翻译: evelyn 蘑菇帽子 绿蛮
校对: pendz
我叫Nathan Fielder My name is Nathan Fielder,
后期: 满甲雪
毕业于加拿大最顶尖的商学院之一 and I graduated from one of Canada's top business schools
学业成绩单
并且成绩优异 with really good grades.
压制: 肉包超人
如今 我运用我的学识 Now I'm using my knowledge
来帮助挣扎求生的小企业主 to help struggling small business owners
在这个竞争激烈的世界里获得成功 make it in this competitive world.
总监: pendz
这 This...
救援 高手
电波诚译
第三季 第一集
就是救援高手 is Nathan for You.
Alen Harikian是斯皮斯电视之家的店主 Alen Harikian is the owner of Speers TV,
一家开在南帕萨迪纳的电子产品商店 a South-Pasadena electronics store
这家店已经在这里开了超过六十年了 that's been operating in the neighborhood for over 60 years.
但是自从这儿入驻了一家大型的百思买 But ever since a massive Best Buy moved in
正好开在他的小商铺附近 just minutes away from his tiny shop,
他发现自己产品的价格根本不可能压到那么低 he's been finding it impossible to keep up with their aggressive pricing.
他们的销量太夸张了 Their sales are ridiculous.
斯皮斯电视之家店主
我怎么可能比得过他们 I mean, there's no way that I can compete.
如果这种情况继续下去 And if it keeps up,
斯皮斯电视之家就只能关门大吉了 Speers TV is at risk of going extinct.
所以我去拜访了Alen So I paid Alen a visit
把我大胆的想法告诉他 教他对抗最大的竞争对手 with an ambitious solution to undercut his biggest competitor.
你了解百思买的对价规定吗 Are you familiar with the Best Buy price-match policy?
了解 非常可怕 Yeah. It's horrible.
这对小本生意来说非常不利 I mean, it's bad for small business.
Alen很难与百思买竞争的主要原因之一 One of the main reasons Alen has such a hard time competing with Best Buy
就是他们可怕的对价规定 is because of their aggressive price-match policy,
百思买
对价规定
售出时，我们会对比当地所有零售商(包括线上)的价格， 还会对比大多数大型网商负责运输和销售的产品价格
他们保证自家价格不会高出当地其他商店 which guarantees they will match the price of any local competitor,
以免斯皮斯这样的商店把价格压得更低 preventing stores like Speers from underselling them,
但是如果Alen把价格压到谷底 but if Alen dropped his prices so low
斯皮斯电视之家 百思买
以至于他的电视几乎可以白拿 to make his TVs virtually free,
那么根据百思买自己的规定 according to Best Buy's own policy,
他们的电视就不能高出这个价 they would have to match that price, too,
这就给了Alen一小段时间 giving Alen a short window of time
让他可以用一美元的价格买空百思买的库存 where he could buy up all their inventory for $1
然后将那些电视以任意价格重新卖出 and then resell those TVs for any price he wants
以获得巨大利润 to make a huge profit.
计划:
计划就是用百思买的对价规定来对付他们 The plan, use Best Buy's price-match policy against them
让斯皮斯店获得无限量的一美元电视 to get Speers an endless supply of $1 TVs.
帮助斯皮斯拿到 无限量的一美元电视
嗯 Um...
这个主意很棒 It's a great idea.
可能需要耗费一点精力和时间 It might take a little bit of work and time to do.
行啊 Okay.
你最近有别的事要忙吗 Do you have a lot going on right now?
不 确实没什么事 没有 No, I honestly don't. No.
所以你现在也不需要照顾家里人之类的吗 So you don't have commitments at home or anything right now?
恋爱方面呢 Relationship stuff?
我是单身 没对象 I'm not in a relationship, no.
我也单着呢 所以 I'm not in a relationship either, so...
哦 Oh.
所以我们俩都能专注这一件事 全心全意 We can both work on this, you know, full-time.
好啊 没问题 很好 Okay. All right. That's fine.
经过一些后续的探讨 After a bit more discussion,
Alen同意了我的提议 Alen was on board to move forward
决定将一款三星高端高清电视降价至 with dropping the price on one of his premium Samsung HD TV models
仅仅一美元一台 to just $1 apiece,
但是新的折扣价格一旦生效 but once the new discounted price went into effect,
人们就会蜂拥到斯皮斯来购买商品 people would be flocking to Speers to get the deal.
因为不能让这些淘便宜货的人 So to help dissuade these bargain hunters
一下买光Alen的一美元电视 from buying up all of Alen's dollar TVs,
我制定了严格的着装要求 I implemented a strict dress code,
要求消费者们必须身着礼服才能进入商店 requiring customers to wear formal attire just to enter the store.
