Once, when Hou was teaching the actors how to throw the operating gloves far away, they ended up working from ten one morning to two the next, all for one minute of screen time. It seemed extraordinary to go to such lengths, but they ended up with something that he could be confident about. "Shau-di is extremely charming," says Hou.
有一次，他教演員如何把手術手套丟得遠，結果大家從早上十點拍到半夜兩點，只為一分鐘的畫面，讓他覺得很不可思議，但也對拍攝成品極有信心。