“哦？所以出钱的是我们俄罗斯人，却要听你们这些中国人的话？他们也不想想是谁在背后掏的钱，谁才是他们的财主。” For context, the situation is that the MC told his boss (who is Russian) of how they needed to adapt to Chinese preferences if they wanted to effectively enter the Chinese market. It's set in modern times, by the way. Anyways, the dialogue above is something said by a cannon-fodder character (who is also Russian) in order to mock the MC. I'd appreciate some help OwO)./
oh? so we russians are the one who paid, but must listen to u guys chinese people said? they also doesnt think whos behind the money, n whos their supporter.
Oh?So us Russians have to fork out the money and heed the words of these chinese peolpe? (this is my take of it from 哦 to 话） Not too sure what tao means
This is a more liberal interpretation, but it goes somewhat like this: “Oh? It’s because we are Russian, that we need to listen to your Chinese advice? They also do not want to think about who provides the money, whoever the sponsor is.” Keep in mind that I made some slight changes for fluidity. Have a good one dude.
Oh, so even though us Russians are the ones providing the money, we have to listen to you Chinese? They didn't even think about who were the ones got the funds behind the scenes, who their benefactors/sponsors(in terms of the money provided) are. [P.S. The second part of the second line is something like an emphasis] [Also, 在背后 can mean behind the scenes, behind their back or through shady deals]
Thanks so much for the help! Ah, it's from this novel I'm trying to MTL. It might not be everyone's cup of tea though, given that it's danmei and mpreg. But if you're interested, the link is in my sig. However the first few chapters may be a bit iffy since I was just starting out