The Top Fishing
Chapter 634 - 274: Hunting and Fishing Challenge

Chapter 634: Chapter 274: Hunting and Fishing Challenge

Lin Yang and Lu Cheng had a thorough chat.

The project, which initially required a serious test of resources and cooperative rapport, quickly reached a preliminary intent under Lin Yang’s influence.

After Lin Yang casually let slip a few details about his network resources in the capital, Lu Cheng paid it ample attention.

After all, making connections in Beijing is all about circles and network; certain projects, even if they don’t offer impressive profits initially, will always have opportunities for future cooperation once friendships are forged. The more you network, the more it can help your future development.

After helping to broker a collaboration, Lin Yang stayed in Beijing for two days before bidding farewell to Lu Cheng and boarding a flight back to Jiangdong City.

After several days of recuperation, the wound on his shoulder had mostly healed. Once back home, he spent several days restfully recuperating like a lazy fish.

During his trip abroad, his home businesses continued to develop smoothly. Both the rice wine workshop and the fishing farm were steadily advancing, without much need for his input.

Lin Yang’s trip to Russia, due to its lengthy duration and exciting content, was edited into three episodes, which were quickly broadcast on CCTV, and following a surge of popularity on social media, garnered an extremely strong viewership response.

Meanwhile, the tentative collaboration between Lin Yang and Lu Cheng also bore fruit.

After repeated deliberations by the station’s leaders and professionals, CCTV finally selected one proposed collaboration from many potential program ideas.

One day, as Lin Yang was fishing at his ranch, he received a phone call from Lu Cheng.

Hearing the unmistakably unique ringtone, he put down his rod, turned around, and moved inside his house.

"Hello? Brother Lu, any instructions? Any progress with the project?" he asked curiously.

Lu Cheng laughed heartily, "Yes! I had someone draft three potential proposals, and one of them was selected by CCTV. I’ve just sent the details to your email. Take a look and see if you have any other ideas to help me refine it further."

"We have a result? Good, I’ll check it out right away." Lin Yang hung up the phone and immediately opened his email to check.

"Hunter’s Fisherman Life: Solitary Wilderness Survival for Sixty Days."

According to the plan, the newly formed production team would invite famous wilderness survival experts and professional hunters from around the world to participate in a two-month survival challenge in a completely uninhabited and pristine area.

In an utterly unfamiliar environment, competitors are only allowed to choose ten basic starting items, then be randomly dropped into a vast region.

Here, competitors must rely on their own strength to build shelters, collect enough food to fill their bellies through fishing, hunting, foraging, and complete tasks set by the production team, until the challenge time ends or there is only one contestant left.

The victor will take home a grand prize of five hundred thousand dollars!

Surviving in the wilderness for sixty days, starting with necessary supplies, the prize money—at the current exchange rate, amounts to over three million RMB. Having read the plan, Lin Yang immediately felt his blood start to race.

He had seen similar concepts on foreign websites; they were widely popular on platforms such as Bilibili, with many fans.

He hadn’t expected that Lu Cheng would come up with such a bold move now. No wonder CCTV chose this option.

The prize money alone wasn’t a small figure, and when adding the costs of the production crew, special equipment, and the like, the overall production budget was astronomical.

After reading through the entire proposal, Lin Yang pulled out his phone and called Lu Cheng back.

"Finished reading? What do you think? Any glaring issues or overlooked aspects?" Lu Cheng’s voice was slightly anxious on the phone, seemingly eager to know Lin Yang’s thoughts.

Lin Yang organized his words, "Looking at the planning, this isn’t only intended for domestic broadcast, right?"

"Right, the plan is to invite international celebrities to participate. Currently, it’s still in the preparatory phase before project kickoff. If everything goes well, it may take the route of an international documentary."

Lin Yang’s lips curled slightly, his tone cooling as he spoke, "There’s no problem with the plan, it’s intriguing, but I feel like the leaders are a bit too greedy. They’re taking almost no risks, pressing all the problems onto us. The entire project’s cost is extravagant."

Lu Cheng said, "Indeed, the other two proposals required much less investment, but they were passed over. Those in charge indeed have appetites that are not small, wanting both viewership and achievements. This amount of money is not a problem for me. If it’s feasible, I plan to agree to it. After all, it’s the first cooperation; if all goes well, we can talk more slowly afterward."

With the financial backer willing to accept the terms, Lin Yang naturally had little else to complain about and quickly nodded in agreement.

"I will mull over the details and send them your way, trying to refine and minimize risks. By the way, have the participants been decided?"

"Why? Are you interested in this too?"

Lu Cheng became receptive to the idea upon hearing Lin Yang’s inquiry.

With Lin Yang, a big name in the domestic fishing circle, joining the challenge, his participation would significantly boost the production team’s influence.

This was good news for both Lu Cheng and CCTV, and as Lin Yang himself had said, even if he failed in the end, it would be acceptable.

What Lu Cheng didn’t know was that Lin Yang had no intention of failing. Having previously unlocked wilderness survival skills by catching giant fish and coupled with his superb fishing abilities, losing seemed out of the question.