At first, people innocently used their money for down payments on homes, or ferreted it away in fixed deposit plans at banks, or else bought land. "Those who did buy land have become the 'landed gentry' that everyone talks about today," said Lai Kuo-chou.
剛開始，人們單純地將錢拿去定存、零存整付，否則就是買地，「這些買了土地的人到了今天，就成了大家口中的土財主」，賴國洲說。