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2008年股东大会 · 巴菲特差点辞去伯克希尔董事长职位?

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F1
F10:02

各位,刚刚收到一条最新消息。

Folks, this just in.

看起来,Warren Buffett 已经谈成了一笔交易,要和日间肥皂剧女王 Susan Lucci 互换工作。

It appears that Warren Buffett has struck a deal to trade jobs with daytime soap opera diva Susan Lucci.

据说 Buffett 已经谈好了,要在《All My Children》的演员阵容里拿到一个长期固定的角色。

Buffett has reportedly negotiated a permanent spot on the cast of All My Children.

而且听说,Lucci 女士正在赶往 Omaha,准备出任 Berkshire 的新 CEO。

Apparently, Ms. Lucci is en route to Omaha as the new CEO of Berkshire.
F2
F20:47

他会在哪儿呢?

Where could he be?

他在那儿。

There he is.

你是说 Warren 吗,Charlie?

Do you mean Warren, Charlie?

他被电视台暂时给扣住了。

He's been detained at the TV studio.

真的?

Really?

嗨,Charlie。

Hi, Charlie.

我是 Susan Lucci。

I'm Susan Lucci.

哦,你还没听说我和 Warren 的这笔交易吗?

Oh, haven't you heard about the deal between Warren and me?

他要去《All My Children》当大明星,而我要接管 Berkshire Hathaway。

He's going to be a big star on All My Children, and I'm going to be taking over Berkshire Hathaway.

嗯,你确实有一些 Warren 所欠缺的重要特质。

Well, you've certainly got some important qualities that Warren lacks.

哦,谢谢你,Charlie。

Well, thank you, Charlie.

你现在可以放轻松了,你这位亲爱的先生。

And you can relax now, you dear man.

你就尽管自在一点,像在自己家一样,因为接下来交给我就行了,谢谢。

You just make yourself at home because I'll take it from here, thank you.

我早就一直想和我们的股东们聊聊了。

I've been wanting to talk to our shareholders for quite some time.

已经想聊很久很久了。

Quite some time now.

这里有些变化,我真的觉得我们需要做。

There are some changes I really think we need to make around here.

我们首先要看看的,就是我们的分红政策。

The first thing we need to look at is our dividend policy.

我从来没听过这么抠门、对我们这些了不起的股东又这么不公平的做法。

I have never heard of anything so cheap and so unfair to our wonderful shareholders.

我们得改。

We need to change it.

我觉得不错。

Sounds good to me.

第二,我们得开始给出盈利指引,而且我们得每个星期都给,一次不落。

And second, we need to look at giving guidance on earnings, and we need to do that every single week.

我觉得不错。

Sounds good to me.

第三,我们得给董事们涨薪,不能一年才九百美元。

And third, we need to pay our directors more than $900 a year.
M1
M12:46

等一下。

Just one minute.
F2
F22:55

嗨,Warren。

Hi, Warren.

Warren,我还以为你在《All My Children》的摄影棚呢。

Warren, I thought you were at the All My Children studio.
M1
M13:00

我听到有人在说分红,那是怎么回事啊?

What's that talk about dividends that I hear?
F2
F23:05

哦,没什么大事,Warren。

Oh, nothing important, Warren.

你就专心演好你在这个节目里的角色吧。

You just concentrate on your role on the show.
M1
M13:11

Susan,我的节目就是 Berkshire Hathaway,而我的角色就是经营它。

Susan, my show is Berkshire Hathaway, and my role is to run it.
F2
F23:22

Warren,你不能那样做!

Warren, you can't do that!
M1
M13:24

我刚刚已经这么做了。

I just did it.

All My Children 不能没有你,我也不能没有 Berkshire。

All My Children can't do without you, and I can't do without Berkshire.
F2
F23:36

哦,Warren。

Oh, Warren.

所以你的意思是,这笔交易取消了?

So you mean the deal is off?
M1
M13:41

这笔交易取消了。

The deal is off.

我真的很想谢谢你。

I really want to thank you.

是你让我清醒过来了。

You've brought me to my senses.

你可以回去 All My Children 了。

You can go back to All My Children.

我会留在 Berkshire。

I'll stay here at Berkshire.

不过我实在太感激你了,Susan,所以我想让你去 Berkshire——去 Berkshire——去 Borsheims,挑任何你喜欢的东西,然后记在 Charlie 的账上。

But I am so grateful to you, Susan, that I want you to go out to Berkshire— out to Berkshire— out to Borsheims, and I want you to pick out anything you would like and charge it to Charlie.
F2
F24:07

哦,Warren,你真贴心。

Oh, Warren, you are a darling.

谢谢你。

Thank you.
M1
M14:11

你也很贴心。

You're a darling too.

现在,等一下。

Now wait a second.