Artists under the Rebirth of the Coal Boss

Chapter 278 The Great Snow Mountain Mizong Buddha Mother Temple
After establishing a foothold in Taibei, Ding Ye wanted to win over some local powerful figures.

Among them was Lin Tiangui, the abbot of a dilapidated temple.

His family had opened a Buddhist temple in his early years, but there were simply too many temples in Taibei.

When I was a child, during the most difficult time for my family, we had to work at the church to earn money to support our family's Buddhist temple.

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The number of temples, monasteries, hermitages, monasteries, churches, and chapels throughout Taibei is even greater than that of convenience stores.

There are many types of temples, such as the Queen Mother of the West Temple, the Emperor Temple, the Mazu Temple, the Kai Zhang Sheng Wang Temple, and so on.

According to data from the Fair Trade Commission, there are approximately 12,000 well-known chain convenience stores across the island, while the total number of registered temples is 15,186.

That's equivalent to an average of 6.5 seats per 10,000 people!
If we include unregistered temples and private shrines, the number would double!

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This industry is huge, and there's so much profit to be made!

Those who run temples and monasteries are usually local bullies or local tyrants.

The members of the procession were mostly from triads, and the attendants were mostly delinquent girls, rebellious girls, and girls with special skills...

This can be seen in many Taiwanese films, such as "Monga" and "If You Want to Die, Do It Early," where many temples are more profitable than some large companies.

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Faced with fierce market competition, the Buddha Mother Temple's business is dismal.

His father took a different approach, recruiting a group of good-looking male and female volunteers, etiquette performers, and procession leaders.

They started a silver temple business.

Specializing in treating female infertility! For male clients, offering treatment to reduce internal heat and exorcise evil spirits!

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In 1972, the East Asian Relations Association and the Japan-Taihoku Exchange Association established a non-official exchange window.

Lin Tiangui's father discovered that having a temple identity greatly facilitated the application for a Certificate of Eligibility for a Confucian Activist in Japan and an H-2 visa for cultural exchange in South Korea.

So, they set up a shady agency to run a business dealing with Japan and South Korea, ostensibly a cultural exchange and cooperation project, but actually engaged in human smuggling...

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In the 90s, Lin Tiangui's father, with his growing ambition, began to expand his US sewing business using the same methods.

Just then, the Hai Zhen Bao restaurant case involving the Si Hai Gang and Song Lian Gang broke out.

His father was betrayed by a local guide after helping a leader of the Songlian Gang travel the newly opened US-Mexico route. The leader suffered a terrible fate and was forced to eat cream puffs by Mexicans at the US-Mexico border, which led to him contracting HIV.

After this incident, the Songlian Gang demanded an explanation and caused trouble every few days. Then, the Sihai Gang also threw Molotov cocktails at the temple because the Buddha Mother Temple was assisting their rivals.

From then on, other temples, monasteries, monasteries, religious centers, churches, and chapels in the area sprang up, taking away all the believers in the local temples and monasteries.

Lin Tiangui's father also died in despair...

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When faced with the first impoverished charlatan who came to him for help, Ding Ye, thinking of "spending a fortune to buy a horse's bones," was very generous.

They used money and political resources to obtain a legitimate license.

The investor, Xiao Lin, opened a legal and compliant Taibei Talent Exchange Service Center, responsible for study abroad, immigration, and cross-border labor dispatch...

He also allowed her to establish the Daesulsan Mizong Buddha Mother Temple in South Korea and Japan.

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Shim Mo-jun, a prominent figure in the South Korean entertainment industry, adopts a high-profile and strategic approach.

However, the Japanese entertainment industry has never had a foothold, which is perfect for this charlatan Kobayashi to test the waters, and hopefully establish a bridgehead for the dark world!

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The following day, in Zhujing Town, JS District, Shanghai, at the Shanghai Equestrian Sports Management Center, an advertisement was being filmed.

This is a sports center under the Shanghai Municipal Sports Bureau, and it is also the only horse farm in China to have received dual four-star certification from both China and the UK.

As Montblanc's brand ambassador for Asia, Lin Xingzhuo's main duties include attending brand events, maintaining the brand image, and engaging in interactive promotions on social media.

The advertising shooting terms included in the normal endorsement fee are not included.

The main reason is that this endorsement was introduced by Golden Horse Award-winning actress Li Bingbing!

Montblanc was considering its partnership with Li Bingbing, but also had reservations about the relatively unknown Lin Xingzhuo.

In the end, they offered him a contract as the brand ambassador for a budget-friendly version of Montblanc in Asia.

No one expected that this newcomer actress, Lin Xingzhuo, would be so amazing, even dominating the Weibo charts and creating an orange storm!
Seeing this situation, Montblanc's Brand Marketing Management Department promptly provided a supplementary advertising contract agreement worth 150 million.

