Shen Jung-yu originally planned to return the books to the publisher, but the company was prepared to pay only NT $ 50 per copy for returned books. Shen then decided to follow in the footsteps of the Japanese 100-yen bookshops by selling the "soaked books" and "old stock" for NT $ 69 each.
沈榮裕原本想退書給出版社，但出版社只肯以五十元一本買回，於是他決定仿效日本百元商店，將「泡水書」、「庫存書」以六十九元的價格出售。