And the proof of this pudding was in the make-up of the audience at Porter's speeches: most of those attending were executives from multi-nationals or large Taiwan firms, or were government bureaucrats. Few small businessmen would be willing to pay to see some famous scholar talk.
而證諸波特演講，冠蓋雲集，但其實外商、大企業、政府機構官員的比例相當高，會主動付費來聽大師一席話的中小企業主，少之又少，就可以略窺一二。