CY@CY Says Welcome to my dreamscape. Where a Lim is also a Ling.
It’s the real thing. No, I am not talking about Coca-Cola. Welcome to the fresh side of life : Chen Guangbiao Good Man.
China has a huge air pollution problem, but while authorities seem to be lackadaisical about tackling it, billionaire Chen Guanbiao, aka “Brother Biao”, is trying to heighten public awareness in a very original way. Billionaire Chen Guangbiso, the CEO of a resource recycling company and a philanthropist, recently launched a line of canned fresh air collected from provinces and regions with little pollution, such as Qinghai, Sichuan, Yunnan, Jinggang Mountain and Tibet in southwest and northwest China. The product is called “Chen Guangbiao Good Man”.
"Chen Guangbiao Good Man" canned fresh air
Chen explains that the main inventor of this canned fresh air is himself and that there is a computer microchip within each pull-top can. While filling the can with air, the operator need only swing his hand three times, and when the air is swung into the can reaches the required target, the computer chip reacts and automatically seals the can, with the oxygen within each can being equivalent to 5 oxygen tanks in the hospital.
Chen Guangbiao
The “Chen Guangbiao Good Man” air is being sold at 4 yuan (63 US cents) to 5 yuan each. Chen will be donating part of the proceeds to the Chinese military, to support their effort in defending the Diaoyu Islands. And if that wasn’t enough t convince people to buy his canned air, he also told them to hold on to the empty cans, as he will buy them back in 10 years, for about$7 each.
Canned fresh air
Sources report that, most likely because of this announcement, the “Chen Guangbiao Good Man” cans sold out soon after they hit the shelves.
One only has to open the can, put the nose close to the can to breathe deeply. There is a chip in the can, and during the “packaging process”, when the negative oxygen ions reach a certain concentration the lid is triggered by the chip and closed. And since the air is compressed, it stays inside the can even without a lid. The special technology makes sure the air packed up in these cans is compressed to such an extent that it stays within its designated perimeter even after the lid is removed.
Let's enjoy the real thing ......a can of fresh air!
However not everyone is convinced.
“Who can ensure the air was collected in Shangri-La?” said resident Shi Tingting, 27, from Chaoyang district.
“Is the fresh air really better than what we breathe every day?” said Wang Fu, a Beijing resident. “I’d rather go to the countryside for a walk than buy it.”
Many people are also questioning the ownership of air and Chen’s right to sell it.