At that time, Chiao wrote that Hou Hsiao-hsien had mortgaged his house so that Yang could make Taipei Story, a film in which Hou also played the leading man. When the film was pulled from theaters after only four days, Hou lost everything.
影評人焦雄屏當時曾為文指出，為了楊德昌拍《青梅竹馬》，侯孝賢慨然押房子投資，並出任男主角，結果落到戲院四天下片，血本無歸。