"For a salaried employee, a sum of more than 800 renminbi is a sizeable amount of money. But there are plenty of people with money in China's large cities," says one Beijing concert agent who would only give his alias, Chen Shan. If you can't afford a ticket personally, then just use company funds. At any rate, the company can claim it as a tax deduction.
「八百多元人民幣對一般工薪階層來說，是筆為數不小的數目，但中國大城市的有錢人就是多，」北京經營演唱會業務的經紀人陳珊（化名）表示，買不起票的，就用「公款消費」（公司間的公關），反正公司可以報帳抵稅。