Despite the opposition of his teachers and parents, Chu insisted on pursuing his dream of painting. He chose to study fine arts and craft design at National Taiwan College of the Arts. With his habitual confidence in his abilities, he made a promise to his parents that if they could support him during the first semester, he would take full responsibility for the costs of his study after that.
在師長和父母反對聲下，不願放棄的朱魯青仍決定追尋他的繪畫夢，他選擇國立藝專美工科，並信心滿滿地向父母保證，只要幫他籌到第一學期的學費，以後所有費用由他自己承擔。