Assuming that the 30,000 Chinese were ever a reality to start...

Assuming that the 30,000 Chinese were ever a reality to start with. More likely the 30,000 Chinese sales representatives were part of a
conglomerate that marketed a whole bunch of products from anyone that subscribed to the service. From my reading I think this pump up the
excitement of NET strategy happened a few times with some Indian US and some Californian wholesaler of software as well.