Brother Dao Took the Entertainment Industry by Storm, Fans Beg Me Not to Kill Anymore-Chapter 405: The Scalpers: The Clown Turns Out to Be Me

On the day tickets went on sale, fans wanting to snag tickets and scalpers alike were on high alert, ready to click and grab tickets the moment they dropped.

"Hurry, hurry!"

Lin Zhuwan urged anxiously, her eyes fixed unblinkingly on the watch in front of her while using her hand to jab Zhou Bowen's shoulder.

"Okay, okay, there are still three minutes left, don't be so impatient!"

Zhou Bowen adjusted his phone screen to the ticket-purchasing page, then placed it steadily on the table, joining Lin Zhuwan in staring eagerly at the countdown timer on the phone.

In front of them were two phones and two tablets, respectively.

"When the time comes, phone in the left hand, tablet in the right hand, focus mainly on the tablet, got it?"

Lin Zhuwan couldn't help but reiterate her instructions.

Zhou Bowen broke out in a cold sweat. "I got it, I got it! But what's the difference? I feel like they're about the same!"

"According to my years of ticket-grabbing experience, tablets react faster than phones, certain fruit-brand devices are faster than Android, and right now we have two iPads. I'll use the one with the best chance of grabbing tickets first, you're mainly responsible for the backup, got it?"

"Is that really a thing?"

Zhou Bowen was quite skeptical.

"Is there any basis for it?"

"I don't know, but at times like this, you can only believe in probability and metaphysics."

At the same time, Lin Zhuwan also clasped her hands together and bowed towards the Koi Fish Image in front of her.

Zhou Bowen was dumbfounded. "My treasure, you're in scientific research, what happened to your scientific spirit?"

"Temporary last-minute effort, it's not like I'll lose a piece of flesh."

As she spoke, Lin Zhuwan shot Zhou Bowen a sidelong glance. "But if you don't manage to grab a single ticket, then you will definitely lose a piece of flesh."

Zhou Bowen clutched his chest, looking quite sorrowful. "Our relationship is so fragile."

"Quick, quick, stop talking, get ready, one minute left."

Lin Zhuwan nudged Zhou Bowen with her elbow, her eyes full of anticipation, even her hands trembling slightly.

At this moment, there were quite a few fans in the same state as them.

"3—" 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

"2—"

"1—"

Almost at the moment the countdown hit 59, Lin Zhuwan was frantically tapping her tablet screen. Unfortunately, in the blink of an eye, it showed 'Sold Out'. She didn't even get to see if the 'Grab Ticket' button had actually lit up before it turned completely dead gray.

Without any hesitation, Lin Zhuwan checked her other phone and then let out a shriek of delight. "Ah! Ah! I got it!"

Just now, her attention was completely on the tablet. The phone was placed on the left, and her left hand had followed her right hand's movement, clicking down subconsciously.

She just hadn't expected that the tablet she had entrusted with the important task was useless, while the phone once again secured a victory for her.

Lin Zhuwan almost trembled as she switched to the identity verification page. Only after seeing the ticket clearly displayed on her phone did she finally let out a long sigh of relief.

It was also at this moment that she had the energy to pay attention to Zhou Bowen beside her.

Unexpectedly, what greeted her was an even bigger surprise—

"You got both of them?"

Lin Zhuwan's eyes widened in disbelief as she looked at the two identity verification interfaces on her boyfriend's devices. She couldn't help but grab her partner and plant a big kiss on him. "Ahhh, that's great! I love you so much! My baby's luck is simply the best!"

"Hehe—"

Zhou Bowen also hadn't expected his luck to be so good this time. He scratched his head somewhat sheepishly, one arm wrapping around his girlfriend's waist while the other operated the verification. "So, shall we take both of these?"

"But we have one extra ticket now?" Lin Zhuwan thought for a moment. "Forget it, let's just hold onto it for now. Who knows, maybe the moment we release this ticket, it'll be snatched up by scalpers."

As someone half-involved in fandom, she deeply despised scalpers. Usually, she couldn't beat them when grabbing tickets, and in the end, after going around in circles, she could only grit her teeth and go to them to buy scalped tickets. It was really disgusting.

But there was no other way. Scalpers had all sorts of tricks, and ordinary people like them really couldn't win against them.

"Then let's hold onto it."

Zhou Bowen proceeded with the identity verification. "Don't you have girlfriends or group friends? They'd probably be willing to come along."

Actually, Zhou Bowen hadn't had the heart to tell his girlfriend that even if they didn't manage to grab tickets this time, it wouldn't matter, because he had already contacted a scalper in advance. He was prepared to buy two tickets at a high price from the scalper later if they really didn't get any.

He just hadn't expected the plan to go so smoothly this time, directly securing three tickets, exceeding the plan.

"Alright, then I'll go ask around."

Lin Zhuwan didn't dwell on it either and immediately went to find people.

While Lin Zhuwan was out arranging meetups, Zhou Bowen quietly opened another chat interface. He found the scalper he had already contacted earlier, preparing to explain the situation and tell them he no longer needed scalped tickets—

But before Zhou Bowen could send his message, he saw that the scalper had already sent him a message.

[AAA - Scalper Brother Ma: Bro, sorry about this, we didn't manage to get any tickets this time, so we can't provide you with service.]

Zhou Bowen was a bit surprised, then quickly replied.

[Little Zhou: Okay, no problem, thanks.]

This scalper was introduced by his buddy. His buddy's girlfriend was also a fangirl, and she was obsessed with a boy band, even more so than Lin Zhuwan, constantly trying to grab tickets for different shows big and small. So, she knew many scalpers, and this one called Brother Ma was recommended by her. He was supposedly one of the more capable and reputable ones.

Zhou Bowen just hadn't expected that the other party would fail to get tickets this time?

Could it be they were trying to jack up the price?

Curious, Zhou Bowen naturally clicked into this scalper's Moments to investigate.

As soon as he entered, he was greeted by a long string of this Brother Ma venting his frustrations.

[AAA - Scalper Brother Ma: Holy shit! What kind of plugin did Xiao He and his crew add to that temporary website? How is it so damn powerful? All my scripts got blocked, got nothing! I knew that kid not making an app was fishy, damn it!]

[AAA - Scalper Brother Ma: Seriously, is he for real? Blocking things so tightly online and offline, really not leaving any room to breathe? (Hundreds of curses omitted here)]

[AAA - Scalper Brother Ma: Damn it, Xiao He just you wait. His birthday party better not have any issues, or else I'll spend money to buy him a Negative Hot Search!]

Zhou Bowen: ?

Zhou Bowen was directly stunned by these Moments announcements from the scalper.

This time, the tickets for Xiao He's birthday party indeed weren't listed on the more well-known ticketing platforms. Instead, a separate temporary website was set up to serve fans.

When people found out about this, many weren't optimistic.

The first issue was the server problem. How could a self-built website compare to an official ticketing platform? What if, before anyone even sees the tickets, the server crashes, no one can get in, and no one can grab tickets? Wouldn't that be extremely awkward?

Then there's the anti-cheat, anti-script mechanism. Professional ticketing platforms have professional teams that have refined and maintained their systems for years, resulting in the current anti-scalper systems. In contrast, Xiao He's ordinary, temporarily built website looked unremarkable. Did it really have that much capability to counter them?

What if, when tickets went on sale, Xiao He's own fans only managed to grab a few, and scalpers intercepted them, grabbing them all? Wouldn't that make Xiao He and his fans the clowns?

Yet now, the clown seems to have truly appeared.

But it wasn't Xiao He and them.

The Scalpers: ...