I. Xu Banxia (Zhao Liying)'s High-spirited and Sobering Quotes: - I'm so young, if I don't want to make money, what do I want? - Relying on others won't give you a permanent meal ticket. Only by relying on yourself and earning your own money can you have more confidence. - I know the hope is very slim, but I still want to try. Don't people all start from nothing? - Open your eyes and take a good look. This is a new world. - In business, there are only permanent interests, no permanent enemies, and no permanent friends. - You don't know me well, but we're very familiar with money. - We can be judged, but we can't be wrongly judged. - Merchants value profit over parting, but I don't want to be a merchant who only talks about business, so I am Banxia. - Things are different now than a few years ago. Thinking like you're either a good person or a bad person isn't called naivety, it's called stupidity. II. Classic Lines from Other Characters: - Money is a mirror that reveals true character, and also a yardstick for measuring the heart; poverty reveals human nature, wealth reveals the heart. —Tong Xiaoqi - If you don't have the courage to turn the page in life, you'll forever live in the quagmire of bad people and bad things. —Gao Xinyi—Only those who have weathered the harsh winter know how to make the fire burn brighter. III. Heartbreaking Reality & Reflections on Growth— Forgive others when you can; leave them a way out, it might be your own later. - Don't pretend to be sick; if you pretend for too long, it becomes real. - I can't compromise on relationships; a relationship can't be maintained by gratitude and effort alone. - You can earn money again in this lifetime, but you only have one life.