Chapter 22: So Rich I Use Mobile Data With Wifi Available

Ryan got home and sat down at his work table. It had become a ritual to check his points. Then spend them in front of the computer on his table.

After making sure he was comfortable, Ryan finally looked at the accumulated points.

It shocked him so much that he unknowingly blurred it out.

Ryan - "532,980 points."

"Wow, where did I get so many points from? Let's take a look."

Points Transaction History Page -

"10,000 points credited from Alex's confession."

"5,000 points credited from Claire's interrogation."

"45,000 points credited for helping Mitchell avoid an embarrassing situation."

"26,000 points for morning interaction with the Dunphy's"

"266,460 points for interaction with Desiree."

"9,240 points for interaction with Luke."

"60,000 points for interaction with Phil"

"46,780 points for getting Claire sympathy"

"64,500 points for getting Alex's sympathy."

Ryan - "Damn, so many points are all due to Desiree directly or indirectly."

"Then again, I almost got done over, so I deserve those points."

These crazy amounts of points didn't make Ryan change his plans of buying a comedy. Instead, he just changed his targets.

He really wanted this show as it was an absolute classic remembered for generations, but he couldn't afford it until now.

The show's name was "Mr. Bean."

Ryan looked at the Mr. Bean catalog costing 135,000 and was left with questions.

Ryan - "I swear there were like 50 episodes to Mr. Bean. Where are the rest?"

"Is my system so trash that it can't even provide me with all the episodes?"

The system - "Excuse you, only 15 episodes of Mr. Bean were ever produced."

Ryan - "Are you kidding me?"

System - "No, apparently that's just how television shows in the UK used to work."

Ryan - "You telling me for decades they ran 15 episodes over and over again."

System - "Yup."

Ryan - "Wow, any idea why they didn't make more? I mean, it was an immediate hit, right?"

System - "That will cost you."

Ryan - "No problems, deduct it."

System - "So, there was never a proper Mr. Bean show. It was all just holiday specials."

"To the point where they spend five years to make 15 episodes in total."

Ryan - "Damn that mental. You still haven't fully answered my question."

System - "The show ended due to the main actor getting older, and he didn't want to make Mr. Bean get older along with him."

Ryan - "Make sense, I guess. So any shortcuts here?. Like, can you create extra episodes out of thin air?"

System - "Your suggestion has been taken into account, and it has been decided to introduce a new feature."

"You can now pay a certain amount of points to create a custom episode."

"The rating for each episode can also be increased from the base average of the series at a price."

"As the host contributed to making the feature, he gets one episode free of charge with the highest rating of 9/10 for Mr. Bean."

Ryan - "Cool but aren't you indirectly forcing me to buy Mr. Bean."

System - "The bonus item can only be given for the series that caused a feature to be made."

Ryan - "Yeah, fine, buy Mr. Bean for me."

[Mr. Bean purchased for 135,000]

Ryan - "Alright, now let's look at the cost of making one episode. Jesus, it cost a whole 10 grand per episode. "

"Clearly, I can't be doing this all the time. I got lucky this time that I made a fortune."

"It won't always be easy, but Mr. Bean's every episode is peak television, so having a few more would be good for me and the audience."

Ryan - "Let's buy eight more episodes, and then I will sell it as two different seasons of Mr. Bean."

[Purchasing eight episodes with a base rating of 8.6 costing 80,000]

Ryan - "Woah, why is the base rating 8.6."

System - "The additional episode as a bonus is counted in the calculation of the base rating."

Ryan - "I see, so in the average, you decided to add the nine as well."

System - "Yes, that's correct."

Ryan - "The price for increasing by even a 0.1 is an extra 1,000 points. That's an outrage. Can you not lower these."

System - "No, but if an additional episode is not purchased for a while, then maybe there will be discounts in the future."

Ryan then looked at the points left and found 317,980 points left. He thought for a while and decided to buy his first ever big movie franchise.

"Mission Impossible Series."

At first, Ryan was confused between Mission Impossible and Indiana Jones as both were excellent series.

They both also fit in Ryan's price range, meaning he could officially pay a premium for once.

He selected Mission Impossible for a straightforward reason Tom Cruise, baby. He knew showcasing this script to Tom Cruise would be enough to get him on board.

After that, any studio would be willing to fork out 80 million as a budget. After all, Tom Cruise was still a pretty big action hero in this universe.

Plus, as a bonus, it fits his current writer profile, having made a police show, a detective novel, and now having a secret agent movie.

They were all close enough, and he could say he sharpened his skills slowly.

He might be a genius, but a genius that can produce a script like Mission Impossible had to be a hard-working genius.

Ryan - "Purchase Mission Impossible 1"

[Mission Impossible for 172,000 points]

Ryan then decided to buy another appropriate franchise with a lower production cost, "Aliens."

Ryan - "Purchase the Alien first movie."

[Alien first movie purchased for 83,500]

Ryan then finally decided to stop his crazy buying spree. Leaving himself a total of 62,480 points. After all, who knows how many points he will get in the next episode.

Having started Mission Impossible, he knew that once Mission Impossible became a blockbuster.

The speed he produced new works would probably be something everyone in Hollywood would know.

Then Tom Cruise would probably come sit on his head asking when the Mission Impossible 2 script would be ready and why he wasn't working on it.

Ryan sighed, "Ah, the headaches of being too talented."