By linking my account to the check-in system, I became a leisurely traveler.

Chapter 159 Stereotypes about the Wilderness Survival Planning Team [Second Update!]

Because the aftershocks of the previous online public opinion incident had not subsided in a short time, this latest wave of controversy has brought Li Younan an increase of hundreds of thousands of fans.

But after reaching 300 million followers, a strange feeling arises: even if I gain hundreds of thousands more followers, my mood doesn't fluctuate as much as before.

Looking back to when I first started in this industry, I would check the backend data on my phone every day if I gained 10,000 or 20,000 followers. But now that my performance is getting better and better, the threshold for improvement has also increased.

Thinking about it this way, Li Younan can also understand from another perspective the statement made by a well-known businessman: "The happiest time is when you earn 10,000 or 20,000 yuan."

The following day, Li Younan, having nothing better to do at home, started a live stream.

There wasn't a specific goal or purpose for the live stream; it was just a casual chat with the fans.

He can easily attract tens of thousands of viewers to his live streams now, with comments scrolling across the screen so fast it's overwhelming.

Li Younan could only answer questions that interested him. Some people felt that they had asked their questions many times without getting a response, so they would complain. This kind of thing happened frequently in his live stream.

The vast majority of his fans are naturally friendly and on his side.

What everyone was naturally curious about was his experience climbing Mount Gongga, and many people asked him for detailed information in the comments. Li Younan patiently explained, but he didn't specifically mention Zhu Qingyue.

Unlike herself, Zhu Qingyue was, after all, an ordinary person, and moreover, a web novel author. Female web novel authors like her wouldn't easily reveal their pen names before becoming truly top-tier.

Zhu Qingyue occasionally appeared in the footage, but he casually brushed it off by saying he was "just a fellow traveler."

After parting ways with Zhu Qingyue that day, Li Younan also inquired about her cold with concern.

Fortunately, it was just a simple cold. Although the situation was more complicated at high altitude, she received timely treatment and there were no lasting effects. She has been feeling much better these past two days.

The most regrettable thing for Zhu Qingyue this time was that she couldn't find her aunt's belongings.

At the same time, she didn't visit all the places her aunt had been, which is not surprising at all—it would be strange if Zhu Qingyue, with her small stature, could have gone to all those places.

Li Younan compiled some footage that wasn't included in the video and sent it to Zhu Qingyue, telling him, "Your aunt has probably been to these places."

Li Younan wasn't sure either, but it was something to look forward to.

After sending it, Zhu Qingyue posted a long list of posts on her WeChat Moments that night, full of the air of an artsy young person... This time, she was healed and became more optimistic.

It takes time for a video to gain traction.

As time went on, the traffic to Li Younan's latest video began to surge exponentially.

This is something that many people did not expect—after all, mountaineering is a very niche sport.

Even the top mountaineers in China only get tens of thousands or less likes on their videos.

However, Li Younan's video has already garnered over a million likes in just one week, making it his most viral video.

Upon closer analysis, there are indeed clues to be found.

The video begins with a slice-of-life scene: Li Younan is searching for wild vegetables to have as a snack in the wild, and jokingly says that if hunting were allowed in China, he could hunt some wild rabbits or pheasants for a treat. The details of the cooking process afterwards make people feel inexplicably comfortable.

The actual climbing began in the middle, but the video didn't portray the climb of Mount Gongga as anything particularly serious.

And the initial goal wasn't to climb to the summit. It was just that the camera would glance at a certain high point, saying that the view might be better from that spot, so they would go up a little. Once they got there, they would look for the next target and go up a little more, and so on. Before they knew it, they had reached the summit in what seemed like an easy way.

This "since I'm already here, I might as well just take it easy" mentality led to the casual conquest of Mount Gongga, one of the most dangerous mountains in China, creating a truly remarkable and memorable experience.

In addition, thanks to the editing, the entire video is full of vitality.

The copywriting is also optimistic, even playful.

In this increasingly stagnant era, where everyone is surrounded by the heavy pressure of life and there is resentment everywhere, Li Younan's optimism will inexplicably move those who watch the video.

This one video alone brought him a six-figure income.

Perhaps it was the astonishing mountaineering talent displayed in the video, or perhaps it was the constant antics of netizens, that actually caught the attention of the Chinese mountaineering team.

Li Younan received a call from the Chinese mountaineering team.

However, he doesn't currently view mountain climbing as a mission.

He didn't rule out any possibility of cooperation, only saying that they could work together if the opportunity arose later.

The core nature of the Chinese mountaineering team is that of a national-level professional mountaineering team, which also has functions such as sports competition, scientific research, and execution of national missions.

Li Younan values ​​the scientific research and national mission execution functions.

As a young man with ideals, he would certainly do his duty if the country needed him.

These words were naturally also relayed to the head of the national mountaineering team.

