He says that at that time the job he applied for was a basic level legal clerk. At the interview the manager knew he was a mainlander, and used Mandarin to ask him if he could speak Taiwanese. He summoned up his bravado and used faltering Taiwanese to answer "I can speak a little." He even used a few daily greetings, with rather unusual pronunciation and intonation.
他表示，當時他應徵的工作是基層的法務專員，面試時主管知道他是外省人，就用國語問他會不會講台語，他鼓起勇氣，用蹩腳的台語回答「會講一點點啦」，還秀了幾句日常問候話，怪腔怪調的，沒想到後來竟被破格錄用。