I am a historical film director in the entertainment industry.

The premiere of "Ten Red Army Soldiers Sending Off" and "As You Wish" amazed the world.

The names of Zeng Li, Jiangsu Ying, Zhang Xiaofei, Tang Wei, and Jiao Junyan were thus given a completely new meaning, becoming closely linked to the emotional memory of a nation.

After Zeng Li and her group of five finished their performance,
The premiere performance of "Ten Red Army Soldiers Sending Off" has also come to an end.

The live stream has ended.

But the premiere of the film "Ten Red Army Soldiers Sending Off" has only just begun.

While the audience was watching the film "Ten Red Army Soldiers Sent Off",

The excitement of the premiere has not yet completely dissipated.

The online world has completely exploded.

[“As You Wish” is the most positive and uplifting song; after listening to it, I feel like I've been elevated.]

Not being able to hear "As You Wish" live is simply the biggest loss of my life.

[Waaaaah, I'm crying so hard, my whole family is crying their eyes out.]

[Upstairs, my dog ​​was so touched he cried.]

[I hereby declare that Zeng Li and the others are now my goddesses.]

[Agreed. From now on, if any hater dares to criticize my goddess, I'll go through the internet and kill them.]

This premiere felt even more exciting than a concert.

[A concert? I wonder if my idols will ever hold a concert. If they do, I'd be happy even if they only sing one song.]

Although they are not professional singers, their songs are more moving than those of any other singer.

After watching tonight's premiere, I'm even more interested in "Ten Red Army Soldiers Sent Off," but unfortunately, I only have 50 cents in my pocket. Could any netizens sponsor a movie ticket for tomorrow?

[You upstairs are really something! So stingy, you don't even have enough for a movie ticket. How have you survived this long?]

I've booked two movie tickets. Anyone interested in going together? I'll provide the tickets, you provide the person.

[Bro, that's impressive! You have two! Anyone want to buy them? I'll pay double.]

[Get lost! It's only double the price! Do you know that tickets for the movie "Ten Red Army Soldiers Sent Off" are extremely hard to come by for the next three days? People online are already offering 100 yuan a ticket.]

Holy crap, even a prostitute only costs this much...

[You guys are all talented! I have ten movie tickets, 200 each. Does anyone here want the CDs?]

[You son of a bitch, I'm calling the police. The people upstairs are definitely scalpers.]

This is truly eye-opening. I've heard of speculating on stocks and train tickets, but never on movie tickets.

[Damn scalpers! It's all your fault that I can't even buy a movie ticket for my girlfriend, and I'm still kneeling in front of her!]

Me too. I just came out of the movie theater, and my heart sank. All the tickets for the next three days are sold out. I don't even know if my girlfriend will beat me when I get home.

"Don't even mention it, everyone's suffering. My mother-in-law asked me to buy three tickets for tomorrow's 'Ten Red Army Soldiers' movie, and I promised I could get them. But now the theater doesn't have a single ticket. I'm at my wit's end. If my mother-in-law gets angry and makes me divorce my wife, I feel like the sky is falling."

[Upstairs, this is serious. A movie ticket shouldn't lead to a divorce.]

[He deserves to get a divorce. I'm his mother-in-law. He hasn't worked for three years, lives off my daughter, uses my daughter's money, and even makes my daughter take care of his child. Now he can't even buy a movie ticket. What's the point of keeping such a useless person around? We'll just have to wait until the New Year to celebrate!]

[Hey, you're such a loser! You're even worse than me, a freeloader. At least I help my wife wash the dishes.]

[They're all incredibly talented! Now they even talk about being a kept man with such confidence.]

【…】

The internet is buzzing with excitement. But it also reflects the fact that tickets for the movie "Ten Red Army Soldiers Sent Off" are really hard to come by.

The day before the premiere, advance tickets for "Ten Red Army Soldiers" began to be sold.

In less than a day, tickets for the three-day run of "Ten Red Army Soldiers Sent Off" were sold out, demonstrating just how popular the film was.

Of course, scalpers played a significant role in why movie tickets sold out so quickly.

People who can act as scalpers are generally not simple people.

What is a scalper?

Scalpers typically refer to individuals or groups who profit by reselling scarce resources using information gaps, technical means, or loopholes in regulations.

While scalpers are despicable, they do possess an informational advantage that others lack.

Scalpers are generally adept at capturing market asymmetry information, such as knowing the ticket release time or purchase restrictions in advance, and using technical tools (such as ticket-grabbing software and automated scripts) to operate in batches, thereby gaining an advantage in fair competition.

This type of person may include those who are familiar with the rules of a specific field (such as entertainment or healthcare), or individuals who are proficient in programming or internet technology.

Speculators or opportunists with a keen sense of smell often get involved in scalping activities.

They are sensitive to supply and demand imbalances, can quickly identify the speculative value of scarce resources (such as limited-edition goods and popular tickets), and dare to walk on the edge of law and morality.

For example, in areas where resources are unevenly distributed (such as train tickets during the Spring Festival travel rush and hospital registration), some people profit by hoarding or exploiting policy loopholes.

Individuals with organizational skills or specific resources may form large-scale scalper gangs.

These scalpers often have a clear division of labor, including roles such as technology development, account management, and offline execution, and may even build multi-level distribution networks.

For example, Sam's Club scalpers use membership card rules to provide entry services, which requires coordination of online reservations and offline operations; while e-commerce scalpers use fake addresses, IP spoofing and other means to bypass platform purchase limits.

In addition, pragmatists or those driven by high returns may be attracted to participate in scalping activities.

In some cases, groups such as college students may be drawn into the scalper industry chain by being easily lured by "personal shoppers" and become instrumental roles.

However, it should be noted that scalping often involves legal risks, such as illegal business operations and the leakage of personal information.

Scalpers also keenly sensed the rarity of tickets for the movie "Ten Red Army Soldiers Sending Off the Red Army," which is why they started speculating on tickets in advance.

……

The movie premiere has ended.

Cheng Sheng waved goodbye to the Xijiang government personnel, and then led Zeng Li and the others back to the hotel to rest.

The large room in the hotel.

Five beautiful figures lay sprawled on the soft, large bed.

They removed their elaborate stage makeup and heavy gowns and changed into comfortable casual wear.

Each of them had a relaxed look on their faces, a look of tiredness mixed with satisfaction.

"Sister Li, look! We're trending on social media!"

Jiao Junyan excitedly kicked her feet off the bed and sat up, shouting as she turned on her phone.

Zeng Li and the other three looked at the extremely excited Jiao Junyan with a mixture of envy and speechlessness.

Everyone was so tired tonight, they didn't even take a shower, they just wanted to sleep, but Jiao Junyan had more energy than them, and even had the mind to look at her phone.

However, Jiao Junyan's words also piqued their interest, and despite their fatigue, they gathered around Jiao Junyan and looked at her phone.

The phone screen displayed the interface of China's largest social media platform. (End of Chapter)