Besides, under the prevailing system in which everyone was paid the same, the leading actors had to take charge of promotion and box office affairs, and they become worn down psychologically and physically. Many lesser performers declined to clock in or practice, getting together instead to play mahjong or concocting various excuses to skip performances.
此外，在單一薪俸制度下，頭牌演員演出時還得負責宣傳和票房，心力交瘁，輕鬆的人卻平常不上班也不練功，而是聚在一起打牌，或以種種理由推掉演出，反正不同工同酬嘛。