Starting from hotels and laundromats, Chiu has invested in no fewer than 20 or 30 different businesses, large and small, covering the fields of printing, sandstone, construction and building rental, livestock, culture and education--he's even tried his hand at writing song lyrics.
從商務旅館、洗衣店算起，邱永漢投資過的大小事業不下二、三十種，包括印刷、砂石業、興建大樓出租、養牛業、文教事業、甚至為流行歌寫歌詞等等。