The first payment was an encouraging NT $ 400, more than the small monthly allowance allowed him by the military, and so afterward he did more translation.
如此寄了幾次之後，終於被錄用，首次稿費四百元，比公家給他一個月的零用金還多，這給了他很大的鼓勵，從此更加努力翻譯。