However, there are no major missions currently requiring the national mountaineering team to undertake.

Many fans later discovered that the official account of the national mountaineering team had followed Li Younan.

In fact, many official accounts follow Li Younan.

Because of the attention from the national mountaineering team, many netizens began to dig deeper into the matter.

Some people even made a video clip showing that many local cultural and tourism departments follow Li Younan's official account.

Li Younan had previously helped Nanchang shoot a promotional video, which was quite successful. With this example, many local cultural and tourism promotion departments have started to pay attention to Li Younan.

After resting for a few days, Li Younan started to feel restless again. He couldn't live without traveling anymore and had grown to love it more and more.

Staying in one place for too long can get boring.

They started planning where to go next.

I don't plan to go hiking anywhere else—I just climbed a pretty high mountain, so I need to try something different.

Li Younan took out a map to see which other checkpoints were closer to him.

He noticed that some local cultural and tourism official WeChat accounts were sending him a lot of messages.

Li Younan was actually speechless, because his homepage clearly showed the WeChat account for cooperation.

With so many private messages, it's unlikely that you'll see messages from video platforms.

If we are truly committed to cooperation, then we should naturally communicate on WeChat.

In the past few days, someone claiming to be a protector of intangible cultural heritage has added me as a friend on WeChat.

Li Younan originally didn't intend to pay attention to this ambiguous self-introduction. After all, if someone were truly a protector of intangible cultural heritage, they should clearly state whether they were an individual or an organization.

But the other party persisted in adding him many times before Li Younan finally took notice. After thinking for a moment, he accepted the friend request.

The moment Li Younan added the other person, a message indicating that the other person was typing appeared.

He waited for a while, but no message came, so he stopped waiting and went to do other things.

After a while, my phone rang. It was from the person I had just added. The other person was quite polite: "Hello, Teacher Li. I am a recent college graduate who wants to do my part to protect our country's intangible cultural heritage. I typed a lot, but then I deleted it all. I thought I'd better visit you in person."

Li Younan looked at the text, hesitated slightly, and then said after thinking for a moment, "Perhaps you can tell me how to address you first."

The other person then realized that their opening remarks were a bit presumptuous and quickly said, "My name is Lu Shihua."

Li Younan looked at the name, thought for a moment, and then slowly asked, "Where are you from?"

The other person quickly replied, "I can come to you."

Li Younan chuckled and said, "It's alright. Tell me where you're from first. If you're on my travel itinerary, we can go together."

The other party seemed surprised that Li Younan was so agreeable, and hurriedly said somewhat nervously, "Really? I'm in the south right now..."

Li Younan thought about it and realized that she didn't have any plans for the time being. She then looked around and saw that there was a place to visit in the south.

Nanbu is a county in Sichuan, but it is not very famous. In fact, many people in Sichuan do not even know that such a place exists.

There is a very famous camping spot here called Zhongsheng Lake, which is also a well-known fishing reservoir in China.

Li Younan then said to the person named Lu Shihua, "How about this, I might come over in a few days, and I'll come find you then."

The other party was immediately pleasantly surprised: "Really? Thank you so much, Teacher Li!"

……

The latest season of the wilderness survival show is in preparation.

Although filming won't start until around August, recruiting players is a necessary step beforehand.

This time, the recruitment is also for survival experts worldwide, with a prize of $100 million.

However, they encountered difficulties when recruiting staff.

To be honest, in all the previous seasons, there were all sorts of survival locations.

For such programs to maintain high viewership, they must innovate in certain aspects to avoid causing viewer fatigue.

This is why they keep updating the competition locations.

However, the show has already tried almost every imaginable environment in the previous 10+ seasons, so it's now difficult to innovate in terms of environment.

While the program's planning team was considering this issue, one of the staff members suddenly had an idea and said, "Perhaps we can focus on the contestants. There haven't been any contestants from China before, have there?"

The Asian team leader did indeed frown and say, "Chinese people...do Chinese people have the ability to survive in the wild?"

Everyone agreed that this made sense; Chinese people lack wilderness survival skills. Although it's a stereotype, it seems to hold true.

The staff member smiled and said, "Perhaps that's precisely why it's even more interesting."

After discussing this topic for a while, everyone reached a consensus: perhaps it's worth a try.

The head of the planning team said, "So during this period, everyone can pay attention to which promising contestants are from China."

In fact, they do not use an application system when selecting these contestants.

Selecting ordinary people who know nothing or have no influence to participate in order to generate buzz for the show is a complete waste of time.

Their selection criteria are based on whether the audience, upon seeing the person, either anticipates seeing them make a fool of themselves or immediately expects them to dominate the show. The latter is more likely to attract viewers than the former.

After the task was broken down, no one initially paid much attention to this small decision.

In fact, most staff members do not expect to find a suitable candidate in China, but that's okay, creative work like this requires trial and error.

(End of this chapter)