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jiào xià jiā huān jīn nián suì
今年27
My name is Xia Jiahuan, 27 years old
liǎng gè péng yǒu yī qǐ jīng yíng yī jiā qiú xié mǎi shǒu diàn
两个朋友一起经营一家球鞋
And now I’m running a sneaker select shop with two friends
mù qián zài niǔ yuē ěr wān luò shān jī dōu yǒu shí tǐ diàn
目前纽约洛杉矶实体店
We have stores in New York, Taiwan and LA
hěn xǐ huān qiú xié
喜欢球鞋
I am totally into sneakers
zì jǐ yǒu hěn duō shōu cáng
自己很多收藏
And I have a significant collection of them
zhēn zhèng kāi shǐ jiē chù cháo liú wén huà shì zài nián zuǒ yòu
真正开始接触潮流文化2007左右
My first real contact with pop culture dates back to 2007
shí hòu wǒ huì lùn tán tiē ba kàn yī xiē cháo liú de xīn wén
时候我会论坛一些潮流新闻
Back then I would read pop-related news on forums
mǎi yī xiē cháo liú de dān pǐn
一些潮流
And buy some pop items
fàng dào shàng miàn jiù yǒu hěn duō rén diǎn zàn
放到instagram上面很多
And I received lots of likes on Instagram by posting them
shì dāng shí dà wèi bèi kè hàn de ér zi
当时大卫贝克儿子
David Beckham’s son found me on Instagram
hái tōng guò zhǎo mǎi
通过instagram
And he asked to buy a pair of sneakers from me
yī shuāng de hóng yē zi
一双nike yeezy2 椰子 13
Nike Yeezy 2 Red
zhēn de méi yǒu mǎi bù dào de xié zi
真的没有买不到鞋子
Seriously I can buy any shoe
gēn bié rén zuò yǎn shén jiāo liú zhī qián
别人眼神交流之前
Before making eye contact with each other
wǒ men dōu huì yǒu yī gè xié shàng de jiāo liú
我们一个交流
We communicate through our shoes
kàn rú guǒ chuān jiǎ xié
如果穿
And if you are wearing fake
jiù bù huì gēn shuō huà le
不会说话
That is the end of our contact
zhī hòu jiù fā xiàn yī xiē shāng jī
之后发现一些商机
Later I smelled opportunity in the shoe business
fù mǔ zài zuì zǎo de shí hòu gěi le wàn rén mín bì
父母最早时候20人民币
At first my parents gave me 200,000 yuan
gào sù shuō yào me zuò yào me jiù bù yào zuò
告诉要么要么不要
They told me to make it or break it
jiù shì tōng guò mài zhuàn le zì jǐ de dì yī tǒng jīn
就是通过yeezy 2自己第一桶金
I dug my first pot of gold by selling Yeezy 2
liǎng sān nián wán chéng le zì jǐ de shēng huó fèi
两三年完成自己生活费
Those years the income covered my living expenses
hái jiāo le xué fèi hái gěi zì jǐ mǎi yī liàng chē
学费还给自己一辆车
My tuition and it bought me a car
jīn nián de yuè fèn
今年5月份
This May
wǒ men zài běi jīng sān lǐ tún kāi le xīn de shí tǐ diàn
我们北京三里屯实体店
We opened a new store in Sanlitun, Beijing
shí tǐ diàn běi jīng
solestage实体店 北京
SoleStage Beijing
dāng zuì huǒ zuì shí shàng de qiú xié mào shān pèi jiàn
时尚球鞋配件
Hot and new sneakers, hoodies, accessories
hěn duō rén píng shí qiǎng bù dào de xiàn liàng dān pǐn
很多平时不到限量
Limited items you can’t ever seem to snap up
zài zhè biān dōu kě yǐ mǎi dé dào
这边可以得到
You can find all of them in our store
hú rén duì de quán tǐ qiú yuán
los angeles lakers湖人队全体球员
All players of Los Angeles Lakers
guó nèi míng xīng zhī qián huáng zi tāo yǒu lái guò wǒ men diàn lǐ
国内明星之前我们店里
And Chinese star Huang Zitao have visited our store
hǎi ěr xiōng dì
海尔兄弟
And Higher Brothers as well
zuì xǐ huān de zhōu jié lún de lǎo pó kūn líng
喜欢周杰伦老婆
My favorite Jay Chou’s wife Kun Ling
yù dào le hái gēn yào le wēi xìn ne
遇到
Yeah I saw her and asked her to add me on wechat
méi gěi
She refused
qiú xié shì mù qián cháo liú wén huà lǐ miàn zuì yǒu shēng zhí kōng jiān de yī gè dān pǐn
球鞋目前潮流文化里面升值空间一个
In current pop culture, sneaker alone has the highest possibility in appreciation
zhè shuāng
air jordan 4 undftd
This pair of Air Jordan 4 UNDFTD
shì wǒ men xié diàn de zhèn diàn zhī bǎo
我们鞋店
Is our store treasure
nián de bǎn běn yǒu shuāng
2005版本72
There are 72 pairs of the 2005 version
shì chǎng jià jiù yǐ jīng dá dào le rén mín bì wàn
市场价已经达到人民币20
And the market price has reached 200,000 yuan
dào xiàn zài yīn wèi yǎng huà yǐ jīng shì hé chuān zhù le
现在因为氧化已经适合穿著
And it is no longer fit for wearing because of oxidation
kě yǐ kàn kàn zhè gè xì jié
可以看看这个细节
“Check out the details”
yǒu yī fù liǎng fù xié dài
