Indian prodigy Abhigya Anand is world-famous for his astrological predictions. He attended the Asia Blockchain Summit (ABS) in Taiwan in early August. The video of Internet celebrity Zeng Boen’s exclusive interview with Anand during ABS was recently exposed . In the video, Anand talks about his views on the future of cryptocurrency, astrology research and when China might invade Taiwan, among other hot topics.
Ceylon criticizes Bowen: the megaphone of a magic stick
However, Belgian YouTuber Ceylan was quite dissatisfied with the conversation between Born and Anand. He opened fire on Threads on the 15th, saying, "It's really uncomfortable to see some Chinese YouTubers normalizing the magic stick." Even if Germany was invited to the show, he almost allowed the other party to talk non-stop during the whole conversation. He didn’t say a single rebuttal. He was just used as a loudspeaker:
They are also people who have gone to college and know how to identify or reflect on arguments and arguments. Did you really not have any doubts after hearing what he said?
Ceylon further questioned:
Do you want to ask him how he saw through the so-called "stargazing" that vaccines are useless in 2021, and told everyone not to get vaccinated, but to just eat turmeric?
Do you want to ask why World War III, which he predicted would happen in 2020, never happened? Do you want to ask why he removed all the videos that he predicted completely wrong, leaving only the ones that seemed accurate? Can predictions be played like this? Who doesn’t know how to kill birds with random guns?
Ceylon also criticized that Bohn initially said that he did not know who the guest was, but in the end, he acted as if he was ready for the first five minutes of the interview, talking awkwardly about a certain blockchain activity and blockchain trend for no reason:
So is this an ad or not an ad? No one knows. There is no disclosure either.
So what is this? Invite a magician to come up, and then use your own platform to help the magician amplify his own magic opinions, so this magician can use these magic opinions to help cut cryptocurrency leeks? And then you think everyone can’t see it?
Ceylon finally criticized that Anand is not popular in many parts of the world at all, and no one in the English circle knows or discusses it, but he was invited to Taiwan to participate in events and endorse the cryptocurrency industry with a lot of money:
It is also thanks to this culture, thanks to Lao Gao, and thanks to different YouTubers and media who deliberately choose not to think, that these smooth-talking magicians can easily make money in this land. In most other places no one cares, but in Taiwan they are gods.
Let me teach Anand a trick: Next time, you can say that because of the relationship between Saturn and Jupiter, braised pork rice will continue to be delicious in 2025. This is guaranteed to take your Taiwan career to the next level. come on.
Anand comes to Taiwan to lead the way in counterattack
However, Will, the organizer who led the way in bringing Anand to Taiwan, and representative of the Asia Blockchain Summit (ABS2024), also posted an article on Dcard with the title "Ceylon, the face of smearing traffic is really disgusting", targeting Ceylon. The five major critics launched a counterattack one by one and said that he, who had the most intensive contact and communication with Anand in Taiwan in the past year, was very angry at Ceylon's remarks.
As a media outlet, Dongfang District also further verified the truth of Will's remarks. In fact, Anand came to Taiwan in the name of scientific and technological exchanges. It was not as Ceylon said. He was paid to come to Taiwan to promote cutting leeks, and Anand did not To promote any cryptocurrency project, here are five major points Will clarified:
1. Spend a lot of money to invite you to Taiwan?
Will emphasized that Anand was not invited to Taiwan with "big money". Anand did not charge any speaking fees for this trip (including the Asian Blockchain Summit, FTV interviews, Bowen program planning, etc.), and the team assistance only paid for himself and a team An Indian-Taiwanese tour guide’s round-trip air tickets and accommodation were “absolutely not” charged for any meetings and interviews made public to the public:
To put it bluntly, artists, bands, KOLs, etc. will charge transportation fees when performing business performances, not to mention that Anand flew from India to Taiwan to give a speech?
2. Satyr paid Anand to be on the show?
As for the exclusive interview between Satair Entertainment and Anand, Will also said that the invitations were made simultaneously with both parties during the invitation period, and it was not one party that invited the other party. As for Sartel, Anand was not charged for filming the program, and the setting of the program "First Met Abo" meant that Bone was allowed to film without knowing who the guest was. , he believed that Sartel strictly abides by it, but this part is more open-minded.
