"When these storefronts were finished, we naturally used the names of various persons to take out mortgages to `purchase 'them." He says that in those days storefronts in the "hot" part of Taichung had asking prices of NT $ 16 million. The banks providing the mortgages were cautious, however, lending only half of the asking price, or NT $ 8 million per shop.
「這些店面一完工，當然就找了人頭向銀行辦理購屋貸款」，這位業者說得坦白：當年台中鬧區一爿店鋪喊價一千六百萬，貸款行庫還算謹慎，只給五成──八百萬元的貸款額度。