On a hunch he popped along to the Taipei Botanical Garden, picked up a few coconut seeds as indicated by markers, and posted them off. From then on his friend ordered 100,000 seeds a year, enabling Li Chien to set up his first business--Taipei Tropical Plant Trading Company.
他靈機一動，跑到台北植物園，按著指示牌撿了一些種籽寄去，之後那位朋友每年都訂購十萬顆種籽，李堅便靠著這些訂單，成立了他的第一家公司﹘ ﹘台北熱帶植物貿易公司。