Chen assembled a list of local specialties and traditional shopping districts using online and printed references, then spent three months checking them out in person. She was surprised to find these craftsmen stubborn and temperamental. "The most difficult and important task I faced was persuading these old firms to deliver their goods to me," she recalls.
首先，陳秀美透過網路、書籍中關於地方特色產業、傳統老街的資訊篩選出名單，接著以 3 個月的時間逐一登門拜訪、了解，沒想到的是，老師傅們各有堅持和脾氣，「要說服老店願意供貨給我，是最難也是最關鍵的！」