Encouraged by local people, the two young staff members, Wu Cheng-kun and Wu Kuo-cheng, enlarged their coverage to the neighboring towns of Shihkan, Hsinshe, Cholan, and Hoping.
後來吳鎮坤找來了也是東勢人的同班同學吳國城，並且接受地方熱心人士的積極建議，將地緣上與人文上，和東勢相近的石岡、新社、卓蘭、和平四鄉鎮，也納入採訪地區。