I don't know if you have noticed such a phenomenon, but in temples around the world, the number of young people seems to be increasing. They often wore plain clothes, held long incense sticks, and prayed sincerely in front of the incense burner.
Especially in Thailand, a country where almost 80% of the population believes in Buddhism, there is an unimaginable religious industry system. They were like a behind-the-scenes grip on the faithfuls who were pumping money into the temple.
And there are three young people, they spied on the business opportunities and started a road to riches, do you know how they did it?
This large-scale temple launched by Netflix, the world's largest streaming network, or rather, the series "Temple Scam", which relies on temples to start a business, vividly explains to us how to start a business from temples and what are the dark sides behind it.
Stumbling upon a "business opportunity"
The religious community in Thailand is unimaginable. It is not so much that there are many people in their country who believe in Buddhism, but that there is almost no one in their country who does not believe in Buddhism.
So temples are probably the most common building in Thailand. In addition to the most famous Wat Pho, Wat Phra, Wat Aun, etc., there are nearly 30,000 temples of all sizes in the country.
Even in Thailand, the men's rite of passage is to shave the ordination for a period of time. The temple is also a very crowded place, which is the home of all Buddhists.
Whoever has a minor illness in the family, their first reaction is to go to the Buddhist temple to use their wealth to eliminate the disaster. The donation box is never empty.
So our male protagonist Ah Sheng stumbled upon this business opportunity. Ah Sheng's mother is a loyal Buddhist, Ah Sheng accompanied his mother to the temple to burn incense, and accidentally saw the amount of donations on the temple's electronic screen, more than 20 million baht.
This means that a temple earns more than 4 million yuan a day. And the money still doesn't take a little effort, others are scrambling to send it.
Ah Sheng's brain was spinning rapidly, how often did a temple be maintained, and it didn't cost much. And the Thailand government will not ask about the temple, and the money raised does not have to pay taxes, so where does the money end up?
There is only one answer, and that is in the pockets of the non-believers who run this temple.
Ah Sheng immediately had a crazy idea - he also wanted to open a temple.
Some people may think, is this too, the temple can still open itself, think it is a restaurant? Don't even say it, this temple was really opened by him.
From being in debt to making a lot of money
After returning home, Ah Sheng immediately contacted two of his friends. These two friends are not simple, the three of them used to be partners in a joint venture, but because they were deceived, they owed more than 10 million loan sharks, and they were worried about how to pay it back.
Ah Sheng found this business opportunity, and the three of them are by no means useless: Ah Sheng has super sensitivity and leadership, his friend Bao'er is an Internet master, a pure technical player, and another friend Game, who has super eloquence, and he can't negotiate and finance without him. So just do it! That's how daring young people are.
If you want to open a temple, do you think they are really brick by brick, leveling the ground and building tall buildings? No, it's not possible.
With modern business thinking, Ah Sheng chose a better path - to find a temple on the verge of loss, contract it, and become stronger and bigger.
But it's not just a loss-making temple that can qualify, there are many doorways here.
First of all, consider the infrastructure, the infrastructure of this temple must not be too poor, otherwise it will be too expensive to maintain later.
Secondly, we should consider the location, the location must be good, and it cannot be opened in the wilderness and no one in the wilderness, or in a place where the poor people are clean, so that the temple will not make money.
Finally, there is competition to consider, then he must not open next to the most famous Buddhist temple, otherwise who will come?
These conditions may seem rare, but they are actually difficult to find. But there is no way, the role of the protagonist's halo is highlighted, this is a cool drama, how can it be done if it is not happy?
After layers of exclusion and screening, they found a temple with suitable conditions - Pulan Temple.
Although it is dilapidated, it is well-equipped and the location is very good, in the middle of the rich and poor areas, as long as you pack it well, you will definitely make a profit. These three men have such determination.
This entrepreneurial group is still very smart, and the three of them, who don't know anything about Buddhism, rashly go to talk about cooperation with others, who would believe it.
So they bribed a man in the temple who was very close to the abbot, and under his "fanning the flames", the abbot agreed to the request of the trio.
At this point, the first step of entrepreneurship has been taken, and then it has begun to "drain" to make money.
The temple run by three young people is different from ordinary temples because it is full of the smell of technology.
As a first step, they naturally want to renovate the temple and add some new gimmicks to it. Because the temple has not been repaired for a long time, there is a large hornet's nest on the chin of a big Buddha, which is like the beard of a big Buddha.
Ah Sheng said that this beard is just a big selling point, and it must not be removed. And he was right.
The second step is to open up business drainage, in addition to the traditional fundraising and incense burning business, the trio also found another way, they invited a monk with their own traffic, or the top class, to give them a lecture.
Everyone knows that in today's fan circle, why do those fanatical fans want to generate electricity for love and invest a lot of money, it's not because of the charm of idols!
It is a truth to find a charismatic monk in the temple and an idol. If the trio wants to choose, they must choose the best, and they directly found the most famous mage here - Mage Dole.
He not only looks handsome, revealing a sense of "abstinence", but also has a more charm in his lectures, with a gentle voice and eloquent voice. After listening to one of his lectures, the three non-religious people realized the charm of Buddhism.
How could those three unarmed people impress such a famous monk? The only way is to be sincere, and sincerity is the only nirvana.
I didn't expect it to work, and Venerable Dole was moved, or should I say, be deceived, by the grand vision of the three of them, and the idea of making Buddhism younger and more people in touch with it.
In this way, the trio started the road of entrepreneurship, and they also used the Internet to open a social account for Pulan Temple, and often interacted with fans.
This is a battle for traffic. But this traffic was really caught by them, and overnight, Puran Temple became the hottest temple in the local area.
When Master Dole gave a lecture, some people even watched it through the online live broadcast, and the three of them not only quickly paid off their debts, but also made a lot of money.
But the "ill-gotten gains" obtained through "scams" and illegal means will inevitably make them pay a heavy price, and the "abstinence" top mage after falling in love with the heroine, all kinds of violations of Buddhist regulations are even more emotional.
epilogue
"The Peerless Temple Scam" is not only a simple entrepreneurial drama, but also has many social phenomena worth pondering.
For example, the trio's later tailor-made "peripheral" bee runes for Pulan Temple made everyone flock to them, and even the trio's family members were deeply involved in it, and when they were sick, they did not go to the hospital but went to ask for the bee rune and so on.
There was also Venerable Dole who later fell in love with Bao'er, and was even willing to return the favor for the sake of love, and connived at them to do things that violated Buddhism. and the ending of the final trio, which is very thought-provoking.
In short, a good work must be able to reflect social reality, and perhaps this is the reason why this "Temple Scam" was a great success after its release.
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