着装规定
礼服
领带
（普通领带或蝴蝶结）
装饰方巾
禁运动鞋 及人字拖
接着我将所有的一美元电视都转移到了 I then had all the dollar TVs moved to an area
商店后方的一片区域 at the back of the store
然后在这片区域周围建了一堵新墙 and had a new wall constructed to surround this area
想要进入这片区域 that could only be entered
必须通过一扇半米高的小门 through a tiny, two-foot-tall door.
最后 在门与电视之间 Finally, in between the door and the TVs,
我放了一只活的鳄鱼 I added a live alligator,
希望能够逼迫走到这一步的消费者 which would hopefully force customers who made it this far
重新考虑他们的决定 to reconsider their decision
不要贪这次大便宜 to take advantage of the great offer.
我们的预防措施到位后 With our preventative measures in place,
我现在可以着手帮Alen搞到电视了 I could now prepare to get Alen his TVs.
根据百思买的规定 According to Best Buy's policy,
一位消费者限购一件经过对价的商品 price-matches are restricted to one item per customer,
我们的对价规定仅限每位消费者购买一件对价商品， 该价格必须是面向全体消费者的实时税前价
因此 为了帮Alen拿到更多电视 so to maximize the number of TVs I could get Alen,
我在Craigslist网站上放了则广告 I put an ad on Craigslist
你喜欢买东西吗?
想要招募人员来帮忙做采购 to recruit a team of people to help make the purchases,
那周晚些时候 我面试了回复广告的人 and later that week, I met with those who responded
想看看他们是不是合适的人选 to see if they were right for the task.
所以这份工作需要你去买东西 So this job involves buying things.
好 Okay.
你擅长买东西吗 Are you good at buying things?
嗯 可以这么说 Um, I would say so.
你说的买东西是什么意思 Like, what do you mean by buying things?
就是 进店然后买点东西 Like, going into a store and buying something.
当然没问题 Yeah.
好的 太棒了 All right. Great.
六位应聘者似乎都能够胜任这份工作 All six applicants seemed qualified for the job,
所以我打印了一些传单 so after printing out some flyers
把它们发到了商店周围 and distributing them throughout the neighborhood,
终于准备好让Alen的一美元电视亮相了 it was finally time for Alen to offer his $1 prices to the world.
在促销活动开始前一大早 On the morning of the big promotion,
门口就已经聚集了不少贪便宜的买家 the deal vultures were already circling out front,
这就意味着我们必须快点行动 and that meant we had to move quick,
于是我在商店后门和采购团碰了面 so I met my team of buyers out back
给了他们每人一美元去买电视 and gave them each the dollar they'd need to buy the TVs
将他们送上了一辆开往百思买的面包车 and then sent them off in a van to Best Buy.
同时 我回到斯皮斯去帮Alen的忙 Meanwhile, I hung back at Speers to help Alen
确保没有人敢动他的电视 ensure his inventory remained untouched.
- 嘿 - 嗨 - Hey. - Hi.
- 你看起来不错 - 谢谢 - You look good. - Thank you.
- 你也是 - 多谢 - You too. - Thanks.
随后Alen打开了正门 And once Alen unlocked the front door,
我们就正式开始营业了 we were officially open for business.
- 哇 真不错 - 有什么需要我帮忙的吗 还是 - Wow, this is nice. - Can I help you, or...
我们是来 We're here to--
买打折电视的 for the TV deals.
只是你们要知道 我们有一套严格的着装标准 Just so you guys know, we do have a strict dress code,
你们能看到贴在墙上的 所以 as you can see on the wall, so...
- 哇 - 广告上并没有说着装标准的事情 - Wow. - There's no advertising about the dress code.
- 是的 - 没错 - Yeah. - Yeah.
- 那是 - 就在我们店正门这贴着呢 - That's-- - I mean, it's right in the front of our store
- 每个人都能看到 - 是 但是不在 - for everyone to see. - Yeah, but that doesn't--
- 这贴在室内 - 就在店门这里啊 - It's inside. - This is the front.
可它在室内 我们都在外面等着 It's inside. We were waiting out there.
我们是在商店门口等着的 We were waiting in the front of the store.
我知道有些人可能会有点失望 I knew some people might be a bit frustrated,
所以我给他们列出了附近的晚礼服租赁商店 so I offered up a list of tuxedo rental stores in the area
表明斯皮斯商店非常感谢他们的光顾 to show them that Speers did value their business.
老实说 你们人看起来都挺不错的 Honestly, you seem like very nice people,
我也想让你们进来 and I'd love to let you in, but I think
可是这样会对其他消费者不公平 doing so would be unfair to the customers that,
就是 那些穿着体面的消费者 you know, chose to dress...decent.
什么鬼 What the...
我在斯皮斯这边的计划顺利进行着 My plan on the Speers TV side was working,
开门营业的三十分钟内 as 30 minutes after opening,
没有人成功买到一美元电视 exactly 0 of his $1 televisions had been purchased.
