Chen felt much the same way, and called over Hsieh Shui-yong, a consultant with the Dharma Drum Mountain Social Welfare and Charity Foundation with whom he had worked well during 2005's Southeast Asian tsunami relief effort. After huddling together in their own mini meeting, the three agreed to form a strategic alliance.
深有同感的陳士魁一聽，趕緊把曾在 2005 年南亞海嘯中合作愉快的法鼓山基金會顧問謝水庸喊過來，三方開小會協議組成「策略聯盟」，往後互相代理、不分彼此。