The abbot of Shaolin Temple, Shi Yongxin, has been taken away for investigation!
From a thousand-year-old ancient temple to a global IP, has the business empire under the monk's robe gone too wild?
Ordained at the age of 16, he has turned Shaolin Temple into a money-making machine for tourism, e-commerce, and overseas tours in just 26 years! Official website, games, pharmacies, cultural creations… Shaolin IP has raked in a fortune, with tourism revenue exceeding 1.2 billion in 2019, and Douyin sales reaching 5 million in just 5 minutes!
Shi Yongxin claims that commercialization is for the protection of culture, but rumors of high-priced incense and luxury cars have set netizens ablaze: Is this still the pure Buddhist gate?
In 2015, he was reported for 'chaotic private life,' but the investigation yielded no solid evidence, yet the doubts have never ceased.
This time he is being investigated, with rumors saying 'it's unrelated to the economy.' What is the truth? Shaolin's asset management has 16 investment companies, and the 450 million land acquisition incident… Is this empire about to shake?
Netizens are in an uproar: some call him a 'business genius,' while others curse him as a 'disgrace to Buddhism.' What do you think?