The program was recorded in the uninhabited land of Canada. Apart from food, the biggest enemy is the cold weather, but for Zhang Chi, this is nothing.
On the first day of the official recording of the program, he killed a moose with a gourd, pretended to have picked it up and dragged it back to the camp. After getting food, he dug a tunnel. Northerners may know this thing, and the house is almost
It is built underground, and its main feature is thermal insulation.
After the underground cellar was built, Zhang Chi began to weave fishing baskets, and every day these fish baskets made of rattan could provide Zhang Chi with three or four fish weighing 56 kilograms each.
After watching the program for a month, others lost at least ten pounds, but Zhang Chi only lost half a pound. When a heavy snow falls, Zhang Chi will hardly go out because of the food he has stored now.
If you save some energy, it will consume at least three or four months.
People are surviving in the wilderness, but he is like a cat in winter!
Who can you say can outplay him? Although there are two people in the program group who are quite strong, there is no suspense at all about who will win the final prize.
When the temperature dropped to more than 20 degrees below zero, the last remaining groups began to rapidly reduce their numbers, because these so-called wilderness survival experts all built shelters on the ground. Where is the warmth of Zhangchi's underground cellar?
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When the program team brought him out, the kid was a little unhappy and said to them: This is the end, there is no challenge, SO EASY!
The program director's face almost turned green.
Five hundred thousand is guaranteed!
However, when Zhang Chi actually got the 500,000 yuan, he cursed in his heart, because he only got a little over 200,000 yuan, and the rest?
All the rest was taxed.
They said they made half a million, but in fact after paying the taxes, they only had a little over two hundred thousand left, not even half of that.
However, this two hundred thousand is enough for Zhang Chi for the time being.
After returning to Folsom, Zhang Chi started planning to buy a ranch.
I have 300,000 yuan in hand, but it is not easy to buy a good pasture. The price of pasture here is low, far lower than the national average, which is more than 4,000 US dollars per acre. Here, it is almost 2,000 US dollars per acre.
Nearly three thousand dollars more.
If it were the full amount, Zhang Chi could buy a hundred acres with the money he had. In fact, one hundred acres was not a small amount. One acre was equivalent to six acres in the country, which was almost six hundred acres of land.
But Zhang Chi didn't want this. He planned to buy a larger ranch. He couldn't buy all the 300,000 yuan on hand, because after buying the ranch, he still had to spend money later, such as buying calves and farm machinery.
But it all costs money.
What should I do if I don’t have enough money? Go to the bank. What else is there to say?
After receiving the bonus and returning to Folsom, Zhang Chi began to visit large and small ranches under the guidance of an agent. He visited almost one ranch a day for almost a month.
Finally, a ranch came into Zhang Chi's sight.
The main reason why I fell in love with this piece of land was that it was cheap. A pasture of more than 500 acres only costs 560,000 yuan.
There is a reason why it is cheap. There is nothing on this pasture. Apart from the surrounding fences, there is not even a poop pit, let alone a building such as a house or a cowshed.
Of course, the location was also very remote, about 70 to 80 kilometers away from the current Folsom, between the mountains of the Rocky Mountains.
Originally, this small pasture was part of a large pasture. After the bank took possession of the pasture, it split the entire pasture into several parts. The best pieces were sold at a higher price, while the most remote and empty pasture was sold at a reduced price.
Banks often do this kind of shady operation, because the larger the ranch, the less money is generally allocated per acre. The reason is that there are very few target customers for large ranches, and those who can afford to buy a ranch for tens of thousands of dollars do not.
Wouldn't it be nice to go to the Rocky Mountains to buy a large ranch? Wouldn't it be nice to just buy a large ranch in the plains?
So Zhang Chi fell in love with this ranch at a glance, mainly because the land price was cheap, and secondly, the location was remote and there were no outsiders coming, which was perfect for him to hide.
After deciding on the ranch, Zhang Chi's next task was to go to the bank. This was not an easy task. Many banks were not willing to lend to Zhang Chi because they had doubts about his credit rating.
Banks are like this, they like to lend money to people who have no pressure to repay. For people like Zhang Chi, who used to be a waiter in a Chinese restaurant, people doubt that you can afford to repay the money.
After the bank here gives you a loan, if you can't repay the loan, they can only take away your collateral. No matter how much is the difference between the money purchased for the collateral and the amount you owe, the remaining money will be used by the lender.
No matter how much you pay, you don’t have to pay it back, so banks are very strict with their customers.
Usually the down payment is about 20%, but when I got to Zhang Chi, I changed it to 30%. It still took Zhang Chi a few months, plus the help of his uncle, to start a small business from a small family.
The bank handled the payment.
After the handover was completed, it was already April, which was the beginning of spring, and Zhang Chi officially transformed into a small rancher.
This is just the beginning, and things like buying cattle and building houses will cost money.
For Zhang Chi, the first step is to change the car. It is obviously not possible to use his current small Hyundai on the newly purchased ranch, because the last two miles of road leading to the ranch is not a road at all, it is just a road.
