When Lin was 18, he graduated from vocational high school. Business was tepid, and his father disliked his hired goldsmith, who put on airs, so he asked his son to learn the craft.
十八歲那年，林啟豐剛從商職畢業，由於生意應接不暇，父親不願常遭店內師傅拿蹺刁難，乾脆要求兒子學做金飾。