April 15, 2004

let me be rich be rich be rich be rich For $1 Million

No, I'm not ranting...an online bidder in China has offered to pay 9 million yuan (US$1.1 million) for a "lucky" mobile phone number. The winning bid for the phone number, 135 8585 8585 which when prounounced in Chinese will sound similar to "let me be rich be rich be rich be rich" was placed after 70 bids.

Ah yes, it is a common practice to auction-off lucky numbers in China...

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