"30 Million Won Each to 10 Random People"... Chinese Fans Enthralled by US Popular YouTuber Who Spent 300 Million Won

MrBeast, China Launch Commemoration Event
Randomly Selecting 10 People to Award 30 Million Won Each

American famous YouTuber 'MrBeast', who shines with 200 million subscribers, has landed in China, attracting heated attention from Chinese netizens.

Hong Kong's South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported on the 26th (local time) that YouTuber MrBeast held an event in China where he randomly selected 10 people and gave each 30 million won, totaling 300 million won.

Popular American YouTuber MrBeast launches official local service on Chinese platform Bilibili
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MrBeast officially launched his service in China on the 22nd through Bilibili, known as the Chinese version of YouTube. After announcing the prize event, he stated that he would randomly select 10 followers from his X (formerly Twitter) account.

Although it is impossible to access X in China without using a virtual private network (VPN), the news of the event quickly spread on the Chinese social networking service Weibo.

The event, which ended at 3:32 AM Korean time on the 26th, concluded successfully with over 3.5 million reposts and more than 2.1 million 'likes' the previous evening.

Meanwhile, YouTuber MrBeast is known to have a net worth of 500 million dollars (approximately 670 billion won). He has also attracted attention with large-scale events, such as actually recreating the popular Netflix Korean drama 'Squid Game'.

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