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@ 51385 我的創業夢想
A: 東子，快拿好貨，晚了可搶不到風水寶地了。
Dōngzi, kuài ná hǎo huò, wǎn le kě qiǎngbudào fēngshuǐbǎodì le.
Dongzi, hurry up and grab the goods. If we're late, we won't be able to land a good spot.
B: 別急，讓我再多拿幾套WIN7的安裝盤，這種時鮮貨賣得可快了。唉，我最近發現，咱們這條街上賣盤的越來越多了。
bié jí, ràng wǒ zài duō ná jǐ tào WIN qī de ānzhuāngpán, zhèzhǒng shíxiānhuò mài de kě kuài le. ài, wǒ zuìjìn fāxiàn, zánmen zhè tiáo jiē shang mài pán de yuèláiyuè duō le.
Slow down. Let me get some more Windows 7 installation discs. This kind of hot commodity sells fast. Hey, I've started noticing recently that there are more and more people on our street selling these things.
A: 可不是，咱們想想法子改行吧。
kěbùshì, zánmen xiǎng xiang fǎzi gǎiháng ba.
Ain't that the truth. Let's think of some scheme and get out of this business.
B: 要做就做大，要不去找個門面，固定下來？
yào zuò jiù zuò dà, yàobu qù zhǎo ge ménmiàn, gùdìng xiàlai?
If you're gonna do it, you may as well do it right. How about we set up a shop? Go legit?
A: 也是，這樣貨可以多擺點，而且也不怕城管隔三差五地來了。
yě shì, zhèyàng huò kěyǐ duō bǎi diǎnr, érqiě yě bù pà chéngguǎn gésānchàwǔ de lái le.
Yeah. That way we can put out more goods. Also, we won't have to be afraid of City Management showing up all the time.
B: 好！就這樣說定了，我們要打出一片自己的天地！
hǎo! jiù zhèyàng shuō dìng le, wǒmen yào dǎchū yī piàn zìjǐ de tiāndì!
All right! It's settled. We'll get our own place just for ourselves!
C: 小李，不錯啊，白手起家，現在已經有了五家門店了。
Xiǎo Lǐ, bùcuò a, báishǒuqǐjiā, xiànzài yǐjīng yǒu le wǔ jiā méndiàn le.
Xiao Li, not bad. You started completely from scratch and now you already have 5 shops.
B: 呀，曹經理，也多謝你們銀行的照顧啊。我們接下來準備進軍網絡銷售和加盟店銷售，這樣網絡加實體，品牌推廣起來比較快。
ya, Cáo jīnglǐ, yě duōxiè nǐmen yínháng de zhàogu a. wǒmen jiē xiàlái zhǔnbèi jìnjūn wǎngluò xiāoshòu hé jiāméngdiàn xiāoshòu, zhèyàng wǎngluò jiā shítǐ, pǐnpái tuīguǎng qǐlai bǐjiào kuài.
Ahh, Mr. Cao. I have your bank to thank for taking care of us as well. Next up we'll be advancing into online sales and setting up franchise shops. With both online and actual shops, we'll get our brand's name out pretty fast.
C: 嗯，的確，現在人們越來越喜歡網購了。
ng4, díquè, xiànzài rénmen yuèláiyuè xǐhuan wǎnggòu le.
Yeah, that's true. These days, people like online shopping more and more.
B: 另外，我打算明年年底前把公司上市，然後分拆，然後再分別上市。
lìngwài, wǒ dǎsuàn míngnián niándǐ qián bǎ gōngsī shàngshì, ránhòu fēnchāi, ránhòu zài fēnbié shàngshì.
Also, I plan to have the company go public before the end of next year, after which I'll split it up into multiple smaller companies and then put them back on the stock market individually.
C: 小李啊，你可真有商業頭腦。
Xiǎo Lǐ a, nǐ kě zhēn yǒu shāngyè tóunǎo.
Xiao Li, you really do have a mind for business.
B: 哈哈。
hāha.
Ha-ha.
