These state-approved plays revolved around Japanese bushido themes that didn't much interest Taiwanese audiences. To hold onto his audience, Huang would switch into traditional puppet plays once the police left. When people heard Chinese music playing, they would immediately perk up, knowing that something good was on the way.
然而那樣具有日本風格的皇民劇很難吸引觀眾，因此黃海岱總是趁督察不在之時，就調包開演傳統布袋戲，只要漢樂一響起，觀眾就知道好戲要上場，情緒立刻振奮了起來。