Next business opportunity is helping him collect royalties
It is not an exaggeration to say that many mainlanders prefer to seek out speculative investment opportunities and engage in opportunistic behaviour to make a fast buck rather than wait for more conservative investments to bear fruit.
How else can we explain the phenomenon of people making money from a beggar?
Meet Brother Sharp, the mainland's first 'beggar prince'.
The 34-year-old homeless man, whose real name is Cheng Guorong, has unwittingly become a fashion icon. His good looks have won him tens of thousands of online fans not just on the mainland but also in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan.
Cheng rose to stardom after someone posted his photos on the internet, showing him sporting a bohemian grunge look, with unkempt hair and cigarette in hand, roaming the streets of Ningbo in Zhejiang province.