During the period of 1977, the Hong Kong film industry set off a rush to produce A Dream of Red Mansions, and five versions were released in one year, among which "A Dream of Red Mansions with Golden Jade and Marriage" directed by Li Hanxiang was the best at the box office and received the best reputation. Li Hanxiang has always had a unique eye for casting. He invited Brigitte Lin and Zhang Aijia, two actresses from Taiwan Province, to participate together. At first, Brigitte Lin played Lin Daiyu and Zhang Aijia played Jia Baoyu. However, as soon as they tried on makeup, Li Hanxiang felt uncomfortable, and immediately responded to the boss, Shaw, and asked Brigitte Lin and Zhang Aijia to exchange roles. Shao unknown so, the boss of Shao, had an epiphany after listening to the explanation that "Brigitte Lin is much taller than Jia Baoyu, and Lin Daiyu is taller than Jia Baoyu".