Reborn in the 1990s: I Serve the Country and Rise to Become a Tycoon

Lín Wēi only realized when she died that having a sister-favoring mother would cause so much damage to her family.

Her father fell from a great height and died. Her younger brother went mis...

Chapter 249 The Bad Doesn't Work, the Good Does

Lin Wei frequently goes online and knows how popular her murder mystery game themes are, but she never expected them to become this popular.

First, she sold the rights to the TV series. But before the TV series had even started filming, another film company approached her, wanting to buy the rights and turn it into a movie.

"But the TV series has already been filmed, so why make a movie too? Doesn't that conflict with that?" Lin Wei asked, puzzled.

"No, a TV series is a TV series, and a movie is a movie. The plot of a movie is more compact. The final product will be similar to the content of the murder mystery game. We'd even like to borrow your location and film the movie here, is that alright?"

If there's no copyright conflict, selling the film to them is fine; nobody would pass the buck.

However, it's definitely not feasible to lend the land to them.

"We can't lend out the space. A movie takes 2-3 months to film, and we're at our peak tourist season right now. Closing for such a long time would cause us a huge loss. Besides, the staff of the murder mystery game also need to eat, right?"

The film crew wanted to try again, but they couldn't persuade Lin Wei.

"Okay, it's fine if you sell me the film rights."

The tone couldn't help but sound somewhat disappointed.

However, Lin Wei offered a suggestion: "Actually, it was your production team's props department that did the renovation of our murder mystery game venue. If you need it, we can recommend them to you. They just finished building this place not long ago, so they should be able to recreate it one-to-one."

Upon hearing this, the staff member was delighted, "So you had the props team build the house for you."

"Yes, they are fast and the quality is good. Besides, we also have explosion scenes. If we don't have professional crew members, it would be bad if something went wrong during the explosion. So we have always hired professional crew members."

A few days later, the contract was signed.

Not long after the contract was signed, the staff of the stage play also contacted them, wanting to buy the rights to the play and adapt it into a stage play.

Lin Wei laughed and said, "It's just a murder mystery game, and it's already this popular? In that case, let's make some merchandise."

Wang Ying was taken aback and quickly asked, "Make merchandise?"

Wang Ying understands the surrounding area. After all, Chujian Coffee has opened so many stores and holds events from time to time. She knows how to maintain its popularity and make people remember it.

What kind of merchandise can a murder mystery game offer?

"Film and television merchandise? Since the people are tourists, and the people and roles are different each time they come, it's not easy to make merchandise based on the characters. But the scenery is easy to make into refrigerator magnets, postcards, and some inspiring lines to make motivational quotes. Can't all of these be sold? Clothing and props can also be produced and sold separately. Aren't these all souvenirs?"

But for them, it's a source of income.

This is why the beauty brand doesn't fit their theme; otherwise, she would have created a beauty brand collaboration for both her high and low-end products.

After thinking about it, Wang Ying really admired her. "When it comes to making money, you're the best. But this wave of nostalgia was pretty good. So, what about the other themes we've done before? Can we use them to create another wave of nostalgia?"

"For example?" Lin Wei asked.

"We've had a period drama theme before, a matchmaking theme. We've helped match up quite a few young couples before, right? I think we could hold one every few years, and each one could last a whole year. There was also the 'Prosperous Tang Dynasty' theme before. Although our murder mystery game business has been pretty average since that theme came out, I think that was the best one we've ever done."

Every scene is incredibly realistic, and every place and every location has performers on time. If it weren't for the emergence of the glorious Tang Dynasty, they wouldn't have been able to keep going.

“I understand what you mean, but this theme was only recently dismantled, and the theme cycle is rather long. Even if we were to hold it, we would have to wait a little longer. But the ancient costume theme you mentioned is really good.”

It's combined with the current theme of fighting against the small life. Wasn't it a crossover in the middle of the first half?

Nowadays, let's just create one that doesn't involve time travel.

Moreover, with the rise of online novels, alternate history and time travel are very popular.

“Okay, I think we can revise the script now. This theme was officially launched in July, so let’s revise it to a new theme around this time next year. A fictional theme is actually easier to write the plot. Since no one has done this before, many ideas haven’t been brought to fruition. We’ve been doing murder mystery games for so many years, so we have a high degree of freedom to improvise.”

"It's still early. Let's assign tasks and finish the entire script before the New Year. We can take advantage of the winter break to generate some buzz for the current murder mystery game. No matter how fast the props team is, it still takes 2-3 months to demolish and rebuild a new city. If we want to finish before the summer break, we have to start demolishing it around March."

Hearing this, Wang Ying became a little anxious.

“Then we need to start preparing now. It doesn’t matter if the script isn’t finished yet, since we won’t start filming until next year. We have the general plot, but we need to prepare the trailer in advance and release it. We must build up the hype so that our newly established business doesn’t…”

"Pah, don't talk nonsense. Business is getting better and better, and we're making more and more money. The bad things don't come true, but the good things do. Let's get to work right now."

"Go ahead, go ahead, these things can only be left to you, I'm going on a business trip soon."

Wang Ying was taken aback. "You're on a business trip? That word sounds a bit unfamiliar to you."

As the CEO, Lin Wei rarely travels for work.

Firstly, after the tasks were assigned, she didn't need to go on business trips.

Secondly, she has many matters requiring final decision-making, and she cannot handle so many tasks if she is not at the company.

Speaking of which, apart from occasionally accompanying Shen Jize to Hong Kong, she hasn't been on a business trip for a long time.

Where are you going?

Lin Wei got a headache just thinking about it.

Apart from Shen Jize, she basically managed all the real estate in Jiangcheng.

Except for a few very small projects, they basically don't get involved.

So, business needs to grow, and the company has so many people to support, so the business expanded to other places.

This is a very normal thing for the real estate industry.

We've had similar business before, but this time something went wrong.

Near the construction site, a little girl was using the restroom when she was almost bullied.

When the little girl struggled and screamed, she attracted the attention of the workers on the construction site, who then rescued her.

But afterwards, the girl turned around and accused the workers of bullying her, demanding compensation from them.

The key issue is that the young girl doesn't remember who the worker was, so she sued the entire construction site.

Zhang Yanyan had flown there earlier; she could handle it with her abilities.

However, since it concerned Boyuan's reputation, Lin Wei had no choice but to take it seriously.

“Our Boyuan has been known for its safety for so many years. If I’m not there when this happens, it feels like I’m not really concerned about it.”