Chapter 458: The Words of the Merchant
It took Sun Bin a lot of time to learn Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. Yun Yao started chatting with Bodhi Patriarch while waiting, which can be regarded as a discussion of Taoism.
Seeing that Bodhi Patriarch was a little shabby, Yunyao said, "I happened to bring several sets of utensils, so I will leave you one set. Tableware, tea sets, cooking utensils, and the latest set of the ancient history. Decorate it more so that the temple will have the atmosphere of life."
"I don't have the money to buy your things." Bodhi Patriarch was amused and crying. He knew that these were routines. If he accepted the gift, he would definitely spend more money to purchase in Zhucheng in the future.
"We are a family, why bother talking about it?"
"We are immortal cultivators, and we are always indifferent to interpersonal relationships. Besides, the more you say this, the more I am confused." Bodhi Patriarch knew very well that Yun Yao had not learned anything else under Guan Zhong, but he learned a mastery of "extravagance".
There is no way. Yunyao had been in an era of consumerism before traveling through time. With Guan Zhong's intention to express his gratitude, she naturally valued economic development, so she developed many sales methods that gods could not guard against.
Why did Yunyao bring so many sets of utensils? It is because this is also a sales method. When a god meets a god, he will give gifts. After the gods get used to Zhucheng's goods, he will have to enter the Zhucheng market to consume. However, many gods have no money, so they can use elixirs to exchange for Zhucheng's currency. If you don't even have elixirs, you can also make money when you work. It is very simple for a god to make money. For example, you can go to a mana factory to sell your mana, and you can make a lot of money by selling it once.
Of course, gods and immortals are not all abiding by the rules. Some gods will make counterfeit coins or turn stones into gold. The biggest case of turning stones into gold in Zhucheng was that a casual cultivator at the level of the soul created 10,000 boxes of fake gold, and was preparing to use fake gold to buy talisman paper for three thousand years. In the end, of course, it was cracked by Zhucheng's law enforcement agency. During the whole process, many casual cultivators spontaneously provided help and assisted in the investigation.
Most of the cultivators work honestly, so they hate monks who break the rules very much. Many cultivators spontaneously form law enforcement teams to crack down on illegal and criminal people.
After being tricked by Zhu Cheng's commodity routine, the gods will naturally accept some of Zhu Cheng's consumption concepts, such as cultivating immortals, living a happy life with a cup of tea every day, having a relaxed food, being clear about the state of mind, and being glorious and lazy in labor is shameful...
These slogans have existed in Zhucheng for hundreds of years, and are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and are everywhere. They are like advertisements and are constantly repeated in the streets and alleys. The saturated publicity has made immortals accept these slogans. In fact, the main purpose is to promote the consumption of immortals and make immortals feel that they are doing the right thing when they consume.
These slogans are as useless as chicken soup, but they are not wrong. Just listening to your words is like reading them. But it is precisely because these words cannot be proved to be true and cannot be proved to be wrong, so it is most appropriate to use them in consumerist propaganda. There are indeed a large number of gods and immortals who also spontaneously promote them. This is how the Heavenly Court was occupied by Zhucheng's goods.
At the beginning, Yun Yao only won a few star kings, but gradually the gods were inspired by the spirit, and more and more gods believed in these consumerist slogans, and they spent money on their superiority, as if they were not consumed, they were no longer gods.
So now Yunyao took out something and gave it to the Bodhi Patriarch, obviously he was not at ease and hoped that the Bodhi Patriarch would go to Zhucheng to spend money.
But who is Bodhi Patriarch, he will not be fooled.
"We practitioners of Taoism should be quiet and inactive. How can we fall into extravagant material desires?" Bodhi Patriarch said that Yun Yao would not want to cheat his son.
"This is wrong. Although it should be quiet and inaction, avoiding material desires means restraining, and without desire? I think it is not. If you want to have no desires, you must first have desires, and then let go of material desires to achieve no desires and no desires. If you have not experienced material desires, how can you be qualified to let go?" "I heard a Buddhist story that two monks, one old and one young, were preparing to wade through the river. At this time, the river water rose, and a beautiful woman happened to come. The old monk said to the woman, "I will carry you over." Xiaohe
Shang was unhappy. When the three of them crossed the river and the woman left, the little monk couldn't help but ask, 'Don't monks should be pure in their six senses, why do you have to carry a woman across the river? Have you broken the precept of lust?' The old monk said, 'I have let go of the woman on my back, but your heart has not yet been let go.'" "How can I understand what material desire feels like? How can I let go in my heart? At most, avoiding material desire means that I have never been exposed to material desire and do not understand material desire, and it is not considered as having no desire or desire."
"Your speech is really the same as a merchant, and you are worthy of Guan Zhong's cook." Bodhi Patriarch believed that Yun Yao's speech was completely the tone of a merchant: "Only merchants can speak quickly, because the ultimate goal of a merchant is to make a deal, so we will go all out to achieve our goal. But we monks should not shake our hearts just by a few aggressive words."
Yunyao had to admit that the Bodhi Patriarch's state of mind was indeed superb. If this set of rhetoric was placed in the Heavenly Court, I am afraid that even the Jade Emperor would agree with it, but he could not convince Bodhi Patriarch. It seems that the other party's state of mind was really unbreakable.
However, at this moment, the Bodhi Patriarch changed his tone and said, "Although it is a businessman's words, it makes some sense. Then leave everything behind and let me experience what material desires are. Only with the experience of the soul can you deeply understand it. Only such detachment is valuable."
Well, facing the Bodhi Patriarch who had transformed by 180 degrees, Yunyao only felt that he had admired him too early. But since his words had worked, he immediately began to fiddle with him.
The two boys took out various exquisite utensils for the other party to choose from, and both of them widened their eyes curiously.
"Come on, choose whatever style, you can have any style. It is quiet and elegant, simple and solemn, natural and elegant, simple and vigorous, implicit and delicate, elegant and peaceful..." Yun Yao introduced these products as a treasure. After all, she was the salesperson at the beginning, and she was active on the front line of sales for a long time.
"There is also the most complete set of "History of the Past and Divine" today. It has multiple authoritative immortals compiled, and has gathered top-secret records of multiple races and sects, trying to restore a complete prehistoric world. There are multiple perspectives in this set of books, which can definitely provide different feelings." Yun Yao took out a thick stack of books that were as tall as a boy of seven or eight years old. This is the latest updated prehistoric world.
For gods, reading efficiency is really not high, and they are more willing to read directly with jade tags. However, Zhu Cheng's books are still very popular because gods live for a long time, and sometimes the inefficient learning methods are more interesting.
"History." Bodhi Patriarch knew that Zhu Cheng was indeed enthusiastic about compiling the history of the prehistoric times, and invited different races to write it. The same history can have different feelings, which is very interesting to read.
Unfortunately, a lot of history is still confusing and no longer able to know the truth.
The history of the prehistoric world is from Pangu’s opening to the end of the Battle of the Gods. After the Battle of the Gods, it is a brand new history and is still being written, but all races have begun to remember the truth.
Chapter completed!