He discovered that the raw material for dumbbells was pig iron, and that pig iron was made from iron ore imported from Brazil. So he sat down and did the math: a kilo of raw material at NT $ 4.20, $ 1.20 for fuel, $ 6.20 for molding costs, $ 0.80 for polishing and finishing, plus more for drilling, coating, packaging ….
在土法煉鋼下，喬山第一張來自美國的啞鈴訂單，就這麼一件件於租借的廢棄雞寮中生產、交貨了。自此，喬山踏上了代工製造（OEM）之路。