同时 采购团那边的计划也在进行中 Meanwhile, everything was on track with my buyers
他们刚刚到达百思买 as they were just now arriving at Best Buy,
但是出乎我意料的是 居然有个买家回来了 but then, to my surprise, a customer actually returned
穿着符合严格着装规定的晚礼服 with attire that met our strict dress code.
- 那是你租的吗 - 是的 - Did you rent that? - Yes.
我不是特别惊讶 I wasn't completely shocked
知道有人能下定决心进入商店 that someone would be determined enough to make it inside,
但是我相信剩下的关卡 but I was hopeful that the remaining steps
能够难倒这些进入商店的人 would prove more discouraging.
所以这就是放着电视的区域 So this is the section with those TVs.
- 好的 - 嗯 - Okay. - Um...
- 这是高端电视的区域 - 嗯 - It's the premium-TV section. - Yeah.
- 那是入口吗 - 是的 - That's the doorway? - Yeah.
高端电视区域
这些电视比较贵重 These are the more expensive ones...
- 好的 - 所以我们把它们单独放起来了 - Okay. - So we keep them in a separate room.
- 所以就在里面 行 - 没错 - That's gonna be in there. Okay. - Yeah.
哦 好吧 Oh. Okay.
那可不妙 呃 That's not good. Um...
行吧 Yeah.
这个顾客可能之前还很坚定 The customer may have been determined,
但是当他和鳄鱼打上照面之后 but once he came face-to-face with our alligator,
一切都结束了 it was all over.
真抱歉 我感觉很过意不去 I'm sorry. I mean, I feel bad,
因为我们也损失了一美元的 对吧 'cause that's a dollar we're losing as well, you know?
我的计划成功了 My plan was a success.
那家伙选择不买一美元电视了 The guy chose not to buy the dollar TV,
之后每一个符合着装规定的顾客 and every customer after that met our dress code
也都过不了Herbert这关 got no further than Herbert as well.
Herbert Herbert是啥 Herbert? What is Herbert?
不好意思 你不想要电视了吗 还是 I'm sorry. Did you not want a TV? Or...
不 我不想和鳄鱼待在一间屋子里 No, I don't want to be in the same room as an alligator.
一切似乎都按照计划进行着 Everything seemed to be going according to plan,
然而接着我得到消息说 在百思买 but then I got word that, back at Best Buy,
情况不太妙 things weren't looking so hot.
在给价格协调员出示了传单之后 After presenting the flyer to sales associates,
采购员们被告知他们不会对此实行对价 my buyers were told that the company would not honor their price-match.
我们只对比真实的商店价格，不对比广告价
这就是实体店啊 他们就是这个价 This is a store, and this is their price.
嗯，那个价格不对
我不明白怎么会这样 I couldn't understand why this was happening,
所以我离开店铺前往百思买 so I left the shop and headed over to Best Buy
看看我亲自上阵的话能不能成功 to see if I would have any better luck myself.
按照对价规定 我可以用一美元买这个电视 I actually have a price-match for this to get it for a dollar.
我们不和斯皮斯电视对价
为什么不行 Why not?
他们不算是本地竞争者
他们是 他们就在40千米内 They are. They're within 25 miles.
不，我们不能
我们不能对价
不管你去哪家公司，都不会有人对这台电视进行对价的
即使我信心满满 还身怀谈判绝技 Even with my confidence and negotiation skills,
他们也拒绝进行对价 I was denied a price-match too.
我数到三 I'm gonna count to three,
如果数到三你们还不对价后卖给我 and if you don't do it by the time I get to three,
我就要走了 好吗 I'm gonna leave, okay?
一 二 三 One, two, three.
不可能的
我不敢相信 I couldn't believe it.
百思买 我最喜欢的公司之一 How could Best Buy, one of my favorite companies,
怎么能出尔反尔 turn their backs on the very policy
不遵守吸引消费者的促销规定呢 that drew me in as a customer?
这就是诱导推销的典型套路 It was a classic bait-and-switch,
但有件事我很清楚 but the one thing I knew is that
当大公司试图蒙骗我们这些普通人时 when big corporations try to mess with regular people like us,
我们不是只能忍气吞声 we don't have to take it lying down.
所以第二天 我回到了Alen店里 So, the next day, I returned to Alen's store
对我们的计划做了微调 with a slight adjustment to our plan.
我只是真的受够了这些大公司 I'm just so sick and tired of these big companies
比如百思买和安然 like Best Buy and Enron
他们以为这些规则对他们不起作用 thinking that, you know, the rules don't apply to them.
是啊 Yeah. Yeah.
他们可以随便恃强凌弱 They can just push around the little guy.
- 你说是吧 - 确实没错 - You know what I mean? - Yeah, absolutely.
- 是的 - 我个人认为 - You're right. - As far as I'm concerned,
- 你有权去买那些电视 - 没错 - you're entitled to those TVs. - Yeah.
因此 我已经决定了 So that's why I've decided
代表你向百思买提起集体诉讼 to file a class-action lawsuit against Best Buy on your behalf.
