As Ma Te-hsin, manager of T'ai Wei Restaurant & Hotel Management Consultants, points out: "The average 50 or 60 ping restaurant requires an initial investment of some NT $ 3 million, whereas converting an illegal repair shop into a charcoal grill eatery only costs about NT $ 500,000 all told."
台維餐廳旅館管理顧問公司總經理馬德新指出，「一般五、六十坪大的餐廳投資額大約要二、三百萬元，由違章修車店改裝的炭烤店，從裝潢到購置生財器具，卻僅須四、五十萬元。」