A-fu’s resume 
      “A-fu went for the chief of village election and wined a landslide victory over his opponent by 1090 votes vs. 440 votes. “It only took me NT$20,000~30,000 for the election. The victory was really surprising. And I am the first one with more than 1,000 votes in the history of our village, showing voters’ expectation for me was really high,” he said proudly.
       “The influence of A-fu’s Bookstore was tangible during the election. “When I knocked at the doors in our neighborhood and introduce myself, no one cared about me. But when I introduced myself as the owner of A-fu’s bookstore, people greeted me warmly. It was really beyond my expectation that A-fu’s Bookstore was so influential,” said A-fu.

In order to devote himself to the service of the community, he quitted his job despite there were only three years to go before he could retire with a pension of NT$5 million. His ideal was to build a peaceful community filled with the charm of books. Everyone could buy books at discount in his bookstore. He wishes to promote the culture of the community.     One big difficulty before him now is that the house owner wants to sell the house. But A-fu is still optimistic and believes his dream of making the children enjoy a colorful childhood could survive the crisis.
-Support from family--      A-fu’s wife, a kind and warm-hearted woman always ready to help others, was A-fu’s former colleague before they got married. Upon our question that why you were so supportive to A-fu’s dream, she answered with a smile that “because he is a good man. He was a volunteer worker for the disadvantage groups then. We always had the best performance in the charity sales because of our dedication. All those money went to the charity funds.”
“A-fu’s somewhat unrealistic dream makes the bookstore not profitable at all. How do they manage their economic difficulty? “Just make every coin count. We are not as poor as those described in newspapers, who are in dire want of helps. We just enjoy having people come to visit the bookstore, and buy books if possible. We will continue to donate books so that children living in remote areas could enjoy reading too,” said she in a casual way.      A-fu’s wife remembered when the house owner came to reclaim the house. “We were very nervous at that time and discussed the matter for a few days. The land owner told us he wanted to reclaim the house at the lease expired at May. A-fu asked around to find another house. He found one at Hehe Piano store, but the land owner changed his mind for higher rent. So we had to persuade the current land owner to change his mind. Finally we succeeded. We are thinking of buying the house with mortgage to avoid such problem.”  When asked about her opinion for A-fu’s being the chief of the village, she showed her support and told us confidently “that he could do the work well.”