说实话 我还是有点紧张担心的 In a way, it's kind of nerve-racking, you know,
就是 要去和大公司抗衡 like, going up against a big company.
那该怎么操作呢 And how is that gonna work?
流程是什么 What is the process?
现在我还不清楚到底需要做什么 You know, I don't know what it will entail at this point,
但我们会一起搞明白的 but we'll figure it out together.
- 你懂我意思吗 - 嗯哼 - You know what I mean? - Mm-hmm.
我们都没谈恋爱 We both aren't in relationships.
- 对 但是 - 都没有爱情生活 - Yeah, but... - We don't have a love life.
是没错 That's true.
所以你有时间打官司吗 So you have time to do this?
就是 我 这是我唯一的 Well, I mean, I-- this is my only li--
唯一赚钱的路子 basically, only way of making money.
所以我不想做任何会危及生意的事 So I wouldn't want to do anything to jeopardize that.
在告诉Alen我打算起诉百思买之后 After telling Alen I was gonna sue Best Buy,
他立刻担心起来了 he was immediately concerned.
他们有更出名的律师 They got bigger lawyers,
更厉害的律师 还有更多资金 better lawyers, probably, more money.
Alen担心百思买会报复他 Alen was worried that Best Buy would retaliate
会派律师来纠缠他 and have their lawyers come after him.
所以你有点担心吗 So you're a bit worried?
没错 不是有点 是非常 Yeah. Not a bit. A lot.
我很纠结 I was torn.
如果因为我的诉讼 I couldn't live with myself
导致Alen最终破产无家可归 if Alen ended up broke and homeless
那我可不能心安理得 because of my actions,
但根据我的研究 只有通过起诉 but according to my research, suing was the only way
我才能帮他拿到本该属于他的电视 I could get him the TVs he was rightfully owed,
美国联邦集体诉讼
但我无意中发现了一个滴水不漏的方法 but that's when I came across a sure-fire way
能够合法避免百思买报复他 to legally protect him from Best Buy:
那就是诊断他精神失常 a diagnosis of insanity.
精神失常辩护
如果Alen被诊断为临床精神失常 If Alen were diagnosed as clinically insane,
百思买就不能对他进行任何报复了 Best Buy wouldn't be able to come after him for anything,
但要这样做 必须得用上点计谋 but to do this would take some maneuvering.
于是我没有告知Alen So without telling Alen
我打算进行我们的诉讼计划 I was moving forward with the lawsuit,
我请来了一位洛杉矶的临床心理学家给他做评估 I booked him an evaluation with L.A.-based clinical psychologist
临床心理学家
Judy Rosenberg博士 Dr. Judy Rosenberg.
我告诉Alen那只是个常规的检查 I told Alen it was just a routine checkup
只是为了节目的保险起见 for insurance purposes for the show,
但我带着计划有备而来 but I came prepared with a plan
希望能够得到我所需的诊断 that would hopefully get me the diagnosis I needed.
我非常担心我的朋友Alen So I'm very concerned about my friend Alen.
- 嗯哼 - 我感觉他好像 - Mm-hmm. - I believe he maybe
- 有些什么心理上的问题 - 好的 - has some sort of psychological issue happening. - Okay.
有些什么迹象 What are you noticing?
他以为自己是一家电子设备商店的经理 He believes he's the manager of an electronics store...
好的 Okay.
过去的15年他都在那里工作 And has been working there for the past 15 years.
好的 所以他是幻想了这种生活 Okay, so this is a delusion that he's having.
你等会儿就会发现 他非常有想象力 I mean, as you'll see, he has quite the imagination.
- 好的 - 行了 你 你准备好了吗 - Okay. - All right. You--you ready?
- 好了 - 好 很简单的 - Let's go. - Okay. It'll be easy.
- 做你自己就好 - 行 好的 - Just be yourself. - All right. Okay.
没什么复杂的东西 It'll be pretty straightforward.
- 嗯 - 好 - Yeah. - Okay.
那么 跟我简单聊聊你自己 All right, so tell me a little bit about yourself.
- 我在斯皮斯电视之家工作 - 嗯哼 - Well, I work at the Speers TV. - Mm-hmm.
我在那干了 大概十五六年了 而且 I've been there for, I would say, 15, 16 years, and--
嗯哼 Mm-hmm.
那你现在还在那里工作吗 And are you still working there?
- 是的 我在 - 你在 - Yes, I am. Yeah. - You are.
- 你喜欢吗 - 非常喜欢 - Do you like? - I love it.
非常喜欢 好的 You love it. Okay.
可以问问鳄鱼的事 Maybe ask about the alligator.
好 Okay.
我没听说过 继续说 I didn't know. Go ahead.
呃 就是我们搞了个活动 Well, we did this thing where, you know,
把一条鳄鱼放进了一扇小门里 we put an alligator inside a small door--
放进了一个小房间 房间有个小门 or a smaller room, basically, with a small door...
