每次要个yes都得拿筹码去换🎯
大声读出来，把加粗高亮的整块短语直接偷走用。
We've got the Q2 numbers on our side.
Q2的数据在我们这边，这是优势。
But does Chris actually care about those, or is he just gonna—?
但Chris真的在乎那些吗，还是他就打算——？
He has to care.
他必须得在乎。
If we bring up that client email, that's real leverage.
如果我们把那封客户邮件搬出来，那就是实打实的筹码。
Okay so— wait, no, the email's from March, he's gonna say it's outdated, forget it.
好吧所以——等等，不对，那封邮件是三月的，他肯定会说过时了，算了算了。
Can you just do the talking this time, okay?
这次能不能让我来说，行吗？
Can we grab five minutes?
能占用您五分钟吗？
We've been trying to get on your calendar for like two weeks.
我们约你的时间约了快两周了。
Look, I know the budget's tight and I get it, but if we don't lock this in now the whole Q3 plan falls apart.
我知道预算很紧我也理解，但如果现在不把这个定下来，整个Q3的计划就全崩了。
Oh, okay, wow.
哦，好，哇。
So is that a yes, or...?
所以这算答应了，还是……？
He didn't exactly say no though, so I'm taking that as a win.
他也没明确说不行，我觉得这就算赢了。
I hate that we have to basically threaten him with a deadline.
我真的烦死了，每次都得拿截止日期去逼他。
What if we just go over his head, would that even help?
要是我们直接越级找他老板呢，会有用吗？
Not gonna lie, I thought about it, but that would blow up in our faces so fast.
说实话我想过，但那绝对会当场炸掉，反噬超快。
Yeah, no, totally fair.
嗯，确实，有道理。
Do you think he'll actually— I mean, is he even gonna follow through?
你觉得他真的会——我的意思是，他到底会不会兑现？
Sam still hasn't paid his half of the electric bill.
Sam到现在还没付他那半电费。
Are you gonna bring it up tonight?
你今晚打算提这事儿吗？
I was gonna say something but then he literally cooked dinner for the first time ever so now I feel weird about it— ugh.
我本来想说的，结果他破天荒头一次做了顿饭，搞得我现在反而不好意思开口了——烦。
That's classic Sam.
典型的Sam。
If you let it slide again, he's never gonna pay you back.
你要是再这么算了，他永远不会还你钱的。
Remind me to text him tomorrow morning.
提醒我明天早上给他发个消息。
It's exhausting having to dangle something every time you need a yes.
每次想要个"行"字都得拿东西去吊着人家，真的心累。
That's just how it works, I guess.
现实就是这样吧，我猜。
But does it actually work, or are we just...?
但这招真的管用吗，还是我们只是在……？
Okay honestly I think it works like sixty percent of the time and the other forty percent you just look desperate but— whatever, it's the only play we've got.
好吧说实话我觉得大概六成时候管用，剩下四成你看起来就很desperate但——随便了，反正也没别的招了。
Fair enough.
也是。