Seeing his influence in society, the Japanese approached him with both the stick and the carrot, finally offering him a permit to sell opium, tobacco and alcohol to get him to accept an appointment by the Taiwan Governor General's Office.
日本政府為了藉助其社會影響力，使盡了威脅利誘的手段，最後還將鴉片、菸酒專賣的許可證雙手奉上，只要他願意出任台灣總督府所委派的官職。