Jay Chou fans were sent into a frenzy when tickets to the Mandopop King’s long-awaited Taipei concert finally went on sale on October 23.
Part of his Carnival World Tour, the four-night concert, which kicks off December 5 at Taipei Dome, is the singer’s first show in the city in seven years, so naturally competition for tickets was super fierce.
How fierce? According to reports, there were 890,000 fans vying for 150,000 tickets which were snapped up in seconds.
Par for the course for Jay Chou concerts, if you ask us.
One fan who failed to snag passes took to Threads to share an incident that he encountered when trying to get tickets.
The male fan, a pharmacy student surnamed Tang, was at a café with his laptop all set up when he saw an elderly man collapse on the street in the rain.
Without hesitation, he rushed out to help.
“The elderly man’s neighbour brought a chair and an umbrella to take care of him, and the elderly man said he was fine, insisting he was cycling to the hospital for dialysis. Just as we thought everything was okay, he collapsed a second time,” said Tang.
He suspected the elderly man had an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), so he quickly called an ambulance.
The paramedics arrived within two minutes and began performing chest compressions on the elderly man.
“In that moment, I gave up on my ticket-buying setup. I really love Jay Chou, but I had to help the grandpa. I missed out on the tickets, but I hope the grandpa will be okay,” he wrote.
Tang added that he didn’t follow up on the elderly man’s condition as he did not want to disturb him.
While Tang was disappointed about missing out on tickets, he expressed gratitude to the emergency responders, calling them “angels” and urged people to “not be afraid to help others”.
“My grandpa passed away suddenly from a heart attack, so this resonates with me deeply,” Tang said.
His kind act moved many netizens who tagged Jay Chou’s socials, urging him to give Tang tickets to his show.
There were comments like “Jay Chou, please give him a ticket!”, “Jay would be moved by your kindness” and “Good things happen to good people — you’ll definitely get a ticket next time”.
Jay, are you reading this?