Bourcy Kede was later transferred to the embassy in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, but he still traveled back and forth between Mongolia and Beijing from 1977 to 1979 several times, continued to maintain close relations with Spepp, and handed over about 30 French confidential documents to China during this period.
Boursicaud later left China with his lover to live in Paris. 1983, Boursicaud discovered the truth after they were arrested together. At that time, he declared in court that he had been betrayed by his lover. Later, he attempted suicide in prison, but was rescued.
Boursicaud was admitted to a French sanatorium after a stroke. He was indifferent to this matter when he was interviewed by The New York Times by telephone after learning that Spepp died of illness.
After the arrest of Pepe and Boursicaud, this confusing love affair was exposed, which caused a sensation in the west, and Boursicaud, the "Albert Nobs", became the laughing stock of the French. But the China authorities kept a low profile from beginning to end.
After the news that Shi Peipu was sentenced came out, China Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ma Yuzhen expressed shock. He thinks that the accusation against Spielberg is groundless. Ma Yuzhen said at the time that Spepp went to France to give lectures in June at the invitation of the French government. However, apart from this, the China authorities have not made any other formal response to the French accusation of "honey trap".
However, this strange love attracted the attention of Chinese-American playwright David Henry Hwang, who combined this true story with Puccini's famous opera Madame Butterfly and wrote the famous Broadway drama Butterfly, which immediately caused a sensation. The dramatic tension of Butterfly attracted Australian director david cronenberg, who put it on the big screen in 1994 and asked Oscar-winning China actress John Lone to play the leading role in the film version of Butterfly.