One day the Lin family's steward Hsu Ping called to see Wu San-lien, and told him in a roundabout way that his master, in his business dealings, had to call on the government for assistance from time to time. As Wu was receiving a scholarship from his master, it was really not appropriate for him to be acting in opposition to the government ....
有一天，林家大掌櫃許丙把他找去，很委婉地告訴他：大少爺做事業難免要政府幫忙，他給你獎學金，你卻在做反對政府的事，實在不太妥當。