| BEIJING – China’s ultimate capitalist, Wi Chard Ban Sun, plans to diversify his product line of facemasks, after cracking ten million U.S. dollars in profits in only three months of business. Thanks to the outbreak of the SARS epidemic, Ban Sun’s company Facemasks Limited propelled him to the top of facemask distribution tree in East Asia.
“The sky is the limit, really,” said Ban Sun. “We have sold over ten million units already in only three months. At a dollar a unit, I’m pretty damn happy. They cost nothing to make. On Monday we will begin selling novelty facemasks bearing such slogans as ‘Have a nice day’, ‘What? Me worry?’ and ‘I’m with stupid’.” Facemasks Limited also plan to introduce a range of colours and textures differing from the average white or green surgical facemask. “The elite and powerful in China are annoyed with looking the same as the public, so there will be a range of colours introduced – pastels for the supermarket, fashion masks for downtown, glitter masks for discos, denim for hanging out, red for Communist party rallies… the list is endless.” Next in Ban Sun’s business goals is to be the preferred facemask supplier to Michael Jackson.  One of Ban Sun's new novelty masks. |
| Facemask mogul announces plans to diversify |
Sunday, 01 June 2003 12:00
