孤烟也不是 你说想签下就能签下的
“But Gu Yan isn't someone you can just sign because you want to.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
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“But Gu Yan isn't someone you can just sign”
孤烟 也不是 你说 想签下就能签下 的
“But Gu Yan isn't someone you can just sign because you want to.”
今天下午还有新作者策划会呢
“We still have the new author planning meeting this afternoon.”
“Don't be so naive; securing a top author like that takes far more than just wishful thinking.”
Senior peers in Chinese workplace culture often use pragmatic dampening to prevent younger colleagues from overpromising to superiors.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
it is not as simple as just doing X to achieve Y
A useful spoken frame to pop someone's unrealistic bubble about how easy an outcome is.
to sign (a client, talent, or author)
Commonly used in publishing, entertainment, and sports business contexts.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I think highly of Gu Yan. I'll support him.”
“didn't you already reach out to Gu Yan?”
“Gu Yan, trust goes both ways. It's always been one-sided between us.”
“Are you sure Gu Yan isn't with Dingqi?”
“Gu Yan said the new update is still being written. It'll be a bit late.”
“As long as Gu Yan insists”