Cai Galliang’s die-hard fans are some middle-aged and lower-middle-class Shanghai women aged 40 to 50.

“You can’t entertain the whole city, you can only entertain a small group of people. In a unique form, make them laugh happily, make their eyes light up, generate a buzz, remember you and Your program is enough."

The theme of Cai Galliang's program is "Praising filial piety and talking about life with a smile." During the performance, A Cai must mention "mom" in the three sentences he speaks - "Thank you mother for giving me life, and thank you all friends here for giving me applause. What is life? You rely on your parents to live, and you rely on yourself to live." A few warm words After the thoughtful words, the baggage was shaken off, and the audience was laughing non-stop, unable to stop.

Cai Galliang's jokes reflect public sentiment, praise women, honor parents, and respect teachers. It contains both warmth and self-deprecation; not only the ups and downs of ordinary citizens, but also a little satire and sarcasm of real life. This may be the main reason why Cai Galliang is so popular.

“Vulgar and low-priced jokes are by no means the right way. Even if they become popular, they will not last long. To truly mobilize the audience’s happiness, it is important to regard the people’s emotions as our own.” In order to achieve With this effect, A Cai continues to learn new knowledge and collect humor in life, "I carry a notebook with me. Wherever I go, wherever I go, the essence of life I see and hear is in it. The closer I get to you, the more jokes , the more you like to listen to it."

Since 1990, the dance hall market in Shanghai has been declining. Due to lack of livelihood, many singers who perform in karaoke bars and teahouses have changed careers. And the only one who always stood on the stage was Cai Galiang.

“There are twenty or thirty people who have persisted in singing for five years, two or three who have been singing for ten years, and I, Cai Galiang, am the only one left after twenty years. I am not the best singer in Shanghai. There are thousands of folk artists active in the teahouse market in Shanghai, but there is no market for them. I just found a niche.

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