一副两副鞋带
“He has one pair, two pairs of shoelaces”
zhè gè shì nián quán xīn de bǎn běn shì xié zhōng zhī wáng ba
这个2018全新版本
This is the new version issued in 2018, the king of all shoes
zhè shuāng xié shì měi guó zhù míng diàn yǐng huí dào wèi lái de lián míng
美国著名电影回到未来联名
Nike x Back to the Future
jiǎo huái chù yǒu yī gè àn niǔ
脚踝一个按钮
There is a button here
àn xià zhī hòu de xié huì liàng dēng
之后亮灯
When you press the button, it flashes
fēi cháng yǒu wèi lái gǎn de qiú xié
非常未来球鞋
Like a shoe traveling from the future
jì niàn lēi bù lǎng zài mài ā mì rè huǒ duì duó zǒng guān jūn de shí hòu
纪念勒布朗迈阿密热火队总冠军mvp时候
This is a special issue for Lebron
zuò de yī shuāng qiú yuán tè bié bǎn
一双球员特别版
When he was announced MVP as a Miami HEAT player
kě yǐ kàn xià xié zi de xì jié
可以鞋子细节
“The details, look”
bèi hòu yǒu zì yàng
背后mvp字样
“MVP is printed on the back”
dāng shí zhǐ yǒu sì shuāng dá dào guò wàn měi jīn yǐ shàng
当时只有四双达到3万美金以上
They made four pairs of it, and the price once was over 30,000 USD
zhè shuāng
air jordan 1 chicago
Air Jordan 1 Chicago
zhī jiā gē gōng niú pèi sè
芝加哥公牛配色
Covered in Bulls color
mài kě qiáo dān qīn zì qiān míng
麦可乔丹亲自签名
Signed by Michael Jordan
zhè gè shì zhèng shū de fáng wěi biāo
这个证书防伪
This is anti-counterfeit label
zhè shì zhèng shū
upper deck证书
This is UPPER DECK certificate
shì yī gè měi guó hěn yǒu míng de
upper deck一个美国有名
UPPER DECK is a prestige American organization
qiān míng rèn zhèng jī gòu
签名认证机构
That signs trading cards
zhè sān kuài wán hǎo quán tào huá bǎn jí wèi shǎo jiàn
三块完好全套supreme lv滑板极为少见
Full set of Supreme LV skateboards in such good condition are rare
zài yī gè dà xíng pāi mài huì shàng yǒu jiàn guò
一个大型拍卖会
I saw it once on a big auction
méi yǒu zhèng shì fā shòu guò
没有正式发售
But it’s not officially released
měi guó dāng dài zuì yǒu míng de quán wáng
美国当代有名拳王
The most well-known American current boxing champion
lái dào wǒ men diàn de shí hòu
来到我们solestage时候
Came to SoleStage
gěi wǒ men qīn bǐ qiān míng de yī gè quán jī dài
我们亲笔签名一个拳击
And he gave us a boxing bag signed by him
shèng dài biǎo bù bài de zhàn jì
500代表不败战绩
50 wins, 0 loss, he is indefectible
fēi cháng jù yǒu shōu cáng jià zhí
非常具有收藏价值
Very valuable part of our collection
gāng gāng kāi shǐ wán xié de péng yǒu lái shuō
刚刚开始朋友来说
For beginners
jué dé shì yī gè fēi cháng hǎo de xuǎn zé
觉得yeezy boost一个非常选择
Yeezy Boost is a good choice
zhè shuāng xié yī zhí zài shēng zhí
一直升值
It’s been appreciating continuously
fēi cháng shū fú fēi cháng bǎi de qiú xié fēi cháng hǎo kàn
非常舒服非常球鞋非常好看
It’s comfortable to wear, goes with very thing
duì yú yī xiē gāo duān qiú xié lái shuō
对于一些高端球鞋来说
For high-end sneakers
fēi cháng tuī jiàn yì shù jiā lián míng
非常推荐nike艺术家联名
I personally recommend Nike x artists
zhǐ yào rèn hé qiáo dān qí tā pǐn pái lián míng de qiú xié
只要任何乔丹其它品牌联名球鞋
And Air Jordan x other brands
bǐ rú shuō zuì jìn lián míng
比如说最近travis scott联名
Such as the recently Travis Scott
yī xiē pǐn pái lián míng
一些品牌联名
And some brands
sacaioff-white
Sacai, Off-White
virgil
Virgil
zài guò qù de shí nián cháo liú cóng yī gè fēi cháng xiǎo zhòng de wén huà
过去十年潮流一个非常文化
The past decade has seen how pop culture evolved from a minority thing
dào xiàn zài chéng wèi yī gè bǐ jiào zhǔ liú de wén huà
现在成为一个比较主流文化
To a probably mainstream culture
shì yīn wèi wǒ men xīn shēng dài jiàn jiàn zhǎng dà de guān xì
是因为我们新生代渐渐长大关系
Maybe because millennials are growing up
zuì ràng zì háo de jiù shì néng zài jiē tóu wén huà de fā yuán dì
自豪就是街头文化发源地
And what makes me proud is that
néng ràng měi guó rén zhī dào
美国知道
At the birthplace of street culture
wǒ men zhōng guó rén yǒu kāi shè yī gè
我们中国开设一个
We make the US realize
shǔ yú zì jǐ de cháo liú wén huà diàn
属于自己潮流文化
That Chinese have their own pop store
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Millennial Chinese Boy Becomes a Sneaker King in the US

