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yī dài de qián ？āi ，rén yǔ rén zhījiān de chābié zěnme jiù zhème dà ？yī zhuàn jiù zhuàn yī mádài de qián ，yī mǎi jiù mǎi yī zhěng dòng lóu ，yǎnjing dōu bù zhǎ yīxià 。wǒ yào shì gè Wēnzhōurén jiùhǎole 。

A ton huh? How can there be such a big difference between people? When they earn money, they earn a ton. When they buy, they buy the whole building - all in the blink of an eye. If I were Wenzhounese, that would be great.

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这点我也赞同！吃得苦中苦，方为人上人。我跟温州人打过交道，他们的吃苦精神绝对让人佩服。我有个温州女客户，她十八岁的时候就跟着两个哥哥一起去新疆创业，在火车上站了三天三夜，腿都站肿了。就是凭着这样一股毅力，一年之后，他们背回了一麻袋的钱。

zhè diǎn wǒ yě zàntóng ！chīdékǔzhōngkǔ, fāngwéirénshàngrén 。wǒ gēn Wēnzhōurén dǎ guò jiāodào ，tāmen de chīkǔ jīngshén juéduì ràngrén pèifú 。wǒ yǒu gè Wēnzhōu nǚ kèhù ，tā shí bā suì de shíhou jiù gēnzhe liǎng gè gēge yīqǐ qù Xīnjiāng chuàngyè ，zài huǒchē shàng zhàn le sān tiān sān yè ，tuǐ dōu zhàn zhǒng le 。jiùshì píng zhe zhèyàng yī gǔ yìlì ，yī nián zhīhòu ，tāmen bēi huí le yī mádài de qián 。

This I agree with! If you want to be successful, you have to work hard. I've dealt with a few Wenzhounese. Their attitude towards working hard is definitely worthy of admiration. I have a female client from Wenzhou. When she was 18 she went to Xinjiang with two of her brothers to start a business. They had to stand on the train for 3 days and 3 nights. She stood so long her legs swelled up. Using that same willpower, they earned a ton of money and came back a year later.

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温州人走街串巷卖东西的时候，其他地方的人都还在做梦呢！别人不屑做的小生意，温州人就捡来做。别人还在打铁饭碗的主意，温州人就动起了下海的脑筋。要我说，温州人跟犹太人绝对有的一拼。

Wēnzhōurén zǒujiēchuànxiàng mài dōngxi de shíhou ，qítā dìfang de rén dōu hái zài zuòmèng ne ！biérén bùxiè zuò de xiǎo shēngyi ，Wēnzhōurén jiù jiǎnlái zuò 。biérén hái zài dǎ tiěfànwǎn de zhǔyi ，Wēnzhōurén jiù dòng qǐ le xiàhǎi de nǎojīn 。yào wǒ shuō ，Wēnzhōurén gēn Yóutàirén juéduì yǒudeyīpīn 。

When Wenzhounese are out and about selling their things, people from other places are still dreaming! The petty trade that other people disdain, Wenzhounese are more than willing to do. Everyone else is still stuck on the idea of the 'iron rice bowl', yet Wenzhounese are out there using their brains and going into business. I'd say Wenzhounese are definitely right up there with the Jews.

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这还用猜？地球人都知道。温州人里面，十个有九个就是炒房客。温州炒房团开到哪儿，哪儿的房价就疯涨。害得我们买不起房的罪魁祸首就是他们。连老外都怕他们三分。

zhè hái yòng cāi ？dìqiúrén dōu zhīdào 。Wēnzhōurén lǐmiàn ，shí gè yǒu jiǔ gè jiùshì chǎofángkè 。Wēnzhōu chǎofángtuán kāi dào nǎr ，nǎr de fángjià jiù fēngzhǎng 。hài de wǒmen mǎibuqǐ fáng de zuìkuíhuòshǒu jiùshì tāmen 。lián lǎowài dōu pà tāmen sānfēn 。

Do you even need to guess? The whole world knows - nine out of ten Wenzhounese are real estate developers. Wherever Wenzhounese real estate groups open, the housing prices skyrocket. Wenzhounese are the culprits behind us being unable to afford homes. Even foreigners are a little afraid of them.

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哇，这小子真有福气！温州人可是出了名的会做生意。看来以后他也用不着这么辛苦上班了，在家吃吃软饭都比我们强。

wā ，zhè xiǎozi zhēn yǒu fúqì ！Wēnzhōurén kěshì chū le míng de huì zuò shēngyì 。kànlai yǐhòu tā yě yòngbuzháo zhème xīnkǔ shàngbān le ，zài jiā chī chī ruǎnfàn dōu bǐ wǒmen qiáng 。

Wow, what a lucky guy! Wenzhounese are famous for being good at doing business. It looks like he won't be working too hard in the future - sitting around at home, living off his wife, he'll still be doing better than us.

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哎，听说小徐讨了个温州老婆。

āi ，tīngshuō Xiǎo Xú tǎo le gè Wēnzhōu lǎopó 。

Hey, I heard Xiao Xu got himself a wife from Wenzhou.

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那是中国人太谦虚了。我们觉得是自大，其实顶多就是自信。再说，有什么国家能几十年发展成中国这样？我们完全有资本自信。你看温州商人以前条件多差？全是靠自己赤手空拳打拼出来的。他们现在有钱了，爱买什么买什么。

nàshì Zhōngguórén tài qiānxū le 。wǒmen juéde shì zìdà ，qíshí dǐngduō jiùshì zìxìn 。zàishuō ，yǒu shénme guójiā néng jǐshínián fāzhǎn chéng Zhōngguó zhèyàng ？wǒmen wánquán yǒu zīběn zìxìn 。nǐ kàn Wēnzhōu shāngrén yǐqián tiáojiàn duō chà ？quán shì kào zìjǐ chìshǒukōngquán dǎpīn chūlai de 。tāmen xiànzài yǒuqián le ，ài mǎi shénme mǎi shénme 。

That's excessive Chinese modesty. We feel like it's overconfidence, when at most, it's self-confidence. And furthermore, what other countries could develop for decades the way China has? We have every right to be self-confident. Look how lousy Wenzhou business people had it in the past. They got rich entirely by pulling themselves up by the bootstraps. Now they're rich, and they can buy whatever they like.

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哎，都怪黑心的房地产商唯利是图，囤售楼盘，虚高房价。要我说啊，就应该像温州人一样，个人集资建房，抵制房产开发商牟取暴利。

āi ，dōu guài hēixīn de fángdìchǎnshāng wéilìshìtú ，túnshòu lóupán ，xūgāo fángjià 。yào wǒ shuō a ，jiù yīnggāi xiàng wēnzhōurén yīyàng ，gèrén jízī jiànfáng ，dǐzhì fángchǎn kāifāshāng móuqǔ bàolì 。

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