Goodfriend was very impressed by Niu Gur's work, and went personally to the newspaper to recruit him. He was hired under the title of "director of the office of illustration" at the JCRR. Four months later, when the JCRR evacuated to Taiwan, Niu Gur came with them.
顧福林看到牛哥的作品，相當喜歡，親自到報社求才，委以農復會「畫室主任」之職；四個月後，農復會遷移台灣，牛哥隨農復會來到台灣。