Literary Master 1983

Chapter 169 Donations of Money and Goods
Because of Xu Shubiao's interruption, Xie Guomin missed the opportunity to meet Yu Che immediately.

At this time, the rituals had already started in the Golden Buddha Temple. Thailand is a country that worships Buddhism very much, and Xie Guomin's mother is also a devout Buddhist, so he could not do anything disrespectful and just waited obediently.

The monks chanted in unison: Once upon a time, the Buddha was in the Jetavana Grove in the country of Savatthi, together with 1,250 great bhikkhus…

The sound of Buddhist scriptures resounded throughout the Golden Buddha Temple. Xie Guomin was sitting on a cushion, his buttocks aching from sitting. He turned his head and found that both Yu Qie and the beverage tycoon Xu Shubiao had kind eyes and solemn expressions, and they did not look in any other direction at all.

That's right. Even the royal family cannot be disrespectful to the monks.

He didn't know how long he had waited, but when the ritual was finally over, he immediately got up and went to find Yu Qie: "Mr. Yu, Mr. Yu!"

"you are?"

"I am Xie Guomin, the general manager of Charoen Pokphand Group. I came here especially for you, the novel "A Way Out"!"

At this point, Xie Guomin could not help but get excited. He held Yu Qie's hand and said, "You have written a great work. For me personally, it is more like a documentary, recording the ups and downs of the Chinese people. I see the shadow of my family in it!"

"I came here just to thank you for nothing else. On the curb of Chinatown, I saw a vendor carrying smuggled goods. He was looking up a dictionary while reading your novel. It was very touching... Mr. Yu, I don't know how to describe your novel!"

Xie Guomin took a step back and bowed to Yu Qie like the ancients.

Then he remembered that this was a Buddhist temple, and he put his hands together and walked again.

Xie Guomin's exaggerated behavior immediately attracted the attention of others. His Charoen Pokphand Group is now doing a booming business in Thailand. Some Chinese businessmen recognized Xie Guomin and became curious: I wonder what kind of novel can make him so excited.

Xie Guomin just said that the novel was called "A Way Out" and was serialized in the "Zhonghua Daily".

As a result, this introduction caused more people to be surprised: it turned out that this was the mainland writer who recently wrote "A Way Out". I didn't expect that he was right in front of us and he was so young.

"A Way Out", that is "A Way Out", that is... "A Way Out"!

There were actually a few more people surrounding Yu Qi.

Beverage tycoon Xu Shubiao must have been confused: I really don’t read novels, who is Yu Qie?
He went around asking people, "What kind of novel is 'A Way Out'? What is it about?"

Others simply answered him: "Go read it. There has been no better novel in recent years that depicts the lives of Chinese people in Southeast Asia! Moreover, this novel is particularly easy to read and you can't put it down!"

"It reminds me of the past..."

As they talked, the scene turned into a grievance meeting. Monks were also born of parents. No matter who was present, their ancestors for two or three generations had all been pigs, and all of them had fled from the mainland.

The visiting delegation improvised and turned the subsequent sharing of scriptures into a ritual for the people who suffered and died unjustly.

Beverage tycoon Xu Shubiao got the serialized novel from the China Daily from somewhere and started reading it right here in the corner.

When he saw the beginning of the novel "A Way Out": several young people from the mainland who fled here suffered humiliation. Whether they were local indigenous people, white people or Japanese, they all ordered the Chinese pigs around and exploited them to the utmost... his eyes suddenly became red.

Isn't this about their family? Xu Shubiao flipped faster and faster, and more and more memories came to his mind. He felt his face itchy, and suddenly pulled out his hand to touch it, but it was ice-cold. It turned out that those were his own tears!
Xu Shubiao then put down the book and said with emotion: "I never read novels before, but this novel is really worth reading for me and for every Chinese in Southeast Asia!"

His family was originally a poor family in Qiong Province. They fled to Thailand and made a living by raising ducks and selling fruits. They suffered countless bullying. No matter day or night, they had to guard their stall, otherwise their goods would be robbed.

His famous "Red Bull" drink was originally developed as an anti-fatigue drink for shift workers and truck drivers. It is a drink for workers and has nothing to do with extreme sports or jet lag.

Xu Shubiao suppressed his excitement and looked up, only to find that many people were already surrounding Yu Qie. They all looked solemn and observed a moment of silence for the Chinese who had suffered in the past. What they held in their hands were not Buddhist scriptures, but novels serialized in the "Zhonghua Daily".

Xu Shubiao remembered this moment deeply: everyone in his family believed in Buddhism, except for him, who started from scratch and knew the difficulties of life, and did not believe in it at all. However, he never missed any large-scale religious events; the writer Yu Che probably did not believe in these things either, but it was Yu Che who had the greatest merit.

So, novels are like this! It’s amazing!

Xu Shubiao called his secretary and told him, "I want to donate $50,000 to the visiting delegation from the mainland. I don't care how to transfer it to them."

He looked at Yu Qie and the visiting delegation from the mainland and said in a deep voice: "Writers can write novels, monks can perform rituals to pray for the dead, and I am a rich man, so I must do something that suits my status!"

After the ceremony, everyone was sweating profusely. It was already dark. Everyone looked at each other and felt that their trip was not in vain. They all clapped their hands. Zhao Puchu, who presided over the ceremony, was filled with emotion: "I didn't know about the sufferings in Nanyang before. It was Yu Qie who discovered it first. But it's never too late as long as we don't forget it in the future!"

"We must not forget history, we must not forget inheritance, and we must not forget communication. Yu Qie, please tell me what else we must not forget?"

Yu Qie took the lead and said: "We must not forget where we came from. The mainland has now opened up to overseas Chinese to visit relatives. Everyone is welcome to come to the mainland to have a look."

Applause broke out again at the scene, and in the following session, wealthy Chinese businessmen donated enthusiastically.

The Golden Buddha Temple is located near Bangkok Railway Station, in a bustling commercial district. In addition, the temple is called "Golden Buddha" because the Buddha statue in the main hall is made of several tons of gold, which is a priceless treasure of Thailand.

The visiting delegation only occupied one hall of the Golden Buddha Temple. There were a constant stream of tourists coming to other places, which caused what happened here to attract more attention.

In the following days, the visiting delegation from China continued to receive donations from spontaneously organized Chinese people. The situation had exceeded normal religious exchange activities, and Zhao Puchu had to close the donation channel.

Xie Guomin of the Charoen Pokphand Group alone donated US$100,000 on that day, the beverage king donated another US$50,000, and other Chinese and overseas Chinese donated more than US$200,000 in succession.

The China Daily, which published the novel "A Way Out", actually received many letters and donations from local Chinese in Bangkok, which were also sent to the visiting delegation.

The head of the delegation, Ji Xianlin, joked with Yu Qie: "Even if one word of your novel is not worth ten thousand gold coins, one word must be worth a thousand gold coins."

He wrote a short report on what had happened and sent it back home, asking for instructions on how to use the foreign exchange.

The reply was, "Since it has become a typical case of communication with the Chinese in Southeast Asia, all funds will be used for communication in the future... Please come to China to visit relatives and see the current development of the mainland."

He also said: "This Yu Qie can do something wherever he goes, just like what his teacher said. He is not a man of rules."

(End of this chapter)