What is the status of preparing a ticket?

What’s interesting is that Shopkeeper Sun’s attitude towards money (preparing tickets) in the play is very subtle. He is in a tangled state of wanting to make money but not wanting to make it. The same is true for other businessmen in the play. So what exactly is the "preparation ticket" that shopkeeper Sun wants but doesn't want to earn?

What is the "preparation ticket" that shopkeeper Sun wants to earn but does not want to earn in "Underground Traffic Station"?

After the "July 7th Incident" in 1937, most of North China fell into the hands of the Japanese invaders. In order to firmly control the occupied areas and plunder China's resources, the Japanese supported traitors such as Wang Kemin and Wang Yitang to establish the puppet regime "Provisional Government of the Pseudo Republic of China".

What is the "preparation ticket" that shopkeeper Sun wants to earn but does not want to earn in "Underground Traffic Station"?

In order to plunder China's financial and economic resources, the Japanese army strictly prohibited the currency issued by the anti-Japanese government from circulating in the occupied areas. The "Provisional Government of the Pseudo-Republic of China" established the "United Reserve Bank of China" under the instructions of the devils to issue currency for the devils to plunder economic resources.

What is the "preparation ticket" that shopkeeper Sun wants to earn but does not want to earn in "Underground Traffic Station"?

Because it is issued by the "China Joint Reserve Bank", this currency is called "Reserve Notes", also known as "Regional Notes". Because it was currency issued by the hated traitors, people in the occupied areas of North China also privately called this currency "traitor tickets" or "lackey tickets."

What is the "preparation ticket" that shopkeeper Sun wants to earn but does not want to earn in "Underground Traffic Station"?

The purpose of the Japanese and puppets' issuance of "preparation tickets" was to plunder economic resources, so "preparation tickets" soon began to be issued indiscriminately, causing prices in the occupied areas to skyrocket and the people to suffer misery. Therefore, the depreciation of "preparation tickets" is too fast, so Shopkeeper Sun in the play does not want to earn this currency.

What is the "preparation ticket" that shopkeeper Sun wants to earn but does not want to earn in "Underground Traffic Station"?

However, "preparation tickets" are still a currency with purchasing power in occupied areas. As the saying goes, "no matter how small a fly is, it is still a piece of meat." Although the "preparation ticket" is not worth much, it is better than no money, so shopkeeper Sun still has to ask for the "preparation ticket".