At the auction of telephone numbers in Peking in August of this year, in just one morning 48 numbers were auctioned off for a total amount of RMB1.04 million. That's about 400 years 'salary for the average worker earning about RMB200 a month.
今年八月北平舉行的電話號碼拍賣金，光只一上午，就拍賣了四十八個號碼，總金額達一○四萬元人民幣，是一個普通工人（以月薪二百元算）工作四百多年的薪水。