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從我2016年6月懵懵懂懂的第一次做臉書直播，到現在有68隻影片上載在Youtube，不知不覺已有四年了。

有位二十多歲的女客人說，她和男朋友看了我早期的影片，再看我現在的影片，他們驚嘆我的改變如此的大。

是啊，我自己也沒想到有一天，我能坐擁來自世界各地三萬多的訂閱人數。

一隻影片的背後，承載著很多人的心血。

我拍片、寫稿、打扮自己，在鏡頭前的表情控制、眼神力度和說話語氣和速度，這些都是經歷了多年的千錘百鍊。有時一些影片我不滿意，隔天還會重拍。

我有一位新加坡的小幫手，他幫我做初剪，打出中英文字幕稿，然後再發給我，往往我都得再修改，才把初剪和字幕稿發給台灣的剪輯師做後製。

這整個過程需大約六個工作天。

剪輯師把完成作品發給我，經過我們一到兩輪的修改後，就是你們看到的Youtube 影片了。

都說了嘛，現在當風水命理師需要十八般武藝，要會寫會說會拍片會剪片還要會拍照⋯⋯懷念那種拿個「算命」布幡遊走街坊的日子～😂

有些觀眾問，為什麼我無法接受他們的諮詢要求。因為我並非每天都見客，每個星期裡我都得留些時間做製片的工作。

不是每個人都有能力請我，而有些是遭到身邊人的反對。我希望做到的是，每個人我都能多少幫到一點點，而我的影片就是我實現這希望的方法之一，因此很抱歉，我不會為了多賺諮詢費而不做影片。☺️

你們看我的影片，不用付費。我沒有設YouTube 會員區，也沒有啟動Youtube的廣告功能，這樣你們看影片不會被打擾。

我賺的客人諮詢費，還是足以應付我製片的費用，我無需另外啟動其他收費功能，所以小女子我在這裡感謝所有的投資商。😄

我承認，我絕對是個嚴師。有些客人在未見面時，在電郵裡的禮貌若欠佳或太隨便，會被我訓一番。

我從不勉強人，我會說如果他們不喜歡被我糾正，可以另請高明，其實出色又盡責的風水命理師，世界各地都有很多，我師父 - 玳瑚師父，就是其中一人。

往往這些被我糾正過的客人，都會選擇還是要見我，但偶爾也會遇到一些可能心裡不是很平衡的本地客人。

表面上說還要見我，但在諮詢當天會放我鴿子，給個藉口不來了。

這樣的人，看著也是可憐。一個好好的人，活到三四十歲，甚至五十歲的，怎麼這麼多不順，看來也是他她一手造成的，傲慢永遠解決不了問題，也無需爛慈悲在他們的身上。

我不會再給第二次機會，不是因為我怨他們，氣他們，我心中沒有敵人。

只是既然已經給過機會，也教導過了，他們看我影片也會獲益，我也沒欠他們了。他們放棄了原本約好的時間，讓另外一個有需要的人無法得到我的幫助，這也不是善。

那倒不如，我把這機會讓給更有誠意的人，或多拍些有益的影片服務大眾，也是一件樂事呀～ ❤️

况且最重要的是，他們都已經捐款給慈善機構了。

世界很大，要體驗的事很多，要見的人也還很多，我們都不必為不需要我們的人蹉跎青春歲月，而忘了 - 其實失去也是一種大福報。

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It has been four years since my very first FB Live in June 2016 and now I also have 68 videos on YouTube.

A lady client in her 20s told me that after watching my earlier videos and then my current videos, she and her boyfriend were surprised at the big change in me.

Me too. I never imagined that one day, I would have a channel of 31.5K subscribers.

The making of a video involves the blood and tears of many people behind the scenes.

Filming myself, writing the script, dolling myself, and while in front of the camera, controlling my expressions, intensity of my gaze, speed and tone of my speech, all these took years of hammering it out.

Sometimes I get dissatisfied with the videos filmed and I reshoot them the next day.

I have a little helper in Singapore who helps me with the first cut and typing of Chinese and English subtitles. I will edit them again before sending them over to my Taiwan video editor for post-production.

When my video editor sends me the finished product, there will usually be 1 to 2 more rounds of correction and viola, that’s the uploaded video you see on YouTube.

This whole process takes about 6 working days.

Not so simple to be a Chinese Metaphysics practitioner in these social media data’s,. Must learn how to write, present, script, film, edit video, take photos......I miss those olden days of walking the marketplace with a cloth banner that says “Fortune Telling”～😂

Some audience asked me why I do not accept their consultation requests after I close my booking forms.

I do not meet clients every day, because I still need to set aside time for video production work.

Not everybody has the ability to engage me, and some are obstructed by the people around them.

