At the theater, the director is late, and the two women who have been chosen to act in the play are also late. The two women are Miss Gui and Miss Ming, and they are trying to convince the director to ask Miss Gui to perform some scenes in the script. The director is confused, and Miss Gui tries to convince him to let her play the part of the legal wife in the last scene of the play. Miss Gui slaps Miss Ming and tells her that she is his mistress.