At the end of last September, Tong Lung Metal, the manufacturer of world-renowned Lucky brand locks, was reported to have defaulted on stock transactions. Within a few days, it was also reported that Chou Chi-rui, the chairman of the U-Land Group, which owns Air Philippine, the second largest airline in the Philippines, bounced a large check.
民國八十七年九月下旬，以 LUCKY 品牌喇叭鎖行銷全球的東隆五金公司驚傳股票違約交割；不出數日，剛剛才入主菲律賓第二大航空公司﹘﹘菲鷹航空、有著「台灣第一勇」之稱的瑞聯集團董事長周啟瑞也傳出跳票。