"Small business is afraid of food but not of interest" is a famous saying of Henderson Land Development's Lee Henderson in Cantonese.

The original meaning is: A small business is afraid of losing money, but not afraid of interest.

The corresponding saying is "big businessmen are afraid of interest but not food", that is: big businessmen are afraid of the interest on bank loans.

More detailed explanation: This sentence is in line with the principles of economics and is related to marginal cost in economics. Marginal cost is the cost after deducting fixed costs. The greater the output, the smaller the marginal cost, that is As the saying goes, economies of scale. The marginal cost of small business itself is very low, and the more output, the higher the cost may be.