When Chen decided to collaborate with Michelle Yeh of Three Dots Entertainment on his next film, it seemed only natural--Yeh has been a fan of Chen's work from the first, and Chen had admired her company's promotion of the film Formula 17. Even so, the project required some negotiations to get off the ground.
「至此，我終於確定，自己想走的就是電影路，」他說。三和製片葉育萍一直很欣賞陳正道的才華，陳正道則對三和行銷《十七歲的天空》的功力印象深刻，雙方於是決定合作拍片。