Wild 1979: From Hunting and Fishing to Literary Greatness

Chen Tuo had finally made a name for himself as a producer, only to meet with an accident during an extreme-cold challenge in Northeast China organized by an investor.

Reborn in 1979 at a settlement for educated youth in the forest region of the Great Northern Wilderness, he became an unregistered youth sent away to the countryside.

He had no chance to return to the city and no prospects of finding work.

Food was scarce, and firewood was hard to come by.

He had no choice but to face the extreme cold alone, for real.

One man in one wooden cabin brought to mind Hai Zi’s vision of facing the sea and refusing to be a beast of burden.

As it turned out, a different path lay open before him.

Chen Tuo turned his fishing and hunting experiences, one after another, into blocks of text in newspapers and magazines.

The extreme snowstorms of the Great Northern Wilderness, and the ups and downs of a life spent fishing and hunting.

How could ambitious young people learn about the Great Northern Wilderness through words alone? Only by experiencing it for themselves could they truly feel the warmth between the lines.

Starting tomorrow, I’ll be a person…

The most literate hunter.

The fisherman earning the biggest royalties.

The writer with the best aim.

The young guide with the toughest skills…