In 1990, there was quite a stir in the UK when it was discovered that Chi Mei--a hitherto unheard of corporation in Taiwan--was the purchaser of the work Message, by Thomas Cooper-Gotch, who is regarded as a "national treasure" in Britain.
民國七十九年，英國國寶級畫家湯瑪斯．古柏．高奇的名作《信息》拍賣，結果發現得主竟是一個從未聽聞、來自台灣的企業，引起英國輿論譁然。