"Even so, seventy performances in a hundred-seat venue only amounts to a total audience of 7,000," says Li, running off figures fast and precise, Woody Allen fashion. "When direct and indirect production costs for the play are taken into account, including auditorium rental and personnel overneads, we are talking about a net loss of NT $ 150,000."
「也不過在一百人座的小劇場連演七十場，觀眾總數七千人次而已」，李國修以伍迪艾倫式的速度清晰地報出一串數字，「如果把這齣戲的直接製作費和間接製作費如場租及人事管銷費用算在一起，其實還淨賠十五萬。」