I just want to sell products, but you're forcing me to perform talents.

Chapter 450 I Want to Collect Stamps!

Seeing her daughter's confident and appropriate answers in the live stream, Lin Xiaoyu's mother was overjoyed: "It's still my daughter! She knows how to study hard even in college, unlike you, who played games for four years and came back!"

Lin Xiaoyu's brother was speechless, and his gaze towards Ye Xian became even more unfriendly. He picked up another phone, quickly logged into his account, and typed out a line of text.

[Peeing Three Feet in the Wind: What kind of meaningless socializing is this? Does socializing only count as socializing if there's a conflict of interest? Can't we be simpler? Don't you get satisfaction from drinking with friends? Don't you get enjoyment from playing cards with friends? Can't we have less calculation and more sincerity between people?]

When Lin Xiaoyu's sister-in-law saw this comment suddenly appear in the public chat, she angrily said, "This guy named Yingfeng, I always see him criticizing Brother Xian. Why don't the live stream managers ban him?"

Brother Xian was talking about meaningless socializing, and he's twisting the concept to call it sincerity. Ha! Drinking and playing cards is sincerity? That's just being a bunch of fair-weather friends, isn't it?

Lin Xiaoyu's brother's face darkened further. He got up to go to the balcony for a smoke, but Lin Xiaoyu's sister-in-law stopped him: "Don't go! Listen to what Brother Xian has to say. It's so positive! Did Mom say something wrong? All you do in college is play around. Now that you're home, all you do is hang out with your bunch of bad friends. It's either drinking, gambling, karaoke, or fishing. Can't you think about your two kids? Don't you know how to be a little more ambitious?"

Lin Xiaoyu's mother chimed in, "Exactly! You're never home. Do you know how tired your wife is every day?"

Lin Xiaoyu's brother stared blankly at the big screen, utterly despondent.

Destroy it! I'm going to gather my army of 100,000 haters and completely bomb Ye Xian's live stream!

……

After chatting with Li Xiaoxiao and Lin Xiaoyu for a while, Ye Xian took out two figurines from under the table—Lu Bu and Zhao Yun—signed them with his own autograph, and gave one to each of them.

The two women were flattered and quickly stood up to bow and express their gratitude. Ye Xian hurriedly persuaded them to sit down: "Why are you being so polite in my live stream? Come on, try my barbecue and have some herbal tea."

After persuading the two to sit down, Ye Xian smiled and said, "The main reason I invited you here today is to let you witness the official publication of my new book, 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms.' Related merchandise will also be released today, and I've also developed a card game called 'Three Kingdoms Kill' for this book. I hope you'll enjoy it."

[It's finally officially released! I feel like I've been waiting forever! Although it was available at the offline flagship store before, it wasn't officially on sale in Xian Ge's live stream. I've been going crazy waiting for the Zhao Zilong figure!]

I've heard about the card game "Three Kingdoms Kill," and I had many tourists try it out at offline experience stores. The feedback was very positive, and I'm ready to place an order today!

I won't buy the book; I mainly want to buy a set of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" comics today. The online updates are too slow, but the character designs are really impressive.

I want a pair of body pillows featuring the two Qiao sisters, and also some featuring Zhen Mi and Diao Chan! I want to collect them all!

……

The fans in the live stream had long coveted the merchandise related to "Romance of the Three Kingdoms," since the story of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was much more interesting than that of "Dream of the Red Chamber" and "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio," and it was adapted from real history, making it highly immersive for everyone.

In addition, with the simultaneous release of the comic, Ye Xian assigned martial arts, strategy, and charm values ​​to each general, civil official, and beauty in the character cards and comics. This digital and hierarchical character card system has been greatly loved by fans and has laid a fan base for the development of related games.

Although the comic is released relatively slowly, the first volume is even more worth collecting, and many anime fans are extremely excited.

Before the official release, many fans couldn't buy it, but today they can finally buy it freely, and everyone rushed to the yellow cart to place their orders quickly.

Seeing that everyone seemed satisfied, Ye Xian chuckled and pulled out a bottle of wine from under the table: "With a new book and merchandise, how can we forget the new wine?"

Seeing Ye Xian skillfully pull out a bottle, many fans burst out laughing. Sure enough, Brother Xian releases a new wine with every book he writes; no one knows where this habit came from.

"I thought of many names for this wine. At first, I thought of 'Drunken Three Kingdoms,' but then I thought, what's the difference between that and 'Drunken Dream of the Red Chamber' or 'Drunken Ghost Wine'? Then I thought, the history of the Three Kingdoms is full of imperial ambitions and heroic romances, so I simply named it 'Three Kingdoms Romance'."

Ye Xian opened the package, and everyone saw a dark brown wine bottle with the words "Three Kingdoms" handwritten in gold foil on it, and the word "love" handwritten in red below.

The entire bottle looks antique yet stylish, exuding a grand and sophisticated air.

"Three Kingdoms Romance? That's an interesting name! It has both cultural depth and a trendy feel. Hmm, I can't make this up anymore. I can only give this name a passing grade; it's just awful."

[It's alright, but Brother Xian, you have too many baijiu brands now: Ye Xiaobai, Zui Hong Lou, Zui Gui, and San Guo Lian. Aren't four brands a bit too many?]

I agree. Wouldn't it be better to only sell one type of wine? With so many brands, it's overwhelming.

[That's how the liquor industry is. They like to launch multiple brands and then compete, pushing whichever sells best. Xian Ge is new to the industry, and only Ye Xiaobai has opened up the market. Zui Hong Lou and Zui Gui haven't sold well yet. He's clearly using multiple brands to reduce risk.]

……

Seeing that someone in the live stream pointed out his problem, Ye Xian nodded: "Thank you for the reminder, everyone. It's true that liquor brands need to compete. However, I won't be developing any new products in the short term, because for the distillery, these four liquors are enough for them to cultivate for eight to ten years."

After writing several books in a row, Ye Xian was also feeling a bit tired. "Journey to the West" required adaptation of the historical background and some content, so there was no need to rush it; he could just slowly accumulate the manuscript.

For the next period of time, Ye Xian will suspend his storytelling and focus all his efforts on finishing filming "Hello Mr. Billionaire".

Because I had already filmed a lot of scenes before joining the crew, I estimate that the remaining content will be completed in about two months, and the editing will be finished in December, so it won't delay the release during the Spring Festival.

Thinking of this, Ye Xian suddenly looked at Li Xiaoxiao and Ye Xiaoyu: "If I gave you 10 billion yuan and you had to spend it all within a month, what would you do?"

"what?"

The two were a little confused, but Lin Xiaoyu reacted faster and immediately understood that Brother Xian was referring to "Hello Mr. Billionaire".

This question also made the two girls fall into deep thought.

……

P.S.: Today's Recap

Haizhou aged liquor inventory: 4434 bottles

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