A Tatung beer plant never materialized, but Duan pressed on, offering a general studies course (it has since become a graduate-level course) on beer production and culture at Tatung in two different semesters.
日後大同雖因故未建成啤酒廠，段國仁卻開了兩學期的「釀酒工業與文化」通識課（現已改為研究所的專業課程），溫立國也報名修課，倆人從此結為釀酒事業上的最佳「師徒檔」。