The songs got popular since 2002 because a guy name Nicholas teo, I think he is from Malaysia, he won champion in a singing competition, since then pirated version of 张栋梁 circulated Malaysia to Singapore, and then Hong Kong and China , people been asking for the original, hence the reboot of Steve Chou career, then Kelly chen refurbish Steve songs and make him a legend since then, Steve Chou had real talent, just need a bit of push, respect