When the news reached Chew Chong he was both excited and moved, for when he had previously exported to Britain butter churned by Taranaki farmers, it had been received with the humiliating comment that it was "not much better than cart-grease."
消息傳來，張朝又興奮又激動，上次將當地農民自製的奶油外銷到英國，沒想到被評為「只不過比馬車的潤滑油好一點」，令他深覺羞辱。