During one of his buying trips, Lee studied the development of stationery, painting and art education in Japan and was deeply impressed. He realized that only by producing high quality and low-cost stationery and painting instruments could local literary and art education be boosted.
在這次的旅行中，他對日本文具與畫具的生產，和美術教育的普及，有極深刻的印象，他突然有一個認識：如果要發展國內的美術教育，並提高國內的藝術水準，勢必得從自行大量生產價廉物美的文具和畫具做起。