Faced with the threat of currency devaluation, the overseas Chinese have dropped their traditional savings habits in favor of exchanging their Brazilian cruzados for US dollars or gold.
懷抱著傳統儲蓄美德的僑胞，面對錢愈來愈不值錢的威脅，理財方式也被逼得從傳統式的搭會、標會，改成賺到巴幣就換成美金、黃金的「二金策略」。