Chapter 151: Bad Eyes

Why is it not easy for modern people to be deceived by religion? In addition to the monkey show that can be seen repeatedly in the election year of the United States, science allows people to have a certain understanding of the ever-changing weather, about everything in nature, about diseases and disasters that can always cause fear, and even about fear itself, maybe people have less awe and attachment to certain things, maybe no faith is really not a good thing for some people, but religion has almost no chance to base faith on popular ignorance.

And in an age when people have become generally sane, religious fanaticism is still emerging among different groups of people...... For example, fans. On the one hand, people need some spiritual sustenance or catharsis, and on the other hand, in the era of advanced information, from thousands of years of time, from the modern mass media theory, the great enrichment of various propaganda techniques derived and developed has played a considerable role, and demagogy has become something that can be operated in the eyes of some people.

At the beginning, Ye Tao was still a little hesitant to write such a plan of action, after all, this was not building a great building, but creating a huge scam. If this plan succeeds, even if it is highly controlled, it will inevitably cause doubt, panic and disappointment among many people in the future. However, when Ye Tao tried to recall in his mind, all kinds of propaganda methods, all kinds of psychological suggestion methods, all kinds of methods of using knowledge and creativity beyond this era, or using people's blind spots to create "miracles". As he hesitantly copied these methods onto the manuscript paper, they lined it up, considering whether they were really to be written into what might have been the most detailed and evil plan ever written. The spoof spirit that he had been diving for a long time quietly surfaced, and finally made him write all kinds of unbelievable ideas into the plan. He didn't care what kind of reaction it would cause when it was delivered, or how many people could read it and really understand the true meaning of some of the seemingly childish and ridiculous methods. Ignore how many of the Yanguan Goshi who had already attacked him and seemed to take pleasure in attacking him, and how many people would laugh out loud because of the spoofs and funny content...... Being able to enjoy a variety of reactions and expressions may be one of the pleasures that Ye Tao can pursue.

In Ye Tao's view, Daomingzong has many similarities with Taoism in the time and space where he and Tan Weixin came from, and has summarized a set of god position system from the ancient myths and historical development of this time and space. The Daoming Sect may be the perfecter of this system, and they have devoted a lot of energy and financial resources to summarize and sort out the divine throne system of traditional religions, and also publish the relevant literature, but the Daoming Sect is not the original creator of this divine throne system and religious genealogy. Although due to the similarity of the cultures of various countries. There is not much resistance for the Daoming Sect to quietly infiltrate countries other than Xiling, but this kind of cultural similarity, this kind of common framework with almost identical divine position system and huge historical depth, there are really too many places to take advantage of.

Ye Tao chose a lesser-known god in the huge god system who has been standing behind several great gods in the legend, and is known for his strange temperament and resolute actions to eradicate evil delusions. Judging from the folk circulation and the documents compiled by the Daoming Sect, according to Ye Tao's thoughts. This guy is an out-and-out conspiracy theorist and victim paranoia, and this personality has led to the constant change of the image of this "god", constantly slaying evil delusions in the bud, and constantly creating a sense of mystery...... And this "god" has countless and various folklore stories. And in the story, the "Thunder Sound Demon Venerable" is left behind in most cases, which is a strange and good image of a good person, and there are really too many ingredients that can be tapped and utilized.

With such an image as the core. With a sense of mystery and justice as the core values, Ye Tao played an integrated marketing communication authentically. He didn't see himself as a god or anything, but put himself in the position of a brand marketing manager through and through, except that what he was trying to promote was a virtual product, and in this day and age, it was really challenging to promote such a product. Design, as Ye Tao's old profession, is naturally difficult for him. He quickly designed a simple and straightforward identification mark for the Thunder Sound Demon Venerable, drawing several different styles of images. As a designer with a solid foundation in art, he also copied Mr. Dai Dunbang's various figure paintings in the past, and admired that kind of brushstrokes and brushstrokes, and for that kind of flamboyant and vigorous figures. Wearing a beast head mask. When the image of a "god" carrying a bow that spreads like wings on his back and a spear is presented on paper. He felt that the feeling of copying those figure paintings had returned. In addition to such a standard ink portrait, a variety of other extended images have also emerged, such as the highly contrasting and colorful New Year's painting type of god painting, the fine statue of the god with the nature of Gongbi character painting but the strict proportions of the photo, and even the cartoon version of the god that he smeared by hand is not difficult for him at all, the only trouble is that he did not have a full set of painting tools with him after all, and the complete painting tools have always been Dai Qiuyan's patent.

