The bureau gave them a subsidy of NT $ 540,000 per hectare to get them started. Taiwan's total vineyard area of 5200 hectares was reduced by half. Hung Chi-pei had no alternative but to cut down more than 1000 vines, half of which were 40 years old.
當時，全台灣的葡萄園從 5,200 多公頃驟減至一半，洪吉倍也在莫可奈何的情況下，砍除了全園一千多棵，其中一半是 40 年樹齡的老葡萄樹。