Chen, who was at that time preparing to make The Emperor and the Assassin, had trouble finding a setting for the Qin Palace that would be the location of the film's most important scene. Xu Wenrong again stepped forward and in eight months, using a ground plan drawn up by the fine arts department of the Beijing Film Studio, created a full-sized palace complex of awesome dimensions.
當時正在籌備《荊軻刺秦王》的陳凱歌，也為劇中最重要的場景──秦王宮──沒有著落而一籌莫展，徐文榮再次出手，以 8 個月時間、依著北京電影製片廠美術團隊所繪的秦王宮草圖，實體造出一座宏偉宮殿。