嗯哼 Mm-hmm.
然后会有顾客到店里来 And we would have customers coming in
想买一美元的电视 to get a $1 TV, basically.
- 好的 - 所以 - Okay. - So--and
他们只需要通过 the only thing they had to do was go--
符合我们的着装要求 have, basically, a dress code.
- 我们有条着装要求 - 好的 - We had a dress code. - Okay.
你必须要穿着正装 So you have to be dressed nicely.
西装之类的 你知道的 Maybe a suit, you know.
打领带 穿皮鞋 A tie. Nice shoes.
哇 非常有趣 Wow. That is so interesting.
是啊 Yeah.
这个主意很有趣 还有 It's interesting idea, and--
- 确实挺有趣的 - 是啊 - It is an interesting idea. - Yeah, so.
在Rosenberg完成她的评估后 After Dr. Rosenberg was done with her evaluation,
我让Alen回避了一下 想听听她的评估意见 I excused Alen from the room so I could get her report.
你觉得他的状况怎么样 What did you get from him?
他的病情 What sense...
他没有活在现实世界里 He's not rooted in reality.
我俩可以在这儿感叹 You and I can sit here and go,
"哇 好一个故事啊" "Wow. What a story."
- 嗯 - "天呐" - Hmm. - "Jeez."
- 是啊 - 我是说 - Yeah. - I mean,
这迹象还不够明显嘛 read the writing on the wall.
鳄鱼 小门 Alligators, little doors...
这些迹象算精神失常吗 还是 Is this insanity we're witnessing? Or...
我认为是很严重的精神疾病 好吗 I'm seeing psychosis. Okay?
我认为是妄想症 I'm seeing delusional thinking.
能不能让你帮我写个书面诊断呢 Is there any way you could put that in writing for me?
当然 Sure.
有了Alen精神失常的证据 With proof of Alen's insanity in hand,
他就可以免遭起诉了 he was now immune from prosecution...
太感谢你了 Thank you so much.
知道他不会被报复 And knowing he was protected,
我就可以放心地继续诉讼计划 I was comfortable moving forward with my lawsuit,
但如果我要对抗像百思买这样的巨型公司 but if I was gonna go up against a massive company like Best Buy,
我需要些法律建议 I would need some legal advice,
所以我去拜访了老友 so I paid a visit to my old pal,
加州法官Anthony Filosa California judge Anthony Filosa,
向他咨询需要哪些证据 for guidance on how to build my case.
如果你决定起诉百思买 If you decide to sue Best Buy,
根据你所告诉我的情况 based upon what you've told me,
这会是场硬仗 it's gonna be a huge battle.
Filosa对案子的前景表示怀疑 Filosa was skeptical about my prospects,
但他说有一条证据 but he said there was one piece of evidence
可以让势头转向对我有利的一方 that could turn the tide to my favor.
如果你在百思买有内线 If you had an insider from Best Buy that--
能够作证这个对价规定 that could testify as to the price-match policy
百思买没有好好地遵守 that they don't adhere to
全面遵守这个规定 across the board,
那就是有力的证据 that's relevant.
所以我需要内部信息 So I need info from the inside.
没错 揭发告密的那种人 Yes, whistleblower for--type of person.
所以说 如果没有一名内部线人 It became clear that without an inside source,
我就赢不了案子 I wouldn't have a case,
但是要让这些建筑里的人 but getting someone from within these walls
在镜头前揭发公司的秘密 to disclose corporate secrets on camera
将会是一个巨大的挑战 would be a whole other challenge.
所以为了掩盖我的真实意图 So to conceal my true intentions,
招募百思买员工参加新的约会真人秀
我发布了一条广告招募百思买的员工 I put up an ad to recruit Best Buy employees
参加一个新的真人秀 叫"零售之约" for a new reality show called "Retail Dating,"
招募百思买员工参加新的约会真人秀
零售
之约
安排在零售店工作的员工进行相亲 where people who work at retail stores go on blind dates,
几天后 我收到了回复 and after a couple days, I got a response
是一位名叫Elle的百思买女性员工 from a female Best Buy employee named Elle.
我24岁 I'm 24 years old.
在百思买工作了三个月 I've worked at Best Buy for three months.
我的计划是假装成一名零售店员工 My plan was to pose as another retail employee
被选中做她的约会对象 who was chosen to be her date,
另外 因为她提到自己喜欢另类音乐 and because she mentioned she liked alternative music,
我决定装作是当地一家Hot Topic的经理赴约 I decided to go as the manager of a local Hot Topic
Hot Topic 另类潮牌服装音乐连锁店
化名Nathan named Nathan,
但Elle不知道的是 我唯一的目的 but what Elle didn't know is that my one and only goal
就是搞到百思买对价规定的内部机密信息 was to get secret inside dirt on the Best Buy price-match policy.
