The Tarim Highway is over 500 kilometers long and consists of four roads that connect towns throughout the desert.
In addition, the area around this road is also accompanied by historical traces left by the Silk Road.
Although the past glory has long been covered by the long river of history and the rolling of quicksand, the construction and archaeological discoveries in the desert in recent years have still found many traces left by the ancients.
The first place they are going to is the ancient kingdom of Loulan, a small country that once left a deep mark on the Silk Road.
Although it has become a ruin today, it still attracts countless tourists to visit. This once glorious place suddenly disappeared mysteriously more than 600 years ago, and was not rediscovered until now.
Xu Qi followed the navigation in the car and drove towards the north. Along the way, Xu Qi looked at the oil level in the car worriedly, fearing that the oil would run out halfway through the journey.
Fortunately, the program crew is still doing this, but it's not much better. According to Xu Qi's estimation, these few tanks of gas are probably only enough to drive to where the ancient Loulan is. It would be difficult to drive any further.
When he thought of this, Xu Qi felt that there was darkness ahead.
He Xuebin was still looking at the Silk Road on the map with great interest. "Director Xu, do you think we'll find some ancient ruins if we follow this Silk Road?"
"It's a good idea, but we have to hold on to our fuel." Xu Qi directly punctured his fantasy: "Besides, with such a vast desert, do you think we can find ancient ruins that archaeologists haven't found with just a few of us?"
"Director Xu, this is boring." He Xuebin looked at Xu Qi with a look of despair: "Isn't it also not possible for me to imagine this?"
"No matter how imaginative we are, we still have to be realistic." Xu Qi said to him as he drove, "Our reality right now is to quickly find a way to make money. Otherwise, even if we drive to the first site, we probably won't have enough money for gas."
"You, you are so realistic." Having said that, He Xuebin scratched his head subconsciously: "But where can we get money on this highway in the desert?"
"There should be clues at the ruins, right?" Lu Chuanbei speculated. "Besides, the production team can't be so cruel as to not even give us any living expenses, right?"
"That's hard to say." Fang Xiuzhu couldn't help but speculate, thinking of the way Director Liu was eyeing the two requests they hadn't yet fulfilled. "Director Liu has been annoyed by us holding onto these two requests for a long time. Maybe he's withholding our living expenses this time just to wait for us to make the request later."
"No way?" He Xuebin glanced at the drone in disbelief. "Director Liu, I know you're behind the camera. Don't just watch and say nothing."
"Hurry up and tell me that Lao Fang guessed wrong."
Director Liu just smiled and said nothing in front of the live broadcast room, letting them speculate without saying a word.
[Things are getting more and more interesting.]
[Director Liu wouldn't really not give Lu Chuanbei and the others living expenses, leaving them to figure out how to make money in the desert, right?]
[No way, no way, are you going to do something this big? ]
[Here they come! I'm already looking forward to seeing Lu Chuanbei and the others performing in the desert to make money.]
[Is this true? The production team really doesn't plan to pay them anymore? ]
[It seems to be true. Moreover, based on the fuel gauge I saw in the live broadcast room just now and the mileage on the map, this amount of fuel is probably enough to drive to the ruins of ancient Loulan.]
[Wow, Director Liu, has he been inspired by us? He's actually so ruthless!]
I think it's the same as what Lao Fang said. Director Liu is secretly calculating the two requests that Xiao Lu and the others haven't made yet, right?
I think so too. Director Liu, that old fox, has been secretly stirring up trouble ever since Xiao Lu and the others tricked him into making three demands in the last episode. Now he's finally pulled off a big one, tricking them into the desert.
[That's right, I took out the three sets of postcards from the day before yesterday and looked at them. These three sets of postcards were a setup from the beginning. They all pointed to Xinjiang and the desert. So no matter which set Xiao Lu and the others chose, they would probably have to come here.]
[I was wondering why the production team didn't ask for money this time, and still let Xiao Lu and the others choose the location. It turns out they had bad intentions from the beginning. No wonder they didn't ask for money.]
[So, generally speaking, free things are the most valuable. Look, Xiao Lu and his friends were badly screwed by the production team this time. But why am I so happy when I think about finally being able to see Xiao Lu and his group endure hardships?]
[Hahaha, me too. You said it was just a variety show about taking dads to the countryside, but they made it look like I couldn't afford the food. How can this be fair? Now, the direction of the show is finally like I can afford it.]
[Upstairs, you probably forgot about the lunch they had just now, right?]
