Lee spent two years checking out a number of tea-growing areas in China, and finally chose his ancestral birthplace, Zhangpu County, as the site for his new venture. He has put all his effort into the last campaign of his life: "Make it a success, and never countenance failure."
去大陸前，他花了 2 年時間深入探訪中國各茶區，選定了祖籍地漳州漳浦作為根據地後，便有如過河卒子般，義無反顧地投入他「只許成功，不許失敗」的人生最後一役。