According to Yang Wenxiao's original plan, these figurines should be priced high, similar to the Mahjong sets at Jiwiju—each selling for 8,888 or 6,666, essentially setting the price at the top tier. As long as people loved them enough, they would definitely pay for their passion.
However, when the actual figurine was produced, Yang Wenxiao changed his mind. As he put it, seeing the Great Sage vividly appear before his eyes was quite moving. Such an upright and heroic figure should be affordable to more people.
So, he set the price at one thousand taels. One thousand taels—this was just the price of a single jar of Qiao Xiaomai's Floral Dew, something many people could afford.
The first batch of ten thousand units was immediately sold out upon release. Furthermore, many people who saw the real figurine requested increased production, as they felt the figurines should be bought in pairs—one for collection, and one for daily viewing.
