Local response: The price is clearly marked, a cup of pure water is 20 yuan! The electronic music festival held by Xiao Yang was accused of robbing customers
A cup of purified water costs 20 yuan, a bottle of Red Bull costs 28 yuan... Recently, the Hefei Electronic Music Festival jointly organized by Internet celebrity Crazy Little Yang and a media company in Wuhan has caused constant disputes.
In addition to controversies involving false propaganda and noise nuisance, on May 6, some netizens posted complaints about the ridiculously high on-site water prices: a cup of pure water sold for 20 yuan, and Red Bull, which was priced at less than 10 yuan outside the venue, entered the venue. Later it was mentioned that the price was 28 yuan a bottle...
On May 7, the reporter contacted the Market Supervision and Management Office of Hefei Economic Development Zone. The staff said that they had paid attention to the relevant complaints, but initially determined that "the pricing meets the requirements."
He told the above-mentioned staff that as long as the price is clearly marked and no deception is used, the price is in line with the market conditions.
In addition, in response to some questions raised by some viewers, such as "not allowing you to bring your own drinking water into the venue and significantly raising the price of water in the venue is 'closing the door to rip off guests'", the staff member said that it was for safety reasons, because it had happened before Situations where viewers get too excited and attack others with water bottles.
According to media reports on May 6, the Hefei Electronic Music Festival organized by Internet celebrity Crazy Little Yang was accused of robbing customers. A bottle of purified water was sold for 20 yuan a cup. Audiences who visited the scene complained in a post: "It feels better than entering a tourist attraction where people are being ripped off." The prices are expensive.”
An audience member who bought a ticket said that this was her first time experiencing an electronic music festival, and she went because of the fame of Internet celebrity Xiao Yang. Since offline performances are not allowed to bring your own food and drinks, she only found out after arriving at the venue that the prices for food and drink in the entire park were ridiculously high: water is sold by the cup, a cup is about the size of a coffee cup, and a portion of fried vegetarian noodles costs 48 yuan...
She had never been to an electronic music festival. After wandering around for a while, she gradually began to doubt the prices: "If you don't understand, just ask, are your electronic music festivals like this too?"
In this regard, a staff member of the Hefei Citizen Hotline told reporters that it has received many complaints about this electronic music festival, and will report the situation to the relevant departments and try to deal with it within 15 working days.
On May 6, the "Hefei Municipal People's Government Release" WeChat public account updated an article titled "Latest Response", stating that from April 29 to May 5, 2024, the 12345 government service convenience hotline accepted 63,643 complaints from the masses. times, with an average of 9,092 items per day. Recently, citizens’ demands have mainly focused on consultations and complaints in consumer rights protection, medical insurance, housing transactions, noise pollution, property management, etc. The reporter noticed that the "response" did not include citizens' complaints about electronic music festival noise, customer ripoffs, and false propaganda.
It is understood that this electronic music festival is hosted by the Three Sheep Group behind Internet celebrity Xiao Yang Ge in conjunction with a media company in Wuhan, and will be staged at Luogang Park in Hefei from May 3rd to 4th. On the afternoon of the 5th, the reporter called the above two companies many times regarding the high-price charges complained by viewers, but the staff never responded.
According to public information, Internet celebrity Xiao Yang is the head anchor of the short video platform, with a cumulative fan base of more than 100 million. Sanyang Holding Group Co., Ltd. was established in March 2022, and its legal representative and general manager is Zhang Qingyang.
Previously on March 8, Three Sheep Group held a press conference for this electronic music festival. Brother Yang said on the spot that he wanted to bring electronic music festivals to all parts of the country to stimulate the growth of cultural tourism consumption.
