At that time a single play could draw a full house for ten days in a row. And even though a full-price ticket cost just NT $ 4 (NT $ 2 for children), he still made enough money to build himself a three-storey Western-style house, the only one within miles of where he lived.
那時一張全票四元，而半票不過二元，張德成居然靠著皮影戲的收入，在大社鄉蓋起方圓數十里「唯一」的三層樓洋房，這在當時可說是絕無僅有。