Chin was still a second- or third-string actor in the South when luck had it that the legendary Mei Lan-fang came to Shanghai and decided to perform the Beloved. Mei needed someone to play the male lead, and Chin was dragged in to make do.
當年金少山在南方猶是個二、三路的花臉，不想梅蘭芳南下上海，一時想唱「別姬」，找不著聲名等量，又願意陪唱的角色，只有退而求其次，臨時拉來金少山。