In 1963 Kung Hung took over the reins of Central Motion Pictures. Extremely impressed with Around Town, Kung urged Lee Hsing to join the company and direct a film about the lives of duck farmers in the small village of Shetzu in the Taipei suburb of Shihlin, a film that would highlight the successes of Taiwan's national reconstruction.
民國五十二年，龔弘接掌中影，他對《街頭巷尾》十分賞識，力邀李行加盟中影，拍一部以士林社子島鴨寮為背景的鴨農生活，藉以點出台灣建設的進步。