There were only a few main profitable items in the entertainment city. One was the 'entrance fee' for stage performances. The other was that everyone had to pay 2 wen to enter the entertainment city. Renting a set of chess cards was 5 wen for an hour. The billiards were more expensive. Wooden billiards were 20 wen for an hour, and ivory billiards were 500 wen for an hour. Then there was the commission on the couplets. No matter who won or lost, they would get a 5% commission.
However, other than couplets, the income for the other events was relatively fixed. For example, for stage performances, each ticket cost 50 wen and could seat 500 people. Even if the seats were full, they would only earn 25 taels of silver. Ivory billiards could earn 5 taels of silver, and the rest added up to a few taels of silver. After deducting the various costs, the final profit was only 20 taels of silver.
In other words, the rest were all contributed by the couplets. This model of being able to put a price on one's own works was very popular among scholars!
As for his 'Smoke Locking the Pond Willow', there would definitely be no one who would take off the couplet. One word spread to ten, ten to a hundred. Everyone knew what the first half of the couplet was, so who would spend money in vain?
"Young Master, let's add a few more ivory billiards. You don't know, but in order to play ivory billiards, there were a few fights in the entertainment city today.”
"Alright, then let Old Huo make two more sets. A total of three sets should be about the same. Oh right, come, try the juice I personally concocted.”Li Yin handed the two cups of orange juice that he had just mixed to Liu Yue and Du Shiniang. In the afternoon and evening, he and Xiang 'er had tasted at least dozens of cups each, and their taste buds were a little confused.
"Young Master, you're so nice!" The orange orange juice made people want to drink it. Liu Yue picked up the cup with a smile and took a small sip. After a moment of shock, she took another sip. Gulp gulp gulp, half a cup was gone.
"Stop!" Li called out to Liu Yue.
"Young Master, I haven't had enough!”Liu Yue put down the cup reluctantly.
"What do you think of the taste?" Li Yin asked Liu Yue.
"Young Master, this is too delicious." Liu Yue said.
" It's too delicious…" Li Yin picked up the kettle and filled half a glass of orange juice with water. After stirring it, he said to Liu Yue,""Try it again."
Liu Yue picked it up. This time, she only took a few sips. After savoring the aftertaste, she said,"It's still very delicious, but it's not as good as before.”
Until Liu Yue and Du Shiniang drank until their stomachs were bulging and refused to drink any more fruit juice like Xiang 'er, Li Yin determined the ratio of fruit juice, carrot juice, and water.
In the next few days, the income of the entertainment city stabilized at about 40 taels per day.
However, there was a very bad phenomenon. The audience for the stage performance was clearly declining. The previous two days were full, but the attendance rate was only 80%. It was not that the program was not attractive, but that the content of the program was not enough. It could only support two episodes. The third episode could repeat the first episode.
There was nothing he could do about it. He could only wait for these performers to develop their own programs. Li Yin couldn't spend a lot of time being their 'screenwriter.'
The reason why his income was still stable was mainly because Li Yin had joined the darts and archery events.
This was a relatively new thing in the modern world. Few people in the modern world had played darts or archery, but it was not rare in the Great Tang. Among the Six Arts of the Noble, there was archery.
However, Li Yin had joined a leaderboard! It made things that were originally unattractive suddenly become popular. Who didn't have some vanity? Who didn't want others to know about their abilities? No matter how good a person's archery skills were, they had to have a place to display it. Li Yin had given them a place to display it.
In order to prevent someone from occupying the rankings for a long time and dampen the enthusiasm of others, Li Yin specially set up a general ranking, an annual ranking, a monthly ranking, and a ten-day ranking!
Today was the official launch of Fried Chicken and Juice. Li Yin arrived at the entertainment city at five in the afternoon.
Just before the stage performance began, Li Yin walked onto the stage.
"Good evening, everyone. I'm Li Yin. Thank you for your support for the entertainment city. Today, before the performance, I have some good news for everyone. The first piece of good news was to provide convenience for everyone. From today onwards, the entertainment city would be introducing a type of food and a type of drink.”Lee waved at the side of the stage."Push the thing up."
After two beautiful women in cheongsams pushed the dining cart up, Li Yin said,"Now, I'd like to invite a few friends here to taste the delicious food that the entertainment city is about to launch. I wonder if any of you would like to come up.”
"I, I…Li Yin, let me do it!”Cheng Chumo, who was sitting in the first row, stood up from his seat and jumped onto the stage.
"Brother Cheng, have you been having fun at my place recently?”Li Yin smiled and greeted Cheng Chumo.
"Your place is not bad. It's just that there are always two crosstalk performances. I've watched it a few times. Can you change it to a new one?”Cheng Chumo said.
Li Yin smiled." Brother Cheng, you might not know this, but crosstalk is a new thing after all. It's very difficult to create. However, Old Guo and Old Yu have not been idle these past few days. They will definitely bring some surprises to everyone today.”
"Old Guo and Old Yu have a new joke?" Cheng Chumo asked happily. That's great. Fortunately, I'm here today! The two haters of the Yuchi family left early, hehe…"
"Come, Brother Cheng, let's taste the delicacies I brought for everyone first.”Li Yin changed the topic.
Cheng Chumo looked at the dining car and asked tentatively,"Li Yin, are these chicken legs and wings? Although these were all meat, they didn't seem to be related to delicacies, right? It's not that I want to say this, but since we can come here, which family can't eat meat?”
"Brother Cheng, the taste of an ingredient will naturally be different if the cooking method is different. It's not good to jump to a conclusion rashly!" Won't Brother Cheng know if it's delicious or not after tasting it?”
"Alright, I'll try it!" Cheng Chumo laughed.”As he spoke, he grabbed a chicken drumstick from the dining cart and took a bite. Then, he took another bite. Cheng Chumo finished the chicken drumstick in five or six bites. Even the bones inside were chewed by him.
"Delicious, delicious! This drumstick is definitely the best drumstick I've ever eaten in my life. It's even better than the Qin family's food!”The Qin Family Restaurant was the most famous restaurant in Chang 'an. Several imperial chefs in the palace came from the Qin Family Restaurant. Even Li Shimin had visited the Qin Family Restaurant many times.
When they heard Cheng Chumo say that the chicken drumstick was better than the Qin family's restaurant, the people below immediately discussed it. Some people thought that Cheng Chumo deliberately said this because of Li Yin's face, and it was a bit exaggerated.
"Brother Cheng, let's try the juice again.”Li Yin picked up a glass of orange juice and handed it to Cheng Chumo.
Cheng Chumo took it and drank it in one gulp."Eh? Orange-flavored? Delicious!" As he spoke, Cheng Chumo picked up another glass and drank it all.
Seeing that Cheng Chumo had no intention of stopping, Li Yin could only say,"Brother Cheng, there's a limit to the amount of food here, so I'll leave some for everyone to taste. If Brother Cheng hasn't eaten enough, I'll get someone to bring some over later.”
"Alright then! After watching the show, I must eat my fill!”Cheng Chumo hadn't eaten enough, nor had he drunk enough.
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