Gold Investor

Chapter 164
Not only did Fang Yubin lose consecutive battles, but he also lost too much.Fighting against Fei Yunpeng, at first he didn't even know who his opponent was, so he had already lost his armor.All of this is like driving an old-fashioned fighter jet, but the opponent has the most advanced F-22.As soon as he went to the sky, he didn't even see what the enemy looked like, so he was locked on by the opponent's long-range radar, and then another precision-guided weapon rushed over.After Wang Cheng was replaced, he was killed in a few rounds.The chariots on both sides seemed to be of different order of magnitude, and could only be crushed helplessly.

Is there really such a disparity in strength?Fang Yubin's most uncomfortable is precisely this point.Over the years, I have broken through many dangerous shoals and hidden reefs. Even if I fight against Fei Yunpeng and Wang Cheng, I am not lacking in complacency.What happened this time, that it collapsed at the touch of a finger?
Fang Yubin knew better that he not only lost the game, but was also kicked off the field.Xinglan and Yijia no longer belong to me. Without Qingshan, where can I get firewood?He is not the gold medal investor in the past, but an unemployed person who is at home.I'm not yet 40 years old, so my life is just rotten?

The distraught Fang Yubin fell asleep again until he was awakened by the ringing of the phone.It was Su Jin who called: "Yubin, shall we go to Jiangzhou together tomorrow?"

For Su Jin, Fang Yubin is usually responsive.This time, he refused: "I'm not feeling well, I want to rest at home, you can go back by yourself."

Su Jin said: "This trip is to take you back for treatment. Father knows a friend who is an old Chinese doctor who has rejuvenated his hands."

"My illness is not a big deal, and I will recover after a few days of rest." Fang Yubin believed in traditional Chinese medicine because of his parents' influence when he was young.When he grew up, he gradually dismissed Chinese medicine, thinking it was pre-modern medicine.Among other things, the examination methods of Western medicine, from B-ultrasound, CT to MRI, will leap forward almost every once in a while, and Chinese medicine has been listening to it for thousands of years.Not to mention whether it is scientific or not, at least it has not kept pace with the times.

But Su Jin insisted: "My father called me specifically and told me to let you go. You can't stay at home all day. It's good for your health to go outside and breathe some fresh air."

Fang Yubin said helplessly: "Okay, let's go outdoors and exercise."

Early the next morning, the two rushed back to Jiangzhou.Su Jin's father, Su Dingguo, was waiting at the intersection of the highway. After meeting, they went on the road together to Huangyeguan in the suburban county of Jiangzhou.Su Dingguo said that this friend of his is not only highly skilled in medicine, but also has an immortal spirit. He has been practicing in a Taoist temple recently.

At noon, the three of them came to Huangye Temple.Su Jin pushed open the bamboo door, and the yard was quiet. A row of gourds was planted along the fence. From time to time, a few shiny green gourds hung down between the green vines and green leaves.

These small gourds are made of two round balls, the top is small and the bottom is big, and the shape is natural and interesting, adding vitality to the yellow leaf view.A slender young Taoist is watering the gourd vines.The Taoist faces the bamboo gate with his back, and in front of him is a towering black cliff.

"What an enviable picture of a fairy house!" Su Dingguo praised.

The Taoist turned around and said enthusiastically, "Fellow Daoist Su is here, Mr. Cheng has been waiting for a long time."

An old man came out, Su Dingguo greeted him cordially, turned around and introduced, "This is Mr. Cheng Jieren, a highly respected figure in Jiangzhou's medical circle."

Fang Yubin sized up Cheng Jieren, but he was not very good looking: his eyebrows were sparse, his lips were slightly tilted to the right, but this person's eyes were exceptionally bright and peaceful.

Su Dingguo said with a smile: "There's no need to be courteous between you and me. The interruption this time is because of Yu Bin's illness. I also hope that fellow Taoists will show compassion to the heaven and earth, and fill the spring with the virtues of Xinglin."

Cheng Jieren put away his smile, looked at Fang Yubin seriously for a long time, shook his head lightly, and said, "It's fate to meet Mr. Fang here, please follow me into the house."

There is not much decoration in the Taoist room, a few simple and old daily-use furniture are cleaned up, spotless, and an antique picture of Laojun alchemy is hung on the front wall.After Cheng Jieren gave up his seat and finished pouring tea, he took out a thin cotton pad and placed it flat on the coffee table. Fang Yubin stretched out a hand to rest on it, and sat down opposite him, closed his eyes slightly, felt his pulse silently, and stopped talking .After a long time, he motioned to switch hands, and started cutting again.