As for Anand, Will also said that Anand knew that it was Boyn who was doing the filming, but he had no idea what kind of questions Boyn would ask. It was completely a genuine performance. Anand had no idea who Boyn was beforehand:
I also specially conducted a Google Meet to introduce STR Network to him, hoping to try my best to promote him and Sattel to shoot. Let alone Ceylon, Anand can’t read Chinese, so he still has time to watch Chinese Youtube channels?
3. Does the interview involve advertising?
Will also mentioned that Anand’s visit to Taiwan was mainly to participate in blockchain activities, so he explained that his motivation for coming to Taiwan was very reasonable. Since he did not receive a speaking fee, there was no suspicion of advertising:
He didn't say that he came to attend a blockchain event to give a keynote speech, otherwise would he say that he was friends with Boen? Or did you fly to Taiwan specifically for the interview with Bowen? In every interview, he mentioned the purpose of coming to Taiwan this time. However, Bowen's film has a high traffic volume. Ceylon, you just come here to take advantage of it?
4. Prediction is not the same as prophecy
Will also mentioned Ceylon’s attack on Anand. The original PO responded that astrology, fortune telling, zodiac signs, Ziwei Dou Shu, etc. are all “predictions” based on statistics/data science, not “ "Prophecy". The purpose of prediction is to increase the probability as much as possible. It does not mean that it will definitely happen. Many of Anand's predictions are also general. He made inferences based on his understanding of history and research on data:
I have also made it clear that my predictions are not 100% accurate.
5. Does the Indian prodigy predict that he will cut leeks for free?
Finally, Will also emphasized that when Anand made predictions, for NGOs and other organizations, there would be no charge, while corporate profit-making groups would charge a certain amount, but most of the fees would be donated, and users should pay as they should. What on earth is there? Do people have to provide any information and content output for free?
The original PO then criticized Ceylon:
What's more, as a Youtuber, aren't you also making money through fans and traffic? Neither you nor Anand ever forced anyone to offer money? Why should Anand be called a dog by you?
Finally, you really don’t want to teach Anand any tricks. He can’t read Chinese at all and has no time to fool around with you on Thread. He keeps saying that he hates Taiwan, and then leaves Taiwan to live in Japan, but On Youtube, we also have to rely on Taiwanese viewers to make money.
The saddest thing is that he pretended to be the most sober person and went on YouTube to criticize the Taiwanese media, but was led away by the Taiwanese media and public opinion, and they all concluded that Anand was a bastard. It was tragic.
Transnational cultural exchanges require mutual understanding
As the organizer of ABS, the media BlockTempo also added that the Asia Blockchain Summit is a global large-scale academic event that invites 30 countries, 300 speakers, and more than 13,000 people from around the world to participate in the Web3 field on behalf of Taiwan and Asia.
It is inevitable that there will be examples of conflicts caused by cultural differences during activities. As an Internet celebrity who grew up mostly in China, Ceylon is actually affected by the long-term promotion of atheism by the Chinese authorities and believes that these things are strange and illegal. But this is very different from Taiwan, where multi-religions and ancestral temples and churches coexist with fortune-telling.
In India, astrologers have nothing to do with religious vocations , but they are an upper-class profession that is highly respected by the public. Indians also believe that it is very reasonable to look at the movement of celestial bodies to avoid evil. This is just like the Chinese who look at the traditional lives of farmers. Popular culture, from this point of view, if Indian culture is understood correctly, Anand should not be called a magician because he does not serve religion.
Taking into account cultural differences, whether Anand is a "magic stick" in Taiwan is actually a matter for public comment. Since Taiwan and other Chinese areas have different cultural backgrounds from India, there are such discussions and conflicts. In fact, it is Very normal thing. In this regard, Anand also responded to the public's doubts about his "magic stick" in an BlockTempo. He mentioned:
Don't worry about those illogical remarks. I am an astrologer, a historian of the movement of celestial bodies, not a religious prophet.
