Since "large rewards bring out heroism," from this point on the tea growing areas competed to make the production of wonderfully aromatic teas their first priority. Chang Chih-yang of the Chang Hsieh Hsing tea shop in Mucha recalls the intense competition of those times.
木柵張協興茶行的張智揚還記得當時「比賽茶」競爭激烈的情形。