你想看个小魔术吗 Do you want to see a magic trick?
- 噢 好啊 - 你喜欢看魔术吗 - Oh, sure. - Do you like magic?
嗯 喜欢 Yeah. Yeah.
- 只是个小 - 嗯 - It's just a little-- - Yeah.
- 不是什么 - 你变吧 - It's not-- - Why not?
好吧 Okay.
看到这枚硬币了吗 See the coin?
- 我看着呢 - 好的 - I see it. - Okay.
我觉得我以前看过这个 I think I've seen that before.
好吧 Okay.
既然我已经给Elle留下了好印象 Now that I had impressed Elle,
是时候看看我是否能让她承认 it was time to see if I could get her to admit
百思买的对价规定 that there was something more going on
并不像看上去的那么简单 with the Best Buy price-match policy than meets the eye.
Hot Topic他们有件事还挺酷的 One cool thing about Hot Topic is that, you know,
就是不怎么严格遵守规矩 你知道吗 they're pretty lax on the rules, you know?
我们有时候可以想干嘛就干嘛 We can kind of do what we want a little bit.
- 好吧 - 例如 - Yeah. - For example,
我们有 呃 对价规定 we have this, uh, price-match policy.
有时候 有人到店里来 Sometimes, like, someone will come in
提出挺合理的对比价格 with a legitimate price-match,
但如果我不想给他 我就会直接说"不" and if I'm not feeling it, I'll just be like, "No."
你知道我什么意思吗 You know what I mean?
你们像那样做过吗 或者 You guys ever do that? Or...
- 噢 我见过这种事 是的 - 在百思买吗 - Oh, I've seen it happen, yes. - At Best Buy?
- 嗯哼 - 你见过哪种事 - Mm-hmm. - You've seen what?
其他员工拒绝要求 因为他们不 Other people not do it because they're not--
- 拒绝对价吗 - 是的 - Not do the price-match? - Yeah.
因为他们不喜欢那个人 Because they're not "Feeling" the person.
- 噢 是吗 - 没错 - Oh, really? - Yeah.
那太疯狂了 That's crazy.
是啊 Yeah.
上钩了 证据确凿 And there it was: the smoking gun.
视频证据记录这种滥权文化 On-camera evidence of a culture of corruption,
正在腐蚀着美国最受尊敬的机构之一 eroding the insides of one of America's most-respected institutions.
虽然我已经得到了需要的信息 But even though I had what I needed,
但我不想显得太没礼貌 唐突地离开 I didn't want to be rude and leave abruptly,
所以我还是决定留下来 上私教萨尔萨舞蹈课 so I decided to stay for the private salsa lesson
我提前预定的约会环节 I had prearranged for the date.
嗨 你们好呀 How are you guys doing?
你们需要扭动你们的肩膀 You're supposed to move your shoulders,
臀部 还有你们的手臂 your hips, and your arms as well.
我必须承认 I have to admit,
我一开始还挺紧张的 I was a bit nervous about dancing,
但是真正开始跳的时候 but once we got going,
我发现我其实跳得还不错 I discovered I was actually really good at it.
看着他的眼睛 Look at his eyes.
他正等着你呢 He's waiting for you.
完美 Perfect.
这次约会结束之后 我们互相道了别 And once our date was over, we said our good-byes.
很高兴认识你 Nice meeting you.
我也是 回见 Okay. Yeah. See you.
- 拜 - 拜拜 - Bye. - Bye.
现在有了能够对抗百思买的证据 Now that I had the evidence I needed against Best Buy,
我担心法庭辩论很有可能 the potential of an ugly courtroom battle
变得非常激烈紧张 was becoming a scary reality,
而唯一可能把这件事情搞砸的人 and the only people who could screw it up
就是我的电视采购团 were my team of TV buyers,
如果这件事诉诸法庭 他们将不得不站出来 who would have to take the stand if this went to trial.
所以我租了个法庭请他们来 So I invited them to a courtroom I rented
希望他们每个人能够做好准备 to prepare each of them for what they would face
以便直面对抗百思买的律师团 when they went head-to-head with the Best Buy legal team.
你是否宣誓说出事实 Do you swear to tell the truth
全部事实之类的吗 and the whole truth and everything?
- 我宣誓 - 是的 - I do. - Yes.
我宣誓 I do.
- 是的 - 我宣誓 - Yes. - I do.
2015年3月31日的早晨 On the morning of March 31, 2015,
你走进百思买 you entered a Best Buy,
想要用一美元的对价买一台电视 trying to price-match a TV for a dollar.
是这样吗 Is that correct?
是这样没错 不过我得确认一下日期 It is, although I would have to think of the exact date.
你是怎么知道这个促销活动的 How did you find out about that promotion?
从 From...
呃 一张传单 Uh, a flyer.
有张传单在 It was a flyer that was in the...
- 一张传单 - 是的 - A flyer. - Mm-hmm.
