When these people are talking about the Dao, they are taking about positive and negative outcomes and influences, no? Most would call it luck, even if the intent behind the idea is different.
Ignoring that this idea of controlling fortune goes completely against my own thoughts, it is an interesting idea. He provided products that performed well, but had those same products siphon off positive fortune to himself.
He rambles on about controlling the Dao, while everyone else is taking about following the Dao. He is quite skilled in his profession, I'll give him that, but I'll have to agree with our favorite painter, he is lacking in life experience.
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I'd prefer to just give out short stupid comments about the antics of the characters, but this comic can be hard to follow at times. Rapid pace dialogue and action with short chapters. So, I felt compelled to try to explain how I got to my comment, with the hopes of might help others understand some things.