2.33m yuan for 88888888
( 2003-08-21 14:11) (China Daily)
The wireless telephone number
8888 8888 was auctioned off for the much-higher-than-expected price of 2.33
million yuan (US$280,000) on Monday in Chengdu, reports Huaxi Metro News.
The phone number, considered the luckiest possible as pronunciation of the
number eight resembles that of a Chinese character meaning "good fortune", which
is then repeated eight times, was bought by Sichuan Airlines.
The air carrier said it initially hoped to buy the number for 1 million yuan
(US$120,481), but the bidding soon soared far beyond that.
Because the money raised in the auction will be used for a social
re-employment project, the airline was willing to pay as much as necessary, said
Yu Xiudao, vice-president of the carrier.
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