Chapter Five Hundred and Thirty Two: Traffickers
On February 14, 2018, the day before New Year's Eve, Meng Huo went out alone with his bodyguard.+
He covered half of his face with a scarf and slowly walked through the street. Everything on this street made him feel familiar and unfamiliar, and he couldn't help but sigh softly: "There is not even a buyer of flowers, it's really different..."
Today is the day when "Air" is released, but it has another meaning in Meng Huo's previous life - Valentine's Day. This festival, which is spread from the West, is very popular in his world. Every day, sweet couples and some flower sellers are always indispensable on the streets.
But unfortunately, in this world where China is respected, Valentine's Day on February 14 did not become popular. The streets on this day were as usual. Although the streets were lively, they were all people who bought gifts and New Year's goods. Most of them went out together with their families, and there were very few couples.
"Forget it." Meng Huo shook his head. Although he was a little regretful, he did not have much grudge against the disappearance of Western Valentine's Day. After all, there was also the Valentine's Day when the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl met! But he should pay attention to comics and animation works in the future, and try not to write too much Western festivals, otherwise readers will lack a sense of substitution.
Meng Huo walked towards the game store. Today, "Air" was released. He was bored and just came out to see the situation. He came to a flagship store of Datang Company. It was still very early, and it was only eight o'clock in the morning. But before he could walk over, Meng Huo saw a long queue outside the flagship store.
"1,2..." I counted silently, and the number of people was about one hundred, which was incomparable to the time of the release of comics. But it can be considered a miracle in the text adventure game world. There are men and women in this team. Most of them are young people aged 16 or 17 to 24 or 25. They lined up safely, some were playing games, some were reading books, and some were chatting. The order was orderly and looked very qualified.
However, Meng Huo soon noticed that there was a shorter team next to this team. Because the number of people was too small, the team was in front of it and was not easy to be noticed.
"That's the team that bought pre-sale tickets? Why are there so few people?" Meng Huo frowned. He planned to walk over and take a look, but was blocked by a girl when he passed by the end of the long line.
"Hello. Guest, you are the one who bought the pre-sale tickets? Please queue up here for pre-sale tickets!"
The girl asked, wearing the clerk's clothes and holding a sign in her hand that read: "The Air pre-sale ticket queue".
Meng Huo was stunned. He looked at the girl's position again. She stood at the end of the long line. Then he looked up at the short team of only a dozen people. There was also a clerk standing behind the short line, holding a sign in his hand, and looking at it intently. He could see clearly that the sign reads—"Air-style sales queue"
"Damn it! Pre-sale tickets are longer than the queues for buying games directly!?"
Ninghai and Yu Feihang had just lined up and heard the sound of curses coming from behind.
He turned his head and saw a young man angry at the clerk who was in charge of queuing: "You said that this team that was dozens of meters long was someone who bought the pre-sale tickets? And the team at the door was someone who didn't buy the tickets! Damn... you are deliberately cheating us, right? Is it natural for you to spend money to buy even worse treatment? "
"Sir, you are calm, there is nothing you can do about this!"
The clerk wiped his sweat and explained nervously: "Because it was still early, everyone here is the customers who wanted to get the game early. Of course, most of the active customers bought pre-sale tickets, so the queue here is a bit long, I hope you can understand. However, the queue here is very fast, as long as there are pre-sale tickets, each of you can get the game smoothly."
What she said makes sense. As soon as the game was released, active players appeared at the door of the store, and 90% of these players would purchase pre-sale tickets in advance, which naturally caused this strange phenomenon.
"Fuck, then I don't want this pre-sale ticket. I can queue up there, right?" The young man was still very angry. He picked up the ticket and wanted to tear it down. Unexpectedly, the clerk suddenly stopped him and said softly: "If this is the case, sir, how about you selling the pre-sale ticket back to me?"
She advised carefully: "You sell the pre-sale tickets back to me and you can queue up there!"
The young man was stunned, and then looked at the clerk like a fool: "Are you sure?"
"Of course, but you must promise me not to tell the owner about this." The clerk nodded and replied: "If you agree, I will buy your pre-sale ticket at the original price!"
The young man immediately smiled: "Okay, no problem, I'll sell it to you!" Of course he was very happy to reduce the queue time and get the money for the pre-sale tickets back.
Yu Feihang had a sharp ear. Although the clerk said this advice very lightly, he heard it. He quickly turned around and said, "Hey, how about I sell it to you too?"
"..." The clerk was startled, then looked nervously at the crowd in front. Others seemed to have not noticed the situation here, so she nodded: "No problem, I've taken it all."
Yu Feihang and the young man happily sold the pre-sale tickets, and then walked in a short queue together.
"Are the clerk stupid? He actually did such a thing?" The young man was still smiling on the road.
"Who knows!"
Yu Feihang didn't understand either. He lined up and looked back. The clerk was still working normally, but occasionally a few people secretly sold her the pre-sale tickets and then lined up here with a smile.
Strange, why did she collect so many tickets? Yu Feihang was surprised, but he didn't care too much. The ordinary team moved slowly. It was probably only two pre-sale ticket customers that were one without tickets. Moreover, the containers of the two customers were different. The pre-sale containers were filled with several floors, and the pre-sale game inventory was less than half of it.
However, Yu Feihang still successfully bought the game. Although the inventory here is not as good as the pre-sale inventory, the quantity is quite large, with more than 400 sets left. At the current speed, Yu Feihang estimated that it can be sold until noon.
"Boss, check out." "130 Chinese coins, thank you for patronizing!"
After paying the bill, Yu Feihang walked out of the game store with satisfaction with the game box, but when he came out, he was surprised. From the late queuing, he did not pay attention to the situation of the team anymore. In addition, the time for purchasing the game, the whole process did not exceed ten minutes... However, after he came out, the two teams were almost the same long.
“1,2…”
Yu Feihang counted the number of people in the ordinary team, and now he has lined up more than fifty people, and more than forty people have increased within ten minutes. If calculated at this speed, in about an hour, the number of people in the ordinary team will be enough to consume the inventory in the store.
This means that an hour later, except for the pre-sale ticket customers coming later, it is impossible for others to buy games!
"No...it's not impossible..." Yu Feihang looked at the clerk behind the pre-sale ticket team and was shocked. Who said that this clerk is a fool? She is so prescient! Now she has collected a large number of pre-sale tickets, and after an hour, she can ask for a price and sell it at a high price.
"Damn it, it's so silly!"
This matter should not be dominated by the store owner. The clerk just now said clearly that he should not tell the store owner, but this practice is a bit contrary to professional ethics...
Yu Feihang walked to the clerk silently: "How much do you plan to sell those tickets?"
The clerk was stunned, then suddenly laughed: "I've been seen through, but forget it, I've got enough."
She turned against her previous timid and cautious image and smiled: "Carry one for ten yuan, I plan to sell it for forty. Sir, I am a professional ticket seller. If you have friends who want to buy games, you can buy tickets from me."
"Are you a ticket seller?" Yu Feihang was shocked.
"Yes, this clerk is a temporary worker and can run away at any time. It's useless to tell the store manager." The clerk shook his head and said, "Who said the pre-sale ticket has no number? I can still sell it to others after I run away, and I won't be discovered... But you are not a policeman, so you won't care so much, right?"
Chapter completed!