Since he was not highly educated and did not have the strength to do heavy work, Wang decided to travel the streets of Taipei on a tricycle looking for discarded materials to sell as salvage.
剛開始時，拾荒工作進行的並不順利，人們總帶著懷疑的眼光看他，而且他本身又是風濕、寒濕、神經衰弱三病纏身。