Chapter 539 Genius
Chapter 539 Genius
Born in a housing estate, Sha Hui understands why citizens join the Anglican Church.
Just a breakfast.
After the morning service every day, the church will hold the Holy Communion ceremony.
"Bread" and "wine" are distributed to believers attending morning classes, where "bread" symbolizes the body of Jesus and "wine" symbolizes the blood of Jesus.
Because, at the Last Supper, Jesus broke bread and gave it to his disciples, saying, "This is my body," and poured wine to his disciples, saying, "This is my blood."
He commanded his disciples: “Always remember me.”
Since then, the Eucharist has become a sacrament of Christianity. Later, because "wine" was too expensive, basically only bread and water were distributed every day.
Only on important holidays such as Christmas and the Queen's Birthday.
There will be red wine at Communion.
In times of war and economic hardship, a meal could save a life. Therefore, the Eucharist every morning became a tool to attract believers.
Each denomination has different prayers and gestures when receiving Holy Communion. If someone from another denomination comes to claim Holy Communion, they will be discovered on the spot and have the Holy Communion taken away.
Today, Hong Kong's economy is on the rise and there are few people who cannot afford to eat. The Eucharist ceremony has become a bond that connects church members, maintains relationships, and strengthens their faith.
When he was a child, Shahui had been to church to receive communion and was quite familiar with the evaluation criteria for pastors. One of the criteria was the number of people attending the daily morning service.
Bring a few baskets of eggs and see if anyone is willing to go and chant the sutras!
At five o'clock in the morning, Brother Hui, who was sleeping in the bar box, was woken up by his younger brother. He washed his face and took a taxi to the door of All Saints Church.
Aigua, who had just bought some eggs from the market, called his brothers, opened the tailgate of the van, and took out five large baskets of eggs.
A small red net bag, filled with five eggs, tied into a bag.
A sign that said "Free Eggs" stood upright.
Believers who arrived at the church one after another to attend morning services glanced over here.
"Boss, are there really eggs for delivery?"
An old man came closer.
"Yes, take it." Sha Hui yawned and grabbed a bag and handed it over.
The old man took the egg with a look of ecstasy.
"Thank you, thank you for your attention."
He carried the eggs on his bicycle, and without even looking at the church, he pedaled home.
“There really are eggs to give away!”
"Come and get the eggs."
There was no need for the brothers to shout, long queues would immediately form on the roadside, and soon there would be hundreds of people.
In the team, most are middle-aged people over 40 years old, and there are also some people between 20 and 40 years old, mostly housewives, and occasionally some young men.
Citizens can tell which is more important, five eggs or a piece of pancake.
Sha Hui looked at the sky which was turning pale as the morning light rose. Some of the believers in the team left after receiving the gifts, while others entered the church with eggs in their pockets, with wise smiles on their faces.
"You are so naive to fight with me."
At this time, Pastor Bei Ouming, wearing a white robe, with a cross hanging on his chest and holding the Bible in his hand, entered the cathedral.
In the past, there would be thousands of people standing in the hall which had only 500 seats, but now there are only 300 to 400 people sitting sparsely.
The church is selecting a new bishop. As the only Chinese pastor, he has a huge advantage in running for bishop, given that Chinese believers make up the majority and Hong Kong Island will return to China.
Because the church clergy is a lifelong tenure, the province must consider the future of the church in Hong Kong after the handover. Therefore, the other foreign pastors are not interested in running for election, they are only focused on making money and have withdrawn from the election long ago.
They are also afraid of the old Chinese!
The pastor who had been sitting on the "bench" in the church finally got the opportunity to show off his talents.
But what about believers?
Bei Ouming had a stern face and cast his eyes towards the clerk next to him. All he could hear were the whispers of the believers talking, many of whom were holding bags of eggs in their hands.
The cathedral's architectural design has an echo function to amplify the sound, alert the believers and maintain silence. In the past, no one dared to whisper during morning classes.
A middle-aged clerk ran up to the stage and whispered, "Pastor, someone is distributing eggs at the entrance of the church. The believers are all going to get them."
Bei Ouming's heart skipped a beat, and he frowned and asked, "Which sect?"
"Uh, I know the leader, he's from the Triad!" the clerk replied.
Bei Ouming was shocked and incredulous: "Hongmen, are you preaching again?"
The Anglican Church’s greatest rival has appeared!
"No, that's impossible." The clerk hesitated and stammered, wondering whether he should burn a stick of incense for Master Guan.
Bei Ouming collected his thoughts, went on stage, opened the Bible, and led the believers in chanting. No matter how few people there were, they had to complete the morning class.
Waves of chanting could be heard, and the line on the roadside was still very long.
After six o'clock, there were fewer new people joining. Some people saw that the line was too long and went straight into the church. Some passers-by were in a hurry to go to work and did not queue up at all.
When the short guy saw someone walking into the church after receiving eggs, he scratched his head and said, "Boss, how can someone receive eggs and take communion at the same time?"
Silly Hui was very open-minded and said with a smile: "Eggs have to be boiled. Let's buy some milk and bread tomorrow and see which is harder, Jesus or bread!"
The short guy thought it made sense, and praised him with a smile: "You are amazing, Brother Dahui."
Yin Zhaotang certainly didn't know that his trusted general was fabricating dirt on Pastor Bei. After all, handing out eggs and milk was not against the law.
If the sir comes to check, at worst I can just give him an extra portion.
In short, if no one attends the morning class of the cathedral priest, it will greatly reduce the score in the clergy assessment. You may be able to plead in normal times, but in the critical period of the competition for the bishop, even if you are successfully exempted, you can't even think about becoming the cathedral bishop.
Use magic to defeat magic.
What a genius.
That afternoon, in the conference room on the top floor of Zhongyi Building, Chen Huimin, Big Brother You, Dabu Niu, Gao Fei, a total of more than 50 big bosses of the number gang gathered together.
Ge Zhixiong, who had not yet recovered, was temporarily discharged from the hospital and attended the meeting accompanied by a private doctor. There was a whole day for the internal coordination of the Number Gang, and the profit distribution plan had already been determined.
Firstly, Tai Po Niu and Chan Wai Man were promoted to the position of second-route marshals, with Tai Po Niu being the accountant and managing the accounts, while Chan Wai Man became the boss of the Renzi pile.
Compared with the historical situation after Ge Zhixiong's death, the entire Number Gang fell apart, formed its own faction overseas, and Hong Kong Island was divided into four major marshals of "East, West, South and North".
The two second marshals shared power, which made the Number Gang more united. Although the internal strife weakened them a lot, they were only second to Lao Zhong and Sheng He, and not much weaker than Xin Ji.
The key is to surrender to the mainland, obtain an identity, and live a stable life.
Yin Zhaotang took advantage of his achievements in collecting numbers for the Gang and got a high-ranking position in the general association, but he did not think about the street territories.
I didn't interfere with the number or help with the internal affairs. I was just there as a witness to avoid being scolded. When you are a big boss, the most important thing is fairness.
If you eat and drink indiscriminately, be careful that your Zhi Gong Association sign is revealed, or no one will recognize you in the future.
(End of this chapter)