Wilderness Survival

Lan Mu shut Du Yu outside the door, not wanting to deal with him at all.

Su Yue noticed that Lan Mu had come home and stepped out of her room. "Brother Mu, someone came looking for you. He's been trying to get in for two hours."

"I know. He's still at the door."

Lan Mu curled his lip and took Su Yue's hand. "The new place is settled. We'll move tomorrow. There isn't much to pack, so just gather up the things you use every day."

"Also, I've already eaten, so you don't need to cook for me."

After giving her a few instructions, Lan Mu took out his phone and searched online for office supplies and equipment.

He found a website and ordered a high-definition editing workstation, a broadcast control console, a special-effects switcher, a character generator, and other equipment.

He also bought several monitors and had the computers, special-effects compression cards, and other items he had ordered earlier delivered to the new studio address.

Once he had sorted out all that equipment, another fifty thousand yuan disappeared from his account.

He had roughly thirty thousand yuan left, even less than he had expected. What could thirty thousand yuan do? It would be good enough to cover the studio's expenses for one month.

Not to mention that he had yet to buy household appliances. If he bought more miscellaneous items, he might not even be able to afford employees.

Even if they were acquaintances, he still had to pay them, didn't he?

"Brother Mu! Brother Mu!"

Du Yu still had not left. He shamelessly kept knocking on the door, disrupting Lan Mu's thoughts.

Fed up, Lan Mu rushed over and opened the door. "Stop shouting!"

"What exactly do you want?"

Seeing the door open, Du Yu grinned. "Can you teach me Peerless Archery? I don't need to learn much. Just teach me Chain Shot."

Before Lan Mu could refuse, Du Yu shouted, "One million yuan in tuition! Brother Mu, I truly admire you! Teach me!"

It was not that Lan Mu had no principles. When he heard the offer of one million yuan in tuition, he really was tempted for a moment.

But he quickly gave up on making money that way. Setting aside everything else, even if he wanted to teach it, Du Yu would not be able to learn it. It was a matter of talent.

"I can't. Leave." Lan Mu sighed and refused.

Du Yu said disappointedly, "Come on! How about this... Brother Mu, name your price. I'm completely sincere."

"It's not about money. I can't teach you. Also, don't go spreading word everywhere that I know archery. Goodbye."

Lan Mu tried to close the door, but Du Yu still would not give up and jammed his hand into the doorframe.

"Brother Mu, with your skills, what can't you do? Why hole up in such a shabby place?"

Du Yu persuaded him, "I know you recently lost your job, but what does that crap matter? So what if you lost it?"

"I know someone whose archery is nowhere near yours. He's now a founding member of Forest Club and owns seventeen percent of the shares. When he has time, he organizes club members to travel together. Club activities are supposed to be free since everyone pays annual dues, but whenever he personally leads a group, everyone has to pay an appearance fee of thirty thousand yuan per person."

"Look at that. He goes out and leads a group for seven or eight days, and he can earn hundreds of thousands. With your abilities, Brother Mu, you could make that much too!"

Lan Mu raised a brow, coughed, and said, "What do you mean? Just say it."

Du Yu smiled. "The guy I just mentioned is called Fang Moqi. I used to think he was the greatest archer alive, but after watching you shoot, I realized there's always someone better. Brother Mu, purely in terms of archery, you leave him far behind."

"I'm a member of Forest Club, and I usually like looking for thrills. I once went to Africa with a team led by Fang Moqi, and it was incredible! From then on, I became obsessed with being a hunter. That feeling of challenging the limits and challenging nature in the wilderness was just too cool. Unfortunately, I have no idea what Fang Moqi has been busy with lately. He has never led another group. Everyone in our club waits every day for him to organize another event. The appearance fee has gone up to one hundred thousand yuan per person, but he has never given us an answer."

"That day, I was bored, and after seeing Brother Mu's godlike shooting, I figured you had to be some hidden master living among ordinary people. Even if I can't learn your ultimate technique, I still want to broaden my horizons by following you. As long as you nod, the world is huge. Name the place—an uninhabited island, the African savanna, or a tropical rainforest?"

Lan Mu held his head and finally managed to listen to Du Yu finish. Only then did he understand what Du Yu meant.

"You really do talk too much! I think I get it now."

"You want to hire me to lead a team, right? If Fang Moqi isn't around, is there no one else who can lead one?"

Du Yu explained, "That's not it. It's just that Fang Moqi himself is a legend. His wilderness survival experience is master-level. He has been to who knows how many extreme places around the world. Without him leading, all we can do is minor stuff. It's too boring. We want to go somewhere more dangerous and exciting, but without him, the club doesn't dare organize those kinds of extreme survival activities."

"And I can? Even if my archery is decent, extreme survival takes more than knowing how to shoot arrows. I haven't been to any of the places you mentioned. Without enough experience, and with all of you to look after, I might not be up to the job." Lan Mu spread his hands.

"Th-this... Brother Mu, do you not know any wilderness survival skills at all?" Du Yu asked blankly.

"I know some. I just don't have much experience." Lan Mu was actually tempted. What he had his eye on was the appearance fee, which was why he did not shut the possibility down completely.

Du Yu was overjoyed. "That's great! I'll go back and notify everyone. Brother Mu, wait for my news!"

With that, he hurriedly turned to leave.

Lan Mu froze, then quickly called after him, "Wait! I haven't agreed yet!"

"I don't have any particular demands for the appearance fee. You can decide that yourselves. But I have two other conditions."

Du Yu nodded. "Go ahead."

"First, I want to film this event as a live documentary. I want full copyright, and everyone participating must sign the relevant agreement with my studio."

"No problem! Brother Mu, you run a studio? Is it about wilderness survival? Can I be in it?" Du Yu asked excitedly.

"Don't interrupt!" Lan Mu had a headache. This guy talked way too damn much!

Once Du Yu shut his mouth, Lan Mu continued, "Second, this is my first time leading a group, so I don't want too many people. Ten at most. No more than that."

Lan Mu was afraid he would not be able to manage them all. After all, he had never run this kind of event before. If a whole crowd followed him into a primitive forest or somewhere similar and one or two people got lost, or someone got injured, would he not be the one blamed for it?

"Fine! Leave it to me!"

Watching Du Yu leave, Lan Mu let out a sigh of relief.

He had not wanted to agree to such a high-profile matter, but he really needed money.

There was a rich fool practically insisting on giving him money, and there was nothing he could do about that. Besides, he remembered his earlier idea of filming a documentary. This was a perfect opportunity to make money while filming a wilderness survival documentary.

"What a bunch of rich people with nothing better to do than chase thrills."