The Time Is Ripe!

Under Jiang Zhiying's puzzled gaze, Lin Xiaowei rubbed her hands together and laughed, "After posting the sales link on the forum, they'll get a message about network delays or a website crash when they click on it. In short, they can't get tickets! After a minute, it will say that the tickets are sold out!"

This tactic...

"This looks familiar!" Jiang Zhiying, somewhat amused and exasperated. "Isn't this the same trick some unscrupulous companies on Earth use to sell tickets to scalpers in advance to make money?"

After all, in order to cater to the feelings of fans and market pricing, organizers often have to set prices lower, but if they do that, it means they won't make money.

After splitting the profits with the performers, and deducting venue, personnel, and other expenses, they don't make much money.

Therefore, they sell tickets to scalpers at double the original price, making a huge profit from the tickets.

In this way, they make money, the scalpers also make a small profit, and they can also use the scalpers' connections to give themselves free advertising.

This is a brilliant tactic that kills three birds with one stone.

I never expected Lin Xiaowei to do this too...

However, Lin Xiaowei shook her head and said, "Scalpers? Those scalpers are all online trolls I hired!"

The Main World is not Earth after all. Although there are cunning merchants who resell tickets to make a huge profit, they are ultimately not a significant force.

It's nothing like Earth...

Scalpers became widely known for reselling train tickets. Later, riding the wave of the Internet, they used automated software to massively buy up tickets, gradually growing in size and accumulating substantial initial capital. They then began building connections online, eventually becoming a "sell any ticket" business! Eventually, even official concert organizers would actively seek them out for collaborations...

They're all about making money.

Why don't we all make money together? It's all about profiting from the fans anyway! Plus, with scalpers blocking the way, the organizers can make money without affecting their reputation! How great is that! Jiang Zhiying, after all, was kind-hearted. Although she knew this was a scheme, she still felt a little resistant to actually doing it, so she replied, "Your Majesty, we don't lack this money, right? Wouldn't this... be a bit inappropriate?"

Lin Xiaowei was surprised. "There's no such thing as too much money? Besides, those who come here to watch the show must be wealthy nobles. What's wrong with me ripping them off?"

This is practically robbing the rich to help the poor! So incredibly righteous!

Lin Xiaowei said confidently, "Moreover, this is also a strategic deployment based on publicity!"

Jiang Zhiying: "..."

Yes, she was convinced.

As the only being on Earth and in the Main World who knew the secret between Lin Xiaowei and Li Yao, she seemed to see a phantom male figure behind Lin Xiaowei, hands on hips, looking around with an air of triumph! Although their contact was brief,

But Boss Li's personality was still deeply imprinted in Jiang Zhiying's heart!

Then she murmured with admiration, "It really looks like it..."

Lost in her idyllic fantasy of being showered with Gold Coin, Lin Xiaowei didn't hear Jiang Zhiying's muttered question, "What did you say?"

Jiang Zhiying: "No, oh! I said it's really good!"

Lin Xiaowei: "Hahaha, right! I'm a real talent!"

Jiang Zhiying laughed, "Your Majesty, you're not just talented, you're a genius!"

Lin Xiaowei was quite pleased. "Hypocritical! But I like it!"

There are no outsiders here.

After exchanging pleasantries, the two of them burst into laughter.

Everything went exactly as Lin Xiaowei had planned. Under Lin Xiaowei control, the tickets never went directly from the official channels to the buyers. After they were sold out, Lin Xiaowei had her people post on various forums to sell scalped tickets.

Prices have increased significantly! Tickets that originally cost between 350 and 700 yuan are now being sold for two to four times the price by scalpers, depending on the location.

That price is astonishing!

A good seat costs nearly 3,000 Gold Coin?

This is almost the annual income of many middle-class nobles! However, this ticket sale is not targeted at any one region or country, but at all the countries across the Main World continent. The wealth possessed by the royal families, princes, and powerful tycoons of the various countries on the Main World continent is unimaginable to ordinary nobles.

Their perspectives on value are also completely different! There must be something wrong with the tickets that sold out so quickly. Although there are some differences between the tickets circulating in the market and the overall locations, the fact that so many nobles and dignitaries couldn't get their hands on them means there must be something fishy going on.

But so what?

Such exorbitant ticket prices mean that ordinary people cannot participate in this grand event! Those who can participate are inevitably high-ranking officials from various countries.

Therefore, the high price of tickets is a threshold, but also a stepping stone! It can help some people quickly expand the depth and breadth of their network of contacts!

So even three thousand Gold Coin would be worth it! Soon,

Monarchs, princes, and tycoons from various countries rushed to buy tickets, and the scalper group personally set up by Lin Xiaowei was instantly sold out! Jiang Zhiying was shocked by the purchasing power of the princes and tycoons from various countries in the Main World! Are they all this rich?

Lin Xiaowei, however, felt a pang of regret. "The price was set too low!"

At that moment, Jiang Zhiying seemed to see a phantom figure rising from Lin Xiaowei's body again...

Lin Xiaowei thought she was already pretty shrewd enough with her scalping, but little did she know the real ticket-buying frenzy was just beginning! Some lucky individuals managed to snag a ticket early, and seeing how quickly it was selling, they were overjoyed. They then resold the tickets at inflated prices, becoming resellers again. However, to their surprise, the tickets, now with several hundred Gold Coin added to the price, were quickly snapped up!

Later, some early scalpers watched helplessly as ticket prices soared from around three thousand to around four thousand, and then from around four thousand to around five thousand...

The ever-increasing ticket prices have left many people dumbfounded.

Ordinary people simply couldn't understand how those nobles and wealthy merchants could be so rich and have so much free time, to be able to spend such a huge amount of money just to watch a game! They couldn't comprehend that this was a rare social feast for those wealthy merchants, so they thought that the so-called nobles in the Main World were indeed all extravagant and that the country would be destroyed by these parasites sooner or later!

Tickets for the Martial Arts Tournament flowed in like water, driven by money.

During this period, some impoverished nobles risked everything to buy a ticket, and the bolder ones resold it at a higher price, directly revitalizing their family's finances!

Some people regretted selling a ticket too early and then joined the ranks of ticket buyers!

Ticket prices skyrocketed as they changed hands, eventually reaching exorbitant prices exceeding ten thousand yuan! There was nothing that could be done...

The number of tickets is fixed, but after changing hands several times, the accumulated price of each ticket is quite alarming.

This almost frenzied ticket-grabbing event sparked a frenzy on the Magic Internet of the Main World, indirectly promoting the World's First Martial Arts Tournament! Those capable of participating in this game rolled up their sleeves like gamblers with eyes glued to the stakes.

Ordinary citizens and netizens who couldn't participate couldn't help but feel envious...

This is exactly the same as the cryptocurrency world.

It was in this atmosphere that

Lin Xiaowei nodded to herself. "The time is ripe!"

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