Before you read this article, there are a few things you should know:
1. Within the circles of the ultra-wealthy and the entertainment industry, there exists a network of people who provide all manner of depraved services. The unfortunate reality is that unless someone is caught in the act, it is nearly impossible to hold them accountable.
It is my sincere hope that this incident will be the catalyst for a thorough investigation and severe punishment.
As someone who moves through the world of the jianghu, Master Chi once told a woman who came seeking life guidance: A woman must ultimately find a powerful man to lean on — even if she doesn’t need to.
At the time, the young woman didn’t believe a word of it. As one of Shanghai’s most celebrated socialites, she commanded a network of hundreds of women and had carved out serious power and presence in virtually every top-tier establishment across the city.
Note: The video accompanying this article is excellent and well worth watching.
In previous comments, a young person eagerly expressed wanting to succeed and move up in life, but didn’t know how to go about it.
For this young person, Master Chi’s response was to first ask themselves one question: All this relentless effort you’re pouring out — who is it really for?
Is it truly for yourself?
If it were only for yourself, do you think you’d push this hard?
Prelude: Our world has always harbored one colossal misconception — the belief, held firmly by many, that as people ascend through social tiers, those around them grow progressively more civilized and refined.
Master Chi finds it impossible to agree. Such a worldview is, in truth, no different from the fantasies of star-struck teenagers — a self-imposed blindness that locks you in a state of comfortable delusion.
For any person of substance who has carved their own path through this extraordinary land of ours, the truth is well understood: rising above the ordinary is itself a process of stripping away whatever softness and cowardice still lingers in human nature.
As someone who grew up and has lived for many years in Canada and the United States, Master Chi has long been puzzled by a strange phenomenon.
It is the pervasive sense of inferiority that seems to permeate the overseas Chinese student community.
If you have studied or lived abroad, you will certainly recognize what I am describing — particularly the way some female Chinese students idolize white men, which honestly leaves many of us in the Chinese community feeling embarrassed and ashamed.
Student Question: For day-to-day work issues, I communicate directly with the person mentoring me, confirm things, then share updates in our team group chat. My manager mostly sees me owning a module — spotting a problem, solving it, reporting back, closing the loop. Overall I work in a pretty low-key way. I prefer to quietly get things done, and I rarely communicate upward (because most issues I can resolve on my own without needing a management decision).
Commander, Awakening Society — 2023/11/26 15:15
Things cannot be allowed to spiral out of control.
There’s a great deal of wishful thinking in how people view what’s happening in northern Myanmar. The anti-fraud crackdown was always supposed to be mutual exploitation — make your point and stop there. But the local warlords have blown it out of proportion, and now everyone’s riding a tiger — impossible to advance or retreat. This is our strategic energy corridor. Once things become truly unmanageable, outside forces will not miss their opportunity.
The most awkward thing about writing is the fear that you won’t understand.
Because if you lack that spark of intuition, it’s simply fated — you will be unable to grasp the key threads I’ve carefully hidden within each article.
This is also why, after every piece I write, reader reactions split sharply into two poles. But I never blame that small minority who can’t follow along — there’s no need. Life is such that progressing from “a mountain is just a mountain” to “a mountain is not simply a mountain” requires an enormous amount of knowledge and the accumulated weight of history.
This article was written with special intention for my readers. The only cost is a quiet moment of your evening — yet what you stand to gain is knowledge that can fundamentally overturn your destiny: how to command better wealth fortune, a better marriage, and so much more. The higher game of life calls for exactly four essential capacities. Of course, the premise is that you genuinely belong — or aspire to belong — among the phoenix, snake, deer, or rabbit tier.
Master Chi Management Post: I just came across an article about Putian. It moved me deeply.
This place was among the first in China to be occupied by Japanese pirates (wokou). It was once bathed in blood — bodies everywhere, the people devastated.
The older generation of Putian people have always celebrated Lunar New Year on the fifth day of the first month, because the days before were mourning days for the dead.