China Central Broadcasting Network, Beijing, February 27 (reporter Li Yang, China Voice reporter) The performance economy is one of the consumption hot spots throughout 2023. According to data released by the China Performance Industry Association, in the first three quarters of 2023, there were 342,400 commercial performances nationwide, an increase of 278.76% over the same period last year; performance box office revenue was 31.541 billion yuan, an increase of 453.74% over the same period last year. Tickets are hot-selling, performances are frequent, and the performance market in many places is very prosperous.
Many singersā concert tickets are sold out almost immediately after they go on sale. However, many people found that tickets that they could not get despite their hand speed could easily be bought at a higher price in the hands of some ticketing staff. Why are concert tickets always so hard to get? At the request of the interviewee, some of the interview recordings have been processed.
Ms. Wang recently helped a friend to get tickets for a concert. Not only did she fill in her personal identity information in advance and select the ticket purchase time, she also set an alarm clock and found a place with the best network signal. Unfortunately, the tickets Still couldn't get it, so in the end my friend had to pay a high price to buy it from an online "ticket agency". "My friend bought it at a high price. He spent 9,000 yuan to buy a very close ticket. I think it's pretty good. It's a very popular boy band. Another friend of mine bought it and they weren't very close to the front. The tickets cost 23,000 yuan. Their tickets are so popular that they are sold out in seconds as soon as you click on the website. Itās hard to get a ticket. Their tickets to the top of the mountain (the farthest location) also cost 5,000 yuan." Ms. Wang said .
Ms. Wangās previous conversation with the agent
The reporter checked on the regular ticketing website and found that some well-known singersā concert tickets, as long as they are on sale, are currently out of stock. However, on social platforms, many accounts under the banner of "ticketing" state that they have long-term and stable cooperative relationships with organizers and ticketing websites. Not only can they buy tickets in advance, but they can even choose the event and location.
Reporter: Letās see if we can buy tickets for Jay Chouās concert?
ticketing: Now all the information is recorded in real names. If you want to buy it, make sure who is going to see it, and then give me his information. How much does it cost and how much does it cost to sell one? Then you give me the information. That's it, I just swipe your identity information and face that day. After I enter the information for you, it will be stored in the wallet. You can just enter it directly.
Reporter: How much does it cost to buy the best one?
ticketing: The most expensive one is about 7,000, which is the best price. Because the best price (position) also involves many rows, row 1 to row 30, or row 20, there is no choice between them, it is random. If you want to choose the front row, it will be expensive, costing tens of thousands.
reporter: You can definitely buy it, right?
ticketing: Ours does not exist (cannot be purchased), what I can give you for sure is 100%. Reporter
: I think the official price is 2,000 yuan. Do you mean that if you donāt choose the seat location, it will be 7,000 yuan per ticket?
Ticketing: Yes, you decide which day to go and which person to go to. At that time, I will try my best to let the other side record it as far as possible even though it is random.
In fact, these so-called "ticket sales" are not the officially designated sales platform for the concert, but a "cooperative relationship", which can also be understood as a scalper with a different identity. Ms. Lin, who previously worked in the performance industry, told reporters that some tickets were leaked by sales agents. "An artist is going to have a concert in China in two days, but that job was negotiated by my friend. He said I will give you a ticket. I said it is mandatory to use real name. How can I get in? Even if it is a free ticket, not everyone has a face nowadays. Do you want to identify it? He said no. After confirming it, just give me your ID number, mobile phone number and name. I will fill it in for you now. After filling it out for you, I will make an electronic code and give it to you. Some scalpers have channels. If so, they can make this kind of electronic tickets now."
Information sent by ticketing (photo provided by the law firm)
Ms. Lin said that another channel is reselling. Scalpers obtain the increased tickets through their own internal relationships, and then sell them at a higher price. resell. "In fact, he would reserve some tickets and then sell them at a high price.For example, a normal ticket costs 600 yuan. He keeps the good seat and sells the original price ticket of 600 yuan to a scalper for 1,000 yuan. After the scalper buys the 1,000 yuan ticket, he goes out. It can be sold for 2,000 or even 2,500. There is a reason why the ticket price is getting higher and higher. "
In addition to buying tickets from scalpers at high prices, many people choose to find people to buy tickets on the Internet platform. "Nowadays, there are actually quite a lot of people who spend money to buy tickets on their behalf. For example, if you start grabbing tickets at 3 o'clock today, if someone finds me in advance, I can help them pay for the tickets. That means I will use your information to help you buy tickets, but you have to pay me a commission fee. For example, if I want to go to a concert and I want a good seat, I will go to a ticket agent. Agent ticket does not mean manual ticket ticketing. They make a software that will automatically refresh your tickets using a machine. Get your tickets quickly. They will determine, for example, if you grab rows 1 to 5, if you grab a very middle position and in the front row, your price will be the same; if you grab, say, rows 5 to 10, your price will be What's the price? It is equivalent to excluding the face value of the ticket. For example, the original price of the ticket is 1,900 yuan. If I help you grab it for you, it will cost 2,000 yuan, which is equivalent to 1,900+2,000. You need to give him 3,900 yuan. "Ms. Lin said.
