After Two-Pearl Phoenix scored a huge hit the very first time they performed "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" on Gulangyu Island in Xiamen, they began hiring large numbers of Taiwanese Opera performers. The troupe grew from 30-plus to more than 50 members.
當時雙珠鳳在廈門鼓浪嶼演出第一齣歌仔戲《山伯英台》，馬上引起轟動，戲班開始廣聘歌仔戲演員，劇團由三十多人發展為五十多人。