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The Believers (Thai Series) follows three friends who team up with a local temple to save their failing business — but their plan pulls them into a world of secrets, corruption, and danger. A bold and gripping drama about faith, money, and moral choices. #movie #film #series #thaiseries #thaimovie #foryou #thebelievers

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00:00Jack discovered a clever way to make money at a temple.

00:02The temple he visited was thriving with worshippers.

00:05Every day, the donation box brought in around 20,000 baht.

00:08That added up to more than 7 billion baht a year.

00:11Jack suddenly thought that if he could get his hands on that money,

00:13he'd never have to hide from debt collectors again.

00:15That night, he eagerly researched everything he could about temples.

00:18The next day, he called his friends Kevin and Jenny to meet up.

00:21They visited a nearby temple together.

00:23Jack explained that this temple alone made over 4 billion baht annually.

00:26Since temples were sacred places, government oversight on donations was extremely loose.

00:31As long as no large transfers were made, no one would ever notice if money quietly disappeared.

00:35He proposed that the three of them should run a temple themselves.

00:38That way, they could raise a massive amount of money in a short time.

00:41Thailand, being a deeply Buddhist country, was perfect for this plan.

00:44Most people donated to temples to find peace of mind

00:46and to earn spiritual merit for themselves and their families.

00:49Wealthy people were even more superstitious.

00:51They traveled from shrine to shrine praying for business success.

00:54Jack and his friends realized there was a huge business opportunity here.

00:58Six months earlier, they had pooled their savings to start a gaming company,

01:01but a highly skilled insider had sabotaged them from within.

01:04Their company's stock value had crashed by 88%.

01:06They lost everything and were now buried in high-interest debt worth millions.

01:10The loan sharks gave them just one month to pay it back.

01:13So the three of them started visiting temples all over the region.

01:16They studied how temples operated and made money.

01:18The more they learned, the more convinced they became that Jack's idea could work.

01:21The only problem was that building a new temple from scratch required a lot of time and even more money.

01:26Besides, the National Buddhist Council had strict regulations.

01:29Jack said they didn't need to build a new one.

01:31Instead, they could take over an existing temple and run it themselves.

01:34They'd rebuild its reputation using modern marketing techniques to attract more visitors and donations.

01:39But out of the tens of thousands of temples across Thailand,

01:41how could they find one that suited their plan?

01:43Jack immediately ruled out the big temples in the city.

01:46Those were already controlled by powerful management committees that shared all the profits among themselves.

01:50Jenny suggested checking the outskirts instead,

01:53but they soon realized that temples were packed even in the suburbs.

01:56Some neighborhoods had four or five temples within walking distance.

01:59The competition was too fierce, and a few head monks saw right through their intentions,

02:03furiously scolding them and kicking them out.

02:05After an entire morning of searching, they had found nothing.

02:08Then Jenny, who had been quiet the whole time, suddenly told them to stop the car.

02:12She had spotted a small temple hidden along the roadside.

02:14It was called Qingya Temple.

02:16Though a bit old and neglected, its buildings were still intact.

02:19All it needed was a fresh coat of paint to look new again.

02:22The grounds were also surprisingly spacious.

02:24They bribed the temple's only volunteer, promising him a share of the future profits.

02:28With his help, they met a man named George,

02:30who helped them persuade the abbot to hand over management rights.

02:33Jenny worked with a contractor to secure the lowest possible renovation costs.

02:36Kevin withdrew his savings in advance.

02:38Jack reluctantly sold $80,000 worth of his stocks.

02:41After pouring in all their remaining money, Qingya Temple was soon completely transformed.

02:45George then tricked the abbot into signing an agreement using facial recognition.

02:48To fit modern donation habits, they even set up QR payment codes all around the temple.

02:53Once everything was ready, George suggested taking advantage of an upcoming Buddhist holiday.

02:57They would use it to promote the new Qingya Temple on a large scale.

03:00But on the day of the event, hardly anyone showed up.

03:02Jenny suddenly came up with a new idea.

03:04They could use celebrity appeal to attract crowds.

03:06So they decided to invite a famous monk to host a teaching session.

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