Chang Hua-kun, owner of City Films Ltd., presented the plans for Treasure Island for the Government Information Office's subsidy for local film makers, baiting the application with the words "production to be supervised by Hou Hsiao-hsien." He received a grant of NT $ 4 million, which enabled the shooting of Chen Kuo-fu's second film to go ahead.
城市公司老闆張華坤加上「侯孝賢監製」的「金字招牌」，《只要為你活一天》企劃案參加新聞局國片輔導金甄選，得到四百萬元的補助，陳國富的第二部電影順利開拍。