Evolution from scratch with added points

"Take a video?"

"Get jade as reward?"

When Chen Jue heard this, he immediately became confused.

In his opinion, Master Shizheng's behavior of taking imperial green jade as reward was just like the Liangshan hero in the book who liked to eat large pieces of meat and divide gold and silver on a large scale.

This is not taking money seriously at all!

As for why Shizheng Laodao knew the identity of Chen Jue [Brother with Unique Skills], judging from what he meant, he should have learned it from Zhao Jianguo.

After all, it was Zhao Jianguo who led Chen Jue to pay homage to the Longmen sect in the first place, and the other party had contacts with Mr. Wu. It would not be too difficult to learn the details of Chen Jue's identity in private.

What makes Chen Jue a little confused is that the monks of Quanzhen Longmen have always advocated "doing nothing" and "doing everything according to fate".

The emphasis on reputation promotion is not as proactive as that of Shaolin and Wudang.

For example, when martial arts dramas and martial arts movies were very popular in the past, the scripts of the Five Patriarchs of Shaolin and Zhang Sanfeng of Wudang were all taken out and filmed repeatedly.

As for the Quanzhen sect, most of them, such as the Quanzhen Seven Sons and the Huashan Sect, are used as background and have no positive image at all.

Even in real life, there are very few ordinary people who have heard of the Longmen Sect.

At this time, I heard that Shizheng Laodao was planning to put more effort into publicity and make a name for the Longmen Sect. No matter how I thought about it, it was completely different from Quanzhen Longmen's past route of almost reclusiveness.

Seeing Chen Jue's surprised look, Master Shizheng patiently explained: "It was your master's intention to carry forward Longmen when he was still alive. Unfortunately, my ability as a master is limited, and at this age, I am already somewhat incapable of doing what I want."

"None of your fellow disciples are enlightened. They have secluded themselves from the world and practiced cultivation too early. If you don't move, I will worry about you. When you are buried, our Longmen Dark Sect will have no successors."

…

After some conversation, Chen Jue finally understood what Shizheng Laodao meant.

At present, the reputation of the Longmen Sect is not well-known in the country, coupled with the low-key route it has always followed before.

Most of the disciples recruited came through the traditional method of referral, which resulted in fewer and fewer new disciples being recruited into the sect after entering the 21st century.

As the saying goes, people compete for a breath, and Buddhas compete for a stick of incense.

Since ancient times, religious sects have tried their best to gain followers.

The dispute between Buddhism and Taoism in Chinese history was reincarnated every few hundred years, and it basically took a few twists and turns after changing dynasties.

No matter how sects like Taoism just let things go, they start to take issues of inheritance very seriously.

At present, the more mainstream and popular sect in Taoism is Wudang, which is carrying the banner.

Every year, thousands of devout believers from all over the world go to Wudang to seek apprenticeship. Everywhere on Wudang Mountain, you can see disciples of different skin colors getting up early to practice their exercises. It has almost become a sight.

People who like to watch short videos can often see Wudang masters appearing on the Internet, either explaining Taoist classics or showing off some martial arts skills that ordinary people don't realize are powerful to attract a wave of fans.

On the other hand, here at Quanzhen Longmen, there are three or two big cats and kittens in the Quanzhen sect, but they are basically invisible on the Internet. On weekdays, it is difficult to recruit new disciples, and most of them are introduced from Wudang Mountain.

It's like riding on the popularity of others and barely maintaining a daily livelihood by relying on the support of colleagues. It's a miserable place to operate!

The reason why Shizheng Laodao was thinking about competing for face was because he was getting older and his personality and temperament were beginning to show signs of rejuvenation.

While practicing Taoism on weekdays, Master Shizheng likes to watch new things on the Internet just like a child. Short videos on WeChat are just for fun.

After seeing that Shaolin recently sent a lay disciple to crack down on counterfeiters and create excitement in the martial arts circle, Master Shizheng's mind began to become more active.

In the past, they kept a low profile and tolerated it, which did not bring any benefits to the Longmen Sect.

Now that he is over a hundred years old, Master Shizheng no longer thinks about so many causes and consequences.

It happened that the newly recruited disciple had a publicity advantage in this area, so he planned to let Chen Jue give it a try. So much so that all the treasures and jade at the bottom of the box were taken out as reward.

After watching the videos of Shaolin lay disciples cracking down on counterfeiting that Shi Zhenglao Tao found, Chen Jue also felt ashamed.

Because these videos are a bit too crudely produced, the content relies entirely on the popularity of the video that was popular all over the Internet.

After assuming the title of a lay disciple of Shaolin, he went around visiting Chuanwu Internet celebrities who could break bricks, and helped netizens identify the authenticity of bricks with one-inch fists.

This is very similar to playing games and finding venues in the past, but with a new skin of Internet live broadcast.

Including the old naughty boy with real kung fu who Chen Jue had followed before, he also interacted with this person, and even broke a cement block mixed with rebar in front of the live camera.

This kind of video content, which Chen Jue thought was very boring, turned out to have a surprisingly high number of views. Several videos had hundreds of thousands of likes, and the number of views was estimated to have exceeded 10 million.