Fang Yubin didn't have much admiration for seeing, hearing, asking, but looking at Cheng Jieren's expression, he was indeed calm and serene, sitting upright, as if he had forgotten the world and was traveling in the fairyland.It took a long time to feel the pulse, so Fang Yubin simply calmed down.No one spoke, and the whole room was extremely quiet and refreshing.Outside the window, you can faintly hear the humming of bees fluttering and flying in the flowers.In the room, the earthen pot on the small stove sizzled, and the refreshing fragrance of tea came out.

Cheng Jieren finally opened his eyes, looked at Fang Yubin and said, "Sir, your body is indeed a little sick, but it's just an occasional cold, and it's not a serious problem. You can recuperate for a few days, and you can recover without medicine."

"However," Cheng Jieren changed the subject and said, "Mr. is lacking in energy, his eyes are dim, he is in a trance, and his tone is low. This is a sign of absence. The cause of the disease is that there is a big depression in his heart, which is accumulated."

Fang Yubin couldn't help but secretly marveled at Cheng Jieren's medical skills.People are quite right, the illness this time is probably due to heart disease.

"Old Cheng is right. I've been a little upset recently. What kind of medicine should I take?" Fang Yubin asked.Cheng Jieren shook his head and said, "How can ruthless plants and trees cure sentient diseases? Physical diseases can be cured without taking medicine; heart diseases can't be cured without taking medicine."

"Then what should we do?" Su Jin asked anxiously.

Cheng Jieren said: "Qihuang heals the physical diseases of the world, and Lao Zhuang heals the heart diseases of the world. If you can abandon the old way of life and change to the way of Lao Zhuang, you can clear your heart, calm your breath, eliminate all diseases, and relieve all worries. .”

"How to concentrate and calm down?" Fang Yubin asked again.

Cheng Jieren took a book from the bedside and said: "This is the "Tao Te Ching". Although this book is only [-] words long, it reveals the key points of the mysteries in the world. It is a pity that many people in the world read the "Tao Te Ching" and understand There are few "Tao Te Ching", and even fewer people use "Tao Te Ching" to live in the world. Reading this book every day, sir, may help you concentrate and calm down."

"Old Cheng, why don't you give him a unilateral prescription!" Seeing that Cheng Jieren was talking nonsense, Su Jin was anxious.

"Jin'er," Su Dingguo said, waving his hand, "Cheng Lao has already said that heart disease needs heart medicine. This "Tao Te Ching" is the best heart medicine."

Su Dingguo stood up and said, "I'm sorry to trouble you."

"You're welcome." Cheng Jieren said, "I'm leaving now, why don't you sit for a while?"

"No." Su Dingguo said, "You laymen, don't disturb fellow Taoist Qingxiu."

Everyone left Huangye Temple.Su Jin was full of doubts, Fang Yubin held the "Tao Te Ching" in his hand, and seemed to be thinking about something, Su Dingguo looked calm and calm.

Su Jin was driving the car, Fang Yubin and Su Dingguo sat in the back seat.Su Dingguo looked at Fang Yubin and said, "Whether the heart medicine can cure the disease depends on oneself."

Fang Yubin nodded and said, "I don't care about the medicine for the time being, I understand your old intentions." When he was in Huangye Temple, Fang Yubin knew that Mr. Cheng must be entrusted by Su Dingguo to enlighten him.

"You're a smart man." Su Dingguo laughed loudly, "I've also heard about some of the things that happened a few days ago. I don't know much about things in the shopping malls, but I know one thing—to get out of adversity, you have to rely on yourself. Two, don't be reckless."

Su Dingguo also said: "At the beginning, my official career was not going well, and I was full of grievances, and even had the idea of ​​giving up on myself. Fortunately, an expert taught me that a "Tao Te Ching" made me understand many truths. The profound philosophy of Lao Zhuang is like a The ladder, let me step out of the abyss of grievances and distress that I can't understand."

Su Dingguo went on to say: "Some people say that Laozi and Zhuangzi advocate being out of the world, but they don't understand it. What they talk about is all about being in the world. It's just that Confucius and Mencius are direct, and Laozi advocates a roundabout way to achieve the goal." Jiang He thinks The king of a hundred valleys, with his goodness.' How profound is this sentence! Lao Tzu is really a wise man who has the deepest understanding of the world's competition. No wonder Zeng Guofan in modern times used "Da Rou Fei" when evaluating Lao Zhuang's learning. soft, to rigid without rigid' eight words."

"When you read this book, you must read it carefully, and read it in light of the successes and failures and personnel disputes over the years." Su Dingguo said earnestly, "It has helped me in adversity, and I hope it can be useful to you as well."

