The scene opens with a conversation between chang le and man qian about chang's decision to be open-minded. . , . man, i'm open minded. Then he'll quit feeling uneasy and get out of his own way. He says that he's going to support chang no matter what he needs courage to face. He also says that chang is going to get over his own self-doubt. He adds that he encouraged chang to do so, but chang ended up drowning his own confidence. He tells chang that he should stop fooling around, and that they need to not let the foreign comedy clubs see them as a joke. They also need to keep the props, because they're really interesting. chang says that they should keep using them, because the advantage of the jie renyi is that it's Chinese traditional culture. He suggests that they put more traditional elements on the stage, so that more people will vote for them. He thinks that if they dress so flashy, it'll look like a drama, or some other type of performance. But even with props, actors would still play different roles, and have tanxiao stand beside him in his ordinary clothes. It's really good to have so many flashy things on stage, he says, because it gives them the chance to compete with their current popularity. He's shaken by this, because he doesn't have confidence, and he wants to lose. He asks chang why he won't look at him.