He sailed across the sea to Jakarta, Indonesia (formerly known as Dutch east India Batavia) at 16 years old. He once worked as a helper, opened trading company,~~~ and ~~~exploited tin ore mining,~~~ and ~~~finally became a leading wealth among overseas Chinese. From then on, he served as governmental officer as well as business owner,~~~ and ~~~began his official career. He once served as Consul of the Qing Dynasty in Penang Pulau, consul-general in Singapore~~~ and ~~~other high ranking posts. In order to promote the industry of motherland, he successively invested YueHan Railway, Chaoshan Railway, Guangsan Railway, etc.,~~~ and ~~~founded Shandong Yantai Changyu Wine Company, so he is known as “the father of Chinese wine”.