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Man pays $1.1 million for a lucky phone number??!!

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MrScott81

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/13/mobile_phone_number/

Chinese man has paid the equivalent of $1.1m for a mobile phone number.

The unnamed buyer shelled out a whopping nine million yuan for 135 8585 8585, which is apparently pronounced as "let me be rich, be rich, be rich, be rich" in Chinese.

He beat off around 70 other bidders on EachNet.com, where the sale of "lucky" numbers has boomed. EachNet PR representative Tang Lei said it was believed to be "the highest price ever paid for a phone number online".

Let's hope that 135 8585 8585 proves as auspicious for its new owner as he clearly believes it to be. Otherwise, he'll soon be back on the pay-as-you-go with his friends dialling "oh God I'm so skint, skint, skint" when they want a chat. ®
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any *EDIT* chinese speakers to confirm the pronounciation ?

I'm sure its not so cut and dry.. probably like "ret mi bi rik rik rik" or something
 
Originally posted by: Valhalla1
any japanese speakers to confirm the pronounciation ?

I'm sure its not so cut and dry.. probably like "ret mi bi rik rik rik" or something
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you suck at reading..

The unnamed buyer shelled out a whopping nine million yuan for 135 8585 8585, which is apparently pronounced as "let me be rich, be rich, be rich, be rich" in Chinese.
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japanese, chinese, hey they all sound the same to me ! 🙂


by the way, I SERIOUSLY doubt it sounds like such perfect English words

 
Um, maybe in Mandarin? I don't think it translate that way in Cantonese. Then again, my Cantonese is pretty horrible.
 
um well it didnt' sound like Mandarin to me, but I dropped out of chinese school so what do I know.

My dad says that guys on crack, unless there's another way to say "lucky" that we don't know about.
 
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