从那时起我意识到如果想要在上海立足，最好还是学说上海话，那是保护自己的基本武器。

From that point on I realized that if you want to settle here, you'd better learn the local dialect. It's a basic weapon.

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例如在上海或深圳上市可以为房地产公司在二线城市提供更强的立足点，各房地产商对这些城市的黄金地段正展开激烈的争夺。

For example, a listing on Shanghai's or Shenzhen's stock exchange offers a stronger foothold in China's so-called secondary cities, where rivals are competing fiercely for prime pieces of real estate.

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