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jiào xià jiā huān jīn nián suì

今年27

My name is Xia Jiahuan, 27 years old

liǎng gè péng yǒu yī qǐ jīng yíng yī jiā qiú xié mǎi shǒu diàn

两个朋友一起经营一家球鞋

And now I’m running a sneaker select shop with two friends

mù qián zài niǔ yuē ěr wān luò shān jī dōu yǒu shí tǐ diàn

目前纽约洛杉矶实体店

We have stores in New York, Taiwan and LA

hěn xǐ huān qiú xié

喜欢球鞋

I am totally into sneakers

zì jǐ yǒu hěn duō shōu cáng

自己很多收藏

And I have a significant collection of them

zhēn zhèng kāi shǐ jiē chù cháo liú wén huà shì zài nián zuǒ yòu

真正开始接触潮流文化2007左右

My first real contact with pop culture dates back to 2007

shí hòu wǒ huì lùn tán tiē ba kàn yī xiē cháo liú de xīn wén

时候我会论坛一些潮流新闻

Back then I would read pop-related news on forums

mǎi yī xiē cháo liú de dān pǐn

一些潮流

And buy some pop items

fàng dào shàng miàn jiù yǒu hěn duō rén diǎn zàn

放到instagram上面很多

And I received lots of likes on Instagram by posting them

shì dāng shí dà wèi bèi kè hàn de ér zi

当时大卫贝克儿子

David Beckham’s son found me on Instagram

hái tōng guò zhǎo mǎi

通过instagram

And he asked to buy a pair of sneakers from me

yī shuāng de hóng yē zi

一双nike yeezy2 椰子 13

Nike Yeezy 2 Red

zhēn de méi yǒu mǎi bù dào de xié zi

真的没有买不到鞋子

Seriously I can buy any shoe

gēn bié rén zuò yǎn shén jiāo liú zhī qián

别人眼神交流之前

Before making eye contact with each other

wǒ men dōu huì yǒu yī gè xié shàng de jiāo liú

我们一个交流

We communicate through our shoes

kàn rú guǒ chuān jiǎ xié

如果穿

And if you are wearing fake

jiù bù huì gēn shuō huà le

不会说话

That is the end of our contact

zhī hòu jiù fā xiàn yī xiē shāng jī

之后发现一些商机

Later I smelled opportunity in the shoe business

fù mǔ zài zuì zǎo de shí hòu gěi le wàn rén mín bì

父母最早时候20人民币

At first my parents gave me 200,000 yuan

gào sù shuō yào me zuò yào me jiù bù yào zuò

告诉要么要么不要

They told me to make it or break it

jiù shì tōng guò mài zhuàn le zì jǐ de dì yī tǒng jīn

就是通过yeezy 2自己第一桶金

I dug my first pot of gold by selling Yeezy 2

liǎng sān nián wán chéng le zì jǐ de shēng huó fèi

两三年完成自己生活费

Those years the income covered my living expenses

hái jiāo le xué fèi hái gěi zì jǐ mǎi yī liàng chē

学费还给自己一辆车

My tuition and it bought me a car

jīn nián de yuè fèn

今年5月份

This May

wǒ men zài běi jīng sān lǐ tún kāi le xīn de shí tǐ diàn

我们北京三里屯实体店

We opened a new store in Sanlitun, Beijing

shí tǐ diàn běi jīng

