原文

Hey. Come in. Bite?

Oh, God, no.

I'm glad you came in. I was gonna come see you.

About?

A purchase I'm considering.

An impulse purchase?

Naturally.

Sizeable? I'm guessing it's something you may not even particularly need.

People are saying if I do, it'll unleash the hounds which makes me want it even more.

That's good. Back when we started, you wouldn't have been able to recognize the motivation until long after you bought it.

Well, back when we started, I was just rich, not super-rich. You know, being a billionaire I never get to talk about this with anyone 'cause who's gonna give a shit? But being a billionaire, when you walk into a room, it's like being a woman with a perfect set of tits. Or great legs. Or eyes like yours You know exactly what everyone's looking at, and you know exactly what they want. You know what that's like.

Okay, player. Identifying the fact that buying can be a surrogate for power and that outside authority isn't something you do well, this is progress. You've come a long way since we started.

I guess, considering when we started I was staggering around crying along with the half of us still breathing.

But knowing isn't enough. You've got to exercise control. Don't get into a bitch fight over nothing. Don't buy it.

You nailed Lumetherm Power. Deal crumbled. I covered at $31.19.

Nice.

You said $32-ish, but I saw it was going even further, so I waited.

Whoa, living dangerously. All right. Good job. You just made us another $18 million.

We got sidetracked. You came to me. You're thinking about leaving.

Uh, well, it's crossed my mind.

Is this about comp?

No. God, no. You've you've always made that clear. I'm better paid than anyone in my med-school class except the guy who invented the synthetic bladder.

I'll short his company, give some speeches, chop him down to size.

It's not about comp. But it is about value mine and growth, as in whether I'm still growing. I love this place, but I do miss seeing more than a handful of other patients. At-risk adolescents, women in crisis. You know, using those other muscles.

Where's this coming from?

It's been on my mind.

Your value to the firm is absolute. You just saved me from making a huge mistake for dick-measuring purposes. So let's do this. Spend as much time away from here as you want. See other patients outside. But stick with me.


对话解析

Surrogate adj替代品 replacing someone else or used instead of something else:


Don't get into a bitch fight over nothing


crumbled v.(使) 破碎，成碎屑; 坍塌; 损坏; 崩裂; (开始渐渐) 衰退，衰弱; 崩溃; 瓦解; 消亡;


living dangerously. 险中求胜


Sidetrack v. 使转变话题; 使转移目标;


it's croosed my mind 我确实想过的地道表达


Comp 薪酬 the money that an employee receives for doing their job, sometimes including other benefits (= rewards)