China Times
After graduation Rex entered the publishing industry. He started working as a freelance editor, editor, and then the editorial director at Long Bridge Publishing. Later, he became the chief editor of 2001 Magazine, as well as the chief editor of “Productivity Magazine”. In 1988, he joined China Times Media Group (now Want Want China Times Group), where he worked as the President of China Times Publishing Company until 1996. During the eight-year tenure, he oversaw the publication of many bestsellers: The "Master" series was the first to introduce authors Milan Kundera, Haruki Murakami, and Italo Calvino to Taiwan. "Emotional Intelligence", part of the "Next" series, reached a record high of 700,000 copies sold, and the "Brain Turner" series reached six million copies sold. The company's "Red Novels" and "Blue Novels" series also included best sellers. In addition, he initiated a "picture reading" phenomenon in 1994, by introducing the fully illustrated, pocket-sized encyclopedia "Découvertes Gallimard" into Taiwan.