When they returned to their hotel, they were crestfallen, trying to think of a solution. Some people made plans to drive taxis; some thought of working as extras in kungfu films. "We've devoted half our lives to this. We never expected that Peking opera would come to an end in our time."
一夥人回到旅館，卻都垂頭喪氣，各自想好出路：有人要去開計程車，有人準備去當武打臨時演員，「付出半輩子心力，沒想到京劇會斷在自己手裡。」