There he passed on the secrets of his success to a "Master Yi Tu." The nine-year-old Hung Lai-wang loved to hang around Master Yi Tu, doing odd jobs and learning to make lion heads. Despite his family's exhortations to concentrate on his studies, young Hung was much more enamored of the workshop.
當時 9 歲的洪來旺，經常跟在「義塗師」身邊打雜、學捏獅頭，儘管家人勸誡他需以學業為重，但洪來旺仍樂此不疲。