After having an image, he also edited the "Canon" for this imaginary sect. Due to the character of this Thunder Yin Demon Venerable, the core "Canon" is just a quotation-style thing of less than a hundred pages. However, Ye Tao put a lot of effort into the peripheral materials of the canon, and the annotations of the canon were finally completed, plus the icons and line drawings and embroidery images that Ye Tao attached to it, it is estimated that it can be more than 400 pages thick. In addition, Ye Tao also wrote a "biography" of the Lei Yin Demon Venerable from a mortal to a god step by step according to the legendary framework, and roughly determined a "Biography of the Lei Yin Demon Venerable" that is more faithful to folklore and slightly exaggerated. This "biography" is just the beginning, on the basis of this biography, Ye Tao drafted a story outline of "The Romance of the Demon Venerable" that can be told by the storyteller in the restaurant teahouse, this more obscene outline is retouched by the storytellers in combination with the language characteristics of various places, it must be more exaggerated, but it is much easier to leave a new impression on the people who listen to the book. He is even actively considering the possibility of putting the story of the Demon Venerable on the stage of folk theater. At least, he already has the script of "The Legend of the Demon Venerable" in his mind, and when he returns to Danyang, maybe he can let the children of the family who were Tan Weixin cultivate an interest in stage plays during the time when they had nothing to do give it a try.

After imagining the theoretical level of the entire "Thunder Sound Demon Venerable" plan, Ye Tao began to plan the practical things. In the process of spreading a "religious" land, there are some things that must be done, such as building a temple-type complex, and the "sacrifices" in the temple are "monks". There is always a need for a color that can be graded to match the style of the "god" to be worshipped. The sacrificial costumes drawn by Ye Tao look a bit like Japanese-style kendo costumes, but the protective gear is removed, the helmet is replaced with a hood, and a mask is added, and the different forms and materials of the masks simply form a hierarchy between sacrifices. And the soldiers to whom the temple belongs, consider that it is easy to breathe. Masks are made of mesh, and the weapons used are mainly heavy swords that are specially designed to be held with both hands and one hand.

The temple is only the fulcrum of the entire religious system, and more importantly, the organizational structure of this "religion". Since Ye Tao is considering a highly controllable system, the traditional form of religion does not seem to be able to achieve this function, then. And what form can organize and restrain a large group of people who are prone to hot heads? The first thing that jumped into Ye Tao's mind was that kind of fan group, the fan club was organized in a type, although the organizational structure was not rigorous enough. But this can change dramatically.

When establishing a membership system for Yi Zhan Lou, his father and senior brothers supported him in establishing a system that they didn't know what to do at all, based on their consistent trust in Ye Tao. However, with the issuance of membership cards and the establishment of the membership system, they gradually discovered that the membership system is not only an excuse to provide preferential treatment for players who have always liked to play chess, nor is it just that members are not members to non-members. Or the very high-numbered members who show off their credentials to the junior members whose numbers are starting to get bigger, and for the operators of the game building, the membership system actually provides them with an extremely powerful tool for feedback, analysis, and organization. Through the statistics of the consumption of each member entering the Yi Zhan Building, the Yi Zhan Building adjusts the layout of the building every time, and every time the competitions and activities are organized, it is very targeted, especially in recent years, with the increasing influence of the Yi Zhan Building's marching chess open tournament, membership has become more and more important. Many members even invisibly advertised for Yizhan Building in showing off again and again. In the operation and management of the membership system for several years, Yi Zhanlou and Ye Tao have also accumulated considerable management experience.

Ye Tao wants to practice it in this religion. It's a fairly similar membership system. At the time of formulating this set. Ye Tao smiled while feeling a little invincible, what an interesting, powerful, and comprehensive discipline modern organizational behavior is. From managing a small team to managing a large group of thousands or more people with complex organizational forms and interests, there are a variety of theories and techniques that can be applied. It was very unfortunate for Ye Tao back then and for Xiling today, in the formal workplace, in order to continue to gild himself, in order to be able to move from a pure professional and technical person to a management position, Ye Tao was very serious in various training courses in a certain time and space.

Ye Tao divided the "audience" targeted by the sect of the Thunder Yin Demon Sect into several different levels, first of all, the cultural influence group, which is the most extensive community, and most of them will not be targeted by the Thunder Yin Demon Sect, but in hearsay, in the storytellers in the teahouse and wine shop, and in their fellow villagers, they have heard of such a strange god as the Thunder Yin Demon Venerable, and they have heard what kind of sect the Thunder Yin Demon Sect is. For this part of the people, due to the large number and very random distribution, in the absence of modern statistical tools and analytical tools, it is almost impossible to speculate on the communication paradigm, and the propaganda is mainly to constantly correct those information that may be transformed, alienated, and distorted in the circulation, so as to ensure that the information obtained by this part of the people is as consistent as possible with the core value system of the Thunder Yin Demon Sect, so as to achieve the goal of integrated communication marketing.

Higher-than-this-level are those who are already somewhat inclined to the Thunder Yin Demon Sect for various reasons. Such a group of people should be able to get help and guidance from the people at all levels of the Thunder Yin Demon Sect around them more conveniently. These help can be some medicines in case of illness. A little money and food when they are poor can be a little help when they are bullied by the bullies and ruffians and by Xiling's various systems, the key is that while letting these people know the more orthodox ideological system of the Lei Yin Demon Sect, they need to understand that individuals are powerless, and only by uniting can they fight against the greater "evil". And the Thunder Yin Demon Sect is such a group, one that is harmless to good people. We will unconditionally lend a helping hand to those who have been harmed by evil.

