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Cai Hongping.[File photo]

Auntie Sweetie

Cai Hongping, a middle-aged vegetable seller from a wet market in Anhui Province, sang an aria about vegetables in "China's Got Talent" and charmed the audience who calls her "Auntie Sweetie." The ordinary-looking lady was compared with Susan Boyle of "Britain's Got Talent."

Cai, who is now in Shanghai, has big business plans and is trying to register "Auntie Sweetie" as a trademark, at the suggestion of backing entrepreneurs. The idea is to sell "Auntie Sweetie' brands in a chain of farms, restaurants and supermarkets.

She hopes to start her own business one day and makes no secret of it.

As a result, she has been criticized for being too commercial.

"I don't know if I will still sell vegetables in the wet market, but I'm quite sure I will continue to sing for those who like me and support me," Cai says.