The moment I hold both pens in hands, I prefer the JL 630 over the Majohn P139.
I notice the continuous discussions over confusing of various naming of Junlai/Wing Sung product, so I managed to get contact with the owner of the Junlai/Wing Sung, Mr. Heming Zhang to understand the naming logic. He shared the development of the company, which make more sense to the various naming appearing on pens.
In chronological order, some of the names of the years were found on either historical or current products:
1947 - Wing Sung founded in Shanghai
2003 - original Hero was bankrupted and taken over by a state run fund, thereby founded the Hero Group. Wing Sung Branding and stock was under control of Hero Group in the approximate same time.
2004 - Shanghai Green Stationery Co., Ltd was founded.
2012 - Hero Group sold 14 trucks of new old stock to Shanghai Green.
2013 - Shanghai Green Stationary registered the trade name of "JunL 君来 (straight English translation: King Decent, or Gentleman Decent“. Shanghai Green also bought the first 5 year license of using the "Wing Sung 6 series" brand from Hero.
2015 - Shanghai Green started online sales, selling new old stock from Hero Group.
2018 - Shanghai Green renewed the license of "Wing Sung 6 series" for another ten years to 2028.
It was a decision from Hero Group that the "Wing Sung 6 Series" license will not be renewed in due course. Heming therefore is planning a gradual replacing of own brand "JunL" with "Wing Sung". The "Wing Sung" components will still run while stock lasts.
What a story and I hope that could clarify the matter.
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