On the day tickets went on sale, fans and scalpers alike were on high alert, ready to snatch up tickets at the last minute.
"Hurry up, hurry up."
Lin Zhuwan urged anxiously, her eyes fixed on the watch in front of her, while tapping Zhou Bowen's shoulder with her hand.
"Alright, alright, there are still three minutes left, don't rush me!"
Zhou Bowen switched his phone to the ticket-grabbing page, then placed it steadily on the table, watching the ticket-grabbing countdown on his phone with Lin Zhuwan.
In front of them were two mobile phones and two tablets.
"You'll be holding a phone in your left hand and a tablet in your right, mainly managing the tablet, understand?"
Lin Zhuwan couldn't help but give her another word of advice.
Zhou Bowen was embarrassed: "I understand, I understand! But what's the difference? I feel they're almost the same!"
"Based on my years of experience in grabbing tickets, tablets are faster than phones, and iPhones are faster than Android devices. We have two iPads right now, so I'll use the one that's easiest to grab first, and you'll mainly be responsible for securing the last one, understand?"
Is there really such a saying?
Zhou Bowen was very skeptical.
What is the basis for this claim?
"I don't know, but at times like this, we can only believe in probability and metaphysics."
At the same time, Lin Zhuwan clasped her hands together and bowed to the koi fish picture in front of her.
Zhou Bowen stared in disbelief: "My darling, you're supposed to be a researcher, where's your scientific spirit?"
"It's just a last-minute effort, it's not like I'm going to lose anything."
As she spoke, Lin Zhuwan glanced at Zhou Bowen and said, "But if you don't manage to grab one, you'll definitely lose a piece of your flesh."
Zhou Bowen clutched his chest, looking very distressed: "Our relationship has become so weak."
"Hurry up, stop talking, get ready, one minute."
Lin Zhuwan nudged Zhou Bowen with her elbow, her eyes full of anticipation, and even her hand was trembling slightly.
At this moment, there are quite a few fans in the same mood as them.
"3——"
“2——”
"1——"
At around 59, Lin Zhuwan was frantically clicking on her tablet screen, but unfortunately, it showed as sold out in the blink of an eye. She didn't even see if the ticket-grabbing button had actually lit up; the button had completely turned gray.
Without any hesitation, Lin Zhuwan checked her other phone and then let out a delighted scream: "Ah! Ah! I got it!"
Her attention was entirely on the tablet, and her phone was on her left. She subconsciously tapped the screen with her left hand, following the movement of her right hand.
Unexpectedly, the tablet she had /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ entrusted with this important task proved useless, and instead, her phone won the game for her once again.
Lin Zhuwan's hands were trembling as she navigated to the identity verification interface. Only when she saw the ticket clearly displayed on her phone did she finally breathe a sigh of relief.
It was only at this moment that she had the energy to pay attention to Zhou Bowen standing to the side.
Unexpectedly, an even bigger surprise awaited her—
"You managed to get both?"
Lin Zhuwan's eyes widened in disbelief as she stared at the two identity verification screens in front of her boyfriend. Then, she couldn't help but hug her partner and give him a big kiss: "Ahhh, this is great! I love you to death! My baby has the best luck!"
"hey-hey--"
Zhou Bowen hadn't expected his luck to be so good this time. He scratched his head shyly, put one arm around his girlfriend's waist, and used the other hand to verify the information: "Then let's take both of these!"
“But we have an extra one now?” Lin Zhuwan thought for a moment. “Forget it, let’s keep it for now. Maybe the scalpers will snatch it up as soon as we release it.”
As a semi-fan, she deeply despises scalpers. She can never beat them when trying to buy tickets, and in the end, she has no choice but to bite the bullet and buy tickets from scalpers herself. It's really disgusting.
But there's no way around it; scalpers have so many tricks up their sleeves that ordinary people just can't compete with them.
"Then take it."
Zhou Bowen verified his identity, saying, "Don't you have any close friends or group members? They should be willing to come along."
Actually, Zhou Bowen was too embarrassed to tell his girlfriend that it wouldn't matter if he couldn't get tickets this time, because he had already made an appointment with a scalper in advance, planning to buy two tickets from the scalper at a high price if he really couldn't get tickets later.
I didn't expect the plan to go so smoothly; I got three tickets right away, exceeding my target.
"Okay, I'll go ask."
Lin Zhuwan didn't hesitate and immediately went to find someone.
While Lin Zhuwan was out meeting someone, Zhou Bowen quietly opened another chat interface, found the scalper he had previously contacted, and prepared to explain the situation and tell him that he no longer needed scalped tickets.
But before Zhou Bowen could send the message, he saw that the scalper had sent him a message.
【AAA-Scalper Ma: Sorry bro, we couldn't get tickets this time, so we can't provide you with any service.】
Zhou Bowen was somewhat surprised, and then quickly replied.
【Xiao Zhou: Okay, no problem, thank you.】
This scalper was introduced by his brother. His brother's girlfriend is also a fan of celebrities, and she's a fan of boy bands, even more obsessed than Lin Zhuwan. She tries to buy tickets for different shows every day, so she knows a lot of scalpers. This scalper called Brother Ma was recommended by her. He's said to be one of the more capable and reputable scalpers.
Zhou Bowen hadn't expected that the other party wouldn't be able to get a ticket this time.
Could it be that they're trying to raise the price on the spot?
Curious, Zhou Bowen clicked into the scalper's WeChat Moments to find out more.
As soon as I went in, Brother Ma launched into a long tirade of complaints.
【AAA-Huangniu Ma Ge: Holy crap! What kind of plugin did Xiao He and his team add to that temporary website? How is it so powerful? All my scripts were blocked, I got nothing! I knew there was something fishy going on if he wasn't making an app, damn it!】
【AAA-Scalper Ma: Seriously, I'm speechless. Is he really going to go this far? Such a tight control both online and offline, is he really leaving any way out for people? (Several hundred words of venomous language omitted here)】
【AAA-Huang Niu Ma Ge: Damn it, Xiao He, you just wait. His birthday party better not go wrong, or I'll pay for a bad trending topic about him!】
Zhou Bowen: ?
Zhou Bowen was stunned by the scalper's posts on WeChat Moments.
Tickets for Xiao He's birthday party were not listed on any of the more well-known ticketing platforms; instead, a separate temporary website was set up to serve fans.
When people first learned about this, many were not optimistic about it.
The most pressing issue is the server. How can a self-built website compare to a formal ticketing platform? What if the server crashes before you even see the tickets, making it impossible for anyone to log in or buy tickets? Wouldn't that be incredibly embarrassing?
There's also the issue of anti-cheating and anti-scripting mechanisms. Professional ticketing platforms have professional teams that have spent years improving and maintaining them to create the current anti-scalping system. In contrast, Xiao He's makeshift website looks ordinary. Does it really have the ability to counter such practices?
If when the tickets go on sale, Xiao He's own fans don't manage to get many, and scalpers snatch them all up, wouldn't Xiao He and his fans become clowns?
However, now it seems the Joker has actually appeared.
But it wasn't Xiao He and his group.
cattle:......