D: 李總，這是上個月的報表，請您過目。這是和微軟的合同，請您籤一下。
Lǐ Zǒng, zhè shì shàng ge yuè de bàobiǎo, qǐng nín guòmù. zhè shì hé Wēiruǎn de hétong, qǐng nín qiān yīxià.
President Li, here's last month's report. Please look it over. Here's the Microsoft contract. Please sign it a moment.
B: 多大的生意啊？
duō dà de shēngyi a?
How big is the contract?
D: 總值500萬。
zǒngzhí wǔbǎi wàn.
A total value of 5 million.
B: 以後1000萬以下的合同你就替我簽了吧，我最近風投的項目很多，沒空。
yǐhòu yīqiān wàn yǐxià de hétong nǐ jiù tì wǒ qiān le ba, wǒ zuìjìn fēngtóu de xiàngmù hěn duō, méikòng.
In the future, just sign anything below 10 million for me. I've got a lot of high-risk investment projects lately and I don't have any time.
D: 啊，好的。另外，上次的五號地塊，政府已經答應給我們了，我算了一下，增值的空間在10個億左右。還有，您的三太太剛才打電話過來說，讓您今晚去她那裡吃飯。哦，對了，恭喜李總再次當選世界十大傑出青年，這是美國奧巴馬總統發來的賀信......
à, hǎo de. lìngwài, shàngcì de wǔ hào dìkuài, zhèngfǔ yǐjīng dāying gěi wǒmen le, wǒ suàn le yīxià, zēngzhí de kōngjiān zài shí ge yì zuǒyòu. háiyǒu, nín de sāntàitai gāngcái dǎ diànhuà guòlai shuō, ràng nín jīnwǎn qù tā nàlǐ chīfàn. ò, duì le, gōngxǐ Lǐ zǒng zàicì dāngxuǎn shìjiè shí dà jiéchū qīngnián, zhè shì Měiguó Aòbāmǎ zǒngtǒng fā lái de hèxìn......
Ah, OK. Another thing, about that number 5 area of land from before, the government has already agreed to give it to us. I made some calculations and it has room to increase in value to about 5 billion. Also, your third mistress just called. She wants you to go to her house for dinner tonight. Oh, that's right. I'd like to congratulate Mr. Li for being chosen yet again for the 'Ten Outstanding Youth' award. This is the congratulatory letter the American President, Obama sent you...
E: 李東！李東！快起床！你這個月的房租還打算交不交啊！我告訴你，你這個月要是再給我拖的話，可別怪我停水停電啊！聽見了沒有！聽見了沒有！
Lǐ Dōng! Lǐ Dōng! kuài qǐchuáng! nǐ zhè ge yuè de fángzū hái dǎsuàn jiāo bu jiāo a! wǒ gàosu nǐ, nǐ zhè ge yuè yàoshì zài gěi wǒ tuō dehuà, kě bié guài wǒ tíngshuǐ tíngdiàn a! tīngjiàn le méiyǒu! tīngjiàn le méiyǒu!
Li Dong! Li Dong! Wake up! Are you still planning on handing over this months rent? I'm telling you, if you pay the rent late again this month, don't blame me when I turn off your water and electricity! You hear me?! You hear me?!
Key Vocabulary
風水寶地 fēngshuǐbǎodì a place with excellent feng shui
安裝盤 ānzhuāngpán installation disc
時鮮貨 shíxiānhuò hot commodity
改行 gǎiháng to change one's occupation
門面 ménmiàn storefront
城管 chéngguǎn city management
隔三差五 gésānchàwǔ at intervals, over and over
白手起家 báishǒuqǐjiā to build up from nothing
門店 méndiàn shop
進軍 jìnjūn to advance towards
加盟店 jiāméngdiàn franchise shop
實體 shítǐ entity
分拆 fēnchāi to break into pieces
報表 bàobiǎo forms for reports
過目 guòmù to look over
風投 fēngtóu risk investments, venture capital
增值 zēngzhí to increase in value
拖 tuō to delay, to procrastinate
Supplementary Vocabulary
擺攤 bǎitān to set up a stall
店鋪 diànpù store
連鎖店 liánsuǒdiàn chain store
拖延 tuōyán to delay, to put off
做白日夢 zuòbáirìmèng to daydream
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