solestage实体店 北京

SoleStage Beijing

dāng zuì huǒ zuì shí shàng de qiú xié mào shān pèi jiàn

时尚球鞋配件

Hot and new sneakers, hoodies, accessories

hěn duō rén píng shí qiǎng bù dào de xiàn liàng dān pǐn

很多平时不到限量

Limited items you can’t ever seem to snap up

zài zhè biān dōu kě yǐ mǎi dé dào

这边可以得到

You can find all of them in our store

hú rén duì de quán tǐ qiú yuán

los angeles lakers湖人队全体球员

All players of Los Angeles Lakers

guó nèi míng xīng zhī qián huáng zi tāo yǒu lái guò wǒ men diàn lǐ

国内明星之前我们店里

And Chinese star Huang Zitao have visited our store

hǎi ěr xiōng dì

海尔兄弟

And Higher Brothers as well

zuì xǐ huān de zhōu jié lún de lǎo pó kūn líng

喜欢周杰伦老婆

My favorite Jay Chou’s wife Kun Ling

yù dào le hái gēn yào le wēi xìn ne

遇到

Yeah I saw her and asked her to add me on wechat

méi gěi

She refused

qiú xié shì mù qián cháo liú wén huà lǐ miàn zuì yǒu shēng zhí kōng jiān de yī gè dān pǐn

球鞋目前潮流文化里面升值空间一个

In current pop culture, sneaker alone has the highest possibility in appreciation

zhè shuāng

air jordan 4 undftd

This pair of Air Jordan 4 UNDFTD

shì wǒ men xié diàn de zhèn diàn zhī bǎo

我们鞋店

Is our store treasure

nián de bǎn běn yǒu shuāng

2005版本72

There are 72 pairs of the 2005 version

shì chǎng jià jiù yǐ jīng dá dào le rén mín bì wàn

市场价已经达到人民币20

And the market price has reached 200,000 yuan

dào xiàn zài yīn wèi yǎng huà yǐ jīng shì hé chuān zhù le

现在因为氧化已经适合穿著

And it is no longer fit for wearing because of oxidation

kě yǐ kàn kàn zhè gè xì jié

可以看看这个细节

“Check out the details”

yǒu yī fù liǎng fù xié dài

一副两副鞋带

“He has one pair, two pairs of shoelaces”

zhè gè shì nián quán xīn de bǎn běn shì xié zhōng zhī wáng ba

这个2018全新版本

This is the new version issued in 2018, the king of all shoes

zhè shuāng xié shì měi guó zhù míng diàn yǐng huí dào wèi lái de lián míng

美国著名电影回到未来联名

Nike x Back to the Future

jiǎo huái chù yǒu yī gè àn niǔ

脚踝一个按钮

There is a button here

àn xià zhī hòu de xié huì liàng dēng

之后亮灯

When you press the button, it flashes

fēi cháng yǒu wèi lái gǎn de qiú xié

非常未来球鞋

Like a shoe traveling from the future

jì niàn lēi bù lǎng zài mài ā mì rè huǒ duì duó zǒng guān jūn de shí hòu

纪念勒布朗迈阿密热火队总冠军mvp时候

This is a special issue for Lebron

zuò de yī shuāng qiú yuán tè bié bǎn

一双球员特别版

When he was announced MVP as a Miami HEAT player

kě yǐ kàn xià xié zi de xì jié

可以鞋子细节

“The details, look”

