"It's what you might call an inverted payscale," explains Yu Wanzeng. Simple art earns the big money, while complex art earns none. That's what people mean when they say "you can make more selling baked potatoes than being a professor." Many performers have changed jobs.
「這叫工資倒掛」，于萬增解釋，簡單藝術掙大錢，複雜藝術反而掙不了錢，就是人常說的「一個教授還不如一個賣烤白薯的」，不少演員於是紛紛轉業。