When he finally passed the college entrance examination, all his family could afford to help him was a small suitcase and a ticket to Taipei. With the help of a journalist at the Taiwan Shin Sheng Daily News, Chen was able to collect enough to pay for his tuition, however.
但家人費盡張羅，傾其所有，僅夠替他買只小皮箱，以及一張北上的火車票，而開學的日期已迫在眉睫了。有位新生報地方版的記者，知道陳朝寶的困境後，極力為他奔走，總算把註冊費湊了出來。