When Liao traveled to Lotung in Ilan County to acquire cypress, he assured the sellers that he would not demand his own cut from the transaction. The timber merchants chuckled and replied, "Everyone always says that, but everyone still takes their cut."
在前往宜蘭、羅東採購檜木的時候，廖武治保證不拿回扣。木材商低笑著說：「都嘛這麼說，事後還不是又伸手要。」