Student Question:
Hello Master Chi. I’ve been running a cattery for two years and it’s been cash-flow negative the entire time. My family keeps urging me to quit. Monthly operating costs — food, supplies, utilities, housing — run over 10,000 RMB. Selling two cats in a month is considered a good month; sometimes I go the entire month without a single sale. Yet the monthly expenses never stop. Lately I’ve been keeping the cattery alive with my day-job income, but even that doesn’t cover the gap. A few days ago I paid rent and bought cat food — 3,000 RMB in food alone, and it only lasts a month. More expenses keep rolling in after that. I’d like to ask Master Chi: what is the true essence of entrepreneurship? How does one build a genuine competitive advantage?
Student Question
Hello, Master. I see many people with profitable projects, but when I try to do them myself, I feel completely lost and don’t know where to start. What is the core of making money?
Master Chi’s Response
The underlying logic of making money is actually the same across the board.
I wonder — have you ever taken the time to summarize and reflect on it yourself?
Those who haven’t will spend a lot of time studying other people’s success stories, but they never develop anything of their own. The reason is simple: they don’t know how to organize, summarize, and distill their own experience and methodology.
One day, when you’ve reached the social standing I occupy, you’ll understand one thing clearly.
The core of Chinese society has always been: “everything depends on the noble person’s ceaseless self-improvement.” This holds true at every level of society — no exceptions.
No matter how favorable your background, birth, talent, fortune, or destiny chart (命盘), you still need to maintain a relentlessly positive spirit. Only then will you be capable of actually receiving everything those advantages have to offer.
First, let me be clear — nearly everything in this article is my own subjective, personal perspective.
The reason I’ve arrived at these views is that after accumulating some wealth of my own, I’ve been able to witness and deeply feel certain things firsthand.
So I think it’s worth having a brief conversation with the small number of readers who have genuine ambitions to grow.
After all, information — like wealth — becomes more refined and concentrated as you move up through the tiers.
Student Question
Master Chi, hello. I’m a woman in my 30s who built everything through my own effort. I caught the right wave at the right time, and with all my mortgages fully paid off, I still have eight-figure savings in the bank.
I come from an urban middle-class family. My parents will also leave me a considerable amount of money and assets. Combined with what I’ve earned myself, the total is quite substantial. Even on my own, I could live very comfortably here in China.
Tonight’s story is best savored alone, in the quiet of the night — settle your mind and let it sink in slowly. And once it truly lands, the whole world will suddenly become clear.
I remember seven years ago, when she first came to me seeking a destiny chart reading. She was barely in her twenties then — just a young girl.
She came from a decent family, so her upbringing was proper and disciplined. Naturally, she knew how to show respect — especially to someone like me, who could help clear the fog from her destiny.
Someone wants to dig for gold. You tell them there’s nothing but sand over there — there’s nothing to find.
They hate you for it. They come and curse you out. Why should they listen to your advice?
They only love the people who cheer them on, who tell them to keep digging. The ones who sell them shovels. Those people get thanked.
Without dreams, people do live more miserably. And so people love those who support them in chasing their dreams. They have no love for the ones who speak too many hard truths.
Recently, two events have sent significant ripples through the hearts and minds of women — the film The Vanishing of Her and the passing of singer Coco Lee. Both powerfully reflect how toxic relationships (孽缘) can damage and drain an entire life. I myself have witnessed events far worse than these with my own eyes.
And yet, I hope you understand: in this world, all things carry both darkness and light. A cautionary tale should be taken to heart as a warning — not used as an excuse to flee from life altogether.
Student Question:
Master Chi, in recent years, many people around me have experienced significant turbulence in their lives. Expectations we once took for granted have been suddenly shattered. We are all eager to understand — in the current environment, how does one find development opportunities suited to their own situation? This includes the challenges and opportunities facing both the nation and individuals within the current major cycle. What are your thoughts on this?
Girl, the fact that you clicked on this article tonight is absolutely not a coincidence. Just like everything in your life, there’s an invisible thread connecting it all behind the scenes. The fact that you can see this article means: even Heaven itself is working to send a noble benefactor (Gui Ren) to guide you.
The wisdom in this article can only be distilled and taught by someone at least three tiers above you. Every single passage contains secrets and principles that ordinary people at lower levels desperately seek but never obtain. So I don’t expect you to fully understand everything at once — take your time and let it sink in. Let these top-tier insights nourish your inner cultivation like concentrated essence, gradually deepening your understanding. The summary at the end is especially important — consider it the true heart of this piece.