Fifteen years later, he was still trying to scrape together enough cash to keep things afloat. After barely surviving this period of hardship, finally in 1985 the crunch came and company checks started to bounce, creating a certain amount of dismay in Taiwan's business community.
進入家族企業前 15 年的日子裡，陶傳正每天一進公司就忙著調頭寸，久久苦撐之後，更在民國 74 年跳票，引起商界譁然。「那種日子，真的不好過！」