In 1997, Lin Ping-sheng's younger brother Lin Chien-hsiung joined Hong Chi Food. Trained in marketing, Lin Chien-hsiung once went on a fact-finding business trip to Shanghai.
一九九七年，林炳生的小弟林建雄加入弘奇公司，原本就是行銷管理出身的林建雄，在一次大陸市場考察中首次到了上海。