His neighbors, friends, and relatives decided that he had a screw loose; some even made bets on his chances of failing. But it was Cheng himself who was making the biggest gamble.
鄰里親友都認為他腦筋有問題，有人甚至打賭他會變成「敗家子」。鄭罕池對他生平最大一次賭注卻篤定得很。