It was about that time that Welly noticed that the mainland Chinese market was opening up, which in turn stirred up a craze for the Orient in the American entertainment industry. It was a development that excited Asian-American actors who had previously found it difficult to land jobs. But their hopes ended in disappointment.
就在此時，楊呈偉也看到中國大陸市場的開放，讓美國娛樂圈開始重視這龐大商機而颳起一股東方熱，很多昔日難得演出的亞裔藝人，無不因此感到興奮。