Farm Girl Turns Everything Around: Sly Husband, Let's Farm-Chapter 1608 - 1607: Because I Want To

"Because I want the details!" Qiao Xiaomai blinked her clear peach blossom eyes, looking innocently at Yang Wenxiao. "I think the Shadow Puppet version of the Great Sage looks very nice, and I want to collect one. But I can’t just collect the actual puppet, can I? Just like vases or other artifacts, I can collect a ceramic version instead."

"The figure of Zhu Bajie turned out too ugly. If it were more appealing, I’d want one of him too."

Why come up with this idea?

Because I want it myself.

Merchandise like this is all about making money off the fans.

When characters from a book have concrete images, it’s perfectly natural for fans to want a figurine to collect out of their love for that character.

Upon hearing this, Yang Wenxiao’s faint smirk turned into a genuine smile. "Hearing you say that, I kind of want to collect one too."

He had flipped through the entirety of *Journey to the West* again and again and liked the character of the Great Sage the most.

If there were a ceramic figurine of the Great Sage, hmm, he would buy it.

"I’ll have someone handle it."

For a ceramic version, it would require craftsmen to fire it, and the design would need to be made even more attractive. Taking all that into account, the cost would be high.

Hmm, better price it like the Mahjong set.

This isn’t a necessity; fans are simply paying for an emotional connection and love for the character.

On this point, Qiao Xiaomai wholeheartedly agreed. Figurines are never cheap, and the price must be set high. freёnovelkiss.com

However, for now, they could only produce figurines for *Journey to the West*. "Skyfall Love Chronicles" and the royal princes and princesses had real-life counterparts, and those counterparts were all of exceptionally high status. Creating figurines for them would risk disrespecting them.

Apart from figurines, other common merchandise like fans, mugs, umbrellas, etc., were also viable. However, Qiao Xiaomai suggested Yang Wenxiao release a line of wool sweaters as merchandise. They could stitch the image of the Great Sage onto the wool sweaters. Wool sweaters were already expensive; adding intricate embroidery would mean the price definitely couldn’t be cheap!

One sweater could match the profit of countless fans and mugs.

This brilliant idea garnered high praise from Yang Wenxiao. Excellent, excellent, this was a great idea.

During the June 6th major promotion, the wool sweaters sold out instantly. Now, he had signed a three-year trade contract with the Grasslands, ensuring that for at least the next three years, the Grasslands would remain peaceful with no signs of conflict.

If things continued developing along this trajectory, as long as Daqi’s national strength held up, the Grasslands wouldn’t dare take the risk of starting a war.

Making money while maintaining peace—this wool sweater idea was an absolute winner!

Truly worthy of being a descendant of Liuli!

While reminiscing about Liuli in his mind, Yang Wenxiao instructed others to begin production on *Journey to the West*-themed merchandise. Figurines and wool sweaters would take some time, but fans and mugs could be produced quickly, so they’d start with a batch to test the waters.

The first batch of mugs, fans, and umbrella merchandise was soon released.

With the Royal Shadow Puppet Theater becoming immensely popular, as soon as this batch of merchandise hit the market, it was snatched up completely.

The prices for these items weren’t high; ordinary people could afford them, and the wealthy could easily buy them too.

Ever since the Royal Shadow Puppet Theater opened for business, it had been explosively successful each day. Tickets were snapped up like crazy, and from morning until the curfew at night, every show was packed.

There were even suggestions made to Yang Wenxiao to keep the theater open for all twelve hours of the day because demand far exceeded supply.

The Shadow Puppet Theater simply didn’t have enough seats. With so many people in the Capital City, it was practically impossible to get a ticket!

Yang Wenxiao ruthlessly rejected this proposal. Lifting the curfew for a mere entertainment activity? Impossible.

However, he did come up with the idea of opening another Shadow Puppet Theater in the Capital City to ease people’s desire to watch the performances.