Sun's mother told Chen not to let his bride get drawn into opera, and Chen, as the only member of his clan not working in the opera company, reassured her that it was out of the question-especially given Sun's weak command of Taiwanese, which audiences could only find off-putting.
當時，孫媽媽對陳勝福的交代是，不准讓孫翠鳳回戲班演戲。而明華園家族唯一不在戲班工作的陳勝福則拍拍胸脯的保證，以孫翠鳳那一口蹩腳的台語，明華園怕她砸了招牌都來不及呢。