The best-laid plans often go awry.
Han Yu was about to make a call to his sister when the political security police responsible for monitoring reported via walkie-talkie to Director Hu that the scalper had told Zhang Asheng it was impossible to get the tickets and emphasized repeatedly that it wasn't a matter of money.
It was normal for the scalper to not get hold of tickets.
Because Binjiang Port, unlike Bailong Port, didn't have a dedicated passenger line to and from East Sea. The two ferries docking at the port each day, the "Jiang Shen" and "Jiang Han", run between East Sea and Hanwu.
There are over a dozen ports upstream, and if they have sold out their tickets, Binjiang Port won't have any left.
The same goes for those coming from East Sea; if there are more buyers for tickets to Yangzhou, Jiangcheng, Wuhu, Jiujiang, Hanwu, and other places, they won't sell short-haul tickets to Binjiang.
