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

Chapter 180 Participating in the Competition as a Trip [First Update!]

Seeing her brother's reaction, which was far more exaggerated than she had imagined, Liu Li suddenly realized that she might have come up with some terrible idea. Her confidence immediately waned, and she asked somewhat timidly, "What's wrong?"

Liu Yu sullenly put down the milk, grabbed two tissues from nearby, and wiped the milk off her face and clothes. She calmed herself slightly and said, "In China, this car costs around 2 million yuan. If you import it directly from abroad, it's around 100,000 euros, but there are high import duties, so it would cost around 1.5 million yuan to bring it back. And that's just the price of the base model. A Unimog campervan, after conversion, would also cost around seven figures."

He slowly crumpled the tissue he had used to wipe the milk into a ball and threw it into the trash can next to him, then looked at his sister with a hint of helplessness.

Liu Li was stunned. She had thought that the Unimog RV wouldn't be cheap, after all, it was an RV, but she hadn't expected it to be this expensive.

She originally thought it would only cost three or four hundred thousand, which her brother could manage if he gritted his teeth. But then she realized that the car was actually so expensive. She wasn't an unreasonable girl; there were limits to how outrageous things could be.

Liu Li coughed lightly, walked to the dining table as if nothing had happened, and picked up a fried egg from the table with her hand: "Oh, I was just joking, brother, you're taking it too seriously."

She put the egg in her mouth and licked her fingers.

Liu Yu looked at her younger sister's expression with some exasperation, and tapped her on the head with a spoon in displeasure.

The younger sister didn't resist; she just pouted pitifully.

Running a company doesn't mean that if you can earn this much money this year, you can definitely earn the same amount next year; income fluctuates.

Although Liu Yu's company performed well overall last year, earning nearly eight figures, a portion of that money had to be used to expand the business, maintain important channel relationships, and cover high expenses, including the purchase of some assets such as storefronts. As a result, the amount of money actually available for use was not much.

They weren't born into a wealthy family; everything they have now is the result of their own hard work.

Liu Yu unconditionally supports most of her younger sister's requests, provided that she can actually fulfill them.

Unfortunately, he simply can't afford a Unimog that costs between 150 million and 200 million.

But after a moment, he felt a surge of helplessness and anger: What did that kid Li Younan say to my sister? Suddenly she wants to buy him a Unimog campervan, really…

However, he also knew very well that Li Younan was definitely not the kind of person who would ask others for things. It was probably when the two of them were talking about their next plans that Li Younan mentioned topics like RVs and travel, and then his sister got the idea.

Although these were just guesses, they were not far from the truth.

So, the key issue is still my younger sister; I don't know what she's thinking all day.

Liu Yu was eating breakfast, but his mind was elsewhere. He didn't say much, glanced at his sister a few times, and suddenly realized something terrifying: what if his sister fell in love with Li Younan...

He sighed deeply, not daring to think any further.

Li Younan was about the same age as her, such an older man and her younger sister...

Just as he was lost in thought, his sister pushed the sausage on the plate towards him and said, "Brother, I can't eat anymore, you eat it for me."

Seeing his sister's obedient appearance, he felt even more grief welling up inside him and silently nodded.

After finishing breakfast, he went to work, while his sister turned and went back to her room.

That concludes the discussion about Unimog.

……

Over the next few days, Li Younan drove around various real estate developments around Chengdu. His goal was clear: he would only look at finished apartments, not pre-sale apartments.

I've seen everything, from inside the Third Ring Road to outside it.

While doing this, there was no one with me, so I had no one to discuss it with, but it wasn't too boring.

Li Younan not only looked at the quality of the building and the environment of the community, but also the surrounding facilities. As he looked, he put himself in his mother's shoes and wondered if his mother would be bored wandering around the neighborhood every day if she lived there. He also wondered if the square dancing ladies would be willing to take his mother along. His mind was full of these kinds of random thoughts.

In terms of price, Chengdu's housing prices are not too high overall, compared to first-tier cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen.

The houses Li Younan looked at were mostly around 20,000 yuan per square meter, with some even as low as 15,000 or 16,000 yuan.

However, to buy a large enough apartment, over 140 square meters, it would still cost at least 200 million yuan.

And this is just the price of the house, not including renovations.

Therefore, a budget of 300 million is reasonable if you want to buy a house you really like.

Li Younan didn't consider a large apartment or villa. On the one hand, he couldn't afford it with his current financial resources; on the other hand, it was just for himself and his mother to live there, and at most, he would have a wife and two children in the future. Four bedrooms would be more than enough, and a 140-square-meter house would be sufficient.

Li Younan doesn't necessarily pursue a life like a tycoon, even with the system's advantages.

