"Wow, a gold medal photographer, that sounds so impressive!"
"This is World Vision, a top photography website in the country. The streamer is amazing!"
"But to be honest, I really like that photo the streamer took!"
"Can the website print the streamer's photo and sell it separately?"
"……"
Since the other side had pushed the conversation this far, Li Ran didn't feel comfortable refusing.
"Alright, you can send me a contract when you have time, and I'll consider it."
"I'm about to get in the car now, I won't chat with everyone anymore. You all take a look yourselves."
After saying that, Li Ran ignored the rolling and desperate begging in the live chat. He flew one of the drones he brought up tens of meters into the air for solo aerial filming.
He himself stopped a Iveco van by the ride at the foot of the mountain and took it to town for the market day.
About ten minutes later, Li Ran got off at the market square in town and walked into a bustling teahouse.
Inside, Li Ran's aunt Hu Huizhen was busy carrying a kettle around.
"Auntie, business is good, huh!"
"Oh? Li Ran, when did you come back?"
"Just got back yesterday."
"Really? You came back but didn't even stop by to see your auntie? Don't you recognize your aunt anymore?"
"How could I dare? I was just worried the shop was too busy for me to disturb."
Li Ran said a few words, then took out an exquisite bamboo basket from his backpack.
"This is some local specialty I brought down from the mountain, especially for you, auntie."
"You came, that's enough. Why the gift... oh wow, what a beautiful basket!"
Hu Huizhen unconsciously took the bamboo basket, feeling it was somewhat heavy.
"What's inside? It's so heavy."
"There are some vegetables and potatoes, plus about 5kg of yellow eels."
Hu Huizhen opened the basket lid and was startled.
"Tsk tsk, so many yellow eels! How am I going to eat all this? Don't go home for lunch, just come eat at my place!"
"No thanks, grandmother is still waiting at home for me to buy groceries... Auntie, you go on with your work, I have to get to the market!"
The street market was extremely crowded, mostly old people and children, packed shoulder to shoulder. Everywhere there were sounds of bargaining and children crying. Cars were stuck in long queues, and honking echoed nonstop. Some impatient motorcycle riders even drove up onto the sidewalk, making the scene very noisy and chaotic.
Li Ran wandered the street for a while, bought a few bags of fruit, and barely squeezed out of the crowd to continue delivering gifts.
Just like at his aunt's place, Grandpa Liu was very enthusiastic and wanted to keep Li Ran for lunch, but Li Ran used the same excuse to escape.
At Village Chief Huang's house, no one was around — probably out at a meeting or market. Li Ran left the basket and the filled-out form next door for someone to pass along.
Since everyone knew each other well, he wasn't worried the gift would be eaten up…
Li Ran then went downstairs and bought 1kg of pork and ribs at the meat market. Afterward, he found a courier point and mailed the smallest bamboo basket. Finally, he walked into the town's largest home appliance store.
At home, apart from a small TV, there were no other household appliances, which was very inconvenient.
Li Ran planned to buy some commonly used appliances and furniture to decorate once the mountain villa was completed, so he came to ask about the situation first.
"Boss, how much is this refrigerator?"
There weren't many people in the shop, and a bespectacled middle-aged owner immediately came over to assist.
"You have good taste, young man. This is a double-door energy-saving silent refrigerator, our best model. The original price is 5999, but this month we're running a delivery promotion to rural areas. If you buy now, you get a 10% discount!"
"Can you deliver it to my home?"
"Of course, anywhere within Chaohai Town, we deliver with guaranteed warranty and repair!"
"Can you deliver to Shiyu Mountain?"
"...Do you live uphill or downhill?"
"Uphill, about a thousand meters high."
"..."
The middle-aged owner was silent.
[Frustration Points from He Dapan +20, Money +100]
After several seconds, Mr. He continued, "Young man, sorry, Shiyu Mountain is too high and there's no raccess for vehicles. If delivery has to be done manually, labor costs would be one or two thousand yuan!"
"No problem, I'll pay the labor cost myself!"
Mr. He hesitated but still shook his head: "I've been to Shiyu Mountain, the ris rough. If something goes wrong and the appliance gets damaged, that's one thing. But if someone gets hurt, I can't bear that responsibility!"
Seeing the owner's difficulty, Li Ran didn't insist. He then asked several other appliance and furniture shops, all giving the same answer.
It was almost eleven o'clock. Li Ran stopped wasting time, bought a few more types of fruit, and got on the Iveco heading back.
Soon, the van arrived at the foot of Shiyu Mountain, and the drone that had been following them slowly flew down from the sky.
"Seeing the streamer again makes me so happy!"
"Seeing the countryside from such a height for the first time was special."
"I'm afraid of heights, I didn't dare look…"
"Hey, why does the streamer look a bit frustrated?"
"He just got hit hard," Li Ran sighed and shared how he had been repeatedly rejected.
"Ha, even the streamer has moments like this!"
"Why does that make me feel kind of happy?"
"Just a reminder, building your happiness on others' pain is unethical. But it's rare to see the streamer frustrated, so I'm happy too..."
Some also gave Li Ran suggestions.
"The streamer's house is on the mountain, so many big items are hard to transport up. Especially expensive furniture and appliances might already be damaged by the time they get carried up…"
"That's why building a mountain villa is overthinking it. Tourist spots first build r before hotels and villas. Otherwise, the shipping cost would be unbearable!"
"For furniture, you can call a carpenter to make custom pieces up the mountain, but appliances can't be done that way…"
Li Ran hadn't planned to speak, but when he saw the last comment, his eyes lit up.
"Right! Why didn't I think of that? I can make my own furniture and appliances!"
"What? Did I hear right? The streamer said he wants to make his own furniture and appliances?"
Li Ran nodded, "It's hard to transport big furniture and appliances up there, but if it's just the materials, it's much easier. I'll buy materials up there and manually make furniture and appliances myself. Maybe they'll work better than store-bought ones!"
"I can understand making furniture yourself, just buy flat-pack and assemble. But making appliances?"
"The streamer means making his own washing machine, refrigerator, and water heater?"
"Hehe, why not make your own car and cannon while you're at it?"
"Streamer, wake up!"
"This streamer must be crazy..."
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