Feng Shui Secrets of the Entertainment Industry

"Brother Zhang, you have guts!"

At the opportune moment, General Manager Yang offered a compliment, and Boss Zhang patted Zi Ling's hand, saying, "There's nothing I can do; Zi Ling is my woman!"

"Now that you've found out the way, can you tell me your story?" Fatty Lin asked.

"My business isn't urgent, let's talk about it another day!" Boss Zhang said.

"good!"

Fatty Lin didn't pay any attention, picked up a piece of food with his chopsticks, and ate it slowly.

After dinner, Boss Zhang left with Zi Ling, I went back to the shop, and Fatty Lin and Boss Yang went to have some fun.

A real man keeps his word; if he says he will cultivate his character, he will.

The next afternoon, Boss Zhang arrived.

This time, Boss Zhang didn't bring his mistress; he came alone.

"Master Feng, Master Lin, do you know about borrowing from the treasury?"

Upon arrival, Boss Zhang got straight to the point without hesitation.

"Know!"

Fatty Lin nodded and said, "To put it simply, it's like borrowing money from the gods!"

"What's wrong, Boss Zhang? Is your problem with the loan system?"

"That's right!" Boss Zhang sighed.

Fatty Lin narrowed his eyes, stared at Boss Zhang for a long while, and said, "Boss Zhang, when it comes to borrowing from the warehouse, it's all about returning what you borrow. You didn't fail to return it, did you?"

"You dare owe the gods money?"

Seeing Boss Zhang's expression, Fatty Lin knew he had been right.

This practice of borrowing from a vault is more common in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Wong Tai Sin Temple on Hong Kong Island, also known as the Earth God of Taiwan, has a custom of borrowing from the treasury on the fifth day of the first lunar month or the fifteenth day of the third lunar month every year.

Generally speaking, if you borrow 888, you have to repay double when you pay it back.

Of course, these things depend on the prior agreement, but no matter what the agreement is, the amount repaid will definitely be much higher than the principal.

Boss Zhang fell silent.

"Holy crap, you really owe? How much do you owe?" Fatty Lin asked, his face full of shock.

"I can't remember!" Boss Zhang shook his head.

"I can't remember what it means?" I asked.

I know something about borrowing from the warehouse.

When borrowing, one should burn incense and pray, informing the deity of one's name, address, request, purpose, and due date for return.

The ritual of borrowing from the treasury is very solemn; how could I possibly forget it?

"I've borrowed from too many gods, I can't even remember the exact number!" Boss Zhang said with a wry smile.

"Wait a minute, what does 'borrowed too many gods' mean?" Fatty Lin was a little confused.

"It means exactly what it says!"

The bitterness on Boss Zhang's face deepened. "I've borrowed from at least twenty temples!"

"At least twenty?"

I couldn't resist chiming in.

"More, not less!" said Boss Zhang.

"What do you want to do?"

Lin Pangzi's Northeastern accent was revealed.

"Borrowing from the warehouse!" Boss Zhang said with a wry smile.

"Come on, tell me, which temple did you borrow from?" Fatty Lin was getting a little anxious.

"Aoshan Temple on the south bank of the Leishui River in Dashi Township, Leiyang City; Shaobai Dragon King Temple in Shahe Old Street; Niangniang Temple on Yunsheng Mountain in Yueyang; Jinjia General Temple in Meixian Town, Pingjiang..."

Mr. Zhang reminisced as he spoke.

"Wait a minute, why are all these temples you mentioned small temples?"

After listening to more than ten temples, Fatty Lin interrupted Boss Zhang.

The temples that Boss Zhang mentioned were either in the countryside, in the village, or on a mountain where there weren't many people, and none of them were very famous.

Boss Zhang fell silent again.

Fatty Lin didn't urge him, but instead tapped the table intermittently.

After about ten seconds, seeing that Boss Zhang still didn't speak, Fatty Lin slowly said, "Boss Zhang, you're not borrowing from the warehouse, you're defrauding it, aren't you?"

Upon hearing this, Boss Zhang's expression changed, and I, too, reacted in surprise, exclaiming, "You dare to cheat Ku?"

Mr. Zhang sighed and said, "I had no choice!"

"When I first started my business, I was full of ambition. I did make a lot of money at first, but then I got greedy and wanted to make even more, so I went to Hainan to speculate on real estate. Who would have thought that the Hainan real estate market would collapse? Not only did I lose all the millions I made, but I also ended up owing more than a million!"

"After returning to my hometown, everyone avoided me like the plague when they found out I owed over a million yuan in debt. My wife even divorced me!"

"I wanted to win back my losses, but I needed capital. I couldn't borrow money from anyone, so I thought of borrowing money from God!"

"I didn't dare go to those big, popular temples. First, many big temples want to borrow from their treasury, but you have to discuss it with the people in the temple, and they won't agree. Second, this money has to be repaid, and if you don't, you'll suffer the consequences. I'm afraid I won't be able to repay it!"

"Aren't you afraid you won't be able to repay the money borrowed from the temple's treasury?" I asked.

"hehe!"

Fatty Lin chuckled and said, "Crazy, go borrow from the treasury at that little temple; sometimes you really don't have to pay it back!"

"What do you mean?" I didn't understand.

"The meaning is very simple: even gods can die!" Fatty Lin stared at Boss Zhang and said, enunciating each word clearly.

Boss Zhang was startled again, muttering, "That's right, that's exactly what I was planning!"

"Even gods can die!"

I muttered it to myself, not quite understanding, and asked, "What does that mean?"

"Boss Zhang, explain yourself!" Fatty Lin didn't answer, but instead gestured towards Boss Zhang with his lip.

Mr. Zhang sighed and said, "Before I went into business, I worked at the Religious Affairs Bureau. Back then, I knew a Taoist priest, and we often chatted when we had free time!"

"He told me a lot about the gods in China. According to him, more than 90% of the gods we believe in today were created by people!"

"Famous figures include Guan Yu, the God of War; Zhong Kui, the ghost catcher; and the door gods!"

"In other words, God exists in relation to humans!"

"Those historically famous righteous gods, because they are deeply rooted in people's hearts, will not disappear, but what about some of the wild gods in the countryside?"

"Without incense offerings and temples, those unofficially recognized rural deities will disappear!"

"These kinds of wild gods have been called by successive dynasties a certain name: 'licentious shrines'!"

"These kinds of lewd shrines are usually built by powerful clans in the countryside for various purposes, such as winning people over or accumulating wealth. Whatever the reason, these shady shrines usually have underground palaces, and these underground palaces often contain treasures!"

"Before we went into business, I was poor, and that old Taoist priest was poor too. I said back then that if we could get the treasures out of those brothels and their underground palaces, we'd never have to worry about anything for the rest of our lives!"

"The old Taoist priest casually said he could make it, but he didn't know how. I told him he still couldn't. If he could, he wouldn't be reduced to drinking so much foam!"

"Provoked by me, the old Taoist priest told me the corresponding rituals, and once he even took me to a dilapidated temple in our village to verify them!"

"We dug up a string of copper coins under the statue that time!"

"The old Taoist priest only took one copper coin. Half a month later, he took me to fulfill my vow and bought me a bottle of wine and two catties of pig's head!"

"That time, the old Taoist priest told me that this was why he was unwilling to take the treasure, because taking it meant having to return it!"

"I jokingly asked him how I could avoid paying it back, and he casually replied, 'If God dies, you don't have to pay it back!'"