My wish is to at least touch as many lives as possible in a positive way, and my videos are one way for me to actualise that. So my apologies that I would not do more consultations at the expense of my videos. ☺️

It is free for you to watch my videos. I did not turn on my Youtube channel membership or put ads in my videos, so you won’t be disrupted while watching my videos.

The fees I earn from my consultations can pay for my video productions, so I do not need to activate other monetisation models. Thank you to all my video investors. 😄

I admit I am definitely a very strict teacher. When clients lack the etiquette in their emails or are too casual, I will correct them.

I do not like to force anybody and will tell them if they dislike being corrected, they can always look for another Master. There are outstanding and responsible Chinese Metaphysics practitioners all over the world, one of them being my Shifu - Master Dai Hu.

These clients will usually choose to still meet me, but occasionally there will be some local clients who may feel emotionally imbalanced at being corrected.

While they still insist to meet me, they will stand me up on the consultation day and give some reason for their no-show.

I have sympathy for such clients. For a grown-up in his/her 30s/40s and some even in their 50s, why do they still experience so many misfortunes in their lives?

Seems like it is all self-inflicted. Being egotistical never solves problems. There is no point wasting blind compassion on them.

I never give second chances not because I bear a grudge against them or get angry at them. There is never enmity in my heart.

But since the opportunity has been given and lessons taught, plus they have also gain from my video contents, I don’t owe anything to them. They forsook our original appointment, and deprive another person from getting my help. This is not virtuous of them. Why not I give this chance to another one who is more sincere, or use the time to create more video content to benefit more people. That would be just as joyous～ ❤️

Moreover, to me, what is most important isn’t the red packet that I should have received but the donation that they have already done to the charities.

The world is vast, with many new experiences waiting for us and many more people to meet. Don’t let youth slip by us and hanker for people who don’t need us. Remember this, sometimes, losing someone or something is good fortune in disguise.

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🔥 ‘A Bargain With the Devil’—Bill Comes Due for Overextended Airbnb Hosts
「我和魔鬼做了交易」：Airbnb高槓桿房東損失慘重

💰For years, Cheryl Dopp considered the ding on her phone from a new Airbnb Inc. booking to be the sound of what she called “magical money.” A property she rented out in Jersey City, N.J., on Airbnb could gross more than $8,000 a month, she said, double what long-term tenants would pay.
很多年來，Cheryl Dopp每當聽到手機發出Airbnb新訂單的提示音，都會覺得那一聲「叮」代表著錢幣入袋。她把紐澤西州澤西城的一處房產掛在Airbnb上出租，她說每月總收入在8000美元（約23.9萬元）以上，是長租的兩倍。

-consider: 認為；視為
-property: 財產，資產；房地產
-gross: 獲得總收入（或毛利）
-tenant: 房客；承租人

🏠Now, Ms. Dopp associates the dings with cancellations and financial misery. The 54-year-old information-technology contractor said she had about $10,000 in bookings evaporate overnight in March. She has $22,000 in monthly expenses for a largely Airbnb portfolio, she said, that included another Jersey City home and a house in Miami.
而如今，這聲「叮」在Dopp小姐耳中卻意味著訂單取消和財務危機。這位54歲的資訊技術承包商表示，她整個3月有大約1萬美元的訂單一夜之間蒸發。她每個月在以Airbnb為主的投資組合上約投入2.2萬美元，其中包括澤西城的另一處房產與邁阿密的一棟住宅。

-associate: 聯想，把……聯想在一起(+with)
-evaporate: 蒸發；揮發
-expense: 費用；支出；開支

👿In her mind, the promise of more rental income offset the growing debt, she said. “I made a bargain with the devil.”
在她看來，不斷增長的債務抵消了租金收入增加的盼頭。她說：「我和魔鬼做了一筆交易。」

-offset: 補償；抵銷
-bargain: 買賣，交易
✍ to bargain with sb. (over or for sth.) （就某事物）與某人商談
✍ to make or strike a bargain 達成協議

🏰Ms. Dopp is part of an upper-crust dimension of the gig economy: property owners and speculators who bought or leased real estate in pursuit of Airbnb profits. Airbnb spawned a cottage industry of homeowners running their own property empires, turning the startup into a hotelier without any hotels.
Dopp小姐是零工經濟中上階級的一份子，這類業主和投資者為了通過Airbnb獲利購買或租賃房產。Airbnb催生出一個短租產業，業主們經營著各自的「房產帝國」，將這家創業公司變為一家不擁有任何飯店資產的飯店經營方。

-upper-crust: [口語]上流社會；麵包表層的皮
-gig: [口語](爵士樂、搖滾樂) 演奏，公演
✍ gig economy: 零工經濟
-speculator: 投機者；投機商人
-spawn: 產（卵）；產生；造成

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B. balance / agreement
C. offset / bargain

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