Zing Tsjeng

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5,630 appearances 21 recordings 9 series first heard May 2026 last heard 21 Sep

Zing Tsjeng’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Good Bad Billionaire · Tao Huabi: Crispy chilli godmother · 27 Jul 2026 podcast

She operated Lao Gan Ma under an ethos of no tax evasion, no loans, no debt, no public listing.

And she consistently maintained the cash on delivery model, which means that, you know, I want to get paid.

I'll pay my suppliers when I get my staff and you have to pay me when I deliver rather than having credit terms or I'll pay you in 90 days, which is much more common.

Yeah, counterfeiting is one of those things that was characterised in the emergence of lots of Chinese companies.

In the early 2000s, she began to expand the business internationally, exporting her chilli sauce to North America, to Australia, Europe, South Africa and the rest of Southeast Asia.

And overseas, the product could cost up to 10 times more than in China.

And she's quoted as having said, I like this, I'm Chinese, I don't make money off Chinese people.

I want to sell Lao Gan Ma to foreign countries and make money off foreigners.

Good for you.

And for many Chinese students studying abroad, Lao Gan Ma was actually a bit of a reminder of home, a cure for homesickness.

Much like a sort of jar of Branson pickle for a Brit living abroad.

I think it probably does.

I don't know.

I did live abroad for a while.

Whenever my family came out, I'd get them to bring a jar of something or other.

Now, as we mentioned in the beginning of this, Dara was illiterate.

She used to use circles to represent her signature until she was taught how to write her name.

She needed the financial statements read to her, which she would memorise.

Fortunately, this was still very much a family business, so her son was on hand to help.

And, of course, she had very sharp mental arithmetic from her days selling vegetables.

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