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P.T. 巴纳姆:奋斗与胜利·补录 339

P.T. 巴纳姆《奋斗与胜利》· Struggles and Triumphs · 领导

“Of all your speculations--from the negro centenarina, who didn’t nurse General Washington, down to the Bearded Woman of Genoa--there was not one which required the exercise of so much humbuggery as the Jenny Lind concerts; and I verily believe there is no man living, other than yourself, who could, or would, have risked the enormous expenditure of money necessary to carry them through successfully--travelling, with sixty artists, four thousand miles, and giving ninety-three concerts, at an actual cost of forty-five hundred dollars each, is what no other man would have undertaken--you accomplished this, and pocketed by the operation but little less than two hundred thousand dollars! Mr. Barnum, you are yourself, alone!

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50115
定位:Additional excerpt 339 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

巴纳姆搞过很多投机项目,从假称给华盛顿总统当过奶妈的百岁黑奴老太,到热那亚的胡子女人,但他说没有哪个像珍妮·林德音乐会那样需要这么多忽悠功夫。他相信世上没人敢像他那样砸下巨款:带着六十名艺人跑四千英里,办九十三场音乐会,每场实际成本四千五百美元。结果他成功了,净赚近二十万美元。核心是:大风险配大忽悠,但前提是算得清账、扛得住成本。做法上,先摸清观众心理,把艺人包装成传奇,再用密集巡演摊薄固定开销;同时严格控制每场成本,确保票房能覆盖。取舍在于:名声可以造,但钱不能白烧,忽悠是手段,算账是底线。

上下文

巴纳姆是美国19世纪著名马戏团老板,他在自传《奋斗与胜利》中回忆自己如何操办瑞典女高音珍妮·林德的美国巡演。

今日一问

你手上有没有一个项目,需要靠“讲故事”来撬动资源?你算清楚它的真实成本了吗?

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