For the 60th anniversary of the Taiyang Company, Lien Chen-tung, whose family has known the Yen for four generations, was invited to make a speech, and in it he noted that such major Japanese firms as Mitsui and Mitsubishi grew under the Japanese government's coddling. Though the government discriminated against Taiyang, it was still able to compete head to head against its Japanese rivals, which was quite an accomplishment.
在台陽公司成立六十周年紀念會上，與顏家有四代交情的連震東應邀致辭時便表示，日本的三井、三菱等大資本家系在日本政府的特別保護下形成，而台陽公司在日本政府歧視下，卻仍然能夠與之分庭抗禮，一爭長短，的確不是一件容易的事。