Jia Yongjie was also named as the mayor of Taipei, and Shen Boyang’s shocking list was revealed before he qualified.

The Taipei mayoral candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party, Shen Boyang, has recently set off an "ocean current" craze. However, looking back at the capital's mayoral nomination process at the beginning of this year, there were divergent opinions on the candidate within the party, and even Taipei 101 Chairman Chia Yongjie was named.

The "Truth Dialogue" hosted by Hong Peixiang recently launched the special topic "Don't you think your own people are optimistic? Can't even shake hands? How did Shen Boyang fight for Taipei's comeback victory?", interviewing DPP Taipei City Councilors Yan Ruofang, Hong Jianyi, and legislator Chen Peiyu, to restore the inside story of Shen Boyang before qualifying. Yan Ruofang revealed that at that time, the Democratic Progressive Party had quite a few candidates for mayor of Taipei, including legislators Wang Shijian and Wu Siyao, Executive Yuan Vice President Cheng Lijun, Democratic Progressive Party Secretary-General Xu Guoyong, and even Executive Director Zhuo Rongtai. They were all mentioned, and she was told to "change their names every week." The most surprising thing among them was that Taipei 101 Chairman Jia Yongjie was also named.

Before Shen Boyang qualified, there were many opinions on the Democratic Progressive Party's candidate for Taipei mayor. Zheng Lijun, Wu Siyao and others were mentioned.

Yan Ruofang analyzed that Taipei City has long had a political landscape in which blue is greater than green. If the DPP wants to win the election, it must break through its existing supporters and win over middle voters. She believes that the more traditional politicians are, the harder it may be to attract middle votes in Taipei City, so potential candidates with different backgrounds will continue to appear.

Until Shen Boyang's name came to the surface, the local people's generation was not full of confidence at first. Yan Ruofang pointed out that Shen Boyang was often labeled as anti-communist, Taiwanese independence, and Black Bear College in the past. Some voters’ impressions of him were limited to national security issues, and they even believed that he would cause panic. In particular, some voters in Taipei City had a deep negative impression of him, which made local legislators worried that it would be difficult to win the center vote.

Hong Jianyi also admitted that Shen Boyang's local reputation at the time was not necessarily higher than that of the current congressman, and the outside world was not optimistic about his nomination in the early stage. However, he revealed that he had different judgments about Shen Boyang. He recalled telling the outside world at the time: "You famous people are saying that he is not good, but I think he will be the last one." He even humorously emphasized that "I found it first", jokingly saying that he had already seen that Shen Boyang might qualify.

Chia Yongjie was indeed asked in March this year whether she would run for mayor of Taipei, but she publicly stated at that time that she had no intention of running.