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《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E12 (30:50) HSK 7
nà wǒ men cù xiāo bù jiù yào yǒng yuǎn bèi yè jì la děng nǐ dāng le lǎo dà

那我们促销部 就要永远背业绩啦 等你当了老大

“The Promotions Department still has to carry sales targets? When you become the director, you can change the rules.”

《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E12
TIMECODE: 30:50 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nà wǒ zǒu le zhī hòu ne

那我走了之后呢

“What about after I leave?”

nà wǒ men cù xiāo bù jiù yào yǒng yuǎn bèi yè jì la děng nǐ dāng le lǎo dà CURRENT FOCUS

那我们促销部 就要 永远背业绩 啦 等你 当 了 老大

“The Promotions Department still has to carry sales targets? When you become the director, you can change the rules.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ kě yǐ gǎi guī jǔ a

你可以改规矩啊

“When you become the director, you can change the rules.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: COMPLAINING
Tone: TEASINGLY COMPLAINING
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You need to take charge so you can protect us from these crushing targets.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Corporate Performance Pressure (KPI Culture)

Chinese white-collar workplaces heavily emphasize quantifiable sales quotas (业绩), creating significant shared solidarity and dark humor among colleagues who must 'carry' (背) targets together.

INTENT TAGS: #complaining #bantering #lobbying #solidarity
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
背业绩 SPOKEN CHUNK

to shoulder sales targets or performance quotas

A very common corporate slang term used when an employee or department is responsible for achieving difficult KPIs.

当了老大 SPOKEN CHUNK

to become the top boss or leader

Colloquial way to refer to someone reaching the top executive or managerial position in a team or company.

Modal Particle「啦」 (la) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the complaint and indicates an inevitable resulting state with a touch of playful whining.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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