In 1995 and 1996, going the route of most new directors who get their money through government grants, he shot A Drifting Life and Murmur of Youth, both of which cost about NT $ 15 million, back to back.
八十四年，循著一般新導演找資金拍片的途徑，競選電影輔導金，連續兩年拍了成本約一千五百萬元的《春花夢露》和《美麗在唱歌》。