"Lin, our team has finished filming. The upcoming winter will mainly focus on documenting your family's daily life during the polar night."

"For this part, we won't send a filming team since the cost is too high."

"We'll provide you with more professional handheld cameras and drones suitable for use in low-temperature environments so that you can do the recording yourself." 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

He added, "If you capture high-quality footage that we deem valuable, such as hunting or aurora outbreaks, we will still provide additional bonuses for these materials as per the previous agreement."

"As for the next season," Richard's gaze turned sincere.

"It's too early to discuss contract renewal. Everything depends on the market feedback after the broadcast next year. You know we have a total of eight families."

"If the audience reaction is extremely enthusiastic and your ratings are far ahead, then a higher-paid, more long-term contract will immediately be on your table."

"But if the response is lukewarm, we might only consider a lower pay renewal, or... look for new families. This is business, you understand."

Lin Yu'an nodded, having anticipated this, and wasn't bothered. Even if he couldn't participate in the next season, the friendship he gained with this land wouldn't change.

After the meeting with Richard, Lin Yu'an's life finally slowed down for the first time.

But his communication devices were busier than ever.

Especially Old Mao from Bilibili; his emails and WeChat messages almost bombarded Lin Yu'an's inbox daily.

"Bro! My dear bro! My good brother! It's been over half a year! If you don't update soon, my Bilibili account is going to grow weeds!"

"Fans are constantly 'greeting' me in my private messages, asking if you've been eaten by a bear!"

"Material! Material! Anything will do! Even footage of you driving a loader to dig dirt would be fine!"

Looking at these update requests, Lin Yu'an couldn't help but have mixed emotions.

He communicated again with the "Life Below Zero" program team, and their stance was very clear.

They hoped that before the program's official broadcast in February next year, Lin Yu'an would keep all core content filmed in Alaska confidential to avoid affecting the premiere's ratings.

He explained this situation in detail during a video call with Old Mao.

"Brother An, I got it." On the other end of the video, Old Mao, instead of being disappointed, slapped his leg excitedly.

"This is good news! Absolutely good news! What's this called? This is called hunger marketing! Hold back a big move, and then unleash a bomb!"

"Brother An, listen to me."

"When the show airs in the United States next February, we'll act simultaneously!"

"We'll re-edit all your footage about building a house and add music; we'll directly make a documentary over a few hours long!"

"Let's call it 'Building a Log Cabin in the Land of the Far North'!"

"This time, we won't just release it on Bilibili! We'll launch it on all platforms simultaneously! YouTube, TikTok international version... we're going for a global release!"

"Using the popularity of the mature program 'Zero Degrees' and your unique hardcore content, this will definitely explode on global video platforms!"

"What we need to do is a truly global strategy! Then you won't just be 'Brother An' on Bilibili but 'Brother An' worldwide!"

Listening to Old Mao's passionate blueprint, Lin Yu'an's interest was ignited, and indeed, this was a fantastic opportunity.

Lin Yu'an uploaded the material to Old Mao through an encrypted cloud and told him to ensure confidentiality and not release the content early, or else everyone would be in trouble legally.

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(Today I'm on the bestseller selection, so I'll be updating with around 25,000 words ~~~)

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