Their works still sell very well, but, when you get right down to it, the credit for that goes to the mass media. For example, "That a production company went to the mainland to film a TV series based on a Chiung Yao novel, or the news that San Mao committed suicide were both helpful to sales of their books."
這些作品至今仍暢行，說起來還得拜傳媒之賜，像「瓊瑤到大陸來拍連續劇，三毛自殺的新聞等，都有助於銷路。」