Chang had little choice but to go back to the army, looking for any opening available. He called himself Wang Youcai, then Zhang Zirong. One day, when a special agent asked him what the hell his actual name was, he said his surname was Chang (" Zhang "in Hanyu Pinyin), but he couldn't remember his given name.
張時雄只好又回到軍隊，哪個單位有缺他就去頂，叫過王友才，叫過張子容，有天特務長問他到底姓甚名啥，他說姓張但名字忘了，反正他老早想把「時雄」這充滿反諷意味的名字埋了。