On Monday morning, Wang Li and Zhang Ming open their calendar and find a week packed wall to wall. They have to scramble to reschedule a meeting and still get the report in before the deadline.
Scene 1: Monday Morning, Opening the Calendar
星期一早上八点，办公室里咖啡的香味还没散开。
Eight o'clock on Monday morning, and the smell of coffee still hadn't faded from the office.
Wang Li
你先别坐下，过来看看这周的，我心里有点慌。
Don't sit down yet, come take a look at this week's schedule. It's making me a little nervous.
Zhang Ming
怎么了？周一不是一向最轻松吗？
What's wrong? Mondays are usually the easiest, aren't they?
Wang Li
你自己看吧——会议、报告、客户，全挤在一起了。
See for yourself, meetings, the report, the client, they're all crammed into the same week.
Zhang Ming
别急，一件一件来。我们先把最麻烦的挑出来。
Take it easy, one thing at a time. Let's pull out the trickiest one first.
Scene 2: Wednesday's Meeting Clashes with the Boss's Schedule
Zhang Ming
星期三下午三点跟客户开会，可是经理那天上午要。
We've got the client meeting at three on Wednesday afternoon, but the manager has a business trip that morning.
Wang Li
他赶得回来吗？少了他，这根本签不了。
Will he make it back in time? Without him there's no way we can sign this contract.
Zhang Ming
我刚问过，他的飞机两点半才落地。三点肯定来不及。
I just checked, his flight doesn't land until two thirty. Three o'clock is definitely cutting it too close.
Wang Li
那就往后挪半个小时，改成三点半，给他留点喘气的时间。
Then let's push it back half an hour, move it to three thirty, and give him a little room to breathe.
Zhang Ming
行，我马上大家。对了，提醒他们把都带上。
Sure, I'll let everyone know right away. Oh, and remind them to bring all the contracts.
Scene 3: So What About the Report?
Zhang Ming
麻烦的是那份报告，星期五晚上六点就，我还一个字没写。
The headache is that report, it's due Friday at six in the evening, and I haven't written a single word.
Wang Li
一个字没写？！你这两天都在忙开会的事了吧。
Not a single word?! You've been swamped with the meeting stuff these past couple of days, haven't you.
Zhang Ming
嗯……所以我打算每天下午关掉手机，硬挤出两个小时来写。
Yeah... so I'm planning to switch off my phone every afternoon and force myself to carve out two hours to write.
Wang Li
那交给我，我帮你最后那部分，你只管写。
Then leave the data to me, I'll double-check that last section for you, you just focus on writing.
Zhang Ming
有你这句话我就多了。说真的，谢谢啊。
Hearing you say that puts me a lot more at ease. Honestly, thank you.
Scene 4: Friday Night, Hitting Send
星期五晚上五点五十，张明把报告发了出去，往椅背上一靠。
At five fifty on Friday evening, Zhang Ming sent off the report and leaned back into his chair.
Wang Li
差十分钟就到点，吓死我了。客户那边也回话说满意。
Ten minutes to the deadline, that scared me half to death. The client wrote back too and said they're happy with it.
Zhang Ming
这一周累得我连饭都忘了吃，不过总算扛过来了。
This week wore me out so much I even forgot to eat, but somehow I made it through.
Wang Li
下周的安排明天再说，今晚什么都别想，先去吃碗热汤面。
Next week's schedule can wait till tomorrow. Tonight, don't think about anything, let's go grab a bowl of hot noodle soup first.