When he first arrived, prices w didn't know that economic reforms in China would unleash inflation that has driven the Renminbi down in value from 1.8 to the US dollar to 8.4 to the dollar.
來的時候物價平穩，利息錢頂管用的，哪知大陸經濟改革開放以來，物價飛漲，人民幣對美金的匯率從一塊八比一跌到八塊四比一。