After the presidential election in 1996, the cabinet reshuffle took unusually long. Beginning with appointment of Jason Hu, previously director of the Government Information Office, to head the Coordination Council for North American Affairs (a post akin to ambassador to America), Huang Yu-chen beat the competition to scoop after scoop. He took home hundreds of thousands of NT dollars in bonuses alone.
八十五年總統大選完後，行政院內閣改組醞釀的時間特別長，聯合報從發佈當時新聞局長胡志強將任駐美代表第一個獨家消息後，內閣改組的人事新聞一路領先，那一年光是獎金，黃玉振就領了幾十萬元。