After nearly two months of hard work, Yezi's yurt-style villa was finally completed.

Although it doesn't look very nice now, it's because it hasn't been renovated and looks dusty.

Ye Zi didn't mind; she could just find a professional interior design company to come over next spring.

During the inspection, Ye Zi walked around the villa, clapping her hands from time to time to check its sturdiness.

Finally, the foreman signed off on the work. An accountant also came along in the car that picked up the workers, their purpose being to collect the final payment.

Ye Zi swiped her card generously to settle the remaining payment for the project, and then saw the construction team off.

For the construction company, this trip was no different from any other; they were still making money, except that the payment was settled much more quickly.

Ye Zi's initial plan to piggyback on advertising was completely shattered. At first, she could explain away her lack of live streaming by citing network issues, but later, with more internet access, she had no intention of live streaming except for video chatting with friends.

They couldn't let the foreman trick Ye Zi into doing a live stream, that would be too obvious an attempt to piggyback on advertising, and Ye Zi would definitely ask them for advertising fees.

Ye Zi herself has no intention of doing live streaming. In fact, she has already planned her future life to live on the grassland. Buying a house in the city is just because she feels that she should have a place to stay.

Furthermore, Yezi also plans to buy a house in the county town, once the first year's deposit interest arrives.

From now on, I'll live off the interest from each year to cover my daily expenses, and keep any surplus. It's that simple. That's my plan for the future.

As for striking while the iron is hot and entering the entertainment industry, that's impossible, absolutely impossible.

Having finally escaped the deceitful and treacherous city life, how could I possibly go back?

Siqin and Ye Qingshan were also delighted to see the half-finished villa. They had lived in yurts when they were young, and later in brick houses. They never expected that they would have the opportunity to live in a villa in their middle age.

Especially since this villa was built by my son, I can't imagine how comfortable I am.

Yezi led her parents inside for a tour, then pointed to the room left for them and let them come up with their own decorating ideas. At the same time, she listened to her parents' thoughts as they decorated the entire villa.

The family of three had plenty of time to imagine, since they wouldn't take action until after spring.

Siqin and Ye Qingshan had similar ideas: pyrography, traditional low tables, carpets, and Mongolian-style decorations were essential.

A children's yurt should also be arranged, since Yezi will get married and have children in the future, and the children's entertainment space must be provided.

Ye Zi smiled bitterly, her mother couldn't stop talking about getting a wife.

The family of three was left on the grassland, and they lived a very comfortable life.

Since Ye Zi returned home, she has taken over all the heavy lifting at home. Ye Qingshan only needs to direct and help Siqin with the housework, making the couple's life easier than ever before.

Before long, the first snow on the grassland finally arrived. Looking at the time, it was already the second half of November. It was the first time Yezi had seen such a vast expanse of white.

The heavy snow stopped, and Jinzi couldn't wait to spread its wings and fly high. This was its best opportunity to hunt. Suddenly, many small animals appeared on the grassland, all of which were its prey.

Several live-streaming platform headquarters located in the city are planning the second season of their survival show.

The problem with such large-scale live streaming programs is that one platform cannot handle them all; it's not a matter of funding but a matter of resources.

This resource includes not only the selection of survival locations, but also coordination. In some places, you can't just pay someone to let you film a show.

In island survival scenarios, can you tell if there are protected fish species around the island, and whether other island owners will hold you accountable if survivors damage the island?

At this point, relationships become very important, and this is also a manifestation of resources.

Although the first Wilderness Survival event was co-organized, the profits were quite substantial.

So what if it's winter? Does that mean you can't do survival shows in winter? Not at all.

Cold weather is not a problem; you can go to the tropics, where there are rainforests, islands, and even deserts—you can go anywhere.

Besides, how can a survivor's abilities be demonstrated simply by trying to survive in resource-rich places like rainforests and islands?

Go to places where supplies are scarce and danger is present.

After a period of discussion, it was finally decided to start from scratch. Starting with high-end games right away would be too big a step and could easily backfire.

Moreover, if the contestants are ordinary people, there will definitely not be enough material. If they are celebrities, the conditions are too poor and it is easy for something to go wrong. Once something goes wrong, the loss will exceed the income.

No matter what you do, making money is the most important thing.

Several live streaming platforms discussed their respective proposals together, deciding that the starting point couldn't be too high, so the production team chose island survival.

Island survival is also one of the most popular topics chosen by several live streaming platforms.

Then there's the competition venue. This time, there are five platforms participating in the joint live broadcast: Douyu, Huya, Douyin, Kuaishou, and YY.

After discussion, each family agreed to provide three locations and send three teams to participate.

The location for survival is chosen by drawing lots.

Then there's the number of participants: two people per team. The platform organizes the teams and they all log on to the island at the same time.

There are also requirements in this regard: a male-female pairing model is required, and professional survival experts are not allowed to participate, because the conditions on the island, coupled with ten survival tools, are not a big problem for them.

Fishermen cannot participate because, given a daily allowance of 10,000 Chinese dollars, they could live on the island for their entire lives.

There aren't as many restrictions on the rest.

In addition, the five platforms also stipulated that each platform can only invite one participant from the recently concluded wilderness survival competition to join the competition.

As for who to hire, that depends on their abilities.

Wu Jing, Huang Jingyu and Er Ya, Zhao Xiaogu, Han Xijun.

There's also Ye Zi, the wilderness solo champion who pioneered the wilderness; neither of them are professionals, but none of them are weaklings.

In terms of equipment, in addition to each contestant having a set of quick-drying clothes, each team can also choose ten survival tools. For this part, the leaders of the five live streaming platforms ultimately decided to prepare the same tools as those used in the last wilderness survival exercise.

Because those things are basically the most comprehensive tools, and there are even many useless things among them.

Finally, there's the bonus, which is divided into three parts. The first part is the daily bonus.

No bonus if you give up within ten days; after ten days, including the initial ten days, each person will receive 10,000 RMB per day.

In other words, if you persist until the eleventh day, you will receive a reward of 110,000 Hua coins.

If you give up on the tenth day, then I'm sorry, you won't receive a single penny of the daily reward.

The second part is the revenue sharing from viewer donations. Each team has a live streaming room, which is broadcast simultaneously on five platforms. The platforms receive 60% of the viewer donations, and the remaining 40% goes to the two players.

The third part is the final prize. Each of the five platforms will contribute two million Huabi (a unit of currency), totaling a grand prize of ten million. Whoever persists to the end will win.

Two million may not seem like much, but it's a significant sum. It's also a contest of face, a competition of who has the best eye for people.

All prize money is split equally between the two contestants. This is the most important point. The production team does not want contestants to become passive or withdraw from the competition due to unequal distribution, which would be extremely embarrassing.