It transpired that there would be difficulties securing permission to shoot in Beijing with Wong's spontaneous methods of working and potential political sensitivities in setting his film in mid-20th century China. Wong had come to think of "Summer in Beijing" as a triptych of stories, much like his original concept of "Chungking Express" (in which the third story had been spun off into the film "Fallen Angels"). Quickly, Wong decided to jettison this structure, saving only one of the three planned stories, which had been titled provisionally, "A Story of Food", and dealt with a woman and a man who shared noodles and secrets. As he reunited with his actors and production team, most of whom had collaborated several times before, Wong decided "A Story of Food" would be the heart of his next film. The story would slowly evolve into "In the Mood for Love", after transposing its setting away from mainland China and back to 1960s Hong Kong.