Chen Pu-lei, who once served as an aide to Chiang Kai-shek, wrote editorials at Shangpao during the 1920s. Fearless of the powerful and the wealthy, and never backing away from stating the truth, Chen had an elegant writing style. He is famous for saying, "If the editorial writer isn't getting sued, he's not doing a good job."
而曾任蔣介石文膽的陳布雷，一九二○年代在「商報」撰寫社論期間，不畏權貴，言所當言，文筆流暢、擲地有聲，他更說出：「主筆不吃官司，不是好主筆」的名言。