Newly married, he pushed himself into the city's upper social strata and found customers with money to spend.
Hollywood had little interest, but in 2002, the company found other customers.
Barbers brought their own stools to the streets where they found customers.
Their opium did not sell at all: only 15% of the English shipment found customers within China.
This was put into production in 1983, but at a cost of more than $100,000 it found few customers among musicians, even rock musicians.
Costly satellite telephone service, however, has found relatively few customers and the companies providing it have suffered.
Ford Australia, however, found enough customers to last to the end of the model's life.
The brand has been on the market for five years but has found few customers.
Individual models were each certified with various available engines but not all variations found customers.
A recent visit to several branches found customers in good spirits.