boyutpedia Chapter 79: Statistics on Income, Quiet Return Home!
Chapter 79: Statistics on Income, Quiet Return Home!
As the champion of this season's "Living Alone in the Wilderness," Yuan Linghan naturally attracts numerous media outlets eager to interview her. Moreover, these interviews all require payment. In addition, many businesses are also interested in discussing collaborations with her.
To Dim's and the others' surprise, Yuan Linghan refused all interviews except those arranged by the program team. Even when offered collaborations by businesses, he still chose to decline them for the time being.
The reason he gave was simple: he had been away for too long and missed his motherland and hometown!
Such a reason is clearly an excuse, and Dim said seriously, "Yuan, you should know that those businesses want to cooperate with you because they know your current online popularity. If you miss this opportunity, it will be difficult to cooperate again."
Yuan Linghan replied earnestly, "Mr. Dim, thank you for your kind reminder. For me, signing up for this program is more about challenging myself than about gaining fame. I need money, but I'll only earn what I should earn."
Accepting those offers from Google could indeed make me a fortune. But you probably know better than me that there's absolutely no need to cooperate with businesses that only care about my short-term popularity. Besides, I remain hopeful for my future.
Tom, sitting to the side, said with great admiration, "Yuan, your maturity and composure are completely out of character for your age. But I support your decision; you know better than anyone what you want."
"Dim, now that Yuan has made his decision, we must support him. His hunter rank promotion is in the approval process. If all goes well, he will break the record for the fastest promotion since the Hunter Alliance's inception."
Upon hearing this, Tim asked with slight curiosity, "Mr. Tom, what level has Yuan been promoted to?"
"Level 7, the lowest level of advanced wilderness hunter. Since the Hunter Alliance was founded, the fastest wilderness hunter to reach this level took a full three years. But he only took less than a year."
According to the Hunter's League regulations, any adult is eligible to apply to become a trainee hunter. Upon completion of the corresponding assessments, points are awarded based on the number and quality of prey hunted each year. Accumulating enough points grants the qualification to advance to the next level.
Beginner Wilderness Hunters are classified as levels one to three, Intermediate as levels four to six, and Advanced as levels seven to nine. Beginner and Intermediate levels can be upgraded by hunting common prey and accumulating points.
To advance to the rank of Senior Wilderness Hunter, you must successfully hunt or participate in a mutated beast hunt. Once you become a Senior Wilderness Hunter, the only way to continue leveling up is by hunting mutated beasts or King-level beasts.
The so-called "King-level beasts" refer to hunting common mortal-level wild beasts such as wolf kings or bear kings. For advanced wilderness hunters, hunting ordinary wild beasts is extremely difficult to earn points. This is why the number of advanced wilderness hunters in the Hunter's Alliance is extremely small.
What's most enviable is that once you become a senior wilderness hunter in the Hunter's Guild, the guild will give you a corresponding bonus every year. But compared to the guild's bonus, what's truly enviable is being eligible to take on quests to hunt mutated beasts.
In addition, in countries that recognize the Hunters' League, senior wilderness hunters enjoy numerous benefits, such as visa-free entry and the right to carry firearms. In short, becoming a senior wilderness hunter certainly has many advantages!
Upon learning of the prey and furs they had hunted, Tom declared them on a ship under the name of Apex Company. Yuan Linghan didn't linger any longer and immediately booked a flight back to China. However, the flight didn't land in Beijing, but in Shanghai, a city they had visited before.
After successfully boarding, Yuan Linghan wasn't surprised to see that Tom had booked him a first-class ticket. Although the fat guy hadn't said anything, he knew in his heart that the guy had definitely made a fortune off him.
As the plane slowly took off, Yuan Linghan, having calmed down, began to tally up his earnings from the trip. Selling the B-grade white wolf mutant beast to Aipai Company earned him $3.6 million after-tax income, plus a little over $800,000 in prize money from the show.
After returning to China, there's also the promised 5 million yuan bonus from Douyin (TikTok's Chinese version) for winning the championship. Adding all this up, the total income, converted to local currency, is nearly 50 million yuan. Compared to before, the income has indeed increased significantly.
Besides these incomes, Yuan Linghan had Tom place bets on his behalf, even though he only bet 300,000. After winning the championship and paying betting taxes, he still earned over 3 million. Tom probably earned even more than him.
After winning the championship, Yuan Linghan asked curiously, "Why was I not affected by any interference when I finally won?"
"The reason is simple: there aren't many bets on you winning. For the bookmakers, they make more money if you actually win. So why would they interfere with the match?"
Upon hearing this, Yuan Linghan remained silent for a moment before cursing, "Shit, the betting companies didn't think I was a favorite to win?"
"Yes! That's why your final gambling winnings were so high, isn't it?"
As many have speculated, numerous betting companies offer betting options for the "Living Alone in the Wild" show for foreign gamblers. Bettors choose and place bets on contestants they trust based on their information.
As the only Xia Guo player, how many foreign bettors would be willing to bet their money on him and take a gamble?
With this extra income, Yuan Linghan's legal earnings were enough to make him rich overnight. However, compared to the financial gains, successfully hunting the mutated white wolf granted him his first maxed-out attribute: speed.
Even the speed category was now listed as "top speed." But how fast exactly is "top speed"? Yuan Linghan, who was abroad at the time, didn't dare to try it. Perhaps he could experience just how amazing "top speed" was once he returned to China.
"Besides my speed attribute reaching its maximum, my agility attribute is also almost at its maximum. I'm really looking forward to it. Will I get the chance to evolve again once all my base attributes reach their maximum? And what exactly caused these mutated beasts to mutate?"
While delighted, Yuan Linghan was also curious about why such mutated beasts existed in this world. The fact that the Aipai Company paid high prices for mutated beasts suggested that there must be quite a few in this world.
The fact that Aipai Corporation acquired the mutated beasts at such a high price undoubtedly meant they were also extracting and researching their genes. Thinking about this, Yuan Linghan was actually quite worried. After all, he knew very well that once gene technology was applied to humans, no one knew what would happen!
Fortunately, during the previous hunt of the mutated white wolf king, Yuan Linghan had extracted a considerable amount of its flesh and blood, and even preserved some of its fur. He stuffed all of this extracted from the mutated beast into the spoils of his hunt.
Unless Aipai Company conducts a thorough investigation, they will have absolutely no way of discovering the contraband he secretly hid inside his flesh. In his view, once these things are shipped back to China, he can hand them over to the state, and surely the country will recognize his contribution!
After the plane landed safely at Shanghai International Airport, Yuan Linghan took a taxi and quickly arrived at Chen Duling's apartment. Although she wasn't home, Yuan Linghan had a key to the apartment and could come in anytime.
This shows that Chen Duling has absolute trust in Yuan Linghan!
After putting away the hunting tools he had brought back, Yuan Linghan took a shower and changed his clothes. He didn't linger in the apartment for long. Instead, he drove the SUV he had bought earlier straight to the film studio where Chen Duling was filming.
It's been a long time since we've seen him, and I'm sure Chen Duling will be very happy to see him. Having just returned from the wilderness, he definitely needs a chance to relax completely!