Buddhist monk Guang Wen and several other great monks stayed at the Holy Land of Dawn Church for more than half a month, pestering Bartley and others to lecture on scriptures all day long. Facing such a person, he could not beat him or scold him, which gave Bartley and others a huge headache. Fortunately, after half a month of planning, Ye Zan finally came up with some ideas that might be useful.
First is the "square dance", in which brainwashing songs are accompanied by demonic dances. Although it may have a limited impact on a few monks, it can at least enrich the spare time life of church believers. After all, the daily life of believers, apart from praying and studying, was really boring in their spare time, and it was easy for monks to take advantage of it.
When do people need faith? Firstly, it is when life faces despair, and secondly, it is when spiritual emptiness occurs. Although, believers of the Church of Dawn, who believe in the Goddess of Dawn, are unlikely to be spiritually empty. But the reality is that not all believers can fill their spirits with faith, only a few fanatical believers can do it. The vast majority of true believers, while having faith, also need some entertainment activities.
Of course, the entertainment activities prepared by Ye Zan for the believers are not just the noisy square dance, but also other more diverse entertainment. However, everything must be done step by step, and Ye Zan cannot throw everything out at once.
Ye Zan's plan is to slowly bring the Internet, film and television, drama, music, etc. to the world of Dawn. The believers of Dawn Church are actually the first to experience these, and everything will eventually be spread to the entire world. Moreover, this spiritual entertainment is also a great help for cultural invasion, which can further make people in the Dawn World accept monastic civilization.
Monk Guangwen and others only thought that Ye Zan was trying to disturb them with the square dance, and had not yet thought about anything deeper. It's not that they are stupid, it's just that their fixed way of thinking prevents them from thinking of other things. Just like when it comes to preaching, almost no one thought that Ye Zan would use the method of tampering with the history of Chenxi World to popularize the concept of "Tao".
Upon hearing Bartley's "invitation", Monk Guangwen and the others didn't think much. They followed Bartley's footsteps without hesitation while still chanting Buddhist scriptures. In the view of Monk Guangwen and the others, there is no way for Ye Zan to have any good way to deal with his rogue methods, unless he takes action directly.
In fact, not only Monk Guangwen and the others, but also Bartley were not very confident in Ye Zan's so-called method.
Soon, under Bartley's guidance, the group arrived at a newly emptied house. At this time, the room that had been cleared of the original furniture had been rearranged into another appearance. Right in front of the room, in addition to a huge white curtain, a stage that was not too small was also set up. Under the stage, there were rows and rows of seats arranged neatly, looking like some school auditoriums, or a simple movie theater.
"Senior monks, please take a seat wherever you want. We'll see something good later." Bartley had already received the message from Ye Zan, so he turned to the following monks such as Guang Wen and said.
"Oh, is this decoration meant for preaching on Buddhist scriptures and Taoism?" Monk Guangwen saw the decoration in the room, and the first thing he thought of was: This place is really suitable for teaching on Buddhist scriptures and Taoism.
"Haha, the great monk doesn't need to make random guesses. Just sit back and wait for a while, and you will know what it is for." Bartley joined several other church leaders and came to the best viewing position in the middle of the screening room. They each found their seats. Sit down.
Seeing the actions of Bartley and others, Monk Guangwen and others stopped guessing and followed them and sat nearby. Of course, until this time, they had not forgotten it and continued to harass Bartley and others, each one of them still talking about it.
However, at this moment, the entire screening room suddenly dimmed, and then moving images appeared on the huge white curtain in front.
"The Legend of White Snake?" Seeing the title on the screen, Monk Guangwen and others looked puzzled, but they couldn't help but stop talking.
"In order to further make people in this world yearn for and learn something about 'Tao', Ye specially prepared these dramas. He called this cultural invasion, or cultural infiltration. In short, it is to let the indigenous people, in entertainment He can accept everything related to the Tao and be able to take the initiative to explore and learn with interest." After seeing Guangwen and the others stopped, Bartley explained to them.
"Drama... is it for preaching?" Monk Guangwen and others still didn't quite understand.
Promoting monastic civilization more deeply to the world of dawn through drama, film, television, music and other entertainment is an auxiliary to Ye Zan's "popular education" plan. After all, if you want people to learn something, you must first let them know that learning it is useful, and then make them interested enough to learn it.
However, because the monk was widely known for being a rogue, Ye Zan made some changes to those entertainment works. For example, in "The Legend of White Snake" currently being played, "Fahai" could already be considered a villain, but Ye Zan modified him to make him even more shameless.
Sure enough, not long after watching, the faces of Monk Guangwen and others finally became gloomy in a rare way when they saw the various behaviors of "Fa Hai" inside.
"This... this is a slander and a slander of my Buddhism!" A great monk suddenly stood up and said angrily to Bartley and others.
"Don't be anxious, great monk! If you look so angry, aren't you violating the Buddhist precepts of anger?" Felena said with a chuckle. She could see several monks looking anxiously, and she suddenly felt relieved.
"Guangzhi, sit down and watch with peace of mind to see what gifts Taoist Wuji has prepared for us!" Monk Guangwen could still sit still and said to his junior brother in a deep voice.
"Yes, although this Fa Hai is hateful, he only represents himself. How can it be said that he is slandering Buddhism." Bartley also argued cheerfully, but his tone did not convey any credibility.
As the film plays, the plot reaches the final climax step by step, but unlike the traditional White Snake, the ending of this White Snake was naturally changed by Ye Zan. In this Legend of White Snake, a monk finally appears, rescues Xu Xian, White Snake, and Green Snake, and defeats the evil and dirty villain Fahai. Moreover, Xu Xian worshiped the Taoist as his teacher, mastered the art of immortality, and became an immortal couple with White Snake.
