Discussing those days, Shao Mei Deputy Manager Ch'en Chin-hsien recalls how a saying of the time had it that "there's money in water," meaning that in Taiwan's summer heat anything made from water would never lack customers.
談起當年投身此行的動機，「小美」副理陳欽憲說，當時有種說法是「水的生意，可賺三倍」，意思是以台灣夏天的炎熱，只要賣「水」做的東西，就不愁沒有顧客。