Chia recalls that in the 1960s, people were too poor to have any money to manage; there were also fears of war, and so any money people did have they quickly exchanged for gold or US dollars on the black market.
賈堅一回憶，民國五十年代的台灣，經濟困窘，民眾根本無財可理；又為了怕打仗，一攢到錢就去買黃金、換黑市美鈔。