A businessman in Qingdao, Shandong Province, was almost driven mad after he paid more than 10,000 yuan ($1,316) for an "auspicious" phone number, which brought him endless troubles instead of luck and fortune as he had expected.
Last year, the man, surnamed Liu, bought the phone number "66-666-666" from one of his friends. (Many Chinese regard the number six as a sign that everything is going smoothly.) But since then, his life has become a nightmare, as he receives at least 100 calls a day from strangers. Some call to test whether the phone number really exists and some call asking to borrow money, believing "only rich people could offer to pay for such an auspicious number".
Now Liu hopes he can get rid of the troubles by selling the number to someone else.
(Qingdao Daily)
