An academic friend whom Chou asked for help suggested installing water walls and electric fans, but Chou estimated that all that equipment would bring up the cost of the greenhouses to at least NT $ 1 million, which he could not possibly afford considering that vegetables are not a high-value crop and most of the initial investment capital had already been spent.
周俊吉請學界朋友幫忙想辦法，不外建議加裝水牆、風扇等，估計所有溫室加裝至少要百萬元以上，但菜又不是高經濟作物，一公斤菜才賣數十元，而且資金已經消耗殆盡，「當了好幾條褲子，」只能慢慢再想辦法。