The streets of Hong Kong encounter Rolls-Royce Phantom, the seventh-generation phantom is very common in Hong Kong, not unusual, but this license plate on the phantom car has a story. "9413", this license plate is not something that ordinary people can control, and the harmonic sound is "nine deaths and one life". Hong Kong people talk about intentions, that is, to say a good omen, so how can the owner take this license plate? In 2017, the Hong Kong Transport Department held a traditional license plate auction at the Wan Chai Convention and Exhibition on September 3, and 9413 was auctioned off by 100,000 phantom owners.
The 9413 license plate first appeared in August 2001, but no one asked, and then auctioned again in 2002 and 2004, giving a reserve price of 48,000 and 91,000 respectively, but still no one was willing to bid, until 2009, someone bought it for 45,000 yuan, but after a few years, I don't know why I gave up this license plate again. Since the license plate is not transferable, if the owner gives up, it will be returned to the Hong Kong Transport Department, and no one will ask for it at the auction in 2012 until it reappears in 2017.
In 2017, the "9413" wordless license plate appeared at auction, in fact, this license plate has appeared on the auction floor for the sixth time. Although "9413" sounds unlucky, there may be people who want to buy it and hope to rebound from the bottom. Each place has a different view of 4, in the eyes of Teochew people, the harmonic system is "happy", which is a good omen, and the number represents the five elements, and different people have different life forms, so it is difficult to generalize. However, for Cantonese people, the combination of "nine deaths and one life" has a little psychological shadow and always involves traffic safety.
Wordless license plates range from the number 1 to 9999, and the first three expensive license plates are 18, 28, 9, 18 license plates of more than 18 million. Wordless license plates are all issued by auction, the price difference is very large, tens of thousands, 9413 was auctioned back, first the black phantom was used, and now this silver phantom.
The 9413 was worth less than $50,000 in 2001, while another well-known license, Number 4, was worth $147,000 in 1998. Zhao Shizeng, a well-known businessman in Hong Kong, also deliberately took a No. 4 license plate, as mentioned earlier, different people have different understandings, some people and 4 have a fate, Zhao Shizeng opened a design institute in 1964, listed a real estate company in 1974, founded Zhuoneng Group in 1984, and 4 is full of "fate".
The No. 4 license plate bought by more than 100,000 people is now worth millions and is a status symbol, and Hong Kong's No. 1 to No. 10 license plates are in the hands of celebrities and wealthy businessmen. For example, Tse Ting-feng's father Xie Xian, the car is a Rolls-Royce, and the license plate is RR4, why do you have to spend 770,000 yuan to buy such a license plate? The reason is simple (RR stands for Rolls-Royce, 4 stands for Four Brothers).
All digital license plates within 9999 are pre-1951 license plates, because Hong Kong license plates start from 1, and in 1951, 1-9999 license plates were issued, and then this English license plate with numbers was used, as well as a personalized license plate in English. SB4, the harmonic sound of this license plate is more difficult to say than 9413, the car belongs to the Shaw family of cars, all of which begin with SB.