But when you know that the idea originated from Central Daily News editorial chief Shih Yung-kuei, who used to be TTV's general manager, the reason becomes clear. Having presided over a very popular matchmaking program in his television days, when he came to the newspaper he felt that the mass media should perform social services and thus designed the column.
但若知道構想的源起：中央日報社長石永貴，就可能恍然大悟﹘﹘曾擔任台灣電視公司總經理的他，在任內籌劃電視徵婚節目「我愛紅娘」，連續多年保持高收視率；到了報社之後，他一本初衷，認為大眾傳播媒體應擔負社會服務的使命，便又構思了這個專欄。