That was a golden age for Hong Kong moviemaking, with over 300 productions screened each year. Faced with an uninterrupted flow of offers, Yip decided he would turn down purely commercially oriented films, saying they were "not refined enough" and "no fun."
當時是香港電影的黃金鼎盛期，一年有超過 300 部新片上映，面對後續不斷上門的工作邀約，他總因純商業取向的電影「不夠細緻、不好玩」而婉拒。