According to Ai-ai, "Singing was a great job in those days." She earned ￥ 60 a month from Columbia, and another ￥ 20 a month from two regular radio performances. This gave her a monthly income of ￥ 80 at a time when six catties (roughly 3 kg) of pork cost only ￥ 1 and one qian (about 3.7 grams) of gold sold for ￥ 3.6.
「當歌手，在那個時代，是一種很高級的頭路，」愛愛表示，當年，古倫美亞一個月給她六十元薪水，加上一個月固定到電台現場演唱兩次的二十元收入，她一個月有八十元的收入。