As a child, Lin Cheng-sheng would frequently awaken to the arguments of his father and grandfather. "Life is very dramatic, and my father was destined to have a similar sort of relationship with his own son." Bitterness between the generations over thwarted ambitions ended up characterizing the relationship between Lin and his father too.
對小時候常在祖父、父親吵架聲中醒來的林正盛來說，「生命非常戲劇性，父子宿命一模一樣」，上一代難解的仇恨，竟然又延續到他和父親的關係上。