When asked who he would most like to meet, Wu Ronggen unexpectedly replied, "Deng Li-chun." At the time, when many mainland listeners turned on their shortwaves, they would have had no problem recognizing the melodious voice of pop singer Deng Li-chun, whom they called "Taiwan's Little Deng."
舉例來說，民國七十一年反共義士吳榮根駕機來歸，當時有人問他來台灣最想見誰，出乎意料，吳榮根說最想見：「鄧麗君」。當時不少大陸聽眾就從短波中認識了這位歌聲甜美的「台灣小鄧」。