At that time the Flying Horse Honan Opera Troupe of Chang Hsiu-yun, an earlier "empress of Honan opera," which was based in Tsoying, happened to be looking for trainees, and Wang Hai-ling's parents gave into her entreaties and let her study there.
那時候的父母那懂得培育「天才兒童」，只因為八歲的王海玲吵著要學戲，又湊巧前輩豫劇皇后張岫雲的「飛馬豫劇隊」正在左營招訓；反正不必離鄉背井，父母就隨她去了﹘﹘也無所謂學的是歌仔戲、國劇，或是梆子。