Especially this Shaolin lay disciple’s behavior of bringing his own bricks, which made those famous scenes of Chuanwu Internet celebrities in front of the live broadcast camera, and their hands were as swollen as freshly steamed buns without breaking the bricks. It hit the G-spot of countless netizens.

There was even more cynicism in the comment area: "Hurry up and hang up the bricks. I want to see 5 bricks broken (dog heads) with just one fist."

"Do you think you have a unique skill? Can you leave palm prints on the floor tiles? (laughing and crying)"

“I want to see if it’s the bricks of Miao Feng that are tougher or the mouth of this Internet celebrity (God of War with a Crooked Mouth).”

"After watching the live broadcast, I felt embarrassed and wanted to pick my feet. After trying for a long time, I couldn't lift the brick to hit it. Finally, I put a brick of my own to interrupt. I feel like I can do it instead (Happy)"

This kind of show-off and slap-in-the-face scene was so popular, which really surprised Chen Jue.

So after watching these videos, Chen Jue patted his badge and said, "Master, you can rest assured!"

"Disciple, I don't have much ability, but I'm definitely better than this guy at making videos."

Seeing that Chen Jue agreed, Master Shizheng also nodded happily: "If you have the heart to take action, I can be more relaxed as a teacher."

…

With Chen Jue's assurance, Master Shizheng finally gave away the jade plaque that he had treasured for a long time.

After Chen Jue got the jade card, he didn't stay at Baiyun Temple. After saying goodbye to Shizheng and several senior brothers, he went first according to the business card he got on the plane and visited Brother Tan. Jewelry store.

This jewelry store called [Yuchun Pavilion] is located in a corner of a commercial street on the East Third Ring Road. The store is a two-story remodeled structure with an antique interior decoration.

Tan Yuchun was very enthusiastic after meeting Chen Jue, the boy who was the seat mate with whom he had met once on the plane.

Chen Jue was invited to sit in the reception room on the second floor for a while, and then looked curiously at the jewelry box that Chen Jue took out from his backpack.

"I just said, Brother Chen, you are hiding everything!"

"I have rarely seen an old box of this kind of quality in the jade circle for decades."

"This is an old thing with a big door, at least it's an old box from the Qing Dynasty."

Tan Yuchun held a magnifying glass, first carefully studied the old red carved paint surface of the box, and then carefully opened the lid of the box.

When he saw the dark green jade plaque inside the box, he let out an "Oh!" and nearly jumped up on his chair with a tremble of his hands!

"My dear! Imperial green?"

"This kind of water is definitely made of glass. There is no strands or cracks inside. It's so beautiful!"

As if he had discovered some rare treasure, Tan Yuchun put on a pair of white gloves and took a small flashlight to shine on the jade plaque.

Chen Jue was drinking tea and asked curiously: "Brother Tan, this brand should be very valuable, right?"

"More than valuable!"

“It’s priceless!”

"The water, the green color, and the carving of the carp leaping over the dragon gate are definitely the master carvers of the past. This is top quality jade that can reach the auction level. According to the market price, it is worth at least a fortune. Two or three hundred thousand per gram.”

After talking, Tan Yuchun took out an electronic scale and weighed it. The total weight of a brand was 198 grams, and the total market price reached more than 50 million!

Chen Jue was also shocked when he heard this exaggerated price.

He didn't know much about jade jewelry, but he had heard that better jadeite was the finest jadeite.

Any jade that can be called jade can basically be sold at a price that ordinary people cannot earn in their lifetime.

He never expected that in order to "please" himself to shoot a video, Master Shizheng would actually take out a piece of jade worth nearly half a billion yuan. This was really beyond Chen Jue's expectations.

With Chen Jue's current worth, one live broadcast can attract half a million traffic rewards, so using this piece of jade as a reward is more than enough.

"Sure enough, the older you get, the better you become!"

"Master, he seems to be indifferent to worldly affairs, but in fact he is more enlightened than anyone else." Chen Jue sighed in his heart and asked Tan Yuchun to provide an appraisal report for this brand.

Old jadeite in private collections like this is not reported like the commercial jadeite circulating in the market. To prove its true value, you must find a relevant unit to issue a certificate.

It happened that Tan Yuchun was an expert in this field, so Chen Jue asked him to handle the certificate matter.

After that, I went to his store and picked out a sky blue jade bracelet worth 1.2 million yuan. I swiped my card to pay for it, which was considered as repaying the other person's favor for helping him run the certificate.

As for how to make a video to promote his sect, Chen Jue already had a clear idea in his mind.

So after getting the appraisal certificate of the jade plaque and leaving Yuchun Pavilion, Chen Jue found a Hilton Hotel to stay, and hired a photographer online to take a set of close-up photos of the jade plaque.

The photos and identification certificate were packaged and sent to Qianhe's operations team, asking them to help produce a poster for the live broadcast preview of the tour.

But when Chen Jue decided on the title and location of this live broadcast and sent it to the operations group, the entire Qianhe team went crazy.

"Use martial arts to make friends and test martial arts around the world?"

"I'm so proud!!!"

"Brother, are you planning to go abroad to play gymnastics?" (End of Chapter)