Hsu was moved by the realistic style of several of Lin's short films, especially for the way "he captured people's feelings for the land." As a result, when he became head of Central Motion Pictures, he offered to put up the money for A Drifting Life.
徐立功轉任中央電影公司副總經理後，就因為感動於林正盛幾部短片中的寫實風格，尤其是「捕捉到人與土地的感情」，願意投資《春花夢露》。