[That's the Hongmen Banquet, so of course we have to eat something better.]
[That makes sense. I believe it. I'm just waiting for them to finish recording these episodes so I can lose some weight along with them.]
Just like that, when netizens were wishing that Lu Chuanbei and others would suffer in the desert to make money, Lu Chuanbei and others were also worrying about how to make money and not be left in the desert to eat dirt.
"Could it be that we really have to ask Director Liu for money then?" He Xuebin thought pessimistically.
"It depends on the situation. If we really can't make any money, then this is the only way." Lu Chuanbei glanced at the drone and said, "But if that really comes to that, we will have to ask for more money. Otherwise, it will be difficult to deal with it if we are short of money later."
Hearing this, Song Tiantian couldn't help but raise her head and look at Lu Chuanbei: "Then we won't make money?"
"We still have to make money." Lu Chuanbei touched Song Tiantian's head and said, "Just make preparations for both scenarios. If things don't work out, we can ask the production team for money."
"But judging by the situation, we probably won't make much money here." It's not that He Xuebin is too pessimistic, but the weather is hot right now and it's not the peak season for tourism to Loulan. Even if they arrive at the Loulan ruins, they probably won't be able to make money from tourists.
Thinking of this, He Xuebin couldn't help but sigh: "I'd better continue dreaming and see if I can dig up treasure. Maybe if I find a gold coin, all our gas money will be solved."
"No," Xu Anjia said hurriedly, looking at He Xuebin, "Any treasure found within our country must be handed over to the state and cannot be exchanged for money."
"Yes, the teacher has taught us. Dad, you can't break the law knowingly." He Jingnian also said hurriedly.
He Xuebin was amused by the two of them: "Don't worry, if we really find gold coins, we don't need to exchange them for money. The national archaeological department can solve our oil problem. There is no need for us to exchange them for money."
Hearing this, Song Tiantian's eyes lit up. "Oh, right? I saw it in a documentary about a stock market discovery. Doesn't our country offer bonuses for discovering archaeological sites or finding cultural relics?"
Xiangfangnan thought for a moment and said, "It seems there is such a rule."
"If we search for treasures and ancient ruins in the desert, wouldn't that earn us a bonus from the country? With the bonus, we wouldn't have to worry about gas and living expenses, right?"
Song Tiantian's innocent words shocked the three little guys beside her.
"Yes, as long as we can really find treasure in the desert, we won't have to worry about money."
"What are we waiting for? Let's open our eyes and look for it." Xu Anjia said, and hurriedly leaned in front of the car window, staring at the road around with wide eyes, for fear of missing the treasure hidden in it.
He Jingnian also hurried over.
For a moment, the little guys all looked out of the car with great energy. Their serious and innocent looks made Lu Chuanbei and others in the car and the netizens who were watching the live broadcast laugh.
[Tiantian is so naive! She actually thought of looking for ancient ruins in the desert to exchange for a bonus from the government. It's a good idea, but are you sure you can find them in the desert with your tiny body?]
[Sure enough, my little friends are the source of my happiness. They can come up with such a naive and cute idea. Not bad, not bad. I can already imagine these little guys crawling and rolling around in the desert.]
[The production team probably didn't expect that Tiantian and the others could come up with this way to make money, right?]
[Pfft... You're amazing, my sweetheart. I believe you can do it, Huai Ting!]
[If the person above hadn't laughed out loud, I would have believed it.]
[However, if you really find it, the reward is still quite large.]
[So, the premise is that it can be found. The desert is so vast, and so many people come here every year to explore and search for ancient ruins, gold panning, and treasure hunting. If someone really could find it, they would have discovered it long ago and would not have waited until now.]
Lu Chuanbei and the others were also amused by the naivety of Song Tiantian and the others, but after laughing, the reality of the dilemma still lay before them.
The bus continued to move towards the ruins of the ancient kingdom of Loulan, and the fuel gauge on the bus kept dropping as it drove.
It is conceivable that if they really haven't found a way to make money after arriving at the ruins of the ancient kingdom of Loulan, or if they haven't earned enough money to fuel their gas and for their living expenses during the recording period, then they will really have to make the demands that they have kept from the previous episode, just as Director Liu imagined.
Although it's not impossible to do this, and it's much faster than making money on their own, but when they think about how they were tricked into coming here by Director Liu, and then immediately being tricked into making a request in exchange, Lu Chuanbei and the others still feel a little uncomfortable...
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