Director Chang recalls that at the time people told him, "Don't be ridiculous. Forget about Manhattan. The costs are more than we can bear, and this sort of grandiose ambition is simply unrealistic."
當時很多人勸他打消念頭，「別傻了，這樣的地方不是我們負擔得起的，這樣雄心美夢不是我們做得起的」，張主任回想當時。