然后我就想到了促销大会了 他们不就是要脸面吗
“So I thought of the sales conference. They care about reputation, right?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Then I thought about what card I could play to truly hurt them.”
然后我 就想 到了 促销大会了 他们 不就是 要脸面 吗
“So I thought of the sales conference. They care about reputation, right?”
“So I made them lose face without allowing them to complain.”
“I found their Achilles' heel: their vanity.”
In Chinese social culture, 'mianzi' (face) represents one's public dignity; threatening to dismantle someone's public reputation is regarded as one of the most devastating forms of interpersonal revenge.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
promotional fair / sales convention
Use when referring to large-scale commercial sales conventions or public promotional events.
to care about face / concerned with reputation
Colloquial idiom describing people who are overly concerned with social pride and prestige.
Marks the sudden emergence of a new idea or realization.
Converts the statement into a rhetorical question asserting obviousness.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Well, I'm just a promotions manager.”
“Then can you talk about your understanding of promotions?”
“So you're planning to audit the promoters?”
“It was to boost your performance.”
“are probably going to fight it out in the sales department.”
“the Promotions Department's got to carry sales targets.”