She applied for financial assistance from the Taiwan Government Information Office's Guidance and Assistance Fund for Motion Pictures. Thinking hers a low-budget project, the fund granted her a mere NT $ 200,000. In the end, she had to make do with her situation, buying secondhand video cameras and audio gear, and using Temple's editing rooms free of charge. It took eight long years to bring the project to completion.
這些事蹟引發李香秀做成紀錄片的興趣，也向新聞局申請了電影輔導金，但也許審查委員認為這部紀錄片是小成本製作，僅提撥了 20 萬元，李香秀為此遲疑了許久，最後還是咬著牙，用這些錢買了二手的攝影機、錄音機，並偷偷借用天普大學的剪接室，用了 8 年的時間才製作完成。