Intermediate - Lao Wang Plans Revenge (C1121)

A吴刚,我为公司卖命二十年,他们说炒就炒。
Wú Gāng, wǒ wèi gōngsī màimìng èrshí nián, tāmen shuō chǎo jiù chǎo.
Wu Gang, I busted my hump for that company for twenty years. And they fired me just like that!
B老王,你别喝了。
Lǎo Wáng , nǐ bié hē le.
Lao Wang, stop drinking.
A不过我想通了,这种公司,有什么好留的?
bùguò wǒ xiǎng tōng le, zhèzhǒng gōngsī, yǒu shénme hǎo liú de?
But now I've figured it out. This kind of company--- what's the point of staying there?
B那你有什么打算?
nà nǐ yǒu shénme dǎsuàn?
What are you planning, then?
A我干了这么多年,多少有点资源。
wǒ gàn le zhème duō nián, duōshǎo yǒudiǎnr zīyuán.
I worked there for so many years. I have some resources.
B对,你可以自己干。
duì, nǐ kěyǐ zìjǐ gàn.
That's right. So, you can do it yourself.
A你呢,愿不愿意出来跟我一起干?
nǐ ne, yuàn bù yuànyì chūlai gēn wǒ yīqǐ gàn?
You...do you wanna leave that company and work with me?
B这……
zhè......
Well...
A我有各种关系,你又是搞销售的,有客户资源。
wǒ yǒu gèzhǒng guānxi, nǐ yòu shì gǎo xiāoshòu de, yǒu kèhù zīyuán.
I have all kinds of connections. And you do sales. You know a bunch of clients.
B老王,这不行的。
Lǎo Wáng , zhè bùxíng de.
Lao Wang, this isn't going to work.
A怎么不行?给别人打工,最后就像我这样。你好好想想吧。
zěnme bùxíng? gěi biérén dǎgōng, zuìhòu jiù xiàng wǒ zhèyàng. nǐ hǎo hāo xiǎngxiang ba.
Why not? When you work for somebody else, you end up like me in the end. Think it over.

Key Vocabulary

wèifor
想通xiǎng tōngto realize
liúto stay at
打算dǎsuànto plan
gànto do
多少duōshǎoto some extent
资源zīyuánresources
愿意yuànyìto want to
gǎoto do
销售xiāoshòusales
客户kèhùclient
资源zīyuánresources
打工dǎgōngto work
xiàngto resemble

Supplementary Vocabulary

留下来liú xiàlaito stay
说走就走shuōzǒujiùzǒuif you say you'll leave, leave!
说去就去shuōqùjiùqùif you say you'll go, go!
说干就干shuōgànjiùgànif you say you'll do it, do it!
创业chuàngyèto carve out a career
开公司kāigōngsīto start a company
挖墙角wā qiángjiǎoto undermine, sometimes by poaching employees