But after a year of casting about trying to find a builder he could work with to bring his ideas to fruition, he found himself dissatisfied with what he was hearing from all the construction companies. One evening during a moonlit family conference at the Tsai clan's old threshing ground, after listening to Tsai speak at length about his ideals, his brother-in-law said to him: "Just do it yourself, Gordon.
然而花了一年時間，一次次與建商討論，卻都不能讓蔡聰明滿意。某天，一家人就著月光在稻埕上開家族會議，看著蔡聰明侃侃而談著滿腔理想，姊夫於是說：「聰明，你自己動手做吧！