The higher ones began to enter the membership management system that could be strictly managed, and became the basic members of the huge group of the Thunder Yin Demon Sect. Each member must have a registration information, a unique number, and be able to be informed of the latest situation in various ways. After entering the Thunder Sound Demon Sect, basic members will be issued a membership manual with a unique number, a white ribbon with a white printed emblem on a black background that can be tied to the arm or forehead for members of the Thunder Yin Demon Sect, and a printed Demon Statue that can be clipped in the manual. Due to the fact that the illiteracy rate is still very high in this era. After joining the Thunder Yin Demon Sect, you can also participate in periodic lectures and blessing ceremonies, etc., and you can get all kinds of help and support from the sect.

One level higher is the senior member. "Senior" ...... It's such a term that isn't popular on this plane, but in the Thunder Demon Sect, senior members mean that the emblem on their belt is not printed but stamped from metal, with a more elaborate workmanship. It means that they will be able to get more opportunities to communicate with the Demon Sect sacrifices and high-level sacrifices, and they will have more opportunities for those respected clergy to answer all kinds of questions they encounter in their lives and all kinds of doubts in their hearts, which means that they will have the opportunity to be selected to enter the temple of the Demon Sect twice a year to worship, and it also means that they will have to undertake to serve ordinary members and the surrounding people. Spread the blessings of the Demon Sect.

Further up, it is a high-level member whose loyalty and steadfastness to the Demon Sect have been tested. The number of premium members will be strictly controlled, as some of them may be able to take on some of the more complex and dangerous tasks. And what these people have access to is more comprehensive, they can be guided in professional knowledge and skills, and they can even get help from sects to help them get better official positions, because that is for the greater "good", in order to be able to punish evil more effectively.

And then up is the operation team of the Demon Sect. The operation team is divided into three levels: sacrifice, high-level sacrifice, and high priest. There is only one job of the sacrifice, and that is to preach. Their performance is evaluated on the basis of how many new believers they have developed, how many members they have recruited, and how well they have recruited members who have performed within the Pope. Only those who have attained the high priesthood are qualified to issue orders and organize believers and members to perform actions that may attract the attention of the local government and bring justice to those who are persecuted. It was only at the level of high priest that there were soldiers who commanded the apologists or issued orders such as assassinations rather than just demonstrations. Of course, this is only theoretical, in fact, if nothing else, it is estimated that the entire high priesthood group will be a strictly trained Dongping secret agent. Or very reliable. The Xiling people who have completely fallen to Dongping, they will all know what kind of institution the Thunder Yin Demon Sect is. The two levels of high priests and priests are strictly controlled in terms of authority. But it is very strict in the evaluation.

What's more exaggerated is that Ye Tao has integrated the idea of performance management into the whole system, and integrated into the practice of emphasizing self-motivation and mutual help in modern pyramid marketing methods, and the operation of the whole system has a certain degree of transparency but is highly controllable, from bottom to top, the mystery of each class is growing. And the information that can be obtained at each level is also designed, when an ordinary believer step by step from an ordinary person who just feels a little curious to become a member, a senior member, and a senior member, they continue to obtain information that the original class cannot obtain, and newer and more powerful theories will gradually impress people who do not have too much attachment, and even the dogma that is constantly repeated will gradually accumulate and eventually become something that they take for granted.

However, after moving his bad thoughts to this point, Ye Tao still felt that it was not enough. It is very expensive to establish such a system, and such an organization with many characteristics of the marketing system, is there a way to provide financial feedback? Even if there is no way to offset the necessary investment, it would be nice to be able to recover at least some of it to alleviate the financial pressure on such an organization. Ye Tao put his brain on a project similar to the "religious theme store". Naturally, there will be no shortage of consumables such as membership manuals and logos, as well as many other products with the mark of the Thunder Yin Demon Sect, such as self-defense weapons, underwear, idols, amulets, doctrinal books, and so on...... And in terms of the pricing of these products and the payment methods for selling them, a little use of their brains will not make the believers feel that the sect is making money, but will be grateful to Dade for the denomination for providing them with these things.

Ye Tao wrote these things too proudly. These things can be said to be a monster that combines the characteristics of modern communication theory, management, organizational behavior, psychology and other disciplines, and the designs of architecture, clothing, and printed materials that he made for this architecture also have the unity and operability of being completely ahead of the times. He had to do almost everything he could to piece together the various fragments of thoughts and memories in his mind to form a plan of terrible thickness and even more terrifying content...... Ye Tao was so proud that he didn't even notice that Feng Wei, who had been helping him transcribe his drafts since the middle of the way, was constantly amused by the novelty of his plan, and at the same time, he looked at him with a completely different look.

Who would dare to say that Lord Ye Taoye is a good person? He was so bad that he had already begun to use the brains of "gods".