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

Chapter 165 Attention from the Wilderness Solitary Living Program Team [Second Update!]

It was a very comfortable night.

When Li Younan woke up, it was already broad daylight.

He called Liu Yu out of curiosity, and after a while, Liu Yu answered the phone.

Li Younan asked, "Did you sleep well last night?"

Liu Yu said casually, "It's alright. Your tent is of pretty good quality."

Li Younan immediately exclaimed excitedly, "It's not bad, is it? That was my 'battle cloak' back in Gongga Mountain!"

At that moment, Liu Yu sneezed softly.

Li Younan pretended not to hear the sneeze and asked again, "Did you catch any fish last night?"

Liu Yu remained silent. After a moment, she countered, "You got up so early to call just to ask this?"

Li Younan said in surprise, "Shouldn't we be concerned?"

Liu Yu asked, "When are you coming to pick me up?"

Li Younan thought for a moment and said, "I'm going to visit an elderly craftsman today. I'll see him after I'm done with my work."

Liu Yu agreed.

Meanwhile, JK Dragon also edited out yesterday's video.

This video doesn't have any fancy narration; the shot of an arrow shooting two fish and the subsequent catch of fish is enough to whet everyone's appetite.

Li Younan glanced at it, saw no problems, and clicked upload directly.

This is another clean version of the video without any ads.

Although Li Younan does make money through sponsored content, most of his videos are relatively clean and pure.

This, however, has displeased many viewers who love his videos. Many people left comments under his videos saying, "Bro, just take a few ads. I'm really afraid you won't have enough money to go on vacation and will stop updating."

Such remarks naturally contain elements of memes, but they also reflect people's love for his videos—as long as your video quality is high enough, taking orders for sponsored content will not only not attract people's disgust, but will also make people worry that you are not taking orders for sponsored content.

pretty good.

After a quick wash, Li Younan contacted Lu Shihua to visit the elderly craftswoman she had mentioned.

……

As usual, after Li Younan's video was released, it quickly rose to a very high level of traffic.

Cameron Spielberg, who was in charge of selecting survival experts for the Wilderness Solo program's planning team, was currently sipping a cup of coffee while browsing through a list of promising potential contestants sent to him by staff via email.

Among them are many experienced loggers, hunters, mountaineers, and so on.

As a gatekeeper, Cameron's selection criteria, in addition to looking at the potential contestants' survival skills, also emphasize their ability to attract viewers.

Contestants must have distinctive characteristics and leave a lasting impression; only then can their shows be engaging.

The most popular season was carried by a contestant named Roland—after all, as a survival expert who could hunt black bears and musk oxen and enjoy the thrill from the beginning to the end, he brought a lot of excitement to the audience.

Just as the NBA only became popular after Jordan, a star-level survival expert can also greatly attract viewers to their kind of show.

Any program or competition with a competitive element that wants to quickly become popular needs to create stars.

This season's selection process certainly included many contestants with the potential to become stars.

Cameron was particularly pleased with the retired special forces soldier from the U.S. Marine Corps—he was also very handsome, and if he were selected as a survival player, he would attract a lot of attention from girls.

He continued browsing.

Some of these potential contestants contacted the production team themselves, but most were survival experts from around the world discovered by the show's wilderness survival scouts.

Suddenly, an email caught Cameron's attention.

The email's subject was: A video blogger from China has potential for creating content.

Although it had been discussed in previous meetings that we could try to discover contestants from China, Cameron, as the actual gatekeeper, didn't really approve of the Chinese internet celebrities.

This isn't a stereotype targeting Chinese people; in fact, he spent three years in China and knows more about the country than most Americans do.

One major problem for Chinese participants in this program is that their country has some of the strictest hunting regulations in the world.

Aside from rats, it's virtually impossible to legally hunt any other animal.

He recalled that one of the most outrageous news stories he had ever seen from China was about a farmer who protected his farmland from wild boars, but was instead fined by the regulatory authorities.

However, I've heard that in the past year or two, China has relaxed its regulations on the protection of wild boars, but this won't change the fact that many Chinese people lack the experience of hunting. And in the game of wilderness survival, if you can't hunt, it's almost impossible to become a star.

