But they never did .... "As the owner of a six-hectare coffee plantation employing Japanese and Brazilian laborers, Li Jung-pin is one of the better-off members of the overseas Chinese community. But comparing himself to Taiwan's nouveau riche he can't help sighing:" The wheel has turned, and today we're poor cousins compared to our relations back in Taiwan. "
目前擁有六十甲咖啡田，雇的是日裔工頭和巴西工人的李榮彬，算是僑社中經濟情況較佳的，但和台灣近些年來「錢財淹腳目」相比，也不勝感慨：「如今風水輪流轉，和台灣親人比起來，我們算是窮親戚了。」