If it had not been for the fact that there were plans to construct a reservoir in Meinung, he would not have met Charlie Sung, and there would not have been an environmentalist group called the Yellow Butterfly Valley Protectors. His life after the age of 26 also would not have found its fulfillment on his own home ground.
如果不是發生了美濃要蓋水庫這件事，他也不會認識宋廷棟，也不會有「八色鳥工作室」，他廿六歲以後的人生，也不會在自己的土地上找到答案。