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@ 31121 Lao Wang Plans Revenge
A: 吳剛，我為公司賣命二十年，他們說炒就炒。
Wu´
Ga¯ ng, woˇ
we`i go¯ ngs¯ı ma`im`ıng e`rsh´ı nia´n, ta¯ men shuo¯
chaˇo jiu` chaˇo.
Wu Gang, I busted my hump for that company for twenty years. And they fired me just like that!
B: 老王，你別喝了。
Laˇo Wa´ng, nˇı bie´
he¯
le.
Lao Wang, stop drinking.
A: 不過我想通了，這種公司，有什麼好留的？
bu`guo`
woˇ
xiaˇng to¯ ng le, zhe`zhoˇng go¯ ngs¯ı, yoˇu she´nme haˇo
liu´ de?
But now I’ve figured it out. This kind of company— what’s the point of staying there?
B: 那你有什麼打算？
na` nˇı yoˇu she´nme daˇsua`n?
What are you planning, then?
A: 我千了這麼多年，多少有點資源。
woˇ
ga`n le zhe`me duo¯
nia´n, duo¯ shaˇo yoˇudiaˇnr z¯ıyua´n.
I worked there for so many years. I have some resources.
B: 對，你可以自己千。
du`ı, nˇı keˇyˇı z`ıjˇı ga`n.
That’s right. So, you can do it yourself.
A: 你呢，願不願意出來跟我一起千？
nˇı ne, yua`n bu`
yua`ny`ı chu¯ lai ge¯ n woˇ
y¯ıqˇı ga`n?
You...do you wanna leave that company and work with me?
B: 這......
zhe`......
Well...
A: 我有各種關係，你又是搞銷售的，有客戶資源。
woˇ yoˇu ge`zhoˇng gua¯ nxi, nˇı yo`u sh`ı gaˇo xia¯ osho`u de, yoˇu
ke`hu` z¯ıyua´n.
I have all kinds of connections. And you do sales. You know a bunch of clients.
B: 老王，這不行的。
Laˇo Wa´ng, zhe` bu`x´ıng de.
Lao Wang, this isn’t going to work.
A: 怎麼不行？給別人打工，最後就像我這樣。你好好想想吧。
zeˇnme bu`x´ıng? geˇi bie´re´n daˇgo¯ ng, zu`ıho`u jiu` ya`ng. nˇı haˇo ha¯ o xiaˇngxiang ba.
xia`ng woˇ
zhe`-
Why not? When you work for somebody else, you end up like me in the end. Think it over.
---Key Vocabulary---
為 we`i for
想通 xiaˇng to¯ ng to realize
留 liu´ to stay at
打算 daˇsua`n to plan
千 ga`n to do
多少 duo¯ shaˇo to some extent
資源 z¯ıyua´n resources
願意 yua`ny`ı to want to
搞 gaˇo to do
銷售 xia¯ osho`u sales
客戶 ke`hu` client
打工 daˇgo¯ ng to work
像 xia`ng to resemble
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
留下來 liu´ xia`lai to stay
說走就走 shuo¯ zoˇujiu`- zoˇu
說去就去 shuo¯ qu`jiu`qu`
說千就千 shuo¯ ga`njiu`- ga`n
創業 chua`ngye`
if you say you’ll leave, leave!
if you say you’ll go, go!
if you say you’ll do it, do it!
to carve out a career
開公司 ka¯ igo¯ ngs¯ı to start a company
挖牆角 wa¯
qia´ngjiaˇo to undermine, some- times by poaching em- ployees
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