But to avoid conflicts of interest, he never held a show in the ROC, and no one associated the artist Chao Er-dai with the businessman Chao Tung-ho.
其實細想從前，當時認為過不去的，不都過了；認為無法捨棄的，也都捨棄了。」他說：「在剩下無多的餘年裡，我要用我閒時，遣我閒情，得我閒意。」他與老伴避居郊區，自炊而食，自掃庭院。