Tai Pin chairman Hsieh Tung-ching, always low key, notes that most of the Taiwanese who have come to the mainland to grow tea have failed. Like Li, Hsieh attributes their failure to a lack of backing. Once you've invested your money, it takes at least six or seven years to begin to see a return. You have to be able to hold out that long to succeed.
「富貴險中求，」行事一向低調的台品董事長謝東慶說，台灣人來中國種茶多的是失敗的例子；和李清林一樣，謝東慶也把失敗的原因歸咎於「後繼無力」，資金投下去，起碼要六、七年才能開始回收，要能堅持到最後才能成功。