At that time the Taiwan director for Nippon Columbia (formerly Nipponophone, later taken over by Columbia Records of the US), realized the commercial opportunity and hired Liu Qingxiang (stage name Chun Chun), then the most popular player of young female roles in Taiwanese Opera, to make a recording of Story of a Blood-Weeping Peach Blossom.
當時日本古倫美亞唱片（前身為日本蓄音器商會，在美商 Columbia 公司入主後變更商標）的在台負責人野正次郎，算準商機，請來當紅的歌仔戲小旦劉清香（藝名純純），將〈桃花泣血記〉灌成唱片，果然大發利市。