Then in 1979--the year of the Kaohsiung Incident--Chen, not even 30 at the time, opened Tonsan Publications with just NT $ 300,000 in capital. Five years later, he opened the first branch of the bookstore on Hsinsheng South Road.
1979 年「美麗島事件」發生那年，當時不到 30 歲的陳隆昊，以 30 萬元的微薄資金，成立了唐山出版社；5 年後書店的第一個門市，才在新生南路一帶成立。