At the age of 32, he decided to turn the management of his company over to his elder brother and headed to New York to study English at Columbia University. He had very little English when he first arrived in the US. Uncomfortable with restaurants because he couldn't read menus, he ate fast food for three months straight. The experience only made him still more determined to learn.
32 歲那年，他決定放手一搏，把公司交給兄長經營後，先到美國紐約哥倫比亞大學進修英文打基礎，初到美國時英文程度幾乎是零，還因看不懂菜單不敢上餐館，連吃了 3 個月的速食，卻也更激發他努力學習的決心。