However, the protagonist in today's story, regardless of his family's obstruction, sold his house for the trip and spent hundreds of millions of savings. Seven years have passed, how are they now?
His name is Zhang Xinyu, a Beijinger. He has been very active since he was a child. Influenced by his family, Viann yearned for military camp life since he was a child, so he went to be a soldier after graduating from high school. After leaving the army, Viann didn't want to do anything for the time being, and returned home to open a snack bar. He usually sells barbecue snacks and so on, and invites relatives and friends to eat skewers from time to time. At that time, not to mention how fashionable he was.
It was also at a party that Viann met her-Hongliang, a primary school classmate. Although they haven't seen each other for many years, they have a good chat. Gradually, they got closer and fell in love, and Hongliang became his fiancee.
With his fiancee, he naturally has more responsibilities. Viann can't open a small shop as before. He wants to give Hongliang a better future. So he opened a barbecue shop, sold cold drinks and contracted a nearby public toilet. Viann's hard-working career has developed rapidly, and his fiancee Hongliang is very happy. Later, