Similarly, Xu Longsen, the Shanghai-based agent of Cheng Tsai-tung, says of his client and good friend: "Tsai-tung has enjoyed a good life ever since he was a kid. Although we in the mainland do not lack people of cultural depth, mainland writers aren't capable of taking the bric-a-brac of our daily lives and elevating it to the level of culture.
同樣的，說起好友鄭在東，經紀人徐龍森也指出：「在東，自小生活不錯，大陸雖然也不缺乏有文化深度的人，但是卻無法像他這樣把生活形態置於這種文化上。