At 18, he went to Taipei to work. His brother-in-law, who was working in a theater in Hsimenting, asked him to work there too. Huang didn't need to be asked twice. He jumped into the industry feet first, starting off as a gopher delivering and storing reels.
18 歲時，他來台北吃頭路，在西門町經營戲院排片的姐夫找他去幫忙，他二話不說，一頭栽進這個行業，從送片、寄片、拿片的小弟做起。