This fee is quite generous for Lin Xingzhuo's current status. Hunan TV host He Jiong filmed an advertisement for the BBK iBox learning machine this year, and the fee was only 120 million RMB.

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The director of this advertisement is the famous online figure, Hu Ge.

Four years ago, his "A Bloodbath Caused by a Steamed Bun" was a reinterpretation and re-editing of director Chen Da's film "The Promise".

Its nonsensical style quickly went viral online, with downloads even surpassing the movie's viewership on the Youku platform!

This made Hu Ge famous, earning him the title of "the pioneer of parody videos" and the reputation of being a representative figure of popular culture challenging authority.

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Director Chen broke down his defenses and angrily denounced, "People can't be this shameless!!"

Meanwhile, Director Chen also initiated an infringement lawsuit, which was met with strong support from his friends in the Northwest and Beijing film circles.

His wife, Chen Hong, even wrote a lengthy post of over a thousand words on her blog to criticize him:
"Superficial, absurd, and negative video garbage, lacking artistic value and positive social significance."

"This is a shameless frame-up against a world-class director who won the Palme d'Or at Cannes! It is also a malicious curse on the cause of cinema!!"

"This is a cluster of mold that has sprouted from the social ill of lost integrity and rampant fraud!"

"The online frenzy surrounding the film 'The Promise' is a devastating blow to China's film industry!!"

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"A Bloodbath Caused by a Steamed Bun" brought Hu Ge fame, but also offended the Beijing and Northwest circles.

From then on, Hu Ge could only linger on the fringes of the Shanghai social circle, his finances were never very good, and his income was only enough to cover basic living expenses and barely support his family.

It wasn't until this year that Hu Ge's transition from an internet celebrity to a professional advertising director began to take off.

At the beginning of the year, he filmed his first commercial for Alibaba, "Shoe Attack - The President's Counterattack," and at the end of the year, he received an advertisement for the luxury brand Montblanc.

After spending three or four years in Shanghai's social circles, Hu Ge has also gathered some information.

He had also heard a little about Lin Xingzhuo's terrible acting skills and the legendary "cool and domineering" persona of the crew.

A customized plan was created specifically for Lin Xingzhuo before the shoot.

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Upon arriving at the horse farm, both parties briefly discussed the two-page script and agreed that stunt doubles would be used for dangerous stunts and that voice-over narration could be added to the dialogue. Filming then officially began.

"Okay, let's get ready for the actual filming!"

The script supervisor ran in front of the camera with the clapperboard, shouting, "Scene 1! First shot, first take! Action!"

Lin Xingzhuo's left foot precisely slipped into the stirrup. Without pausing, he used the momentum of his forward charge to push off and lift his right leg up smoothly.

Using the momentum, his entire body lifted into the air, hovering briefly. With a burst of strength from his waist and abdomen, he spun lightly, the hem of his robe fluttering like surging waves.

Before anyone could see him clearly, he had already sat down steadily, the reins in his hand, and the horse's hooves kicked up a light dust.

This series of movements was fluid and graceful, as swift as the wind!
When filming "Beauty's Rival in Palace", Lin Xingzhuo mastered riding skills because of that horse that had the right leg, and even left behind the famous scene of the young Zhou Yafu trampling through the camp and killing the Xiongnu.

During his interactions with the Hong Kong horse racing circle, Lin Xingzhuo acquired two horses and began to study horse-related information.

A horse is a creature that can tell if you can ride it the moment you mount it!

Therefore, you must decisively establish control from the very beginning!
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Hu Ge stared at the scene through the viewfinder, completely stunned. He hadn't expected Lin Xingzhuo's horseback riding scene to be so impressive!
He glanced at the equestrian double, a national level two expert in eventing, who was standing next to him, and asked, "What level is this?"

The equestrian stuntman watched Lin Xingzhuo galloping across the riding arena and said:

"There are no superfluous techniques, only pure strength, especially a very strong core! It's monstrous even among professional-level players!"

"It's like the practice of a very primitive, classical power-based riding theory..."

Hu Ge asked worriedly, "Is it okay to ride like this?"

The equestrian stuntman said, "I certainly wouldn't get a high score in a professional competition, but it's more than enough for shooting commercials."

"Director, don't worry! Marco is smart! He can tell if you can ride or not just by the way you mount the horse. If you can ride, he'll obey your commands; if you can't, he'll play all sorts of tricks on you!!"

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A young man, full of vigor and ambition, gallops across the land!
Looking through the viewfinder, Hu Ge was surprisingly moved; cattle and horses really do yearn for the grasslands…

While Hu Ge was chatting with his equestrian stunt double.

In the viewfinder, Lin Xingzhuo suddenly takes off the stirrup while the horse is running, supports himself with one hand on the saddle, and performs a straight side somersault in the air...

The equestrian stuntman exclaimed, "Oh no! This guy thinks he knows kung fu!"

Hu Ge exclaimed, "Holy crap!!"

(End of this chapter)