But five years later when Chiang took the same determination and measures to try to carry out economic reforms in Shanghai, his calls ran up against the collusion of officials and business interests, whose monopoly of resources earned them the name "the big tiger." He eventually had to retreat having accomplished nothing.
但五年後，經國先生想以同樣的決心和手段在上海進行經濟改革，喊出反對官商勾結、壟斷物資的「打老虎」口號，卻因上海江浙財團和當時的國民政府政權關係密切，「打老虎」無異動搖政權，終究連經國先生也無功而退。