Chapter 145: Disguise
Scalpers help queue up, so naturally some ordinary customers are disgusted .
Those scalpers make money from this, so they will naturally be more active and come to queue up early in the morning.
As a result, the number of people entering the restaurant every day is already tight, and more than half of the space is taken up by scalpers, so many customers don't even have the chance to come and taste the food.
Many netizens tagged Chen Yimin on Weibo and asked him this question.
Of course, some waiters also discovered this situation.
But after all, he had never seen a scalper and didn't understand their operating procedures.
After receiving these complaints, Chen Yimin thought carefully and decided to go and investigate in person to see how scalpers operate and how many scalpers there are in front of his hot pot restaurant.
Early the next morning, Chen Yimin put on the simplest clothes and put on a mask and a hat.
She also asked Deng Ziqi to put some makeup on her and make her look like a middle-aged uncle.
Seeing himself in the mirror, Chen Yimin nodded. No one would recognize him dressed like this.
Like those pedestrians, Chen Yimin took the number tag from the waiter and stood at the back of the line.
In front of him was a girl wearing a Lolita dress.
Because the line was so long, people were basically squeezed together, leaving no chance for others to cut in.
Chen Yimin accidentally glanced at the girl's mobile phone page.
She was chatting with a man noted as a client.
The content of the chat was intended to surprise Chen Yimin. The customer asked the girl in Lolita to help him queue up.
It would shock him.
From the conversation he could tell that the girl had more than one number tag. She kept changing her clothes and dressing up in different ways to trick the waiter into giving her number tag.
Today’s scalpers are very skilled.
Especially in terms of costumes and makeup, they put a lot of effort.
After all, if other customers find out, the hot pot restaurant will take back their number plates, and all their efforts will be wasted.
Look at the chat history of the girl in front of you.
She must be a scalper, as she posted the number plates for each time period on her WeChat Moments.
It can meet the needs of different people. After all, everyone has different free time and different meal times.
Looking at the sweet and lovely girl in front of him, Chen Yimin found it hard to associate her with a scalper.
Because most scalpers are middle-aged people, or some elderly people with nothing to do.
I thought I could earn some money to support my family by helping others hold seats, and also kill some free time.
Young people are disdainful of doing these things.
Looking at the girl in front of him, Chen Yimin patted her and asked.
"Excuse me, I just glanced at your phone and it seems like you are a scalper. Do you have the number plate in front to sell me? There are too many people in front of me and I don't have that much time to wait. It's almost time for lunch.
The girl first looked Chen Yimin up and down, then noticed that he was dressed very simply, and spoke with disdain.
"If you want to eat at lunchtime, you'll have to pay at least 100,000 yuan. The cheapest rate here is 1,000 yuan per number at night. You might consider it."
After saying that, she lowered her head and started chatting with the male customer on the phone again.
The customer should be a regular. Chen Yimin could see that he had reserved a number for noon, so he directly transferred 100,000 yuan to the girl in Lolita.
Upon hearing the price, Chen Yimin couldn't help but sigh, a meal would only cost a few hundred yuan at most, but it costs so much just to queue up.
No wonder there are so many scalpers in the team .
Looking at the little girl in front of him, Chen Yimin spoke.
"Isn't 100,000 yuan too expensive? I only spend a few thousand yuan for a meal here, but you asked me to wait in line and spend 100,000 yuan. You are a scam."
The girl wearing Lolita turned around and said angrily when she heard Chen Yimin's words.
"What do you know? Naturally, there will be people willing to buy my number plate. You see there aren't many people in front of me, but most of them are scalpers. There are probably more than 100 people in front of your number plate. If you want to eat today, it's probably impossible."
Then the little girl pointed at the hot pot restaurant opened by Chen Yimin and said.
"This restaurant only receives so many people every day. The scalpers have basically monopolized the spots available. If you want to eat in, you have to buy a ticket from a scalper. If you don't know the rules, don't come."
After saying this, she looked at Chen Yimin with disdain. She had seen many people like this who had no money but still wanted to buy scalped tickets.
Chen Yimin, who was standing by, was very angry when he heard what the girl said.
The original intention of opening this hot pot restaurant was to allow many netizens and fans to eat the hot pot I made.
Instead of scalpers monopolizing the spots and then selling them to customers at high prices.
A number plate costs 100,000 yuan for lunch. So how much does each person actually have to pay for the meal?
Isn’t this unfair to those office workers and college students who are still renting houses?
Thinking of this, Chen Yimin spoke to the girl.
"Believe it or not, I will make you scalpers completely lose your job! I am the owner of this hot pot restaurant. From now on, there will be no more scalpers in front of this hot pot restaurant."
When the girl heard what Chen Yimin said, she looked down on him.
If we could really get rid of all the scalpers, why would we let them stand here?
Looking at Chen Yimin's angry expression, the girl said mockingly.
"Uncle, please stop bragging. If you are the owner of the hot pot restaurant, then I am the boss lady of the hot pot restaurant! How can you open this hot pot restaurant with the shabby clothes you wear?"
Then he took out a handful of number tags from his pocket and said to him.
"If you were the owner of the hot pot restaurant, why don't you ask the waiter to take back all our number plates? You don't have the ability, but you're still pretending to be cool. People these days really have everything. It's really funny."
Then he deliberately waved the number plate in front of Chen Yimin's eyes, as if to provoke him.
Chen Yimin, who was standing next to her, became even angrier when he saw the girl's actions.
Are scalpers so rampant nowadays?
Even if they are recognized by others, they can still raise the price fearlessly and are not afraid of threats at all.
In his impression, scalpers do things secretly, not like this girl who is so brazen and wants everyone to know that she is a scalper.
Seeing the girls looking at him with mocking expressions, Chen Yimin walked out of the line and went straight to the entrance of the hot pot restaurant.
The security guard at the door took one look at him and let him in.
When the girl saw this scene, the mocking look on her face froze instantly.
No way, the person who just spoke to me was actually the manager of the hot pot restaurant. I am in big trouble.
