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 Arts 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 Cinemas chain," Andre said, "from the Motraun regional branch, or from the higher-level Eagles County branch."
Sheeran smiled noncommittally, which seemed to Andre to be 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 the Turner Arts Cinemas' Music Aid program, four times in two years. The first year was in Uvranser. Later, the quota was expanded, and I went to the county branch of Eagles.
The word "talent" is really cruel. For individuals who have it, and for the protagonists in legendary novels, talent is something they are born with. It's easy.
A judgment, a declaration, what can those who don’t have it do, live again?”
"I am very convinced that I lost. Everyone who signed up for the 'Music Aid' program is not from a prominent family. Everyone is 'naked' and I am not too young. If it had been five years earlier, maybe those conditions would have been better for a person."
14-year-olds will be more tolerant.”
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, nor does the Capron Arts Fund 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. If there are more places, the selection criteria will be lower, and 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, do some easy work, live within your means, support a few children, and live a peaceful life, it shouldn’t be a problem.”
"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 Ufranser, 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 become a small art practitioner, be with music all day long, come into contact with lovable people, and discuss
They are all endearing topics. Even if you live in a small town, it is an extremely wonderful thing."
Sheeran frowned, thinking of Andre's experience and the fact that he had more than 700 pounds of inheritance, she seemed to have a rough idea of 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 art museum in the city/town where it is located, that is, the third-level subsidiary, is directly responsible for the investment, construction, and operation of the art museum in the lower block/town.
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.
Block 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 kind reminder.
Not only is Andre's background unsuitable for taking investment risks, but also because Turner Arts Cinemas' operating philosophy, popularization, and public welfare elements have too many elements.
Discussing profits is a matter for art halls in county-level cities and is not a level that these low-level investors can reach.
Like most art museums in small cities, which are third-level subsidiaries, they rely on a considerable proportion of funding from higher-level companies to maintain balance of payments.
However, funds are not allocated to you casually. There is a series of strict performance appraisal systems and operational evaluation standards.
The assessment of "popularity" alone is difficult.
Even a small art studio in a town not only has to bear the cost of land, housing, hardware maintenance, etc., it also has to hire many instructors and country musicians on a part-time basis.
"I know, but"
Andre had nothing to say; everything he wanted to express had been expressed.
And these days, keywords such as "site selection", "agreement", and "plan" have indeed been swirling around in his mind.
Sometimes, with some kind of juvenile tragic romantic fantasy, I also imagined the sad scene after my investment failed and went bankrupt due to chasing my great dream.
"Have you finished choosing a location? Do you want a house?"
Suddenly, Fan Ning turned around and spoke.
"Uh?" "What?"
Sheeran was stunned, and so was Andre.
"After listening to it, there is a house in the neighboring town that quite meets your needs."
As Fan Ning spoke, he raised the complete set of real estate and land procedures documents that he had just dug out not long ago towards Andre.
"Located in the Dolometz Mountains, a national scenic area, it is a small duplex villa with beautiful scenery and convenient transportation. It is fully decorated, transparent from north to south, surrounded by lakes on three sides, fully furnished, ready to move in, with complete land use procedures around it, and a high degree of freedom for renovation and expansion.
The cost is a fixed price of 200 pounds, and today’s transaction is an additional bonus of a ‘Personlov’ brand baby grand piano worth 400 pounds in the room.”
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"That" Andre was stunned by a lot of high-density information.
He choked on his saliva and asked tentatively: "Aren't you two the bosses of the Mertraun regional branch of Turner Cinema Chain?"
How did you start promoting?
In the early days, it seems that theater companies were only responsible for things like fund source review, faculty inspection, investment contract signing, and facility completion acceptance, right?
"The theater company's boss? I never said that."
Fan Ning's tone was a little confused.
"We are from a real estate agency. Do you want a house?"