In 1947 he tested into a job translating international news for Shanghai's Ta Kung Pao. In 1948 Ta Kung Pao was resituated in Hong Kong, and Jin Yong moved there as well.
一九四七年他考取上海「大公報」國際新聞翻譯的工作，一九四八年「大公報」在香港復刊，他被派到香港來。