Of course, celebrities also need ordinary contestants to highlight them, so there will be some obviously funny contestants in this show to increase unpredictability and at the same time highlight the image of the celebrities.

Despite his initial hesitation, Cameron's professionalism and dedication led him to carefully open the document.

The document describes a Chinese online travel blogger named Li Younan.

This travel blogger's information and data are mostly derived from publicly available information online.

A very young person, probably only in their twenties.

Before becoming a travel blogger, I was a network engineer and a parkour expert.

Cameron frowned slightly when he saw this part.

A network engineer who can do parkour, especially in a social environment like China, makes it hard for Cameron to believe in his survival skills.

However, he patiently continued reading, but after a while, his expression became amused.

The email said that the young man had an incredible learning ability and that his physical gifts allowed him to master a skill very quickly.

Based on the information shown in his video, he completely mastered the essence of the weapon after trying it a few times.

Then came screenshots from several videos, with captions stating that he learned archery from an ordinary coach in Inner Mongolia, China, and quickly became able to accurately hit the bullseye.

Only then did Cameron's eyes show a hint of interest.

If this is a talented shooter, then he has potential in a show about living alone in the wilderness.

At this point, he had only read half of the email. As he continued reading, he discovered that the young man was also skilled in the craft of house construction.

In his previous videos, he renovated his grandparents' old house, showcasing his excellent carpentry skills.

This might form the basis for him to build a house while living alone in the wilderness.

Cameron stroked his chin in response.

He knew very well that Chinese carpenters possessed a very magical skill: they could make the frames stable without relying on glue or nails, simply by utilizing the structure of the wood itself.

In ancient China, there must have been a group of people who were well-versed in physics and mechanics who led the research on all of this.

However, pursuing such exquisite craftsmanship for a solitary life in the wilderness might not necessarily be a good thing. So Cameron didn't pay attention to this point and continued watching.

Recently, this young man did something quite outrageous: he climbed a mountain called Gongga Mountain.

In terms of climbing difficulty, this mountain is even more difficult than Mount Everest in some aspects.

"Although it is only 7600 meters high, its terrain is more complex and treacherous than Mount Everest, which has a gentler slope—I mean, if you are climbing from the north face. This young man not only successfully climbed Mount Gongga himself, but also saved the life of another young man, and this story has made headlines in China."

It was at this point that Cameron truly became extremely interested.

He knew very well that if a person could easily climb such a high-altitude mountain, they must have an extremely strong survival talent in terms of physical fitness, and their mental fortitude would often be much stronger than that of ordinary people.

He stroked his chin and checked the email's date; it had been sent about a week ago.

Out of curiosity, he took out his phone and, following the instructions in the email, downloaded a Chinese version of TikTok. Using translation software, he quickly found Li Younan's video homepage.

After clicking in, the first video is Li Younan's recently released video of shooting two fish with one arrow, followed by a video of him fishing.

Upon seeing the video, Cameron's eyes finally lit up with great interest.

He carefully watched the video of Li Younan shooting two fish with one arrow and confirmed that it was not a video created with special effects.

I watched his video of fishing one fish after another. As someone who has been planning wilderness survival programs for many years, I have naturally come into contact with many fishing experts.

Whether someone knows how to fish or not can be judged almost quickly just by their actions.

A layman might not notice anything amiss watching Li Younan's fishing movements, but Cameron keenly realized that Li Younan was definitely a very experienced angler.

It was only then that he suddenly realized the problem. He had been thinking that Chinese people had no hunting experience, but if they wanted to survive in the wilderness, they could also fish in addition to hunting. Obviously, Li Younan could obtain this high-quality protein by shooting fish with a bow and arrow or by fishing.

Especially the video of shooting fish. Cameron took a sip of coffee and watched it several more times. He had to admit that the action in the video was really cool and had a cinematic feel to it.

He slowly closed the video, then thought that Li Younan was an experienced video blogger, which meant that he wouldn't produce unusable footage like those inexperienced survival experts.

He must be a guy with a very keen eye for cameras, knowing what kind of videos will attract viewers and become trending.

However, this is only a preliminary intention at present, and further observation is needed.

Cameron has included Li Younan in his shortlist of candidates for consideration.

(End of this chapter)