The Ugly Emperor beside him was chattering away, reporting something to him...

"Sir, the first episode of Amazon's program has received over 400 million views on the first day, according to rough estimates, ranking first among the 10 programs."

Unfortunately, China does not allow our programs to be broadcast, so many people watch them on Twitter.

This has cost us a significant portion of our Chinese audience, who are said to really enjoy our programs.

Especially Ye Feng's performance in this program, despite being Chinese, garnered significant attention and positive feedback.

Makuko removed his cigar, his expression somewhat regretful…

"There was no other way. I negotiated with their manager for a long time before they reluctantly agreed to let us recruit people there."

As for the programs that will be broadcast... Hmph, don't even think about it..."

The Ugly King raised an eyebrow, his face full of confusion…

"Why!? Is it because the money wasn't enough?"

Makuko waved his hand...

"I don't care how much money I'm offered, as long as I can capture the Chinese market. The key is that this isn't about the money."

They insisted that our program was too bloody and harmful to the health of teenagers…

So many Chinese people love watching it, yet they insist on making decisions for everyone. Humph, not making money when they can is utterly outdated…

"Never mind, what were the voting results?"

The Ugly King immediately pulled a piece of paper from his folder, covered with densely written English:

challenger popULARItY LISt

Translated, it's a popularity ranking of challengers...

"Currently, there are 79 challengers remaining, with Cairnster in first place with 4.78 million votes."

Second place: Horford, with 4.29 million votes.

LeBron James came in third with 4.05 million votes.

Fourth place: Clayvin, with 3.91 million votes.

Fifth place: Ye Feng. 3.88 million votes.

..."

The Ugly Emperor rattled off ten names in one breath…

Markukosen grinned, revealing his white teeth, and clapped his hands happily…

"Haha, I never expected to find an Asian person, and a Chinese one at that, in the first ten miles of wilderness survival..."

The Ugly Emperor continued:

"He was originally only in the fifties, but because he found the perfect campsite, drove away the jaguars, and obtained so many tools..."

In addition, his Asian identity is what caused his ranking to soar.

I reckon if they edited his performance today into the second episode, he might just get first place.

Upon hearing this, Makuko laughed even more heartily…

“Great, that would be even better… all the previous challengers were white and black.”

Now that we have another Asian person, and a dark horse at that, our market is even bigger.

Get ready immediately. Open the betting market before 12 noon tomorrow and adjust the odds for those Asians to…”

Marko paused for a moment, his smile immediately turning serious, as if he were making a major decision…

After a long pause, he said firmly:

"Change it to 2.8!"

"What!?"

The ugly king's eyebrows were arched so high that his eyelids, covered in greasepaint, almost reached his forehead...

"Sir, that Ye Feng is a dark horse. His survival skills are no less than those of the professionals."

Our show has over 170 million fans, plus the other nine programs. What if there are too many bettors…

And if he wins the final victory... we'll go bankrupt!

And his two companions, perhaps they too will survive to the end because of him, and then…

"Sigh! The board of directors will definitely not approve of your approach."

Seeing his anxious look, Makuko glared at him with slight displeasure...

"You've been following me for so long, do I look like a philanthropist?"

The Ugly King looked suspicious and thought for a long time, but still couldn't figure out what Makuko was up to...

Because no matter how you look at it, this kind of business operation is bound to lose money...

But then I thought, how could a CEO worth 50 billion do something so foolish?

"Sir, please enlighten me."

Makuko shook his head and stubbed out his cigar…

"No one has won in the past three years of our program. How can you be sure that Ye Feng will be the winner?"

In previous episodes, many strong challengers were killed in the last few days, weren't they?

This caused gamblers to lose everything, and now they only dare to bet small amounts.

And this game has only been going on for less than 5 days, even though this year's challengers are quite strong...

But how many people do you think will actually place bets? And how much will they bet? ...

Adjust your betting time and amount slightly, and then collect your winnings when the time is up.

If Ye Feng fails, we'll just earn less; we won't lose anything.

If he wins, we'll just lose a few hundred million...

In any case, the revenue this program brought to our group was far more than that amount.

In recent years, our ratings have been declining. As long as there is a winner, it at least proves that our program is not rigged.

We won't lose money no matter what, and... even if it exceeds the budget...

At this point, Makuko revealed a shrewd, calculating smile…

"Don't we still have ways to remedy this?"

The Ugly Emperor paused slightly, as if he had thought of something, then gave a sinister smile and bowed to him…

"Sir, you are wise. I will take care of it immediately..."

After he left, Makuko slowly stood up and opened the door to the monitoring room…

Upon seeing him, numerous staff members greeted him warmly…

But he ignored it completely and walked straight to the bottom of screen number 99…

Looking at Ye Feng inside, who was diligently sawing wood, he murmured to himself:

"You little yellow-skinned boy, you absolutely have to win..."

The next day, the bright sunshine shone on Ye Feng and his two companions, who were lying haphazardly on the platform.

They barely slept a wink last night after driving away the otters…

In the latter half of the night, many carnivorous insects and rodents appeared around the camp.

To protect the dried meat that had been painstakingly smoked, the three took turns keeping watch at night, adding firewood to the fire from time to time.

The three of them finally went to sleep reluctantly as dawn approached, but thankfully the hardship was worth it…

They spent the whole night smoking all the pork.

Although it has shrunk considerably, it still filled almost a whole bag after being packed into a backpack.

This may not sound like much, but it's a large off-road hiking backpack with a capacity of 90 liters.

At this moment, Ye Feng, who was still asleep, had his eyelids twitching. He felt a sharp pain in his arm and nose, as if someone was pinching him with tweezers...

He groggily opened his eyes, but when he saw an ant crawling on his nose, he instinctively closed them again…

But just two seconds later, he suddenly woke up with a start… This is the Amazon…

He swatted the ant off his nose, stood up, and saw that at least a hundred black ants were crawling on his arms and body.

Ye Feng quickly stood up and immediately started dancing a hand-waving dance...

Most Amazonian ants are venomous; although their bites won't kill you, they can cause immense suffering.

He quickly swatted the ants off his body, then turned around and looked...

Numerous ants were also seen crawling on Fu Changxiong and his companion…