Although Monk Guangwen and others are not from the technological world, they have never experienced cultural communication and other things in the technological world. However, they still have a certain understanding or imagination about the spread and impact of cultural products. After all, many scriptures in Buddhism actually have similar functions, such as those stories about how the Buddha was originally.
Therefore, after seeing the things prepared by Ye Zan, Monk Guangwen and others can also imagine what kind of impression these foolish men and women will have if these things that "vilify" Buddhism are spread out. In the final analysis, Buddhism is no different from other religions. If it sounds good, it is faith; if it sounds bad, it is brainwashing. Naturally, the IQ of the "public" will not be overestimated.
Moreover, Monk Guangwen and others also clearly realized that Ye Zan's use of the entertainment of drama to spread "ideas" is far more attractive than simply telling stories. The more attractive consequence is that the concepts can more easily be deeply rooted in people's hearts, allowing people to accept those things unconsciously.
"Senior brother, let's just forget it?" After leaving the Holy Land of Dawn Church, Monk Guangzhi asked his senior brother unwillingly.
"So what if I don't care! You have all seen that if those things are really spread, our Buddhist preaching will be very difficult!" Monk Guangwen's face did not show much anger, but a look of anger. It's as if it's talking about someone else's business.
"This is great. No one has achieved transformation, and we have not been able to borrow land to build a Buddhist temple. We have wasted more than half a month!" Another monk who looked quite young couldn't bear it at this time. Zhu complained.
Although it is said that these great monks all have Dharma-level strength, they can also be regarded as "high monks" in Buddhism. However, unlike those monks in secular temples, they all entered Buddhism almost from birth and have been "intensively studying" Buddhism in Buddhism. In other words, they actually don't have much "life experience", so naturally they can't expect to have any extraordinary character.
"We didn't borrow the land, so we looked for it ourselves. The world is so big in the morning, can't we still find a suitable place? I think back when Buddha founded Buddhism, it was at the time when Taoism was flourishing, so we had to go far away from the harsh, cold and barren land. In the end, my Buddhism will have the same momentum. So, it is good to have the cave heaven and blessed land, and it will not stop us from believing in the salvation of all sentient beings." Monk Guangwen glanced at several junior disciples and saw everyone. They were all a little frustrated, so they shouted to everyone in a deep voice.
Upon hearing the senior brother's scolding, the eyes of several junior brothers suddenly changed. The original discouragement was instantly washed away by the bowl of chicken soup.
"Brother is right, we just encountered a little obstacle, maybe it was the test given by Buddha to us!" Several junior brothers cheered up again, with determination on their faces.
However, after cheering up, the youngest monk said worriedly: "But, Senior Brother Guangwen, if Wuji really releases those things, how should we respond?"
Although, judging from the previous conversations between the two parties, the two parties have reached an agreement. The great monks will no longer "harass" Bartley and others, and Yezan will not release those things. But the problem is that this agreement has not been written on paper. If it is not explicitly stated verbally, it can only be regarded as the result of a "tacit understanding".
However, "tacit understanding" is not very reliable, and there is no cost to regretting it. Even if it is said verbally, at least there is a way of saying "not keeping one's word" for going back on one's words. However, you never said anything, just what you think of me and what I think of you. If you want to regret it, to use a meme on the Internet, it is: Do you think that what you think is what you think
"This... don't worry too much! If Wuji really dares to do that, then we don't need to worry and can use the method of transformation at will." Monk Guangwen didn't worry too much, after all, he was on his side He also holds the trump card.
Speaking of which, if Buddhism's method of transformation is used without scruples, it may not be that difficult to turn this dawn world into a "Buddhist Kingdom". The reason why Buddhism is useless is also because of the scruples about the Immortal Court and the scruples of these ascetics of various sects, and they do not want Buddhism to become the public enemy of the world.
However, if someone targets Buddhism and slanders it in various ways like Ye Zan did, it would be equivalent to giving Buddhism a suitable excuse. You've already slapped me in the face, can't I return it with my backhand? Since you dare to provoke me, my counterattack is normal. No one can find fault in this matter, not even Immortal Court.
"This... that's true." Several junior brothers nodded and said.
"However, the things that Wuji brought out inspired me a lot. You might as well think about it, if we also made those dramas to promote my Buddhist philosophy, would it be easier for people to accept it? "What?" Monk Guangwen mentioned an important point, which is also what Ye Zan is worried about.
There is no good or evil in weapons. The key depends on who is holding them. In the hands of evil people, they are weapons that kill innocent people. In the hands of good people, they are weapons of justice. The dramas, films and other entertainment works that Ye Zan showed can actually be viewed from the perspective of weapons. Since those entertainment works can be used to vilify Buddhism, then naturally they can also be used to beautify Buddhism.
"What does senior brother mean?" Several junior brothers didn't quite understand for a while.
"Let's just imagine what it would be like if I were a Buddhist and a Taoist in the dramas we watched before." Monk Guangwen did not express his position directly, but guided several Junior brother, let’s think and imagine.
After listening to the senior brother's words, several junior brothers stood there, recalling the dramas they had watched before, and changed the heroes and villains in them. As for this exchange, they all immediately discovered that in fact, after the exchange of the good and the villain, it did not have much impact on the entire story, but it changed from restraining the Tao and promoting the Tao to restraining the Tao and exalting the Tao.
"Hey, when you think about it, it's really like this! But we can't... let them help make those things." Monk Guangzhi said not very "wisely".
