I was extremely impressed by the way producers milk their manufactured stars... One Direction's latest tour has a ridiculous number of shows (130? over a hundr

I was extremely impressed by the way producers milk their manufactured stars... One Direction's latest tour has a ridiculous number of shows (130? over a hundred for sure), and I've heard the boys themselves don't make all that much per individual show (multiplied by a few hundred shows it definitely adds up, but nowhere near what the producers make!). The producers/labels take the lion's share - OTOH they definitely are the ones that "created" the boys' fame, so it might be fair.