Chang was just a foot soldier and had no idea how to submit something to a publisher, so he let the squad leader handle everything. Soon thereafter, his poem appeared in the "War Stories" section of the Taiwan Xinsheng newspaper. The NT $ 15 the paper paid for submissions was a good deal more than his NT $ 12-per-month salary!
小卒張拓蕪哪裡知道投稿是什麼，一切都由班長代勞，沒多久他寫的小詩忽然變成方塊字登在「台灣新生報」的「戰士園地」，稿費 15 元，比他當時的月薪 12 元還多！