The two met when Lim was filming a video for his single "The Old Oden Seller" with the national-treasure puppeteer Li Tien-lu. Hou was in the process of filming The Puppetmaster, a film based on Li's life, and they met on set.
兩人結緣於林強找國寶級布袋戲大師李天祿合拍單曲「黑輪伯」的 MV 時，當時侯孝賢也在籌拍以李天祿一生為藍本的電影《戲夢人生》，因此在片場巧遇。