Yang explains that although Edward Yang wanted to cultivate the younger generation, in reality his personal style was overpowering. As a student, Yang was relegated to the task of gathering and organizing information. For ten years after he won the award, no other director or distributor asked him to write scripts. He found himself teaching courses on performing at Hwa Kang Arts School and Fuhsing Senior High School.
楊順清說，楊德昌雖有心提攜後進，事實上他的個人風格非常強烈，身為學生只能幫他蒐集、整理資料，雖然得獎，但接下來的十年並沒有其他導演或片商找他寫劇本，他也只能在華岡藝校、復興高中教授表演課程，或者偶爾接拍廣告片。