YouTuber spends 550 billion to make a real-life "Squid Game" with a prize of 10 billion dong

Millions of people have registered to participate in the game to win a prize of 10 billion VND.

MrBeast, real name Jimmy Donaldson, is the most famous YouTuber in the world. His YouTube channel currently has 81.2 million subscribers. Not only possessing a "huge" following, the male YouTuber is also famous for his generous charitable actions.

Recently, MrBeast posted a video titled "456,000 USD Squid Game In Real Life!" (rough translation: 456,000 USD game Squid Game real life). Specifically, the male YouTuber staged a real-life version of the popular movie "Squid Game" with 456 contestants competing to win a cash prize of $456,000 (equivalent to VND 10 billion).

The video was posted by MrBeast on November 25, less than 48 hours later, this video has attracted more than 74 million views and 7.6 million likes. 4 days later, the video has reached nearly 110 million views and nearly 10 million likes. The 25-minute video is full of exciting "Squid Game" games with the same gameplay as in the movie. The male YouTuber invested heavily to get the same context as the original version from both the player and the army. Players who survive to the last moment will receive a cash bonus of 10 billion dong. The loser will be dropped into a styrofoam box at a safe distance or have a chip on the front of the shirt to signal the loss. The male YouTuber also said that the losing players were all given 2,000 USD (about 46 million VND).

As soon as this MrBeast project was announced, millions of people signed up to participate in the game. The money collected after this video is claimed by the male YouTuber to be reused as a reward for the next video or used for charity.

Jimmy Donaldson is the 2nd highest earning YouTuber on the YouTube platform. He started making short videos and uploading them to YouTube at the age of 12. However, it was not until 2017 that he really became famous on YouTube when he made a video of sitting down and starting to count numbers for 40 hours. Just like that, the guy mumbled from number to number, "journey" starting at zero and ending at 100,000. This clip has had a dizzying increase in views, attracting tens of millions of views.

In an interview with YouTuber Colin & Samir, MrBeast announced that each annual video he makes costs up to 48 million USD (equivalent to more than 1 trillion VND).

The investment amount is not small, but MrBeast also has a small income. MrBeast ranked 2nd in the list of 10 highest earning YouTubers in 2020. The male YouTuber has earned about 24 million USD and accumulated more than 3 billion views. "If you want to know the secret of where my money comes from, I'll confess that my parents aren't rich. I'm only 20 years old. Every dollar I've ever made has come from YouTube and YouTube is simply paying for it. better than you think," he shared in an interview with The Verge in 2018.

It's no exaggeration to say that "Squid Game" is driving the world crazy. A series of children's folk games such as "green light, red light", "splitting of dalgona sugar candy", "playing marbles", "squid game" which turned into a bloody mortal arena, has attracted you. children globally.

The Korean TV series "Squid Game" is topping the daily charts on the online video platform Netflix in all 83 countries including the US and India, attracting 82 million views. worldwide within 4 weeks of the September 17 release date. Costumes, snacks and games "following" the movie are popular in many countries, many related memes have also appeared. It can be seen that Korean TV series are becoming a global cultural phenomenon.

According to the entertainment industry magazine Variety (USA), "The Squid Game" makes global people feel the sensitivity and uniqueness of Koreans in conveying emotions. The film also reflects the extreme rich-poor divide in society. Even some of the messages with humanistic values that appeared in the Oscar-winning film "Parasite" have once again been reproduced.

The "hot" of the movie Squid Game is also reflected in the most searched keywords. Viewers around the world are looking for a reward of 45.6 billion won in the movie when converted into their country's currency. This amount is equivalent to 38.1 million USD, 33 million euros, 4.3 billion Japanese yen, 246 million yuan, 28 billion Indian rupees and 868 billion Vietnamese dong.

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