Lau Gan-Lan

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- No! Not my Cabbage Corp!

Lau Gan-Lan is the current owner of Cabbage Corp, the rival company of Future Industries in Republic City. He was framed by Hiroshi Sato to be the manufacturer of Equalist weaponry.

History
When the Metalbending Police Force opened an investigation into Cabbage Corp concerning the company's possible allegiance with Amon, they discovered multiple forms of indisputable evidence that pointed to this conclusion. Among that evidence were Equalist weaponry, specifically their electrical gloves, and propaganda advertising the Equalist cause, seemingly proving Lau was the one responsible for their creation. However, he was eventually proven innocent by Chief Beifong, Councilman Tenzin, and Avatar Korra when they, among others, infiltrated a secret factory beneath Hiroshi Sato's personal workshop which was revealed to be the true place of origin for the items found in Cabbage Corp's warehouse.

Trivia

 * Lau yelled "No! Not my Cabbage Corp!" when he was taken into custody by the metalbending police. This phrase is strikingly similar to the cabbage merchant's famous phrase, "My cabbages!".
 * Lau Gan-Lan is a pun on the Chinese words, meaning "old man" or "Mr." and , meaning "wild cabbage": his name could therefore be translated as "Old Man Cabbage" or "Mr. Cabbage".
 * James Sie also voiced the cabbage merchant in the original series.
 * Lau's clothing consists of various green and gold colors, much like the cabbage merchant from Avatar: The Last Airbender.