"Huh!" Several great monks let out a sigh of relief after seeing the end of the video.
"Fellow Taoist, I wonder what you mean by asking me to wait and see this thing?" Monk Guangwen asked Bartley unnaturally.
"Haha, don't be impatient, great monks. Let's keep looking down. There are many more." Bartley seemed to be in a happy mood and did not answer Monk Guangwen's questions immediately.
In order to fight back and disgust the monks, Ye Zan compiled many works similar to "The Legend of White Snake". He doesn't need to put too much thought into it. He just needs to replace the villain in some works with a monk. And with his technological means, it is quite easy to do this, and there is no need to reshoot or anything.
Ye Zan, who comes from the world of science and technology, knows very well the terrifying influence that containing private goods in entertainment works can have. In the world of science and technology, why do countries have very strict management of cultural and entertainment works? It's because the private goods contained here can easily guide people's thoughts and emotions unconsciously.
As the saying goes, “It is better to guard against the people’s words than against the rivers,” does it really mean that we should let people’s opinions go unchecked? In the face of the torrent of public opinion, simply building a dam to block it is indeed not a good solution. However, when it comes to water control, isn’t there a saying that “blocking is worse than sparing”! The meaning of "sparse" is to consciously guide, which is the so-called "public opinion control" in the Internet era.
Therefore, Ye Zan used his knowledge in this area to add "counter-interpretation" things to various entertainment works. It is conceivable that after these entertainment works are spread, the senses of "Buddhism" among the indigenous people in the entire Dawn World will inevitably be greatly affected.
After all, not everyone can clearly distinguish what is reality and what is illusion. In the world of technology, there have been cases where actors playing villains in plays were shot dead on stage by the audience below. Later, in the Internet age, an era known as "the people's wisdom has broadened," there are also many people on the Internet who cannot distinguish between reality and fiction.
For example, there is an "entertainment category" in online novels. Basically, a person travels to a different world and then transfers works from the original world to gain fame and fortune in various aspects. In the book review section of this type of novel, there is often a group of people who criticize "copying and copyright infringement" to show off their noble moral character, which is simply baffling. There are even some authors who are "morally obsessive" and believe that their "copied" works are infringements, so they insist on having their own "original" works...
Therefore, if these "counter-interpretation" works by Ye Zan are taken out, they will definitely cause a lot of trouble for Buddhism. When that time comes, Buddhism's "preaching" in the world of dawn will not be fruitless, but it will definitely be a bumpy journey.
For a whole day, Bartley invited several great monks to watch more than a dozen entertainment works, all of which had elements that vilified Buddhism. At this moment, Monk Guangwen and the others could not sit still. Their faces were both annoyed and anxious, and they wanted to turn against each other but had many worries.
"Fellow Taoist, let's talk about what you want." Monk Guangwen finally asked uncontrollably again.
"Several great monks have been here as guests for more than ten days, and they have also allowed us to see the methods of Buddhism. Unfortunately, we have no intention of worshiping the Buddha, so we can only live up to the good intentions of these great monks." I heard. After hearing the monk's inquiry, Bartley felt that the heat was almost over, so he stopped playing new entertainment works and stopped to say with a bit of regret.
Although Bartley's words were quite euphemistic, the meaning of "expelling guests" was also obvious. Several great monks have been guests for more than ten days, and have annoyed Bartley and the others for more than ten days. Now it is time to take the initiative to say goodbye.
"The poor monk already understands what fellow Taoist meant, but these things..." Monk Guangwen didn't dare to play rogue anymore. He really felt helpless and afraid of the works he had read.
"Ye has already said that if you and I stay on the same page, then these things will not appear in this plan. On the contrary, if a few great monks still do not give up and continue to be guests here, I will wait. Although you can't lose etiquette, but..." Bartley said with a smile on his face, looking quite happy.
Indeed, even a fly can be swatted away with a fly swatter. After being annoyed by these great monks for more than half a month, they still can't drive them away, which makes Bartley and others frustrated. Now, I finally have a way to deal with it, and it seems that it has indeed made several monks extremely jealous. I can finally spit out the sullen anger.
"The poor monks have been disturbing you here for more than ten days. It's really time to say goodbye!" Although Monk Guangwen was unwilling to give in, in the face of Ye Zan's threat, before he could think of a way to deal with it, he could only It’s time to give up on the original plan.
Of course, why is it said that when Ye Zan took out these things, he would "injure the enemy a thousand and damage himself eight hundred"? It is because these things that Ye Zan showed not only threatened Monk Guangwen and others, but also inspired them. Although Monk Guangwen and the others do not have the technological means of Ye Zan, it is not impossible to just start from the drama aspect.
Moreover, you need to know that Ye Zan's film-making equipment and methods have actually been no secret in the Shenhua Realm for a long time. For example, Mei Zong is a "big factory" that produces local film and television works in the Shenhua Realm, and it has long been freed from the shackles of the "Eighteen Forbidden". Therefore, as long as a Buddhist is willing, it is not that difficult to obtain the method to make a film.
But no matter what, being able to get rid of these great monks can be regarded as a disaster for Ye Zan.
"If that's the case, then I won't keep any more people!" Bartley was also straightforward. When he heard that the other party was finally leaving, he didn't even bother to ask for polite invitations to stay.
"Well, I just hope that fellow Taoist Wuji can be less prejudiced against my Buddhism, and don't let these ridiculous things become popular in this world." Monk Guangwen did not waste any time, and after giving a final warning to Bartley, he With a long sigh, he led several brothers to get up and walk out of the screening room.
In the screening room, Bartley and the others looked at each other and smiled, exhaled a long breath, and then immediately followed Monk Guangwen and others who went out. After all, the guest is about to leave, so it’s okay if he doesn’t stay. This gift should still be given as a gift, and it can’t be too rude.