On one occasion, Wei Ing-hsin was traveling by train to China's interior to explore a cooking-oil manufacturing opportunity. On the way to visit a client, he noticed that everyone in the mainland wanted to eat instant noodles made in Taiwan. One Communist-party cadre asked him where these delicious noodles could be obtained.
有一次魏應行搭乘火車，準備前往內地開拓製油商機，在拜訪客戶途中，他意外發現台灣出產的速食麵，在大陸人人搶著吃，中共幹部還問他在那裡可以買得到這種好吃的麵？