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

wèi for
想通 xiǎng tōng to realize
liú to stay at
打算 dǎsuàn to plan
gàn to do
多少 duōshǎo to some extent
资源 zīyuán resources
愿意 yuànyì to want to
gǎo to do
销售 xiāoshòu sales
客户 kèhù client
资源 zīyuán resources
打工 dǎgōng to work
xiàng to resemble

Supplementary Vocabulary

留下来 liú xiàlai to stay
说走就走 shuōzǒujiùzǒu if you say you'll leave, leave!
说去就去 shuōqùjiùqù if you say you'll go, go!
说干就干 shuōgànjiùgàn if you say you'll do it, do it!
创业 chuàngyè to carve out a career
开公司 kāigōngsī to start a company
挖墙角 wā qiángjiǎo to undermine, sometimes by poaching employees