Wu says that on the day A Borrowed Life was finished, when he went to meet Tsai the latter was already in very bad shape, and was babbling incoherently and acting out of control. Wu feared Tsai would be humiliated at the final dinner, and found an excuse for him to miss the celebration.
吳念真說，「多桑」完成那天，吳念真去接他聚餐，蔡振南情況已非常嚴重，語無倫次，控制不了情緒，吳念真怕他出醜，藉故讓他不要吃宴席。