Phone Number on 'SQUID GAME' Business Card Turns Out to be Real, South Korean Woman Receives Thousands of Prank Calls

Kapanlagi.com - Despite being released on September 17, the drama SQUID GAME continues to be a topic of conversation for many people. This drama, which is aired on Netflix, has become an international hit because it brings the story of survival with children's games.

Telling the bitter side of life with the promise of billions of won wrapped in children's games from old Korea, SQUID GAME has attracted a lot of attention from viewers. This series even managed to surpass the drama SWEET HOME with a rating score of 562 on Netflix.

This drama, directed by Hwang Dong-Hyuk, certainly deserves praise for presenting a new look for Korean dramas. Despite only having 9 episodes, this drama seems to have a special place in the hearts of Korean drama lovers. Why not? The games shown in the drama have become a new hype on social media, with many people doing challenges to experience what it would be like to be directly involved in the SQUID GAME. 

Its existence has apparently lasted longer than expected, even after the months have changed, social media is still buzzing about this drama that aired in September. This time, not only recreating the games in SQUID GAME, but people are also doing challenges to look like the shooter dolls in the survival drama.

If you watch and pay attention to this new hype, you would think that this drama was produced perfectly. However, it is very unfortunate that bad news is rising amidst the sensationalism of SQUID GAME among Korean drama lovers worldwide. After the plagiarism issue against the Japanese film, this time a small mistake occurred that had a big impact on others in the film production process.

Do you remember the business card with a phone number in the early episode? Turns out, the phone number is the actual phone number of a woman from South Korea. She received a lot of prank calls after the drama SQUID GAME became a sensation worldwide.

Here is the complete review.

1. The Virality of 'SQUID GAME' as a Catastrophe for a South Korean Woman

SBS News

Quoted from dailymail.co.uk, a woman named Kim Gil-Young went viral after confessing to SBS that she received many messages and calls about SQUID GAME. This woman from South Korea admitted that the phone number shown in the drama SQUID GAME is her personal number that she has been using for a long time. After its release and booming in September, it turns out that the popularity of this drama is a disaster for this businesswoman.

Kim Gil-Young deeply regrets how the production team was not careful in the production process and did not pay attention to the elements and properties used for the drama's needs. She feels greatly disadvantaged because the phone number is connected to many people, including her business clients.

Her confession is true, in the first episode where Gong Yoo meets the character Ki-Hoon, he gives a brown-colored business card with a phone number on it that Ki-Hoon can contact if he is interested in joining the event offered by Gong Yoo.

It turns out that the number that appeared in the first episode is Gil-Young's number, who is a businesswoman. Since then, as this drama became more well-known, Gil Young has received many calls and messages from SQUID GAME fans inquiring about the drama.

From her confession, she has to delete over 4000 numbers every day and listen to her phone ringing 24 hours a day. Gil Young also admitted that because of this, the battery life of her phone has decreased. She hopes that this incident can be followed up by the production team because mistakes like this are very detrimental to others.

2. Rejecting Money Offers from Netflix

Netflix

After his confession went viral, Netflix and Siren Pictures finally spoke up about this incident. They stated that this incident was completely unexpected by the production team.

Netflix and Siren Pictures intentionally included the last 8 digits and did not realize that those numbers belonged to someone else and had been used for years. They also mentioned that they tried to compensate Gil Young, the woman involved, with 5 million Won or approximately 59.7 million IDR as an apology and compensation for this mistake.

However, Kim Gil Young rejected the offer and hoped that Netflix could fix this detrimental situation. Another thing that made her upset was that she couldn't change the phone number she had been using for 10 years because it was also connected to her business partner, and it would be very detrimental for her if she had to change that number.

Netflix accepted and acknowledged that it was their mistake. They are still discussing with Siren Pictures to take further steps in resolving this issue and plan to re-edit the scenes showing the phone number.

Netflix and Siren Pictures also issued a public warning to fans to stop calling the phone number mentioned in the first episode of the drama SQUID GAME.

Written by Siti Radibah Imatufariq

(kpl/mag)