--- title: "Repost Weibo \"Blossoms\" classic lines" type: "Topics" locale: "zh-HK" url: "https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/topics/36961575.md" description: "01.After the Great Heat comes the Great Cold. Remember, this is the law. 02.Outsiders look at the facade, insiders look at the back door. 03.You think you're eating lobster, but you're actually eating opportunities—one lobster is one opportunity. Either networking or begging for favors. 04.Always keep a backup plan. 05.You know the Empire State Building in New York? It takes an hour to run from the bottom to the roof, but only 8.8 seconds to jump down. That's the stock market. To make money from stocks, learn to lose first. 06.Shanghai businessmen value style, gimmicks, and momentum. These are your style. This private room is your gimmick..." datetime: "2025-12-06T14:23:08.000Z" locales: - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/topics/36961575.md) - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/topics/36961575.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/topics/36961575.md) author: "[不奋东西](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/profiles/14442740.md)" --- > 支持的語言: [English](https://longbridge.com/en/topics/36961575.md) | [简体中文](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/topics/36961575.md) # Repost Weibo "Blossoms" classic lines 01. After the summer heat comes the winter cold. Remember, this is the law. 02. Outsiders look at the facade, insiders look at the back door. 03. You think you're eating lobster, but you're actually eating opportunities. One lobster is one opportunity. You're either socializing or asking for favors. 04. Always keep a backup plan. 05. 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 down. That's the stock market. To make money from stocks, first learn to lose. 06. Shanghainese business is all about style, gimmicks, and potential. These outfits are your style. This private room is your gimmick. Others set up shell companies, and so do you. But your shell is bigger—the Peace Hotel. The first two episodes of \*Blossoms\* set the background of Uncle Ye meeting A Bao and helping him get rich. Uncle Ye had him fitted for a high-end suit by the most famous tailor, instantly transforming his appearance to showcase an extraordinary "style." Later, Uncle Ye had A Bao rent a luxury suite at the Peace Hotel for $80 a night to flaunt his wealth, making a name for himself. The private room became A Bao's "gimmick." A Bao himself and his soon-to-be-established company also hinted at the "potential" of success and future glory. 07. How many wallets should a man have? Three. The first is how much money you actually have. The second is your credit—how much money you can mobilize from others' wallets. The third is how much money others think you have. This line from Uncle Ye in \*Blossoms\* foreshadows the three layers of a person's wealth: their actual wealth, their credit, and how others perceive their wealth. Style reflects the first wallet; gimmicks affect the third wallet; potential influences the second wallet. 08. The market is always right; the only one wrong is yourself. If you charge too fast or retreat too slow, you'll suffer. Your head is on your shoulders, and your feet are on your own. Protect yourself, and opportunities will always outweigh risks. 09. Business isn't about who makes more money, but who lasts longer. Don't aim for overnight success—take it step by step, steady and solid. 10. In business, first learn two words: \*no response\*. If you don't know, can't explain, haven't thought it through, or haven't planned—if it troubles you or others—just \*no response\*. Always leave room for maneuver, right? "No response" appears over a thousand times in the original \*Blossoms\*. In Shanghainese, it conveys rich meanings—inconvenient to say, silent, no answer—implying endless words and lingering aftertaste. "No response" isn't silence; it's a form of blank space. 11. Foreign trade is borrowing someone else's chicken to lay your own eggs. But why would they lend you their chicken to help you? 12. Now we emphasize the market economy. If you play the market, trust the market. Whether it's one dollar for a cup of tea or ten dollars, that's their business. If you don't trust the market, just live a peaceful life like us. This is a line from Jing Xiu in the show. Jing Xiu is a small shop owner, a contrast to big players like A Bao, Uncle Ye, and Li Li. He represents the ordinary people of Huangpu Road, the small figures of the era. 13. The capital market takes revenge—it only sends you back where you came from. 14. Your heart can be hot, but your head must stay cold. 15. Opportunities are equal for all. Seize one, and you might change your life. Some ride the wind, others lose everything in half a day. 16. The weather won't stay good forever; people won't stay on top forever. 17. Have a stance, get things done, settle disputes—and one last thing: be able to lose. 18. People are always trapped by something—if not stocks, then property. 19. We always think we're perfect and others are wrong, but others see flaws everywhere in us. Optimism is good, but always prepare for the worst. Plan ahead in everything. 20. Rising above others is a process of being taught lessons. 21. Don't let your words outpace your strength. 22. Everyone has their own measure—they know when to share wealth and when to share hardship. 23. Goals are never far away. Step by step, day by day, just give your all—leave the rest to time. 24. You have to choose—stay or go. Just don't regret it. Regret is incurable. 25. Favors are about owing back and forth, like painting a wall—back and forth, making the bond deeper. 26. What's so much about true or false? What you see before you is true; what's gone is false. 27. Back then, I couldn't see her clearly. Ten years later, I still haven't seen her clearly—but I've seen myself clearly. Young A Bao was a factory worker until his first love "abandoned" him. At the time, he didn't fully understand her—he couldn't see the person before him. Ten years later, A Bao still doesn't understand her, but he knows what to do and how to do it. 28. No matter how brave the cricket, how sharp its teeth—in the end, it loses and dies. So do people. 29. Why can't I be my own harbor? No. 27 isn't my harbor, and neither is Mr. Bao. I am my own harbor. No. 27 on the Bund was originally the Jardine Matheson Building. In 1992, it became a foreign trade company and also where Miss Wang worked. Miss Wang focused solely on her work, indifferent to money and fame. But she mistook the respect given to Huangpu Road as respect for herself—until A Bao took a slap from Madam Lu Meilin for her, and no one showed up to her investment event. Only then did Miss Wang realize that without No. 27 and Mr. Bao, she wasn't so powerful. Before leaving Hongkou Pier, Miss Wang stood in the wind and rain and shouted to herself: "I am my own harbor!" 30. Better strike the golden bell once than break a thousand drums. From \*Dream of the Red Chamber\*, Chapter 72: It's better to briefly interact with the capable than to deal with the mediocre. 31. Mountains are hard to cross—if you make it, you'll hold your head high, only to face another long journey. If you fail, it becomes a lesson for those who follow. 32. Today's sun won't dry tomorrow's clothes. Time decides everything. 33. In the eyes of heaven, it's all inevitable. One choice, one life—knowing right from wrong won't let you escape. 34. Life has two problems: First, find the problem. Second, solve it. 35. Only by seeing the future can you have a future.