"Of course it's impossible to ask them to help. However, it's not impossible for us to do it ourselves. I remember that when I used Thousand Miles Teleportation in the Shenhua Domain, I saw on that network that as long as we used Thousand Miles Teleportation, we could be photographed However, we don’t need to go to so much trouble. After all, even if it is produced, how to play it is still a problem. Therefore, at the beginning, we might as well use traditional dramas to explore the way. ." Monk Guangwen explained to several junior disciples, and he was deeply inspired to think more.
"Use traditional drama? This is a feasible method." Monk Guangzhi nodded in agreement.
In the world of monasticism, before Ye Zan traveled through time, there was drama among the secular folk, just like Peking Opera and Pingxi Opera in ancient China in the world of science and technology. In addition, there are also shadow puppet shows, puppet shows, etc., which do not require real people to act, but only use some small props to tell stories to people.
Therefore, for several great monks, even if they cannot make a movie like Ye Zan, they still have many other choices. At most, those traditional dramas may not be able to compare with movies in terms of their appeal to those "foolish men and women", but they will still have some effect after all.
"Yes, we can bring out some stories from the scriptures and show them to people in the form of traditional drama. I think it will be more effective than preaching to them." Monk Guangwen then talked about the source of the stories. After all, it is To promote Buddhism, it is naturally more appropriate to use stories from Buddhist scriptures. What's more, if they were asked to be the screenwriters themselves, they wouldn't be able to write anything better. It would be better to just use the ready-made ones.
The few great monks became more and more happy as they talked. They stopped lingering here and flew away in a blink of an eye, riding on the auspicious clouds.
Besides, after the few great monks left, Bartley and others from the Dawn Church did not just sit idle. After all, Ye Zan's new plan had already been laid out.
Ye Zan's plan is to popularize and promote "prehistoric civilization" education and requires churches to come forward to build schools in various places. The Church of the Dawn is the only native religion in the world. After overthrowing the ruling class headed by the descendants of wizards, for the time being, the world is basically governed by religion. Therefore, the power and influence of the Church of Dawn also increased to an unprecedented degree during this period.
As a result, Bartley issued an order as pope, and churches around the world immediately started to build schools. If conditions permit, a completely new school with complete facilities can be built; if conditions do not, churches can be used to carry out education. As for those who study "prehistoric civilization", there is basically no age limit, but minors are forced to study.
Since church schools do not charge tuition and fees, and all needs are provided by the church, it can basically be regarded as compulsory education. In addition, there were so many ascetics who "rescued people in distress" and displayed the power of "prehistoric civilization" in front of countless people, so "prehistoric civilization" can be considered to be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Therefore, when it comes to learning "prehistoric civilization", the indigenous people of Dawn World do not reject it at all, and can even be said to be quite supportive.
After all, anyone with any brains can see that the future of this world should be an era when "prehistoric civilization" will become popular. If you don’t study “prehistoric civilization” now, you may have trouble communicating with others in the future, let alone making a living. What's more, after studying "prehistoric civilization", you have the opportunity to join the church's "Prehistoric Civilization Research Institute", become a student of those "sects", and learn more powerful skills.
If the popularization of compulsory education in "prehistoric civilization" is pushed aside by the influence of extraordinary power and purely promoted by secular power, it is certainly impossible to see results in a short period of time. After all, people are not machines, and they will not strictly follow the instructions immediately after receiving them like machines do. Issues such as obedience, corruption, abuse of power for personal gain, etc. are inevitable among human beings and will also affect the execution of an event or government order.
However, in the Dawn World, although this matter involves mortals, it is promoted and supervised by extraordinary beings. Especially Ye Zan, who has already established the Sky Eye system in the Dawn World, no one can hide from the supervision of the Sky Eye. The resources needed to popularize compulsory education will be provided by Ye Zan and the church without any discount, but if anyone wants to interfere with this, people from the Inquisition may come to their door in the next day.
Therefore, although universal compulsory education around the world seems to be a huge undertaking that takes a long time to complete, it actually does not take long. In just over two months, the entire Dawn World has implemented "prehistoric civilization" compulsory education. Whether it is a prosperous city or a remote mountain village, everyone has begun to learn "prehistoric civilization".
At the same time, Ye Zan used those "schools" to promote dramas, movies and other entertainment works that promoted "prehistoric civilization". Those who receive education from "prehistoric civilization" can watch entertainment works after studying, which further enhances their motivation for learning.
Of course, Ye Zan was very trustworthy about those entertainment works and did not release those that vilified Buddhism.
When those entertainment works appeared, Monk Guangwen and others who had been somewhat worried all along rushed to watch them almost immediately. When they saw that those works did not have the plots that vilified Buddhism that they had seen before, they finally put down the stone in their hearts. However, in those entertainment works, not only did they not have the plots that vilified Buddhism, they did not even have the shadow of Buddhism at all, which made them feel a little dissatisfied.
Fortunately, after Monk Guangwen and others returned, they immediately started to find someone to rehearse the short stories in the scriptures as they had planned. Therefore, while Dawn Church released those entertainment works, Buddhism also produced dramas that had been arranged. Although the dramas they choreographed were not comparable to those produced by Ye Zan in all aspects, they could still attract some audiences in this world where entertainment was barren.
Education and entertainment are tasks that Ye Zan entrusts to Bartley and others, or to the Church of Dawn. After assigning this task, Ye Zan basically stopped spending more energy on this matter. Even for the planned monitoring, Ye Zan did not keep an eye on it personally, but arranged artificial intelligence for the Sky Eye system.
However, Ye Zan was not idle during this period, but became busy with the rail transit construction plan. After all, Morningside Church was basically unable to help with the construction of this rail transit. They could only provide a project permit.