Be realistic and truthful - and tell Hong Kong businessmen honestly that they should go for long-term investments since it is unlikely money can be made in the short haul. ↗
Honesty is the cruelest game of all, because not only can you hurt someone - and hurt them to the bone - you can feel self-righteous about it at the same time. ↗
There are three difficulties in authorship: to write anything worth publishing, to find honest men to publish it, and to find sensible men to read it. ↗