He recalls: "The company president at the time, Chin Mao-hui was very straightforward. As soon as he heard that the project would use up furnace slag he promptly agreed to donate the NT $ 100 million that would be saved in transportation and disposal charges."
「當時中鋼董事長金懋輝非常爽快，一聽到南星計畫可以消化爐石，馬上同意將節省下來的運費、處理費一億元捐出來」，林江山回憶說，有了先例，他們接著把目標鎖定台電，結果台電也解囊一億。