Back in Shanghai, Fang Yubin closed the door and read the "Tao Te Ching" over and over again.Fang Yubin read this book in his early years, but as Su Dingguo said, when he reads it in conjunction with his own ups and downs, he will immediately gain something different.

Fang Yubin has long been familiar with the maxims such as "a tree that embraces a tree is born at the end of a millet, a platform with nine stories begins with a pile of soil, and a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step".But Fang Yubin, who was young and vigorous, could not accept the book's theme of retreat, weakness, and not daring to be the first in the world.At that time, Fang Yubin was determined to be the master of his destiny.

Changing fate, or even fighting against fate, is the only way for every grassroots to climb upwards, and there is nothing wrong with it.However, methods can vary widely.Confucius and Mencius advocated that the sky is healthy, and that a gentleman should strive for self-improvement. Shen Han advocated severe punishment and strict laws, and that he should be strong by coercion. However, Lao Tzu believed that "softness prevails over rigidity, and weakness prevails over strength", and "the most soft in the world is the most firm in the world."Since the direct, strong-to-strong approach sometimes does not work, but the roundabout, indirect, and weak methods can also achieve the goal and defeat the strong without leaving hidden dangers, why not use it?
Fang Yubin thought of himself, whether the recent loss of teachers and ground and defeat of thousands of miles was due to the fact that the previous wins were too hearty.Ever since Xinglan Capital was founded, he thought he had the strength to challenge anyone.Opening roads in the mountains, building bridges in the water, overcoming thorns and thorns all the way, seems to be beautiful and happy, but lacks harmony and flexibility.

In the C round of financing, I set up two battlefields at the same time. On the one hand, I fought tit-for-tat with Xu Ziniu, and on the other hand, I refused to give up an inch of ground to Wang Cheng.However, he defeated everyone, but also offended everyone.Later, when he waved his saber at Jiang Ruobing again, he was completely alone.

In the past, he was able to defeat Fei Yunpeng because Ding Yifu and Wang Cheng were behind him. To win Wang Cheng, at least Jiang Ruobing was there to support him.However, when all the enemies are united, it is difficult to parry even if you have three heads and six arms.

Fang Yubin has long heard shopping mottos such as "don't earn the last copper coin" and "only make 80% of the profit on a single transaction".In the past, these words were only regarded as a risk warning, as if admonishing a person to accept it as soon as it is good.Now that I think about it, isn't this also the application of Lao Zhuang's theory in shopping malls?When you put all the copper coins and 100% of the profit in your pocket and make a lot of money, what do others earn?Who do you do business with when everyone thinks you're so smart and doesn't want to deal with you or don't think you'll get any advantage?Set aside the last copper plate and profit, not only to share risks, but also to make friends.If your friend loses money, you can’t blame it on you; if your friend wins, no matter whether he is grateful for your righteousness or laughing at your stupidity, he will always think about continuing to cooperate with you next time.

Words in the book such as "Great without corners", "Great sound without sound", "Great elephant without form" and "Great ingenuity as clumsy" were always half-understood in the past, but now they suddenly become clear.The battles in the shopping malls over the years are actually a kind of corner, a sound, a tangible image, seemingly ingenious, but the real generosity, elephant, and great art are not like this, it must be completely invisible It is suspected that there is no work of chiseling.Even if you win against your opponent, you can't get carried away. If you get a bargain, you must know how to share it.

Fang Yubin even felt that the business war battles he had heard and witnessed from Ding Yifu, Fei Yunpeng, Wang Cheng and others in the past were just a kind of trick.Having experienced ups and downs by myself, and then delving into the learning of Lao Zhuang, it seems that I have touched the true meaning of business.Li Ka-shing highly praised "establishing self, pursuing selflessness", and even said that he would use this sentence as his epitaph in the future.The difference between self and selflessness is exactly the difference between art and Tao.

Fang Yubin, who became open-minded, recovered quickly from his illness.He called Su Dingguo to thank him for his hard work.Su Dingguo was quite relieved: "I offended the powerful and was demoted to a Qingshui yamen. I was so depressed. After reading the "Tao Te Ching" for half a year, I suddenly became enlightened. It only took you a week to master it, which is really commendable."

The two chatted for a while, and when they were about to hang up the phone, Su Dingguo said, "Don't worry! Su Hao is right beside me, he still has something to tell you."

Su Hao took the microphone: "Yu Bin, are you feeling better?"

"Okay." Fang Yubin said, "Aren't you in Beijing, when did you return to Jiangzhou?"

Su Hao said: "I just came back yesterday. I will come to Shanghai tomorrow. If you recover, come out and meet an old friend."

"Old friend? Who is it?" Fang Yubin asked.

Su Hao said: "You will know when the time comes."

(End of this chapter)