"There's money to be earned 24 hours a day, and I could decide myself how much I wanted to earn, and when I wanted to rest or paint." Chou Meng-te asks: "What other line of work can give you that much independence?"
「一天二十四小時都有錢賺，還可以決定自己要賺多少錢，什麼時候想休息、畫畫可以自己調配」，周孟德說：「還有什麼行業可以這麼自由？」