In 1972, his brother Chen Dingji, who worked in export-import, got to know the president of Japan ’ s Eko Corporation, which was involved in the manufacture of dyes. Dingji came to think that dye manufacture represented a good business opportunity and invited his older brother D.C. Chen to invest with him.
1972 年，做貿易的弟弟陳定吉因結識日本生產染料的「永光株式會社」宮門城社長，認為染料是門好生意，來邀三哥合資創業。