He managed to set up his own bamboo-weaving factory, and made frequent trips on business to the official trading ports. The smart and enterprising lad was soon taken in as the adopted son of an important Spanish official, who later became governor of Manila, and the name "Chen Jin'ge" eventually came to be known far and wide.
幾經努力，阿錦成立了一家竹器廠，因為生意需要，經常往來菲國對外通商口岸，同時因才幹精明、性格豪邁被西班牙督辦收為義子。之後義父成為馬尼拉總督，陳錦戈的名字也跟著傳開。