有没有人告诉你那天去百思买 Did anyone tell you to go to Best Buy that day?
有 Well, yes.
哦不 没有 I mean, no.
没有 我自己想去的 No. I just wanted to go.
那台电视是买给你自己的还是买给别人的 And was the television for you, or was it for someone else?
是打算买给我自己的 It would've been for me.
- 是给你自己的 - 是的 - It was for you. - Mm-hmm.
那你怎么解释这段录像 Then how would you explain this footage?
你要做的就是 到百思买 What you'll be doing is going to Best Buy
用这张传单找他们对价 and using this flyer to price-match
- 用一美元买下一台电视 - 好的 - and get a TV for a dollar... - Okay.
然后你再将那台电视拿过来让我保管 And you'll bring that TV back to me for me to keep it.
- 它不是你的 你明白吧 - 嗯 - It's not yours. You understand, right? - Mm-hmm.
这你怎么解释 How do you explain that?
呃 Um...
我 I...
很快 采购员缺乏自信的回答 Right away, my buyer's lack of confidence
开始让我很担心 began to concern me,
越来越多的人出席作证 and as more and more took the stand,
我发现他们很容易就露出马脚 it became clear that they could be thrown off
就算所问的问题非常简单 by even the simplest of questions.
Barcelona小姐 Ms. Barcelona,
你之前有没有见过这个人 have you ever seen a man that looks like this before?
没有 No.
这下 我才真正开始怀疑 And for the first time, I began to have doubts
我们是否能赢得这场官司 about our chances of winning this case.
情况越发地糟糕 To make matters worse,
当我把对付百思买的确凿证据 when I showed Judge Filosa the damning evidence
给Filosa法官看了之后 I had obtained on Best Buy...
目击证人必须出庭 A witness has to be in court,
不然你不能采用她的证言 otherwise you can't introduce their testimony,
因为她必须接受交叉盘问 'cause they have to cross-examine her.
但我有视频证据 But I have it on video.
不 那也是不够的 No, that's not good enough.
他告诉我 Elle的证词不可能被采用 He told me that Elle's statements would only be admissible
除非她同意到法庭上作证 if she agreed to say them in an actual courtroom,
但当我约她出来 but when I arranged a meet-up
问她是否愿意亲自作证时 to ask her if she would be willing to testify in person,
她并不愿意 she wasn't at all interested.
这真的很奇怪 That's really weird
你找人约会 结果问他们 that you'd take someone on a date and then ask them,
"嘿 朋友 不如我们起诉百思买吧" "Hey, dude, like, why don't we sue Best Buy?"
好吧 Okay.
在我看来 你是疯了吧 For all I know, you're crazy.
Elle就是不打算帮我 Elle just wasn't willing to help me out,
这场官司就这么在我眼前分崩离析了 and our case was crumbling before my very eyes.
Elle和她的证词已不在考虑范围之内 With Elle and her testimony out of the picture,
我的官司受到了严重打击 my case had taken a huge blow,
但不知怎么的 自从她走了以后 but for some reason, once she was gone,
我一直没法忘记她所说的那些话 I just couldn't get her words out of my head...
"在我看来 你是疯了吧" "For all I know, you're crazy."
于是我头一次 And for the first time,
开始认真思考我到底做了些什么 I started to really think about what I was doing.
这个女人本来以为 Here was a woman who thought
自己在和别人真诚地交心 she was sharing a genuine connection with someone,
但这一切都只是计划好的圈套 but it was all just a calculated ruse
为了套她的口风 是典型的诱导行为 to get information, a classic bait-and-switch,
就在那时 我意识到我的行为 and in that moment, I realized I'd become no better
跟我想要对抗的大公司一样差劲 than the corporation I was trying to defeat,
在我努力想要打败百思买的过程中 that in my efforts to take down Best Buy,
百思买
我成为了最贱最坏的人 I became the worst guy.
人贱坏
我也可以继续我的诉讼 I could've kept pursuing this lawsuit
再次尝试取得需要的法庭证言 and tried again to get the court testimony I needed
回复：零售之约
从另一个想上"零售之约"的 from another Best Buy employee
百思买员工手上取得证据 that submitted to my "Retail Dating" Show...
当你在百思买工作的时候 You know, when you work at Best Buy,
周围全是科技产品 you're, like, in a tech playground
比如CD DVD光碟什么的 with, like, CDs and DVDs.
但我不想再伤害另一位天使的心 But I didn't want to break the heart of another angel
她只是想找到一个能真心交流的人 who was just searching for a real connection...
老实说 我已经有段时间没约会了 Admittedly, it's been a while since I've been on a date.
所以我决定放弃这场官司 So I decided to drop my case
不再帮助Alen讨回他的电视 and give up on getting Alen his TVs.
