Several Amis from Chenggong who were about the same age decided to go north to find work in Keelung Harbor, but he chose to rely on his uncle's help to find work on a long-range fishing boat sailing out of Kaohsiung.
成功鎮上幾位同齡族人，選擇到北部的基隆港工作，他則投靠高雄的叔叔，投入遠洋漁業。