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

Chapter 66 Business Cooperation
Perhaps because he had played too wildly and was too tired the day before, Li Younan slept until the sun came out before he woke up groggily.

When he got up to wash up, Jing Chaoyi was making breakfast.

Jing Chaoyi, holding a plate of fried eggs, said, "Senior, you're awake."

Li Younan yawned and asked with a smile, "Did you rest well yesterday?"

Jing Chaoyi said, "I fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow, and I woke up especially early today."

After washing up at the public washbasin, Li Younan sat down to eat breakfast.

As he ate, he took out his phone to browse the private messages. He hadn't looked at them carefully yesterday, but today he realized that he wasn't the only one seeking business collaborations.

Li Younan then realized why many streamers would display a message on their homepage such as "Green Bubble ID is so-and-so, for business cooperation please add me on WeChat".

To be honest, I receive so many private messages every day that I can't possibly read them all, and I sometimes accidentally miss out on potential clients.

Li Younan certainly didn't mind filming a few commercials for them, after all, he only had tens of thousands of yuan left in his travel budget. Traveling in the eastern coastal areas was fine, but if he really went to the central and western regions, he wouldn't even be able to afford the fuel costs; the Land Cruiser V8 was a car with a huge appetite.

Li Younan sorted out more than a dozen business cooperation offers to him, and he thought that half of them were scams, so he ignored them.

After further filtering, he sent messages to two or three seemingly reliable individuals, asking them to add him on WeChat. Li Younan already had two WeChat accounts, so he logged into his less frequently used one and soon started chatting with the businesses that had contacted him for promotions.

It's important to understand that the fundamental logic, or core advantage, for travel bloggers and other types of livestreamers to make money lies in their exposure. So whether they're running their own business or helping others gain exposure, the main goal is still to sell products. And since they're selling, they need to segment their target audience.

The prices offered by the merchants who contacted Li Younan weren't high, considering he only had less than 2 followers. But that didn't matter; every little bit helps, and as long as the products were genuine, Li Younan wouldn't complain.

The first merchant's request was a bit excessive and was rejected by Li Younan. They wanted Li Younan to be present and livestream for them, which was obviously unrealistic.

The second merchant was quite simple; it was Casio, an internationally renowned outdoor watch brand. They weren't after Li Younan making videos or advertising; they just wanted a prominent display spot in their shop window, offering Li Younan a 5% commission on each sale.

Li Younan checked online and found that there's no fixed standard for commission rates; they range from 1% to 80%, depending on the product price. For some items, like 10 yuan tissues, a 50% commission might still allow the merchant to make a profit. However, for outdoor watches, which could cost several thousand yuan, even a 5% commission could yield a three-figure profit.

Actually, Li Younan quite liked this brand; its biggest advantage was its durability. To facilitate promotion, the merchant offered to give Li Younan a large piece of clay as a gift. Li Younan had already wanted to buy a watch, so naturally he wouldn't refuse such a good deal; he certainly didn't have the kind of long gown that Kong Yiji couldn't take off.

It's worth mentioning the advantages of the eastern coastal region. In the central and western regions, sending a package would take at least several days to arrive. But here, even though Li Younan was traveling, the merchant said they had a warehouse in the area and the package could be delivered to him that afternoon.

After confirming that the other party was an official store, Li Younan completed all the procedures online and then hung several outdoor-specific watches in the shop window with a clear conscience.

The second merchant was one that even Li Younan herself hadn't expected—a truly bizarre one. Perhaps because the video was filmed in Hengdian, this merchant was from Ningbo and mainly sold hardware tools. You might find it absurd that a good-looking blogger who can do somersaults and travels everywhere... would be targeted by a hardware tool merchant.

However, Li Younan managed to sift through more than a dozen messages and find it. Zhejiang is a place famous for wood carving and woodworking, so promoting hardware tools there is quite reasonable.

Li Younan chatted with this contact for a while and found that the other person was even more of a novice than himself. Although he was looking for cooperation, he had no idea where to start.

Li Younan found it somewhat amusing, but an idea popped into his head. He said, "How about this? I'm in Xiamen now, but I'll be back in Ningbo in a few days. I'll drive over and come to your store to film a promotional video for you. As for the window display, I won't be showing your products for now. To be honest, my target audience for hardware tools probably won't be many." The shop owner considered it for a moment and agreed.

Li Younan naturally had his own ideas. He originally planned to modify the car properly. With his woodworking skills, this would become much easier. He even had a preliminary idea in mind about how to modify the car.

We'll film the whole process and promote the boss's hardware tools along the way.

Li Younan and Jing Chaoyi rested in their rented apartment for the morning, preparing to continue their fun at the carnival in the afternoon.

The Casio watch also arrived. When the deliveryman knocked on the door of the rented room to deliver the watch, Jing Chaoyi asked curiously, "Did your fans send it to you, senior?"

Li Younan calmly explained his collaboration with the merchant to Jing Chaoyi.

Jing Chaoyi thought for a moment and said, "Senior, I think you're about to make a fortune."

Li Younan slowly put on the watch and said with a smile, "Then I'll take your good wishes."

Jing Chaoyi wasn't joking; she genuinely believed it.

After yesterday's commotion, Jing Chaoyi realized that her senior truly had the potential to become a top streamer. Putting everything else aside, even if he only focused on parkour, he could gain a huge following.

Li Younan, who wants to be a travel streamer, will follow his audience and will be very interested in this kind of outdoor watch.

After putting on the watch, Li Younan examined it carefully.

The Mudking has a rugged look, but it suits his height of over 1.8 meters perfectly. It boasts a high level of water resistance, even suitable for diving, and features solar power, reportedly requiring no charging or battery replacement for over a decade. In addition, it includes a compass function, radio-controlled timekeeping, and more, making it a watch specifically designed for the outdoors.

This watch saved Li Younan a lot of money. Even without this promotion, he would have bought one for himself anyway.

Guanyin Beach was even more lively this afternoon than yesterday.

This afternoon's activity was skateboarding, which has a larger audience than parkour. They played for another afternoon, but doing the same thing for two consecutive days inevitably led to some aesthetic fatigue.

On the third day, Li Younan and Jing Chaoyi both wanted to try something different. Li Younan said, "Let's go to Gulangyu Island tomorrow."

Jing Chaoyi agreed.

Whether Gulangyu Island is fun or not is another matter, but it is, after all, Xiamen's most famous tourist attraction. Since we're already here, of course we have to go and visit it.

Moreover, Li Younan's next destination was Gulangyu Island.

(End of this chapter)