Old-time musicians

"Oh...you know Mr. Fanning? What's your name?"

In the discouraging atmosphere of the exchange, a dramatic and unexpected episode suddenly appeared. While feeling sympathetic, Sheeran felt a little bit unbearable, so she asked a question.

At the same time, she secretly glanced at the person next to her.

Fan Ning still looked straight ahead, as if he didn't hear those words at all.

"I grew up in Uflandsel. My name is Andre." The boy forced a smile, "My sister used to be a soprano lead singer in the choir affiliated with the old symphony orchestra."

"That's great. Did you come from the Art Aid Program?" Xilanyao gave a thumbs up.

"Well, she has been dead for almost a year."

"...Sorry news. It is said that the first batch of children who came in were both lucky and unfortunate children."

"You are indeed the superiors of the Turner Cinema Chain," Andre said, "from the Motraun Regional Branch, or from the higher-level Eagles County Branch."

Sheeran smiled noncommittally, which seemed to Andre an admission of their own identity.

"What about you?" Sheeran then asked.

"Me?" Andre's voice became lower and his narration was intermittent. "I was born and raised in Uflandsel, and then returned to the countryside. After my parents died two years ago and my sister died a year ago. ..."

"Oh, I also participated in Turner Arts Cinemas' Music Relief program, four times in two years. The first year was at Ufland Sale. Later, the quota was expanded, and I went to the county branch of Eagles. Department, my talent is a bit poor, and I was not able to be selected as I wished... The word 'talent' is really cruel. For individuals who have it, and for the protagonists in legendary novels, talent is what they are born with. It's easy, just a judgment, a declaration, what can those who don't have it do, live again..."

"I am very convinced that I lost. Not everyone who signed up for the 'Music Aid' program comes from a prominent family. Everyone went into battle naked... Moreover, I am not too young. If I had been five years earlier, , maybe those conditions will be more tolerant for a 14-year-old child..."

Sheeran fell into silence.

The "Music Relief" plan sounds very good, but in the final analysis it is still a "plan".

If there is selection, there will be elimination. This is a very real problem.

Turner Art Hall does not have unlimited resources, and the Capron Arts Fund does not have unlimited income. Currently, after the establishment of a chain of theaters, those with the conditions to carry out the "Music Relief" program can only be extended to the county level.

The direction of future efforts is to continue to expand the number of places.

When there are fewer places, the selection criteria will be higher, and if there are more places, the selection criteria will be lower, and the children will have more opportunities, that's all.

"However, I still want to thank Mr. Carolne Van Ning and Ms. Hamilton." Andre smiled bitterly, "Although I didn't benefit from 'Music Aid', I became 'Lonnie Kim' The indirect beneficiaries of the Asia Watch Factory case, the death of my parents and sister allowed me to receive a total of 775 pounds before returning to my hometown.”

"It's a huge amount of compensation." Xilan felt a little relieved when he heard this. "Your family is very unfortunate, but it can be regarded as protecting their rights and interests as much as possible. With this money, you can marry a man in the countryside." Wife, it shouldn’t be a problem to do some easy work, live within your means, support a few children, and live a peaceful life.”

"You are right, respectable and beautiful lady." Andre lowered his head and grabbed his curly hair with one hand, "Before we left, the gentlemen and ladies of the Monroe Law Firm also told me this repeatedly. .....”

"But you know, after seeing those art holy places that I yearn for so much, after seeing my sister's posture under the flashlight in the distance, and after leaving the prosperous Uflandsel, my mentality now is like a gambler! "

"I don't think I can just let the rest of my life sink into the fields!...If you can't become an artist, then you can become a small art practitioner, accompany music all day long, and be exposed to all kinds of people. The people you love discuss all the lovely topics, even if you live in a small town, it is an extremely wonderful thing..."

Sheeran frowned, thinking of Andre's experience and the inheritance of more than 700 pounds, she seemed to know what the other person was thinking.

This young man seems to want to use this inheritance to invest!

Turner Arts Cinemas' current corporate structure is three-level: "Headquarters - Counties - Districts/Small Towns".

The investment, construction, and operation of the art museums in the lower blocks/towns are directly responsible for the art museums in the urban areas/small towns, that is, the third-level subsidiaries.

But there are too many neighborhoods and small towns. For example, in Uflandsel County, there is only a small town called Gogol, and there are 25 towns within its jurisdiction. Even the East Mecklen District in the urban area has 11 towns. Neighborhood coverage is naturally limited.

In the Northern Continent, the completion rate of small town art museums is now only 30%, and investment recruitment work has been carried out on a regular basis.

but......

"From a commercial profit perspective, Turner Arts Cinemas is definitely not the most ideal investment project."

Sheeran gave a friendly reminder.

Not only is Andre's background not suitable for taking investment risks, but also because Turner Cinema's operating philosophy has too many popular and public welfare elements.

Discussing profits is the business of the art hall in the county city, not the level that these grassroots investors can reach.

Like most art galleries in small cities, that is, third-level subsidiaries, they all rely on a considerable proportion of funding from the parent company to maintain a balance between income and expenditure.

However, funding is not allocated to you casually, there is a series of strict performance evaluation systems and operation evaluation standards.

My dear, there is more to this chapter later^.^,

The assessment of "popularity" alone is difficult.

Even a small art gallery in a town not only has to bear the costs of land, housing, hardware maintenance, etc., but also has to hire many instructors and rural musicians on a part-time basis.

"I know, but..."

Andre said there was nothing to say, he had expressed everything he wanted to express.

And these days, he has indeed been repeatedly thinking about keywords such as "site selection", "agreement", and "plan" in his mind.

Sometimes, with a romantic fantasy of a boyish tragedy, I also imagined the sad scene after I failed in investment and went bankrupt because of chasing a great dream...

"Have you chosen a location? Do you want a house?"

Suddenly, Fanning turned around and spoke.

"Huh?...""What?"

Shiran was stunned, and Andre was also stunned.

"I heard that there is a house in the neighboring town that quite meets your needs."

Fanning said, holding up the entire set of real estate and land procedures that he had just found not long ago to Andre.

"......Located in the Dolomite Mountains, a national scenic spot, a duplex small villa, beautiful scenery, convenient transportation, overall fine decoration, north-south transparent, surrounded by lakes on three sides, fully furnished, ready to move in, surrounding land use procedures are complete, high degree of freedom for renovation and expansion, cost fixed price of 200 pounds, today's transaction will give an additional gift of a small grand piano worth 400 pounds in the room."

"......"

"......"

"That..." Andre was stunned by a lot of high-density information.

He choked and asked tentatively, "Aren't you the bosses of the Turner Cinema Chain's Mertraun branch?"

Why are you doing sales?

In the early stage, the cinema chain company seemed to only be responsible for the review of funding sources, the inspection of teaching staff, the signing of investment contracts, and the acceptance of completed facilities, right?

"Boss of the cinema chain? I didn't say that."

Fan Ning's tone was a little puzzled.

"We are a real estate agency. Do you want a house?"