Scalpers will always take advantage of the Law of Supply and Demand, and fans willing to shell so much money to see their idols, whether they are in Shanghai Disneyland, Seoul or Bangkok. In Song Joong-ki’s fan meet in Bangkok on May 7, tickets were selling up to 18,000 baht.
Soompi reported that at the “Descendants of the Sun” actor’s guesting at Chinese variety show “Happy Camp,” which Song Joong-ki is currently taping in Changsa, front seat tickets are being sold at about $1,200. Standard seats, meanwhile, sell for $500.
If scalpers are taking advantage of the situation, it is because those illegal ticket sellers are aware that the 30-year-old actor is the most popular celebrity in China now, thanks to his stint in the recently concluded 16-episode Korean Hallyu where he played the character of an army captain.
Besides offers of endorsement for products from Chinese and Korean companies, Song Joong-ki also receives offers to guests in shows, while there if clamor from his fans to extend his current Asian tour beyond Thailand and the eight cities of China. Other Chinese TV shows are also inviting the actor, but so far only “Happy Camp” and “Hurry Up, Brother,” are confirmed.
After taping for “Happy Camp,” Song Joong-ki will start on Saturday, May 14, the eight-city China leg of his Asian tour beginning in Beijing. Chances are scalpers too will take advantage and sell tickets to the fan meet at exorbitant prices.