The saying "You simply don't understand the happiness of the rich" doesn't mean much to Li Younan. He doesn't care about the happiness of the rich; he only wants to experience the happiness he desires. Of course, he can adjust his mindset if other needs arise in the future.

Over the course of a few days, he managed to look at several apartments near Chengdu that he liked.

The cheapest unit is a bare-bones apartment for 190 million yuan, while the most expensive is a fully furnished apartment for 240 million yuan. There's still a bit of a dilemma.

He didn't have enough money in his bank account.

Therefore, the actual plan to buy a house is unlikely to be realized until at least the end of the year.

Although he is currently quite good at making money, this ability has only recently come about, so his savings are not substantial.

To maintain this earning capacity, whether it's traveling or creating other content based on one's abilities, money will almost certainly be needed. Add to that various necessary expenses, and you'll likely only be able to save about half of your monthly income.

Therefore, even if he were to earn enough money to buy a house by the end of the year, it wouldn't be an easy task, unless he lowered his standards for how he made a living... This idea was nipped in the bud by Li Younan.

A house isn't really necessary right now, so it's unnecessary.

……

Recently, there has been a particularly lively topic on video platforms.

The announcement for the selection and recommendation of solo wilderness survival players in China has been released for quite some time now.

To further enhance the program's impact, the Wilderness Solitary Living production team launched an official collaboration with Douyin (TikTok).

In short, the activity aims to select one Chinese contestant to participate in a solo wilderness survival program.

The format involves showcasing one's skills through videos, followed by online voting, and finally, review by the program planning team to determine the final contestants.

Douyin (TikTok) officials are well aware of the immense popularity of the "Living Alone in the Wilderness" program in China.

After all, any random independent media outlet can easily get tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of likes and views by making some short videos of people living alone in the wilderness.

For Chinese people, because the country has some of the strictest hunting bans in the world, there is basically no real wilderness survival environment in the domestic market.

The wilderness solo living program, with its core selling points of no external assistance, no script, and purely amateur participants, fills the gap in the domestic market for this type of demand and easily satisfies the curiosity of Chinese people in the process of urbanization.

However, in the past, these video clips were all created by unofficial marketing accounts, and no Chinese person participated in the program, so there was always something missing when watching them.

On the one hand, the absence of Chinese participants diminishes the sense of immersion; on the other hand, even the best-made clips from unofficial marketing accounts still fall far short of the original.

This time, Wilderness Solo has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the largest short video platform in China. With an official broadcasting channel and the participation of a Chinese person, it will be a win-win situation.

The production team secured a broadcasting contract, expanding the show's influence.

Douyin has gained favor with advertisers.

Therefore, even though it was just a contestant selection event, it quickly generated a great deal of buzz and discussion.

This was naturally fueled by the official promotion by the video platforms.

Li Younan naturally noticed it as well.

However, his thoughts remained largely unchanged. He believed that such shows must have pre-selected contestants, and it was absolutely impossible for an ordinary grassroots person like himself to participate.

Right now, quite a few people who think they have an exceptionally strong survival ability have emerged.

Some of the more influential or entertaining contestants had their self-introduction videos compiled by Douyin and placed on the event page.

Li Younan glanced at the group and saw that there were professional hunters who had returned from overseas, retired special forces soldiers, and ethnic minorities who had lived in the mountains for many years.

These people's videos are all more sensational than the last. Some show footage of themselves hunting in Africa, while others show videos of themselves grabbing a snake by the tail and slamming it around on CCTV to subdue the venomous snake and cook it into snake soup. There are also videos of big shots appearing in the deep mountains of Yunnan alongside various poisonous mushrooms and insects.

Seeing these people's videos, Li Younan found it somewhat amusing. He had to admit that they did demonstrate some survival skills, but, to put it another way... in his professional opinion, if these people were placed in the kind of environment shown in a wilderness survival program, they would be eliminated within two weeks.

To put it bluntly, these people all have very obvious weaknesses. Even the special forces soldier who seems so formidable has his own obvious shortcomings... Without firearms, he has a hard time getting food.

Seeing these people, Li Younan couldn't help but have a thought.

Then he suddenly saw on the Douyin activity page that there were prizes. In addition to the $1 million prize for the final winner of the show, if he was selected to participate in the show and guaranteed not to be eliminated in the first 30 days, the official team would give him a prize of 1 million RMB.

Upon seeing this reward, Li Younan was immediately tempted.

The first 30 days... were very easy for him!

With this money, I can buy a house outright!

This season's Wilderness Solitary Living competition has returned to the shores of Lake Chirk in Canada.

Li Younan thought for a moment... "Why not just treat it as a trip there?"
(End of this chapter)