Hong Kong was truly a turning point in Chiu's life, but in the end he decided to return to Japan. The habits of a scion of the Taiwan gentry are a far cry, after all, from the money grubbing and get-rich-quick mentality common in Hong Kong business circles. Profits in the parcel business had dropped--there were more and more competitors--and his eldest daughter needed radiation therapy.
香港誠然是邱永漢人生中的轉捩站，可是台灣鄉紳子弟的習性和香港生意圈的急功近利、紙醉金迷畢竟格格不入；郵包生意又因為競爭的人越來越多，逐漸無利可圖，加上長女因病需要放射線治療，邱永漢決定重回日本。