The scalper restaurant queues up for 20,000 yuan a month. Local citizens said that it is very common for scalpers to queue up for the number, and some shops can't get the number if they don't buy it. A hot pot staff member said that in order to prevent customers from being deceived, customers are advised to take the number in the restaurant.

According to media reports, the business of restaurants in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province is booming, which has given birth to the scalper economy, and queuing for numbers has become the norm. It is reported that scalpers are priced according to time and the number of people eating. In peacetime, you can earn hundreds of yuan a day in line, and you can even earn 20 thousand yuan a month at the peak.

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In recent years, cake shops in online celebrity coffee shops have sprung up like mushrooms after rain, and many bloggers and onlookers have punched in. High popularity traffic will inevitably lead to long queues. ?

In the cake shop on the basement of a shopping mall in Xujiahui, Shanghai, many people are waiting in line at the door. In contrast, there are several men sitting on the sidelines, who put a lot of spot cakes of this brand in front of them. ?

The reporter noticed that the man recycled the cake from the people who lined up repeatedly at a higher price, and then sold the cake at the original price of 120 yuan in 39 yuan; At the same time, they also received a "takeaway order", and from time to time, a "flash delivery" brother came to report the order number and "receive" the cake. ?

In response to the clerk's prevention of repeated purchases, one of the men told the reporter disapprovingly: "As long as you don't disturb the queue order, you won't be sold, and the boss hopes to sell well." ?

The reporter noticed that there were indeed old people on the scene who joined the team again after buying once, and no one stopped them. "In the past, I had to wait in line for three hours to buy it. Now the cake is selling in general, and I can't give 60 yuan according to the situation. " The man said. ?

In recent years, similar scenes are not uncommon. Once a restaurant is newly opened and sought after through online hot speculation, scalpers will get wind of it and even cultivate their own queues, and the routine will remain unchanged year after year.