But Wang's activism also earned him not a few enemies and a mixed reception during his second term.
二任市長任內，王玉雲為高市畫出雛形，奠下發展成「大」高雄的基礎；也因他說到做到的「硬漢」作風，得罪不少人，加上競選牽涉到的派系恩怨，真稱得上是「毀譽參半」。變賣「祖產」的「不肖子」？王玉雲自己對這些「毀」卻不在意。