Yesterday, my wife and I were craving some authentic local Shanghai cuisine, so we headed to a modest little restaurant on Nanjing Road — the kind of place where you can eat well for around a hundred yuan per person.
In this day and age, finding a restaurant where you can still eat decently at that price is something that should genuinely make you happy.
But what I witnessed ruined the experience entirely. The mother and daughter sitting next to me subjected me to what I can only describe as sitting on a bed of needles for the entire meal.
Preface: Master Chi recently took a short vacation, getting out and circulating through various social circles. During those outings, several friends urged me to hurry up and continue writing on the topic of “The Fierce Characters Among Men,” because they all desperately wanted to know: what kind of man truly qualifies as a top-tier man?
Indeed, “top-tier man” — those few simple, plainspoken words — have become genuinely rare in today’s world. So rare, in fact, that most women have lost their ability to recognize such men, and instead find themselves drawn toward those who are all glitter on the outside and stuffing on the inside — the embroidered pillows of the world.
Today is Qixi Festival — the day traditionally reserved for speaking about romance and the art of finding love. But the more I think about it, since the ultimate destination of any romance is a family, and eventually a family lineage, I’d rather talk about something more substantial.
Most of my readers are well past the age of youthful impulsiveness. The majority already have careers, assets, and real skin in the game. So today, let’s talk about the spirit of a thriving family.
You — don’t you dare give up on yourself or hang your head in defeat just because you weren’t born into privilege, didn’t receive a good education, or didn’t start life from a strong position. Master Chi has encountered an extraordinarily wide range of people, and I am genuinely confident saying this: the art of playing your destiny cards well has very little to do with where you came from.
Introduction: The dissolute heirs who only knew fame and fortune are already yesterday’s outdated almanac. Today’s powerful and wealthy have begun cultivating “virtue” — because the raw brashness of the first generation is passé. The future belongs to compassion and noble bearing.
As someone who, by virtue of position and connections, occasionally moves within circles of near-elite families — I have always held it as my absolute duty and responsibility to share truly valuable educational perspectives with my readers.
Recently, with all sorts of scandalous drama erupting left and right, a number of female readers have been sending requests asking me to address the subject of infidelity — and with so many voices asking, this piece was inevitable. That said, male readers, please don’t skip this article. Have you noticed? Most of the hot-button discussions lately center on women cheating, with men cast as the wronged party. So this article will also devote space to the craft and mindset of predicting infidelity before it happens.
This article is approximately five thousand characters. Please ensure you have a full twenty minutes of uninterrupted time before reading.
Who is this article written for?
This question is crucial. Like Master Chi’s other writings, articles that appear to be published in one place are in fact aimed at very different audiences.
I have written words of encouragement for young people just starting out, and I have written essays on cunning strategy for those who have found success in their prime. The content seems contradictory from piece to piece — deliberately so, because readers benefit from different angles.
Today, let me share some casual thoughts — first on life and destiny framework (格局), then on investment in the second half. After my last article was published, I was surprised to find that the most comments came from brothers and sisters in their thirties. Many said they wished they had read this article back in their twenties, when they were just starting out. They wouldn’t have been so aimless, so reckless, or so naively trusting — and wouldn’t have given so much for things and people that were never worth it.
The core of this piece lies in the middle section: “The Bull Market Psychology Shift of the Leek Sheep.” I don’t usually post in the early morning — especially after an update the night before — as it tends to wear a person down.
But today’s situation is genuinely special, worth a reminder to every one of you — especially you.
First, a word of caution: regarding the upcoming moves in the trading arena, I’d urge everyone to take it easy. I mean it — really take it easy. I won’t say anything more direct than that, because everyone has their own thinking and judgment, and nobody has the right to stand between you and your desire to make money, right?
People have never stopped to reflect on a question: when the barrier to entry for something drops so low that anyone and everyone can weigh in with an opinion — what do you think ultimately happens?
The answer: countless shallow interpretations completely bury and drown out the genuine insights — like heavy snow in the dead of winter.
And so, the vast majority of people are left with no choice but to settle for those suffocating, mediocre answers.