Lai, Bei-Yuan is known as Taiwan's Tree King. Over 30 years ago he left his family's successful shipping business and began buying large areas of land in the mountains of Dasyueshan in Taichung. And on this land he planted trees—over a quarter of a million of them!

But what made Lai decide to spend over NT$2 billion buying land to plant trees? Lai says that the customers he used to serve as part of his day job were all in businesses that polluted the earth. He felt that he needed to do something to restore the earth's life energy.

The trees Lai plants are all types that can grow for a thousand years or more! They help hold the soil together and keep water flowing through the earth.

Some of these trees produce very expensive wood. But Lai has a policy of not allowing anyone to cut down his trees, even though he could make a lot of money from it.

As long as the Tree King is around, his forest will be safe.

賴倍元有「台灣樹王」之稱，30多年前，他離開經營有成的貨運家族事業，開始在台中大雪山購買大面積的土地並種植樹木，數量竟超過25萬棵！

但是，賴先生為什麼決定以超過20億台幣的金額來購地種樹？他說，以往他工作時所服務的客戶，都是汙染地球的企業，他覺得自己必須有所行動，來恢復地球的生機。

賴先生所種植的樹木均可生長一千年以上！此類樹木能穩固土壤，有助於水土保持。

部分樹木可生產要價高昂的木材，但賴先生的原則是，絕不容許任何人砍伐他的樹木，儘管他可從中獲利不少。

只要樹王還在的一天，他的樹林就會安然無恙。