你给他公司当法人
“You are the legal representative of his company?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
挣点死工资
“earning a fixed salary.”
你给他公司当法人
“You are the legal representative of his company?”
这不违法吧
“This is not illegal, right?”
“You put your neck on the line by serving as his puppet representative.”
In Chinese business culture, unsophisticated individuals are sometimes paid small salaries to serve as legal representatives ('faren') for shell companies, unaware that they carry full civil and criminal liability.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to serve as the legal representative
Colloquially used in mainland China to refer to acting as a company's legal representative (legal person).
to act as [role] for [someone]
A common spoken construction indicating fulfilling an official or informal role on behalf of another party.