“It is agreeable that nothing is easy,” Mr Bao at last expressed himself. “Now is diffi cult to achieve anything in this country without connection, bribe, blood, sweat or a stroke of luck. But look to the future, not the past. Making money is not the only pursuit of life. Lately, how is the shower business anyway?”
As an outsider, I reckoned his ideas were rather vague cliches and his expression was still cloudy. He turned to Nan on his right. But Guo, who behaved as if he were ignored, like a demanding child wanting attention twentyfour hours a day, injected the quickest answer.