Two performance troupes in Keelung were among the first to hear of his gongs and come looking for them. Each bought a gong for the then-astronomical sum of 1,200 yuan, which was enough to buy three expensive Japanese bicycles.
首先聞風而至的是基隆的聚樂社以及台北的金天社，兩個社團各自以一千兩百元的天價買下一面銅鑼。在那個年代，這筆錢可以買到三台日本狐狸牌的腳踏車，可知林午銅鑼的受歡迎程度。