Chinese singer Zhang Jie inadvertently revealed a random phone number as his own during a concert, resulting in a surge of calls to an unsuspecting Shanghai resident.
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The 41-year-old made his television debut by winning the mainland reality singing competition My Show in 2004 and was later signed by Universal Music China. Zhang’s cheerful personality and impressive vocal range have garnered him a large following, amassing 82 million followers on Weibo.
On September 6, during a concert in Fujian province, southeastern China, fans prompted Zhang to share his phone number. He jokingly invented a number, incorporating digits from his birth date, and teased fans that he would call them that night.
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However, a report by Fengmian News revealed that the randomly chosen digits corresponded to an actual phone number belonging to a Shanghai resident, who suddenly received numerous calls from strangers and had to turn off their phone as a result.
The incident has sparked widespread discussion on mainland social media.