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For $500 you can book a Zoom magic show with 'Silicon Valley's favorite magician,' whose client list includes Google, Apple, and Airbnb

is a magician based in the Bay Area, but one morning soon he'll wake up at 5:30 a.m. to perform for a company based on the East Coast — and three hours ahead of him — over the videoconferencing platform Zoom.

While Chan told Business Insider that he loves the remote work, this is all still somewhat new to him. Before COVID-19 was even a blip on the radar, Chan had become the de facto magic entertainer among Silicon Valley's biggest tech companies, performing at corporate trade shows, company holiday parties, and private family events.They want elegance, pure elegance

Sometimes it's a card trick, other times it's pickpocketing. He has nearly 30 iPhone tricks, where he can fool audience members using their smartphones, like magically unlocking a locked device. When the San Francisco Bay Area shelter-in-place order went into effect in mid-March, Chan's business, like many others, was impacted overnight. He lost $8,000 in one week, as shows were canceled, including an annual construction trade show in Las Vegas he was slated to attend. Some tech companies, which make up Chan's primary clientele, have announced that"This year was my forced sabbatical," Chan said, noting that he'd been meaning to take a break from performing.

Chan expects to meet a rise in demand for his magic performances over video conferences as companies seek a morale boost for staff.In one trick he's performed virtually, Chan will ask audience members to think of a card before directing them to a link in his Instagram profile. A black-and-white photo of Harry Houdini appears, with the number and its suit magically appearing over his eyes."Magic doesn't work on Facebook," Chan said. "It works on Zoom.

Now interaction from audience members looks a little different. Because everyone's typically on mute, Chan asks participants to wave their hands above their head as a replacement for applause. He sometimes tries to unmute the call when he anticipates laughter from the audience to illicit the same reactions he'd get during a live show.

 

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