Huayu: Starting from Fahrenheit

Chapter 199 Scalper
"Two tickets for October 10th and two tickets for October 6th. I want ordinary seats. Can I choose my seats?"

It took nearly three hours, until around four in the afternoon, for Wang Xiaohua and Li Xiuxiu to finally get a seat in line.

After the person in front took the ticket and left, Wang Xiaohua and the other person immediately stepped forward.

As loyal fans of Fahrenheit, Wang Xiaohua and Li Xiuxiu had already made plans before coming here. They would not miss Fahrenheit's two concerts in Taiwan.

So when buying tickets, they would buy tickets for two concerts at once.

"Ladies, I'm very sorry, there are no more tickets for the 6th. The only tickets left are for the 13th."

The ticket seller operated on the computer for a few times and spoke with a look of regret.

"No tickets for number 6?"

Wang Xiaohua couldn't believe her ears.

"You must have read it wrong, you guys clearly just started selling tickets today."

"Ma'am, I read it right. There are indeed no tickets. Our ticketing system is connected to the Internet, so there will be no mistakes."

The ticket seller smiled politely.

Hearing this, Wang Xiaohua looked at Li Xiuxiu.

"How to do?"

"Hurry up and buy the tickets for the 13th! Otherwise, they might be sold out again."

Li Xiuxiu stared at the computer screen facing the outside world with a serious expression.

I saw that the seats on the system were turning black at a rapid speed.

The number of remaining seats in the upper right corner is decreasing rapidly.

236...210...156...

"This is crazy. Where did all these people come from?"

Seeing this scene, Wang Xiaohua hurriedly handed over the money.

The two of them had already pooled their money together.

"Two ordinary seats, No. 13, connected together."

While the ticket seller was processing the formalities, Wang Xiaohua looked up.

Seats remaining: 86
Wow, this number changes every second.

"How many people are buying tickets? If we are slow, we won't be able to buy tickets."

Looking at the numbers that changed every second, Wang Xiaohua couldn't help but pat his chest with a look of relief.

“We have set up ticket offices in several important cities in Taiwan.

The other cities should be crowded with people buying tickets at this time, just like here."

The ticket seller had already completed the formalities and handed the tickets to Wang Xiaohua and the other person. As she spoke, she smiled and said:
"Fahrenheit is the most popular group right now. They can sing and dance, and their live performances are even more popular than Jay Chou.

It’s no surprise that everyone wants to go to their concerts.”

"It sounds good, but the scalpers have already bought out all the tickets in advance."

Li Xiuxiu muttered.

She had just been observing the cattle over there.

I found out that this scalper is really a scam. After realizing that there were only a few tickets left, the price seemed to have increased again.

When they asked before, they only needed 1500 to get a regular ticket.

Now it seems to have risen to 2000.

"These scalpers must be in collusion with the ticket sellers, otherwise, where would they get so many tickets?"

Wang Xiaohua, who was walking out with the ticket, couldn't help but complain.

……

"Too fierce, too fierce!"

On the plane, the four members of Fahrenheit are heading to the mainland.

Their purpose this time is to participate in various activities for the first anniversary of the Olympic Games.

After getting on the plane, Wu Zhuo leaned back in his seat and felt drowsy.

Before he fell asleep, he heard Jiro Wang's exaggerated voice.

"Azhuo, look, we are so awesome. All the tickets for our concert in Taiwan were sold out in just one day." Jiro Wang handed a newspaper to Wu Zhuo.

Wu Zhuo took it and took a look.

"Tickets for Fahrenheit's concert went on sale. All tickets were sold out within one day. Fans are having a hard time getting one." - Taipei Daily.

“That’s 30,000 seats for two concerts! They were sold out in one day.

We, Fahrenheit, truly deserve the title of the number one group."

As Jiro Wang said this, he shook his hair subconsciously and started to act cool again.

"You don't really think that 30,000 people bought tickets yesterday?"

Wu Chao learned about the sale of concert tickets.

He knew very well that it was 100% impossible that all 30,000 tickets were bought by fans.

Among these, I am afraid that more than 60% fell into the hands of scalpers.

In fact, these tickets did not fall into the hands of scalpers after the tickets went on sale, but had already fallen into the hands of scalpers through ticketing agencies before that.

Many people think that scalpers are just a group of guys who make money from the price difference and try to get big returns with a small investment.

In fact, it is not that simple to scalp concert tickets.

As far as Wu Chao knows, the largest scalpers in Taiwan are actually underground organizations such as the Bamboo Union and the Tian Dao League.

They are organized and disciplined.

A large portion of singers' concert tickets, especially those for popular singers, have already fallen into their hands before they are officially put on sale.

After getting the tickets, they will wait until all the tickets in the ticket sales agency's hands are sold out, and then come out and sell them at a higher price.

"I know, you mean that scalpers have a lot of tickets, right?"

Jiro Wang is also aware of this, and he pointed to the article's mention that "scalpers have already driven up the price of regular seats to 2000 yuan per ticket."

Said: "No matter how they hype it up, our tickets have already been bought out."

Wu Zhuo nodded.

What Jiro Wang said is not wrong.

Although scalpers can get tickets from ticketing agencies, they don’t get them for free.

They have to pay as much as they take the tickets.

Regardless of whether the tickets they have are sold out in the end, it actually has no impact on Wu Chao and others.

Because they have already earned money from the concert.

The only ones who suffer are the fans.

Scalpers will not do anything without profit, so when they get the tickets, the price will definitely go up sharply when they sell them.

The more popular the singer, the higher their selling price will be.

For example, for a band like Fahrenheit, there are still two months before the concert, but the ticket price has already been doubled.

After a while, the price may go up again.

However, although I feel sorry for the fans who paid more money for this.

The fact is, this is an unsolvable problem.

Scalpers, every singer knows the harm they can cause, but they still exist. There is naturally a reason for their existence.

It is one thing for scalpers to have backgrounds.

Another important factor is that the sale and dissemination of tickets cannot be separated from them.

For most singers, if they really rely on a few ticket windows to sell tickets, there may not be enough people at the concert when it starts.

But these scalpers are different.

In order to sell tickets, they would travel around like insurance salesmen, trying their best to promote and sell them to ordinary people.

It is no exaggeration to say that without them, it would be impossible for most singers to get the full number of people for a concert.

However, this is the last glory of the scalpers at this stage.

In a few years, when online ticket sales are opened, they will be left behind by the times and face the possibility of losing their jobs overnight.

"By the way, Ah Zhuo, did you ask Sister Xiaoying to save a ticket for you?"

(End of this chapter)