A man from eastern China who spent almost US$3,000 on an “auspicious” phone number found that it was making his life a constant misery after he was bombarded with crank calls when a TV production comp
any used it in one of its dramas.reported on Monday that eight years ago the man surnamed Shen had spent 20,000 yuan on a phone number that ended with 888 because eight – which sounds like the word “fa”, meaning wealth and fortune – is considered a lucky number in China.broadcast in March this year and he began to receive so many calls that he was forced to keep his phone on permanent do-not-disturb mode.“But later, some calls came at 1 or 2am and I could not sleep.
The caller said it had featured on an episode of the show when a criminal suspect gave the number to police. “The number came out of a criminal’s mouth. That is bad for my image too,” Shen said, adding that he intended to sue the production company and Youku, the popular video platform that broadcast the show.
While telecoms providers in many countries produce lists of dummy numbers for use by TV and film production companies, no such system exists in China. In February this year, a court in Beijing, awarded a man 35,000 yuan after he sued production firm Xinli for using his number in an episode of TV drama
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