Taiwanese Opera caught on quickly, and soon even the hawkers peddling breakfast on the streets were using gezai tunes to tout their eats. There is one story about a bandit leader who ordered his henchmen to "invite" a Taiwanese Opera troupe to put on a performance at his mountain stronghold.
從此，歌仔戲流傳範圍更廣，在漳州連賣早點的小販，都流行以歌仔調來叫賣，甚至還有一個山裡土匪，特讓小嘍囉把整個歌仔戲班都「請」上山寨演出的故事發生。