Is the ticket price over 8000 ＂Reunion 4 Fans Festival＂ the final battle of scalpers？
Special feature of 1905 film network After ten years of grinding a sword, Marvel Comics’s The Avengers drama will finally end this year. The "Big Three" Iron Man, Captain America and Raytheon are likely to be in the same box for the last time, which also attracted fans’ sadness.
The end of the fans is the battle of the merchants. After the pre-sale was quietly opened in major cinemas, the word "freedom of premiere" became popular, and a movie ticket for IMAX zero-point field "emperor’s seat" was once fried to thousands of yuan. Financial freedom can afford the premiere.
The ticket price of iapm shop in Belle Palace soared to 463.8 yuan.
It is still hard to get a ticket to be the first wave of fans watching movies; When Marvel Pictures announced that its main creation was coming to China, and the fans’ festival activities grabbed tickets for free, it was not only a financial competition.
500 tickets for the red carpet and 8,000 tickets for the stands were robbed separately on April 7, and in less than one minute, all of them were robbed.Fans didn’t grab the tickets, but scalpers with tickets appeared again.
The scalper will be present the next day.
Infield offer 2400
After the ticket grabbing activity ended on April 7, scalpers began to sell tickets for the fan festival in the circle of friends the next day.
On April 8th, scalpers started selling tickets.
The scalper swears in the circle of friends: there must be a ticket for reservation, and the ticket will be given first. At the same time, I took a photo with the words "free tickets" and the admission instructions for the fans’ festival.
Photos taken by scalpers.
Judging from the photo, this is a grabbed ticket. In addition to the words "free tickets", there is also a sign prohibiting the sale and transfer.
In order to put an end to the phenomenon of scalpers on the spot, Disney adopted the triple verification of physical ticket, ID card and QR code for this movie fan ticket. You must combine the ID card and ticket code to enter the event site on the evening of the 18th.
The scalper on April 8 has no offer for the fan festival. On the 10th, when the reporter made an inquiry, the scalper quoted the price of 2,400 pieces of infield and 1,400 pieces of stands. And said real-name registration system was not needed. At the same time, I promise that I can confirm the receipt after attending the event.
April 10 reporter’s inquiry
On the 12th, the scalper posted photos of tickets for the grand ceremony, with the text "Reunification stands are random, and tickets are issued every second".
A golden Mickey sticker appeared on the ticket this time.
"The scalpers in Shanghai are very organized. They all get tickets in the same pool before invoicing. " R, a friend who often participates in Shanghai performances and meeting activities, told reporters.
She revealed that scalpers don’t necessarily have tickets when they start selling tickets. They just make sure to sell them first and then see how much they can get: "Unified pricing, sell them first, and whether they have tickets or not is another matter." She also said that in Shanghai’s performance market, there has always been a tradition that ticketing platforms are handed over to scalpers to issue tickets.
The Zhihu user who has held a concert, "Uncle Bao with Love", explained the distribution of tickets in a performance like this:
10% of the total ticket sales are PR, 50%-60% of the ticket companies issue tickets through formal channels, and the remaining 30%-40% are scalpers. Scalpers often get tickets in the last 1-2 days after the formal channels are basically completed, and they will bear the risk of those tickets that can’t be sold in the end, which is also a means for ticket companies to pass on risks, so ticket companies without scalpers are not profitable companies.
Until April 16th, when the reporter searched for tickets for the festival of fans on the second-hand trading platform, he found that the price had risen to 3,500 yuan. Sellers and reporters said that there were no tickets for the red carpet, and only one ticket for the 106th district was given by the organizer, but there was no guarantee that they would enter the scene.
On April 16th, the reporter made an inquiry on the second-hand trading platform.
Although there are many scalpers selling and transferring tickets, the reporter found that at least two scalpers use the same map and the seat numbers are exactly the same. In Weibo, many fans who are drying tickets have begun to watermark the photos they have received, for fear that scalpers will lurk on the platform and steal pictures to sell tickets.
The so-called organizers give tickets, that is, tickets with Mickey Mouse gold label, whether they can enter directly, the reporter asked a public relations officer of the event. The publicist said with a look of sadness that this kind of ticket "has only a very small part." However, the public relations refused to disclose more about whether you can enter directly with this ticket.
So what’s the scene like? The reporter decided to visit the Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai on April 18th.
8000 yuan red carpet is hard to get a ticket.
Recycling a movie fan ticket is only 300.
At 4 pm on April 18th, three hours before the opening of the event, the reporter came to the Oriental Sports Center. When you get off the bus, it’s all the way. Do you want tickets? Do you have a ticket? " Familiar greetings. The scalper has already been on the side of the sports center near the street, waiting for passers-by and fans.
Admission at 4 pm
The reporter casually inquired about the price with two female scalpers. They said that the tickets in their hands are complimentary tickets posted by Kim Mickey, and there is no need to check their ID cards. The price on the first floor is 2,800 yuan. When the reporter said that he wanted to see the ticket, the scalper repeatedly asked: "Do you want it?"
Compared with the infield, only 500 red carpet tickets are opened to fans, which is obviously more expensive. When the reporter suggested that she wanted to buy a red carpet ticket more, the female scalper said, "No one has it now. Just now, one was sold, and now you can’t get 8,000 yuan."
Getting rid of the entanglement of scalpers and continuing to walk in the direction of the venue, the reporter found that a huge open space had been surrounded by iron fences in advance, and only one entrance was opened for fans with tickets to enter. Many volunteers dressed in purple are holding signs that say please enter from Gate 0.