bèi hòu yǒu zì yàng

背后mvp字样

“MVP is printed on the back”

dāng shí zhǐ yǒu sì shuāng dá dào guò wàn měi jīn yǐ shàng

当时只有四双达到3万美金以上

They made four pairs of it, and the price once was over 30,000 USD

zhè shuāng

air jordan 1 chicago

Air Jordan 1 Chicago

zhī jiā gē gōng niú pèi sè

芝加哥公牛配色

Covered in Bulls color

mài kě qiáo dān qīn zì qiān míng

麦可乔丹亲自签名

Signed by Michael Jordan

zhè gè shì zhèng shū de fáng wěi biāo

这个证书防伪

This is anti-counterfeit label

zhè shì zhèng shū

upper deck证书

This is UPPER DECK certificate

shì yī gè měi guó hěn yǒu míng de

upper deck一个美国有名

UPPER DECK is a prestige American organization

qiān míng rèn zhèng jī gòu

签名认证机构

That signs trading cards

zhè sān kuài wán hǎo quán tào huá bǎn jí wèi shǎo jiàn

三块完好全套supreme lv滑板极为少见

Full set of Supreme LV skateboards in such good condition are rare

zài yī gè dà xíng pāi mài huì shàng yǒu jiàn guò

一个大型拍卖会

I saw it once on a big auction

méi yǒu zhèng shì fā shòu guò

没有正式发售

But it’s not officially released

měi guó dāng dài zuì yǒu míng de quán wáng

美国当代有名拳王

The most well-known American current boxing champion

lái dào wǒ men diàn de shí hòu

来到我们solestage时候

Came to SoleStage

gěi wǒ men qīn bǐ qiān míng de yī gè quán jī dài

我们亲笔签名一个拳击

And he gave us a boxing bag signed by him

shèng dài biǎo bù bài de zhàn jì

500代表不败战绩

50 wins, 0 loss, he is indefectible

fēi cháng jù yǒu shōu cáng jià zhí

非常具有收藏价值

Very valuable part of our collection

gāng gāng kāi shǐ wán xié de péng yǒu lái shuō

刚刚开始朋友来说

For beginners

jué dé shì yī gè fēi cháng hǎo de xuǎn zé

觉得yeezy boost一个非常选择

Yeezy Boost is a good choice

zhè shuāng xié yī zhí zài shēng zhí

一直升值

It’s been appreciating continuously

fēi cháng shū fú fēi cháng bǎi de qiú xié fēi cháng hǎo kàn

非常舒服非常球鞋非常好看

It’s comfortable to wear, goes with very thing

duì yú yī xiē gāo duān qiú xié lái shuō

对于一些高端球鞋来说

For high-end sneakers

fēi cháng tuī jiàn yì shù jiā lián míng

非常推荐nike艺术家联名

I personally recommend Nike x artists

zhǐ yào rèn hé qiáo dān qí tā pǐn pái lián míng de qiú xié

只要任何乔丹其它品牌联名球鞋

And Air Jordan x other brands

bǐ rú shuō zuì jìn lián míng

比如说最近travis scott联名

Such as the recently Travis Scott

yī xiē pǐn pái lián míng

一些品牌联名

And some brands

sacaioff-white

Sacai, Off-White

virgil

Virgil

zài guò qù de shí nián cháo liú cóng yī gè fēi cháng xiǎo zhòng de wén huà

过去十年潮流一个非常文化

The past decade has seen how pop culture evolved from a minority thing

dào xiàn zài chéng wèi yī gè bǐ jiào zhǔ liú de wén huà

现在成为一个比较主流文化

To a probably mainstream culture

shì yīn wèi wǒ men xīn shēng dài jiàn jiàn zhǎng dà de guān xì

是因为我们新生代渐渐长大关系

Maybe because millennials are growing up

zuì ràng zì háo de jiù shì néng zài jiē tóu wén huà de fā yuán dì

自豪就是街头文化发源地

And what makes me proud is that

néng ràng měi guó rén zhī dào

美国知道

At the birthplace of street culture

wǒ men zhōng guó rén yǒu kāi shè yī gè

我们中国开设一个

We make the US realize

shǔ yú zì jǐ de cháo liú wén huà diàn

属于自己潮流文化

That Chinese have their own pop store

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