The opened dirt road can only accommodate one car. It is obviously inappropriate for a car to drive on such a road. The most practical one is naturally a pickup truck.
Early in the morning, Zhang Chi drove out of his apartment in his small Hyundai and went straight to the second-hand car dealer.
There are not many second-hand car dealers in Folsom, there are only two, and they are located next to each other. I don’t know what these foreigners think.
When he arrived at the door of the car dealer, he found a parking space and parked the car. Zhang Chi drove off and started looking at the car.
Most of the second-hand cars here are parked in the open air. It’s not that there are no showrooms. Generally speaking, the showrooms are full of new cars, and they have to be the more expensive ones. Most cars are parked outside, exposed to the wind and sun.
Bangzi car dealers don't care either.
Coming here to exchange a car, Zhang Chi had a budget in mind and wanted to spend about 20,000 US dollars to buy a second-hand pickup truck in good condition.
I originally thought that my budget was already very strong, but after looking around, I found that the price of second-hand cars has actually increased. It has increased by almost 6,000 to 7,000 U.S. dollars compared to when I bought a pickup truck, which is almost 40,000 yuan in RMB.
It made Zhang Chi tremble in his heart after seeing it.
I originally thought about buying a car that would last two or three years, but now that I see the price, it is simply impossible, so I can only lower my requirements.
"may I help you?"
After watching Zhang Chi wander around for a while, a white salesman came over and greeted Zhang Chi.
"I want to see a pickup truck. It needs to be more powerful and cheaper," Zhang Chi said.
"What's your budget?" the white guy asked.
Zhang Chi said: "Within 20,000 US dollars."
"Then come and see with me." Upon hearing this, the white man took Zhang Chi to see the pickup truck, which cost less than 20,000 yuan.
Zhang Chi was a little confused when he first saw the car, because the white guy took him to see the Takuma, a Toyota brand pickup truck, which is a value-preserver in the American market.
But Zhang Chi doesn't like it. It's not that he rejects Toyota or anything, but that he wants to buy an affordable one. Please show us what a value-preserving artifact can do.
"Look at something else."
Good guy, a 67-year-old car costs more than 20,000 yuan. It's a magic weapon that can't guarantee its value.
Next, the white man took Zhang Chi to look at several more models, but none of them were satisfactory to Zhang Chi, who had only been in the car market a few months ago.
The same car a few months ago was six to seven thousand dollars cheaper. Zhang Chi just couldn't get over that hurdle. He always felt that it was not worth it. If he had to wait a few more months, would the price fall back to the original price?
I know that six to seven thousand US dollars is not a small number for Zhang Chi.
After exchanging polite words with the younger brother, Zhang Chi prepared to go back home. He wanted to change to a better car, but his pockets were not strong enough.
Although he still has $100,000 left in his pocket to make a small contribution, buying cattle or building a house will cost nothing. He spent a lot of money on the car, so he has to save it elsewhere.
Zhang Chi couldn't help but pick at it.
I returned to the parking lot, opened the car door and prepared to get in the car.
"That, that...".
Just when Zhang Chi was about to get in the car, he suddenly heard someone talking. He turned his head subconsciously and found that the person speaking seemed to be directed at him, and the person speaking was obviously of Asian appearance.
Turning around and looking around, Zhang Chi found that there was no one next to him. Zhang Chi asked, "Are you talking to me?"
At this moment, the Asian man who spoke came over and asked Zhang Chi: "Are you the Zhang...Zhang... who participated in the wilderness survival show?"
After sealing it for a long time, this person didn't even spell out the word "Chi".
"Hello, my name is Zhang Chi, the one who participated in the show," Zhang Chi said.
"I look like you. Let's use Chinese. I'm also from China."
This one is quite enthusiastic.
Zhang Chi thinks he has met a fan?
"Hello, hello," Zhang Chi said.
"You performed so well in the show. At the beginning, we thought you were the one who gave away people's lives. Who knew you were the king...".
This man caught Zhang Chi and praised him fiercely.
Now Zhang Chi has finally come to his senses, not to this person, but to how the show team chose him. It sounds a bit wrong. The stereotypes of Asians in the American media are that one is a nerd, and the other is that they are funny, and
Asians who are funny are usually short and chubby on the show, and they have a wretched image when they appear on the show.
From the appearance, Zhang Chi fits the bill. He is a bit fat and not tall. As soon as he appeared on the stage, many people thought that Zhang Chi was just a charlatan, including many Asians. However, halfway through the show, Zhang Chi established his advantage.
, this makes many Asians feel that it is a relief and a win for Asians.
Especially when Zhang Chi finally came out to face the camera, he said: So easy! It made many Asians feel powerful.
Zhang Chi actually doesn't care about these, he only cares about his bonus. As for the Asian Light and so on, he doesn't care.
What do the people at the bottom need to do with so many vain things in order to live their lives?
"It's just so so," Zhang Chi said politely.
"How come it's just so-so? That's great. You made those groups look like stupid coins... Oh, by the way, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Li Qiao. You can call me my English name Qiao."