Xin'an Evening News Anhui Network Dawan News On December 15, writer Zheng Yuanjie posted on Weibo that "Fairy Tale King", which has been published for 36 years, will be suspended in January 2022. "Fairy Tale King", which has published many well-known fairy tale images, is a childhood memory of many people, and the news of the suspension of publication has also made many readers feel unwilling. Zheng Yuanjie said that the reason for the suspension of publication was that he had to defend his rights against as many as 600 trademarks that infringed intellectual property rights, and he had limited energy and could only stop writing.
It will be discontinued after 36 years of its inception
On December 15, writer Zheng Yuanjie posted on Weibo, "The Fairy Tale King magazine, which was founded in 1985, will stop publishing in January 2022." For many readers of "Fairy Tale King", this sentence undoubtedly left a heavy stone in their childhood.
Shuk, Beta, Pipilu, Rusisi... These almost household-known fairy tale images are the childhood memories of many people. Zheng Yuanjie's Weibo introduced that he "wrote the monthly magazine "Fairy Tale King" for 36 years, with a total sales volume of 200 million copies, which is a world record." Zheng Yuanjie is also known as the "Fairy Tale King".
Zheng Yuanjie said that the "Fairy Tale King" magazine grew up with five generations of Chinese readers after 70, 80, 90, 00 and 10, and millions of readers met him through the monthly magazine "Fairy Tale King", wrote to him, and became friends with him. For 36 years, he got up at 4:30 a.m. every day to write the monthly magazine "Fairy Tale King", without a single day interruption. For Zheng Yuanjie, the suspension of "Fairy Tale King" made him feel sad and regretful.
Limited energy due to rights protection
So, why did "Fairy Tale King" stop publishing? In fact, a month ago, on November 15, Zheng Yuanjie posted an article on Weibo titled "A Letter from Zheng Yuanjie to Three Trademarks". He said, "I created the well-known literary character Pipilu in 1981, the well-known literary character Shuk in 1982, and the fairy tale king magazine, which only published my work in 1985. The three of you registered the Pipilu, Fairy Tale King, and Shuker trademarks in bad faith without my permission in 2010, 2011, and 2009, respectively. ”
Zheng Yuanjie introduced in this article that one of the three trademarks is used to sell Pippilu brand pork skin meat, one is used for an e-commerce platform "Fairy Tale King Flagship Store" to sell children's clothing, and another company uses the Shuker trademark to sell underwear. Zheng Yuanjie said that the road to rights protection is very difficult, often a trademark infringement of intellectual property rights rights protection takes several years, and in addition to these three trademarks, there are 672 infringing trademarks waiting for him to protect his rights.
Therefore, Zheng Yuanjie said in the article, "I want to say sorry to the millions of readers and friends who have supported the monthly magazine "Fairy Tale King" for 36 years, sorry that I have limited energy at the age of 66, and I can only devote all my energy to fighting with the 7197328 Pipiru trademark, the 8229932 fairy tale king trademark, and the 5423972 Shuk trademark by stopping writing the monthly "Fairy Tale King" monthly magazine. In this letter, Zheng Yuanjie said that "Fairy Tale King" will be suspended.
Many readers expressed reluctance
Under Zheng Yuanjie's Weibo, many readers expressed their reluctance in the comments.
Some people are nearly 40 years old, still remember to accompany themselves to spend their primary school time in the "Fairy Tale King", "when I was a child, a fairy tale king accompanied me to spend my elementary school time, the bedside table was full, now nearly 40 years old, although the memory has been washed away by time, but the fairy tale king is still my irreplaceable memory." ”
Some people see Pipilu as a good friend in childhood, "If there was a good friend in childhood, then he must be Pipilu." To this day, I also fantasize about whether there will be a secret button in the closet of my own house, and after pressing it, there is a mysterious staircase that leads to the three mysterious doors. ”
Some people expect their children to watch "Fairy Tale King" like themselves, "Uncle Zheng, I grew up watching your Fairy Tale King, from the second grade of primary school until the graduation of junior high school, every issue must be bought." My child will be able to read The Fairy Tale King by himself in three years, and it would be nice if he could grow up watching your Fairy Tale King! ”
Xin'an Evening News Anhui Network Dawan News Reporter Cao Qing (Picture from Zheng Yuanjie Weibo)
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