For three years straight, Lin's documentaries won top honors in the China Times Express competition. In 1993, the Government Information Office sponsored an event calling for a short feature film. Lin Cheng-sheng entered a story about a family, The Family Jewels, and won a grant to make the film.
一九九三年，新聞局電影年活動對外徵選劇情短片，林正盛以家族故事《傳家寶》得到拍片機會。