One night she was singing at a night club in a peppery role in a comic opera when an executive from the Chinese Television Service happened to be in the audience.
回國後，她在中信歌廳演唱主持，過著「歌唱公務員」正常上下班的生活。有次她的「師父」、歌星陳麗麗，打算演出一齣歌劇，指定她演一個潑辣的丫頭。