The image at the top carries a simple message: when you are wandering lost in the fog, greedily consuming whatever you find, that is precisely the most dangerous moment.
I’m no deep scholar of the Chinese language, but sometimes when I look at individual characters, I feel a genuine sense of admiration.
Take the character “贪” (greed), for instance. Its upper component means “now,” its lower component means “wealth.” Strip it to its essence: get the money today.
And yet “贪” is the thing Master Chi has always feared most — because in my limited experience and understanding, I have genuinely never seen a single prominent figure, whether famous or operating quietly in the shadows, who built their empire on greed.
Of course, when I read destiny frameworks (格局), configurations like Tan Lang De Lu — the Greedy Wolf Star receiving prosperity — appear everywhere.
But that configuration means: when flowers are ready to be picked, pick them. It does not mean snapping bare branches when there are no flowers.
Otherwise, you will be bitten by danger and slowly bled dry.
Just look at what has been unfolding in the stock market these past few days — everyone has witnessed it.
I remember, after the market holiday passed, I published an article called “The Origin of a Turning Point.”
The message was clear: don’t reach into the fire to snatch chestnuts. There is no need.
As it turned out, the following eight days saw the market rise every single day — eight consecutive green candles.
So tell me — was I wrong?
At the time, yes, of course I was wrong. If you’re wrong, you admit it.
But what about now?
Master Chi has no intention of mocking or rebuking anyone, even those who disagreed with me entirely.
But simply because you’ve done me the small honor of reading my articles — that connection alone makes me want to share a lesson written in blood, distilled by countless masters and veterans:
Licking blood off a blade is not nourishment — it is bone-eating, heart-piercing poison. Plain-faced simplicity is not weakness — it is the chess move that controls the entire board.
In plain terms: there is money you could earn, and yet you must walk away from it. Even when victory seems within reach, caution is still essential.
Truly, the mediocre rely on recklessness — convinced that audacity alone can conquer the world.
The result? Their mindset, their state of being, and their wealth all collapse together, trapped inside the game. They don’t just fail to profit — they sink into quicksand.
What they don’t understand is that true courage is not charging blindly on a wave of hot blood. It is moving only after careful planning, capable of both advance and retreat.
Many people like to say: “Look at me — I stake everything in one throw, bold beyond measure! Pretty impressive, right?”
Please. Who hasn’t gone all-in at some point?
Among those who ultimately collapse in every gambling hall, aren’t they always the ones who go hysterical and push every last chip to the center?
That isn’t skill. That is recklessness.
The real question is: can you remain unmoved as a great bell while adrift in a sea of desire? That is true wisdom and true courage.
Carve this into your bones:
When the major trend is unstable and strange signals are appearing — do not, under any circumstances, let those rising red lines seduce you into blindly entering the market.
Instead, openly admit: “This money is beyond my ability to earn. Whoever has the guts, go ahead — I’ll pour you a toast and wish you well, hero.”
So sometimes when young friends chat with me, they ask: why do you speak so expansively about destiny frameworks (格局), yet operate with such meticulous caution in practice?
The fact that they even ask this reveals the answer: youth.
Or perhaps they’re not so young in years, but haven’t spent enough time soaking in the capital markets — they’re still green.
Their logic is: today’s loss doesn’t matter, I’ll win it back tomorrow.
Only those who have gone through the cycle several times, who know the ugly truth from the inside — only they understand that this mentality will get you destroyed.
Why? First, the longer you gamble, the more certain your loss. Second, you’ll be blinded by the thousands of “slaughtering tables” set up to separate fools from their money.
After that, you lose the calm heart needed to identify situations that are truly turning toward fortune.
The longer you remain greedy, the less you can settle down.
This has nothing to do with skill.
Your heart has changed.
For Master Chi — and I’ve made this clear to my community members as well — the word is simply: wait.
Let others rotate sectors, let funds prop up the market, let topics swirl about. Fine, very well. If they’re making money, I genuinely congratulate them from the heart.
But don’t look at me. I won’t be entering the market yet. I have my own sense of measure, my patience, and my coordinates.
Why? Barring extremely exceptional circumstances, you already know what kind of harvest this year’s broader environment is likely to yield.
Especially when financial reports come out — you know who will be celebrating and who will be grieving.
I mentioned before that I expected the major index to return to 2400. At this point, that actually seems less likely — because there simply isn’t enough time to flush out the weak hands properly.
I noted this adjustment in earlier articles, but let me restate it here: wait for the major index to reach around 2600.
At the same time, I want to say: over the next five years, I am extraordinarily bullish on everything in Wuhan — businesses, real estate, and development across the board.
The logic, as I’ve said before, is this: a forest that has suffered significant damage often bursts back to life with renewed, vigorous vitality.
This time, some businesses in Wuhan’s commercial sector will certainly be unable to survive — that is a certainty nailed to the board. But those businesses that cannot survive should stop delaying. Let them meet their end cleanly, so that new life can begin — chasing newer capital, projects, and opportunities.
Likewise, for reasons everyone understands without needing to say aloud, precisely because of this event, many rules and internal structures can now be genuinely adjusted and optimized.
The road ahead is long and the burden is heavy — but the complete exposure of problems is always the foundation of reform.
So wherever reconstruction is most thorough, that is where the most vibrant new growth will emerge.
I’ve already made plans with a few friends: once things settle, we’ll go take a proper look at Wuhan — this city of heroes.
A single article shouldn’t be entirely about investment strategy and positioning.
So let me close with a few words about the character 贪 — and whether it is good or bad within the context of destiny frameworks (格局).
First, I don’t believe greed is inherently bad. On the contrary, some money, some opportunities, demand urgency — now or never, wait and they’re gone.
For those kinds of opportunities, Master Chi’s advice is: be a little bolder, a little greedier — even develop a touch of that “shameless tenacity.”
What does that mean? Don’t rush in and throw everything you have at it.
When an opportunity appears, don’t hesitate — step in and participate, walk alongside it for a stretch, or simply take the position of an observer on the margins.
In one sentence: don’t expect me to dive in headfirst the moment something heats up, but don’t expect me to quietly step aside for others either.
Once you know about something, you should stick to it like taffy — observe closely.
At minimum, watch until you understand it, truly understand it, see all the way through it — then play.
Master Chi’s personal interpretation: whether it’s cooperation for mutual gain, or the game where everyone is trying to cut the other down, neither is inherently superior or inferior, right or wrong.
But if you’re cooperating, be the winner in a genuine win-win. And if you’re in the cutting game, be the one wielding the scythe — not the one getting harvested.
The sad truth is, most people’s logic falls into one of two traps: either they don’t believe, keep their distance, and unknowingly let countless opportunities slip through their fingers — or they follow blindly, swept up in an instant, never realizing that the game is treacherous and it is precisely their hard-earned money being targeted.
Remember: the most powerful trait of a true master is patience. And this patience is not merely the passage of time.
It is the ability to withstand mockery, ridicule, and dismissal — and then to quietly wait for the moment that belongs to you.
That is genuine patience.