毕竟之前 咱们确实是靠 卖他的货挣的钱
“After all, we did make our money selling his goods.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
毕竟 之前 咱们 确实是 靠 卖他的货挣的钱
“After all, we did make our money selling his goods.”
“That's a different matter. Besides, these designs”
“We shouldn't burn bridges with him when we made our living off his products.”
Chinese business ethics often value remembering who helped you earn your initial fortune, discouraging being overly mercenary or ungrateful.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
sell his goods / merchandise
Colloquial commercial expression for distributing someone's inventory.
indeed is; truly was
Used to concede an undeniable fact before making a moral or practical point.
Part of the 'shi...de' construction stressing the method or circumstance of making money.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Then it's settled. As long as He Han agrees to sell, we vote in favor,”
“(But ultimately,) (direct sales is my weakness.)”
“Our past cooperation was smooth. And we all made money.”
“How can small businesses like ours keep running?”
“confirming he was the one trading with Kevin. The evidence is solid.”
“But we've made good money, too. Right?”