother, are you sure? "
"Why? Are you worried that my young master can't afford it? Let me tell you … "
"No, no, no! Little brother, you misunderstood! What I mean is that the 160 group matches will be held in two football stadiums at the same time. Even if your young master bought 160 tickets, he won't be able to watch them all! At most, he can only watch 80 matches! "
"That … That's none of your business! My young master asked me to buy 160 matches. I have to buy 160 matches! Hurry up! I don't want the seats near the front. The seats in the middle will do! "
"Okay … Okay! Please wait a moment … There's a total of 320 tickets. You need to pay 800 strings of coins! "
"Here! Here you go! Here's 800 tangyuan! "
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Commoners with average family backgrounds only wanted to buy one or two tickets to their favorite teams to watch the live matches and satisfy their cravings. However, a considerable number of rich young masters would not even bother to choose. They would just buy a full set of tickets and go to whichever match they wanted to watch!
As for wasting resources, they didn't care at all!
In addition, the tickets for this tournament were printed by the workshop. Although the craftsmanship was not as exquisite as Tang Yuan's, it was not easy for ordinary people to copy. Most importantly, there were only a few days left before the start of the tournament. Li Zexuan did not believe that there would be an expert among the people who could print the original copy of the tickets in just a few days. If such a situation really happened, he would accept it!
"Yamachō! A total of 70% of the tickets for the first day of the group matches were sold today! It looks like the people are very passionate about football! "
In the afternoon, Ma Zhou came over to report with a face full of joy.
Li Zexuan shook his head and sighed. "Brother Ma, don't be happy too early! In this group competition, not all the teams are strong. After the initial novelty wears off, the weaker teams will take turns to fight. The citizens will feel bored and naturally won't come to watch every match! "
The two newly built football stadiums could accommodate ten thousand people at the same time. If a ticket was sold for two hundred copper coins, if ten thousand tickets could be sold for one match, that would be two thousand five hundred strings of coins. One hundred and sixty matches would be four hundred thousand strings of coins!
Of course, this was only an ideal situation. In the group competition, the good and the bad were mixed together. The strength of each team was uneven. When they played against each other, the viewing experience would naturally be worse. Correspondingly, it was impossible for every match to be full!
For some of the more unpopular matches, it was already not bad if there was a 20% attendance rate!
Li Zexuan estimated that the ticket income for the group competition would be around one hundred and fifty thousand strings of coins. Although it was far less than four hundred thousand strings of coins, it was still quite a large number! Li Zexuan even planned to increase the prize money for the First Division (Tang First Division) and the Champions League next year!
"Marquis is right! It looks like I'm still not as good as Marquis! "
Ma Zhou was not stupid. After thinking for a while, he understood the key point. He chuckled and said as he pinched his stubbled chin.
Li Zexuan hurriedly said, "Haha! Brother Ma, don't make fun of me! Oh right, during the league competition, Datang Daily needs to do a good job of reporting and publicity. It's best to send someone who knows football to record every match. After the match, they have to extract the exciting process of the match in time and publish it in the next day's newspaper. This way, more people who don't have the opportunity to watch the match live will be able to understand the situation immediately! "
Ma Zhou's eyes lit up. He immediately gave a thumbs up and said, "Great! Great! Great! In this way, not only will it add a hot topic for Datang Daily, but it will also let more people pay attention to the football league. Marquis' move can be said to be killing two birds with one stone! "
Li Zexuan smiled and said, "It's more appropriate to say that they complement each other!"
"Haha! Yes, yes, yes! The football league and Datang Daily complement each other ~! "
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"Sir! I want to leave for Zhengzhou tomorrow! "
After Ma Zhou left, Little Fishy, who had not shown up for a long time, came to Yunshan. She found Li Zexuan and said directly.
Li Zexuan was stunned and then shocked. He quickly raised his head and asked puzzledly, "Little Fishy, why do you suddenly want to go to Zhengzhou?"
He originally wanted to ask Little Fishy if she had found clues about her parents in Zhengzhou, but then he felt that it was a bit too abrupt to ask. If he misunderstood, wouldn't he be reminding Little Fishy of the past for no reason?
Little Fishy bit her thin lips. She was probably struggling in her heart. After a while, she took a deep breath and seemed to have finally made a decision.
"Yamachō! Wei Zuocheng went south to Henan Province at the beginning of the year to rectify the illegal activities of the local officials. A few days ago, Little Fishy heard from the traveling merchants who came to Chang 'an from the south that the officialdom in Henan Province has been in chaos in the past month. Thieves are everywhere. Little Fishy wants to go to Zhengzhou personally to see if there are corrupt officials who want to harm Wei Zuocheng in order to avoid being investigated! "
"Is there such a thing?"
Li Zexuan was shocked when he heard this. He frowned and thought for a while, then said, "Since that's the case, then you can't go to Zhengzhou even more! You're a little girl, and you're going to such a dangerous place alone. If something happens to you, how can I be at ease ~? Besides, Henan Province is in chaos. This matter should be handled by the imperial court. What does it have to do with you? Even if you go, you can't change the situation, and you can't save Wei Zuocheng from danger! "
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