The Stunning Lines from Blossoms • Lucky Snail

I stumbled upon the show Blossoms Shanghai by chance. Wasn’t interested at first, but ended up chasing every episode daily. It’s truly a great show! I recommend everyone watch it when they have time. I’ve compiled some classic lines for archiving:

Outsiders look at the façade, insiders look at the back door.
You think you’re eating lobster, but you’re actually eating opportunity. One lobster is one opportunity.
Always keep one card up your sleeve.
You know the Empire State Building in New York? It takes an hour to run from the bottom to the top, but only 8.8 seconds to jump from the roof.
How many wallets should a man have? Three. The first is the money you actually have. The second is your credit—how much of other people’s money you can mobilize. The third is how much money people think you have.
In business, the first thing to learn is two words: bu xiang (don’t sound off). If you don’t know, can’t explain, haven’t thought it through, haven’t planned it out, if it’s hard on yourself or others—then don’t sound off. Always leave room for leeway, right?
The market is always right. The only one wrong is yourself.
Business isn’t about who makes more money; it’s about who lasts longer. Don’t try to reach the sky in one leap. Take one step at a time, steady and grounded.
Opportunity is equal for everyone. Seize it, and you might change your life. Some ride the wind and rise; others return to zero in half a day.
Your heart can be warm, but your head must stay cool.
Rising above the crowd is a process of being taught lessons.
Everyone has a scale in their heart. They know when to share wealth and when to share hardship—it’s always measured.
The goal is never far away. Step by step, day by day. Just give it your all, and leave the rest to time.
Favors are like debts that are constantly paid back and forth. It’s like painting a wall—brush back and forth, and the favor grows deeper and deeper.
Today’s sun can’t dry tomorrow’s clothes. Time decides everything.
In the eyes of Heaven, it’s all inevitable. One choice, one life. You can’t escape it just by knowing right from wrong.
What’s with all the real and fake? What you see in front of you is real; what’s gone is fake.
Life has two problems: first, find the problem; second, solve it.
Better to strike a golden bell once than to break a thousand drums. (Metaphor: better to have brief contact with a capable person than to waste time with mediocre or inferior ones.)
Only by seeing the future can you have a future.
Your position determines your perspective.
On the broad road of the market, there are only two people to see: one is the winner, the other is the loser.
Heroes don’t ask where you come from; money doesn’t have a name written on it.
You always have to pick one direction—either stay or leave. The only thing you can’t do is regret, because there’s no cure for regret.
It’s a bit hard to communicate with you—my problem, something I’m just on a higher level.
Everyone gets trapped by something sooner or later—stocks, real estate, or women.
Huanghe Road sets the stage, and everyone comes to perform. When it’s your turn, you put on makeup and take the stage; when the show’s over, you take off the makeup and step down. Different roles, same process. As they say, watching a play is better than acting in it—everyone who goes on stage eventually comes off.
If money can solve it, don’t use favors. If sweat can solve it, don’t use tears.
When dealing with the poor, talk about interests. For someone who can barely survive, let them eat first, then they’ll work for you.
In the past seven years, like most of the Abaos on this land, I’ve weathered storms and seen the world. We’ve crossed the river by feeling the stones, and we’re willing to be a stone ourselves, so others can feel their way across on us.