Chapter 1

My name is Xu Jian. I am 35 years old and work as a reporter for a television station. Because I am diligent and willing to take risks and endure hardship, I have accumulated considerable wealth. Over the years as a reporter, I’ve faced life-threatening situations numerous times. For instance, I’ve gone undercover to secretly film illegal coal mines and brick kilns, and I’ve ventured into deep, remote forests to document illegal logging. If I had to pinpoint the most dangerous time, it would be when I was filming the illegal deforestation in the Fuyuan forest farm. The location was deep in the wilderness, uninhabited for over a hundred miles. I was eventually discovered by the illegal loggers and traffickers and had to flee alone through the dense forest for miles, nearly getting caught. If they had caught me, I would have been killed there in the deep woods, with no one ever knowing. I wandered in the forest for three days and three nights, getting lost, running out of water and food, and becoming completely exhausted. Fortunately, an old man who was gathering mushrooms and pine nuts rescued me. Even now, looking back sends a chill down my spine. However, my salary and bonuses are substantial—one could say they were earned by risking my life.…