当你仅用成功来定义自己时 When you define yourself entirely by your successes,
一旦失败 你的内心就会无比空虚 failure can leave you feeling pretty empty inside,
但当我回顾拍摄的视频素材时 but when I was reviewing the footage we shot,
我偶然发现了那天做大促销的时候 I stumbled upon a conversation I had with Alen
我和Alen的一段对话 on the day of his big promotion.
她说 "你知道吧 你可以" She says like, "You know, you should, you know,"
"找个人结婚啊 然后" "find someone and get married, so--"
- 你妈说的吗 - "生小孩" 嗯 所以 - Your mom? - "Have kids." Yeah. So.
这让我明白 And it made me realize that
我对成功的定义说不定完全是错的 my definition of success might've been entirely wrong.
快找到了吗 还是 Getting close, or...
- 没 没有 - 没有啊 - No. No. - No.
注意力都放在工作上 所以 Just concentrating on the job, so.
- 哦 - 嗯 - Yeah. - Yeah.
我以前没意识到 I didn't see it before,
其实他的表情说明了一切 but the truth was all over his face.
Alen或许是说过他想用折扣价买电视 Alen might've said he wanted some TVs at a discounted price,
但这并不是他真正需要的 but it wasn't what he needed.
于是第二天 我回到了斯皮斯 So, the next day, I returned to Speers
给他带去了他那么多年都没给自己找的东西 with the one thing he'd been denying himself for so many years.
我明白我没像承诺的那样帮你拿到电视 So I know I couldn't get you those TVs that I promised...
没关系 It's okay.
但我有个人想介绍给你认识 But there is someone I'd like to introduce you to.
- 好吧 - 这可以吗 - Okay. - Is that okay?
可以的 没事 Yeah, that's fine. Yeah.
- 好的 等一下 - 好 - Okay. One sec. - Okay.
谢谢 Thanks.
你好 Hi.
Alen 这位是Cathy Alen, this is Cathy.
- 嗨 很高兴认识你 - 嗨Cathy 我也是 - Hi. Nice to meet you. - Hi, Cathy. Nice to meet you.
Cathy曾经在百思买工作过 Cathy used to work at Best Buy...
- 是的 - 好 - Yeah. - Okay.
她也刚好是单身 And she also happens to be single.
- 嗯哼 没错 - 噢 - Mm-hmm. That's right. - Oh.
我让你们互相了解一下对方 So I'll let you two get to know each other.
- 好的 - 很好 谢谢你 - All right. Okay. - Awesome. Thank you.
- 嗨 - 嗨 - Hi. So. - Hi.
- 你 - 你今天过得怎么样 - So. - How.. How are you doing?
- 都挺好的 所以 - 那就好 - Everything's good. Yeah. So. - Good.
所以你在百思买工作过吧 Yeah. So you worked at Best Buy, huh?
是啊 我高中的时候在那里工作过 Yeah, I worked at Best Buy in high school.
- 噢 是嘛 - 是啊 - Oh, you did? - Yeah.
好吧 哪个地区的 在这附近吗 Okay. Which location? Was it around?
看到Alen开心起来 Seeing Alen light up
让我觉得自己做的事情很有意义 made me feel great about what I had done.
最疯狂的是 只要一开始下几天雨 The crazy thing is, like, once it starts raining for a few days,
- 大家就开始着急 - 对 他们都担心死 - everybody's panicking. - Oh, yeah. Then they freak out.
- 嗯 - 他们就吓到 "天哪 太阳呢" - Yeah. - They're like, "Oh, my God, we need the sun."
- "这可是加州 见鬼了吧" - 嗯 - "It's California. What the hell?" - Yeah.
他们撑不过那几天 Like, they can't do it.
对于我来说 独自一人挺好的 As for me, I was fine being alone
因为这样我就能更专注于工作 because it would give me more time to focus on my work.
773是芝加哥的区号 So 773 is a Chicago area code...
- 好的 - 这是我的手机号 - Okay. All right. - But it's my cell phone.
- 真的很高兴认识你 - 我也是 - It was good to meet you. - Good to meet you too.
- 谢谢你 - 嗯 拜拜 - Thank you so much. - All right. Bye.
- 希望今后再见了 我会打电话的 - 好 - I'll see you soon, hopefully. I'll give you a call, - Okay.
- 拜拜 谢谢你 - 肯定的 好 拜拜 - Bye. Yeah. Thank you. - for sure. Okay. Bye.
- 你一看就像穿Hot Topic的 - 噢 确实 - You have the Hot Topic look. - Oh, yeah.
员工折扣嘛 你知道的 Well, employee discount, you know...
不过 你究竟能拿到多少折扣啊 How much discount do you get, anyway?
六折 40%.
我的天呐 Oh, my God.
- 哇 - 挺不错的吧 - Wow. - That's pretty good, right?
那可真不错 That's amazing.
那百思买的折扣呢 What do you get at Best Buy?
我记得是六折 I think it was 40% off.
那也挺好的啊 Oh. That's good.
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