Because Shaw Brothers had a large number of theaters in Southeast Asia, it had to produce Mandarin films for the overseas Chinese market. Once the mainland was lost to the Communists, the large population of Southeast Asian Chinese was relying entirely on Hong Kong for these Mandarin films, so Shaw Brothers shifted its emphasis to Mandarin films.
由於邵氏兄弟在星馬有許多電影院，必須時常放映國語片，供華僑欣賞，而大陸淪陷後，只有靠香港出品的中國影片，運往南洋市場放映，邵氏自此積極拍攝國語片，減少粵語片。