His girlfriend at the time (now his wife) was the editor of the variety pages at the United Daily News. She, too, was fed up with the system and wanted to get into something creative, so she left her job as well.
而當年女友（現在的老婆）也在聯合報擔任繽紛版主編一職，同樣厭惡體制，想走創作之路，也跟著離職。