(CNA, Taipei, 17th, by reporter Wang Pao-er) Poet and novelist Li Min-yong has recently been releasing his "Island Witnesses" series, featuring people he knows as protagonists to reveal the cultural will necessary for Taiwan's democratic development. His new work, "Tsai-san: A Novel of Tsai Kun-lin," was launched today, weaving a historical narrative through the intersection of their lives. Li Min-yong and Tsai Kun-lin met while both were employed at the Cathay Group. In "Tsai-san," Li transforms into "Mr. Li," beginning the novel with his experience attending a memorial concert for "Tsai-san" Tsai Kun-lin. The story of Tsai's life is interwoven with different segments of the concert, presenting Tsai Kun-lin as Li saw him. Li stated that, compared to other works about Tsai Kun-lin, he presents Tsai from a more personal and literary perspective: a political victim of the White Terror who later joined a corporate group, connected many cultural enterprises, and became a human rights activist after retirement. Li mentioned many interesting events during their time at the Cathay Group, such as Tsai Kun-lin facilitating the publication of the "21st Century Color Encyclopedia" and launching "Nung Nung" magazine. As the director of the Cathay Art Museum, Tsai organized the "Exhibition of 20th Century Spanish Masters." The exhibition's planner, painter Lin Hsin-yueh, had to travel extensively, and his plane accidentally entered Soviet airspace, which became major news at the time. Later, the "Tenth Credit Cooperative scandal" broke out, implicating Tsai Kun-lin and leaving him in debt. Tsai Kun-lin's son, Tsai Yen-lung, recalled today that his family voted on what to do, and one option was for his father to return to Kuo Hwa Advertising, where he worked until retirement. Tsai Yen-lung said that many of the scenes and eras described in "Tsai-san" were part of his own experience. For instance, when his father had to work on holidays, he would take the children to the office. H