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1st August 2007

Auctioning off a luck Olympic mobile number

Just after the Beijing Olympics were announced, Zhang Jianyun bought the mobile number: 20080808. August 8th is the kickoff of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Eight is a very luck number and many events like weddings are held on days with an 8 in it.