What is "paparazzi"

Paparazzi refers to some journalists who specialize in tracking celebrities, such as artists, politicians, royal family members, sports stars and so on.

Paparazzi usually drive electric bicycles or private cars, wait in places where the target person haunts, take photos or sneak shots, and closely follow the target person's vehicle. Paparazzi will also search the hotel room where the target person has lived, and even throw away the garbage to understand the unknown living habits and preferences of the target person.

Paparazzi caused great trouble to the target. In addition to the trouble caused by tracking, they also violated the privacy of the target, making it seem that the target lives under public supervision for 24 hours.

But paparazzi generally believe that they bring more help to the target than nuisance. Paparazzi bring popularity to the target group, especially artists, and attract more people's attention. Paparazzi itself is a profitable industry. A shocking photo can be sold for tens of thousands of yuan in Europe and America.

An incident caused by paparazzi

1997, British Crown Prince Diana died unexpectedly in Paris, France in order to get rid of paparazzi, which made people pay attention to the nuisance caused by paparazzi to the target.

1998 The lawsuit filed by Oriental Daily, a subsidiary of Oriental Newspaper Group, and a media was rejected by the Supreme Court. The Oriental Daily then took a series of retaliatory actions, including making fierce remarks in the newspaper and sending paparazzi to follow the high judge of the Court of Appeal for three consecutive days. The result was accused of contempt of court by the Ministry of Justice. Editor-in-chief Huang was sentenced to four months in prison, and Oriental Newspaper Group was fined 5 million Hong Kong dollars.

ox

Scalpers are commonly known as scalpers and scalpers. In Beijing jargon, scalpers are called "patchwork", while Shanghainese call them "scalpers". There are more vivid metaphors to call such people "scalpers".

"Party" is the most commonly used conceptual system for Shanghainese to classify social phenomena. So there is a name called "scalper party", which is used to describe a bunch of people snapping up materials or tickets there, just like the phenomenon of "scalper". "Yellow Cattle" is the characteristic of Shanghai Beach with a history of two centuries. The former "scalper party" was engaged in the intermediary behavior of excessive differentiation. As far as the phenomenon is concerned, it is defined as "relying on strength or power to buy materials and tickets, and then selling them at a high price for profit". Before liberation, they poured gold, while during the Cultural Revolution, they poured sewing machines, bicycles, televisions and other tickets. In the new century, the "scalper" industry has made greater development, and began to sell tickets for the Grand Theatre and the hotline train until the world's first maglev ticket. The existence of "scalpers" directly led to the "difficulty in buying tickets" in Spring Festival travel rush.