The early days of the company are recalled by brother number seven, Hong Yao-pang, "None of the jewel companies believed we could produce synthetic diamonds.
談到創業的情形，負責業務的老七洪堯邦回憶說：「那時台灣的珠寶公司都不相信我們有能力生產人造鑽石，為跑業務，不知碰了多少釘子！」