After the family moved to Taiwan, his father at first taught English at the Taipei Municipal First Girls 'High School. Then he opened up a business with some partners, but was cheated out of his life savings.
來台後，他先在北一女中教英文，後辭去教職，跟人合夥做貿易，一下子就給合夥人騙去所有的積蓄。