How to create a 'clone' linked text frame

I have a large document, and the page numbering is not in a straight manner, as there are blank pages, which must be ignored for numbering. The blank pages are needed to make it easier for the printer, some pages need to be one-sided, others need to be two-sided.
The numbering of the pages need to be done manually, or else I have to assign every page a section start, and for printing purposes this is kind of risky (page 1 is not really page 1 for instance...)
OK, so far so good, I also need to create a table of contents, and check the document, and I was wondering if I could create a larger 'copy' of my manual page number, next to the page. At the moment I need to zoom in or select the frame and use apple-y to check the number.
I create a slug area, I would like to put a larger textframe with the number in a larger corps in it, but it needs to 'link' to the original smaller text. Is this something that could be done by a utility or another way? It is not something I have to do every day, but I was just wondering if a kind of active 'clone' was possible. The 'copy' needs to be actively linked to the other textframe, every change must be implemented, but on a document page, not through a master page.
Or else a page numbering scheme like 1,3,5,7 of 'ignore blank pages' would be appreciated

That's a really bizarre way to number pages. Make sure you specify this to the printers, as a note to them. It's just not a normal way to number pages and printers would appreciate a heads up on it.
There is no way to automate it as such. It would have to be manually updated when pages are added or moved around.
You will still need two Master Pages
Create an empty text frame on the Master Page on both spreads, make sure they are linked.
Create a text file with sequential numbering from 1 - whatever the final page number is. (excel can do this quite easily).
Place the text file into the Main Pages at the starting page.
You will then need to apply the Master Page without that text frame to every page that does not need a page number.
You can do this easily by holding down Control (might be CMD on Mac) and then selecting the pages that don't require page numbers - then use the Apply Master Pages and select the master page to apply to those pages.

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I am glad that someone had replied on my question.
I will explain it to you again.
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