As Zhang Shouyi has described the mainland at that time, per capita income was less than RMB40 per month, and a Teresa Teng tape was going for RMB10 to RMB20. But still working people willingly laid out half a month's salary to buy a cassette on the black market.
中國時報記者張守一在文章中描寫當時盛況：大陸平均所得不到四十人民幣，鄧麗君的錄音帶一卷就高達十∼二十人民幣，工人卻仍願花半個月的薪資，在黑市搶購她的錄音帶。