Collection of Gods

Chapter 959: Opening Day

After drinking two bottles of Yuehua wine, the three of them changed their drinking habits from tea to wine.

"Mr. Tang, regarding the first incense offering on the opening day of Tianmu Taoist Temple, do you have any plans?"

Fan Chongzheng asked Tang Yuan while sipping his tea.

Hearing this, Tang Yuan calmly shook his head and said, "I don't have any plans for now. What's the matter? Executive Fan is interested in Tou Xiang?"

"I?"

Executive Fan pointed at himself and laughed, "Boss Tang, please stop joking with me. The first incense stick of the Tianmu Taoist Temple on its opening day is something I cannot even covet. If I am not mistaken, there should be many people who want to have the first incense stick since the establishment of the Tianmu Taoist Temple, right?"

“It’s quite a lot.”

Tang Yuan smiled and nodded, but did not choose to hide it.

Fan Chongzheng organized his words a little, then lowered his voice and said, "Mr. Tang, we asked you to come here today because we haven't seen each other for a long time. It just so happens that you have been living in Hangzhou recently, so Old Shen and I came to catch up with you. On the other hand, we were asked by Secretary Gao to give you some news in advance so that you can be a little prepared."

"Director Fan, don't worry."

"I know all the rules, and I will definitely not tell anyone else."

Fan Chongzheng's serious expression, coupled with the fact that this was a commission from Gao Shuji of Zhejiang Province, made Tang Yuan feel a little curious.

"Director Tang, this news has some basis, but it is not particularly accurate."

When Fan Chongzheng said this, his voice became a little lower: "According to the news, those people in Yanjing Haili may come to offer sacrifices to the heavens and pray for the prosperity of the country on the day of the Tianmu Taoist Temple's opening."

After Fan Chongzheng finished speaking, even Tang Yuan, who was good at cultivating his Qi, couldn't help showing a little surprise. Apparently, this news was a little too shocking.

"Manager Fan, your news..."

"Is it reliable?"

Tang Yuan felt that the news was a bit too outrageous.

"60% sure."

Fan Chongzheng pondered for a moment and replied to Tang Yuan.

"If those people can really come, then there will be no need for others to compete for the first incense burning at my Tianmu Taoist Temple. It will definitely be theirs."

Tang Yuan exhaled lightly, with a hint of shock still in his eyes.

"Director Tang, we are revealing this news to you in advance today in the hope that you can be mentally prepared. According to Gao Shuji's information, someone will definitely come from Yanjing, but who will come in the end is still unknown for the time being."

Fan Chong was whispering to Tang Yuan.

"Ok."

After Tang Yuan suppressed his emotions, he said to Fan Chong in a serious tone, "Director Fan, please tell Gao Shuji that I will definitely cooperate with you. We can communicate at any time later."

"We always trust what Director Tang does."

Fan Chongzheng smiled slightly, and the three of them clinked glasses with tea instead of wine. After finishing this topic, they sat for a while longer, finished tonight's dinner, left the private restaurant one after another, and left in their own cars.

……

After the opening date of Tianmu Taoist Temple was confirmed, Tang Yuan and Zhejiang Province worked together and soon related publicity swept in like an overwhelming force.

Tang Yuan is mainly responsible for online promotion. With the help of popular social networking media platforms such as Weibo, Douyin, and WeChat, and in collaboration with many Internet celebrities such as Wuyou Media, he has re-heated the topic of Tianmu Taoist Temple in the shortest possible time.

Zhejiang Province is mainly responsible for offline publicity. Since that night, in just three days, promotional materials about Tianmu Taoist Temple were rolled out to surrounding provinces with Zhejiang Province as the center. Promotional materials about Tianmu Taoist Temple were played on a 24-hour loop in many life and travel scenes, such as bus stops, subway stations, airports, and outdoor LED screens.

With the combined efforts of online and offline channels, the topic volume of Tianmu Taoist Temple on the Internet has been rising steadily. More and more people know that Tianmu Taoist Temple, the world's largest Taoist cultural holy land, is about to be completed and will open to visitors on August 8.

After the news came out, the official ticketing website of Tianmu Taoist Temple was almost overwhelmed by the huge number of visitors. Moreover, starting from August 8, all the tickets for the next half month were sold out. As a result, the hotel prices in Hangzhou also went up. It was clearly the off-season, but it turned into the peak season.

"The Tianmu Taoist Temple is completed? Is that true? So fast? Such a huge project was completed in just over a year? Impossible!"

"Dude, have you forgotten our country's title of infrastructure maniac? As long as the money is enough, everything is possible, and the owner of Tianmu Taoist Palace, Tang Yuan, happens to be very rich. The two are simply a perfect match!"

"I just watched the official promotional video of the actual shooting. The visual effect is so shocking. It is exactly the same as the rendering released by Tianmu Taoist Temple in the early stage. The feeling brought by the three holy statues standing on the top of the mountain is really indescribable!"

"Ahhh, what a bunch of beasts! The tickets for a whole half month were sold out in less than a minute. I can't get one. I can't get one at all!"

"The past six months have been turbulent, life has been difficult, and business has been bleak. Once I get a ticket, I should really go to the Tianmu Taoist Temple to worship. Compared to those foreign Buddhas, I still prefer to believe in our own gods!"

……

Judging from the comments under the trending posts on many social media platforms, the vast majority of netizens expressed great anticipation for the news that Tianmu Taoist Temple is officially open to the public. Even many foreign netizens showed great interest after watching the real-life promotional video of Tianmu Taoist Temple.

After sufficient warm-up in the early stage, the opening day of Tianmu Taoist Temple finally arrived.

……

The seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is the Taoist Moral La Day.

It is suitable for praying, offering sacrifices, and everything else.

At dawn, the sky was just breaking.

Tang Yuan was already standing in front of the gate of Tianmu Taoist Temple. He was wearing a tailor-made black Zhongshan suit, his hair was neatly combed, and he looked solemn, with his eyes bright like the rising sun. Next to Tang Yuan, all he could see were the top leaders of Zhejiang Province, from license plate number 00001 to license plate number 00009.

Behind Tang Yuan and the others, their eyes followed the stairs upwards, and special agents in black could be seen everywhere. All of them stood straight, looking straight ahead, looking extremely serious.

The atmosphere in front of the mountain gate is so serious.

Even Tang Yuan and others, when they stood together, did not communicate at all.

From the break of dawn to the morning light, the originally slightly dim and hazy sky soon became clear and bright. At this moment, a convoy that looked quite low-key drove unimpeded from a distance to the gate of Tianmu Taoist Temple and slowly stopped.

When Tang Yuan and the others saw this scene, they all immediately changed their expressions and quickly walked forward to meet them...

(End of this chapter)