今天我们来听一个电视剧的片段

Jīntiān wǒmen lái tīng yīgè diànshìjù de piànduàn

Today we are going to listen to a clip from a TV drama

这个电视剧是前些年年轻人很喜欢的电视剧

Zhège diànshìjù shì qiánxiē nián niánqīngrén hěn xǐhuān de diànshìjù

This TV drama was very popular among young people a few years ago

是一种情景喜剧

Shì yī zhǒng qíngjǐng xǐjù

It is a type of sitcom

剧情搞笑、夸张、无厘头

Jùqíng gǎoxiào, kuāzhāng, wúlítóu

The plot is funny, exaggerated, and absurd (nonsensical in a humorous way)

我们来听听里面的一小段

Wǒmen lái tīngting lǐmiàn de yī xiǎo duàn

Let's listen to a short segment of it

故事背景是

Gùshi bèijǐng shì

The background of the story is

女主角不想要她的情敌租他们附近的房子

Nǚ zhǔjué bù xiǎng yào tā de qíngdí zū tāmen fùjìn de fángzi

The female lead doesn't want her love rival to rent a house near them

请问，你的公寓还出租吗

Qǐngwèn, nǐ de gōngyù hái chūzū ma

Excuse me, is your apartment still available for rent?

是你？你不是不租吗

Shì nǐ? Nǐ bù shì bù zū ma

It's you? Weren't you not going to rent it?

我改主意了

wǒ gǎi zhǔ yì le

I've changed my mind

我回去算了一下

Wǒ huíqù suàn le yīxià

I went back and did some calculations

发现钱太多，花不完

Fāxiàn qián tài duō, huā bù wán

And found that I have too much money and can't spend it all

所以我就决定再租一套

Suǒyǐ wǒ jiù juédìng zài zū yī tào

So I decided to rent another one

周末上来度个假

Zhōumò shànglái dù gè jià

To come up and spend a vacation here on weekends

不过你得答应我

Búguò nǐ děi dāyìng wǒ

But you have to promise me

回头要是有人问起来

Huítóu yàoshi yǒu rén wèn qǐlái

If someone asks about it later

你就说房子已经租掉了

Nǐ jiù shuō fángzi yǐjīng zū diào le

You just say the house has already been rented out

千万别说是我租的

Qiānwàn bié shuō shì wǒ zū de

Don't say it's me who rented it, no matter what

我比较低调

Wǒ bǐjiào dīdiào

I prefer to keep a low profile

那你来的不是时候

Nà nǐ lái de bù shì shíhou

Then you've come at a bad time

已经租掉了？太好了

Yǐjīng zū diào le? Tài hǎo le

It's already been rented? That's great!

身体健康，万事如意

Shēntǐ jiànkāng, wànshì rúyì

Wish you good health and all the best (a common polite blessing in Chinese)

我是说，看房会明天才举办呢

Wǒ shì shuō, kànfáng huì míngtiān cái jǔbàn ne

What I mean is, the house-viewing event will only be held tomorrow

看房会？

Kànfáng huì?

House-viewing event?

我老婆是搞营销的

Wǒ lǎopó shì gǎo yíngxiāo de

My wife works in marketing

她教我说

Tā jiāo wǒ shuō

She taught me

价格应该由需求来决定

Jiàgé yīnggāi yóu xūqiú lái juédìng

Prices should be determined by demand

不能随便拍脑瓜

Bù néng suíbiàn pāi nǎoguā

You can't just make a random decision (lit. slap your head casually)

所以我们决定明天举办一个看房会

Suǒyǐ wǒmen juédìng míngtiān jǔbàn yīgè kànfáng huì

So we decided to hold a house-viewing event tomorrow

让大家来竞价

Ràng dàjiā lái jìngjià

Let everyone bid for it

这样才能把利益最大化呀

Zhèyàng cáinéng bǎ lìyì zuìdàhuà ya

This way, we can maximize our benefits

你租个房那么麻烦干嘛呀

Nǐ zū gè fáng nàme máfan gànmá ya

Why do you make renting a house so complicated?

我多出百分之十

Wǒ duō chū bǎifēn zhī shí

I'll pay ten percent more

我老婆说的果然没错

Wǒ lǎopó shuō de guǒrán méi cuò

My wife was indeed right

你肯多出百分之十

Nǐ kěn duō chū bǎifēn zhī shí

If you're willing to pay ten percent more

就有人肯多出百分之二十

Jiù yǒu rén kěn duō chū bǎifēn zhī èrshí

There will be someone willing to pay twenty percent more

好，我多出百分之二十

Hǎo, wǒ duō chū bǎifēn zhī èrshí

Fine, I'll pay twenty percent more

你肯多出百分之二十

Nǐ kěn duō chū bǎifēn zhī èrshí

If you're willing to pay twenty percent more

就有人肯多出百分之四十

Jiù yǒu rén kěn duō chū bǎifēn zhī sìshí

There will be someone willing to pay forty percent more

你存心的吧你

Nǐ cúnxīn de ba nǐ

You're doing this on purpose, aren't you?

你居然为了这房子要打我

Nǐ jūrán wèile zhè fángzi yào dǎ wǒ

You're actually going to hit me for this house?

看来我这房子的价值真是不可估量啊

Kàn lái wǒ zhè fángzi de jiàzhí zhēn shì bùkěgūliàng a

It seems the value of my house is really immeasurable

估你二大爷啊

Gū nǐ èrdàyé a

Oh, shut up with your "estimation" (a rude, colloquial retort to dismiss his words)

租房没有市场价的吗

Zūfáng méiyǒu shìchǎng jià de ma

Isn't there a market price for renting houses?