A new direction With an alternative style and unwilling to do promotion, Lim quickly found himself blacklisted by record companies. On top of that his albums sold poorly, and overnight the pop idol was an average person once again. His income was much lower than it had been.
亦師亦友的侯孝賢曲風另類，又不願配合打歌宣傳的林強，很快地成為唱片公司的拒絕往來戶，加上專輯銷售成績不佳，他一夕之間從人見人捧的偶像打回平凡人，收入更是大幅銳減。