Scam ticket communication skills (photo provided by the law firm)
Ms. Lin reminded that the risk of robbery on behalf of others is very high, and many people have fallen into trouble. Judging from the situations encountered by netizens on social platforms, I have been looking forward to the concert I have been thinking about for a long time, but I encountered a fake ticketing company. Once the money was collected, I stopped responding, and even blocked and deleted it. Many similar situations have occurred. A law firm in Chongqing has previously published some legal knowledge notes. Recently, In the past three months, many people who were defrauded when buying concert tickets came to the law firm for consultation.
"He will never give you the tickets. For example, after buying a ticket from an online ticketing agency, the person who collects the money may say that I have no tickets. Our finance department will contact you for a refund later, but there is no so-called finance at all, and there is nothing. The so-called regular ticketing companies behind the scenes are all fraud gangs, and if they blackmail people directly, the money will basically not be recovered. Those who follow celebrities and listen to music usually use Weibo. You can send red envelopes on Weibo. After transferring money, the money will be transferred immediately. Now they transfer money directly through Alipay's password red envelope, so Alipay cannot freeze it for him. Anyway, these new online media platforms can transfer money, so they started to start from there. "Ms. Lin said.
Because the amount of fraud in this type of situation does not meet the filing standards for fraud crimes, and the cost of rights protection is high, even if they are deceived, some people will not choose to let it go. Ms. Lin said: "Many people do not buy tickets. There is a fluke mentality, thinking that this person seems to be very real, but in fact he was deceived in the end. The ticket price is about 1,000 to 2,000 yuan. The criminal filing standard for fraud is generally above 3,000 yuan. He just figured out that the amount of fraud was below this standard. Whether you go to the police or file a lawsuit as a civil case, the cost of defending your rights is too high, and many people will just let it go. "
The same words received by another defrauded consumer (photo provided by the law firm)
In September 2023, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Ministry of Public Security jointly issued the "About Further Strengthening the Standardization and Management of Large-scale Commercial Performance Activities to Promote the Performance Market "Notice on the Healthy and Orderly Development", the notice clearly states: To further increase the proportion of ticket sales for large-scale performance events, the number of tickets sold to the market by the performance organizer shall not be less than 85% of the approved number of audiences. The remaining 15% of tickets shall be sold at the performance Personal information will be bound in the first 24 hours to achieve "real-name binding and real-name admission." The public security organs must intensify the crackdown on reselling performance tickets, comprehensively collect information on ticket reselling and speculation online and offline, and promptly discover price increases and disguised Clues to sell tickets at increased prices, and crack down on illegal and criminal activities such as online and offline ticket scalping and fraud.
But in reality, leaked internal tickets and "scalper tickets" that rely on various technical software to survive have occupied a lot of ticket sources.According to Wu Zhenhua, deputy director of the Development Department of the China Private Science and Technology Entrepreneurs Association, while doing a good job in ticket traceability management, market regulatory authorities also need to strengthen network supervision. "There may be intentional reasons for this situation. From the perspective of Internet technology, it should be achievable. Including real-name registration, the channels for these large ticketing companies to order on the Internet are also very smooth. .For example, it is open and transparent. How many tickets are there in total, how many ordinary tickets are, how many entered tickets are, and then how many invitation tickets are, there is a clear and public information. According to relevant regulations, the minimum approved number should not be lower More than 85%."
Wu Zhenhua said that the tickets sold by the so-called "ticket service" are often transactions for individuals, which carries great risks. "For example, the risk of being defrauded, or because transactions are conducted on individuals through irregular channels, there will be big problems in all aspects of rights protection. If there are informal or evasive transfers, you must pay attention. , never buy this kind of ticket."
(Source: CCTV)