Outside this only entrance, the snake-like procession of ticket-holding fans has spread to the street, and there are fans waiting for them who haven’t grabbed the tickets by the iron fence. At this entrance, fans have to show their tickets to enter the certification area.
Security personnel should guard against the death of Gate 0.
Volunteers said that there were three links in the day’s entry.
Gate 0 here is the first step; After entering, you should identify it at the first white tent; After the identification is successful, exchange the admission sticker in the second white tent. Only in this way can we enter the venue and wait for the meeting with superheroes.
After entering Gate 0, two inspections are still needed.
In the area lined up for admission, there are almost no traces of scalpers. So the reporter went in another direction. Sure enough, there are scalpers around again. After inquiring about the current price, the reporter lied that he had a movie fan ticket in his hand, but for some reasons, he needs to transfer the ticket now.
After learning about the reporter’s image of ticket transfer, the scalper took the reporter to the grove near the venue, and together with several other scalpers, wanted to see the tickets in the hands of the reporter.
They repeatedly confirmed whether the reporter had tickets with Mickey Gold stickers or ordinary tickets. After learning that it was an ordinary ticket, the scalper said that only 300 yuan could be recycled. Because "we can’t guarantee whether we can get in after we sell it. In the end, we may have posted this 300 yuan."
The scalper who wants to buy movie tickets with 300 yuan at the scene.
Although there are many scalpers on both sides of the site. However, during the period from 4 pm to 5: 30 pm, there were quite few fans who traded with scalpers. When it was close to the official closing time of the iron fence at 6 o’clock, some scalpers said that their movie tickets might not be sold at all.
30 tickets were found to be inconsistent at the scene.
Female fans were cheated to buy scalper tickets in 800 yuan.
Although it is said that fan tickets can’t be sold, tickets on the spot are still in short supply for scalpers. A female movie fan went to the scene accompanied by her mother, but lost her ticket when she was shopping. There are other fans on the side, and it should be that the scalper saw and stole his ticket when he showed it.
However, the activities that night were very strict in checking the tickets for fans. Fans who don’t have tickets are blocked out first. This also includes a small number of fans who grabbed tickets but forgot to bring them to the scene.
Fans who had no tickets and forgot to bring them gathered outside the iron fence.
A movie fan who came from Anhui looked very anxious. He found that he had left his ticket at home after the high-speed train started. The reporter suggested that if he was stopped outside Gate 0, he should first ask the scalper about the price of the movie tickets. However, after asking many scalpers, the movie fan still had no result.
"There are 1000 security guards on the scene today. This activity, the ox can’t move. " A security official told reporters this way. Although any fans with tickets pleaded with him with photos, videos, electronic QR codes and ID cards of their tickets, he refused one by one, saying that this was the request of the activists and could only be implemented in this way. He told reporters that by 6 o’clock, more than 30 people’s tickets had been found to be inconsistent and were sent out.
So can the tickets with the golden Mickey label be unimpeded? At the scene, the reporter did not find the fans who held the ticket. However, a user who bought a Mickey Gold sticker on Weibo revealed that he spent 1,500 yuan to buy a third-floor ticket and successfully entered.
On the day of the event, someone in Weibo found a scalper on the scene.
The user said that Mickey Kim posted the ticket through a special channel and needed an ID card, but he didn’t check his identity. Mickey will be torn off after checking in. After she successfully entered the venue around 5 o’clock, another user revealed that because there were too many people holding Mickey Gold stickers, she was not allowed to enter.
Although the official admission deadline has passed 6: 00 sharp, there are still fans holding tickets at Gate 0. Just compared with the excitement in the afternoon, there are far more security personnel at the scene than fans and scalpers.
At the gate of the small garden facing the left side of Gate 0, the reporter met two girls dressed in yellow. They stood with several security guards. When asked about the situation, the girl said that she bought a scalper ticket at the scene with a deposit of 800 yuan, but when she picked up the ticket, she met the scene and began to arrest the scalper, and the scalper escaped. Up to now, she has been unable to contact the ticket seller who paid the deposit herself.
On-site arrest of scalpers was confirmed by another fan. She was emotional when she didn’t buy a scalper ticket. She told reporters that there were many police fans pretending to buy tickets at the scene to enforce the law on scalpers. At the same time, she vowed that these scalpers got 500 tickets directly from Disney and sold them to fans. But now these 500 tickets have been detained by the police, and Disney officials no longer recognize the validity of these tickets.
Marvel Comics officially claimed that "this event strictly implements the real-name registration system."
When the reporter asked a media person who had a close relationship with Disney for verification, the other party said that Disney could not directly give scalpers tickets. "Large-scale activities may give some complimentary tickets to security, fire protection and other departments. But Disney will never give it to the scalper. "
"Those scalpers, their tickets must have been obtained from other channels." The media person said.
Another reporter who works in Shanghai said: "Even if no official resells tickets, at least there are some people in the venues, especially the old venues such as the Oriental Sports Center … … Just like previous concerts and sports competitions, there are a lot of scalper tickets. "
As for the news that plainclothes arrested scalpers, a reporter who worked in Shanghai for five years said that if the police arrested scalpers, there would be news.
At 7 o’clock, it’s time for the official start of the activity. It’s already dark outside the venue. Superheroes’ badges were printed on the outer wall of the sports center.
Lights on the exterior wall of the venue after dark.
The emotional fan looked at the audience who were still entering the stadium at this time and said to himself, "It’s just this time, and they are all fake fans. We are real fans, but we can’t get in. Do they know what these badges mean? ！”
At this time, the fans who are still waiting to see are left outside the stadium. When the reporter left, there was no scalper coming up again and asked the reporter, "Do you want a ticket?" .
