Taiwan's economy was growing by leaps and bounds, and the pious, after making some money, would go to temples and fulfill their promises to the gods by bedecking them with gold and silver. Orders for silver hats poured in. Lin hired more silversmiths, and even his wife and his son, then in junior high school, helped out.
當時正值台灣經濟起飛，虔誠的信眾賺了錢就到廟裡還願、給神明穿金戴銀，各廟宇訂製銀帽的訂單如雪片般飛來，林啟豐除了聘請多位師傅外，連太太和就讀國中的兒子都來幫忙。