“Amitabha!” Suddenly, an old monk walked out of the courtyard. He first looked at his disciples’ wounds before he faced the filming crew.
“Abbot!”
“They beat us up!”
A young monk who had regained consciousness complained despite being the first at fault.
“Shut up!” The abbot roared, “Did you make the move first?”
The monks were temporarily rendered speechless. The other monks also lowered their heads and did not speak.
The abbot said with a sad heart, “Monks should be benevolent. By hurting others, this outcome is a result of your own actions. Others are not to blame!”
Yao Jiancai grunted, “Looks like you have someone reasonable here. Then this would be easier to negotiate.”
Director Jiang said with some resentment, “Abbot, our film crew had previously contacted the previous abbot and had agreed to this filming. Now with you going back on your words and even beating up our people and smashing our equipment, I want to ask what’s the meaning of this? Thankfully we have an expert in our crew, or who knows if someone would be killed by the bunch of you today?”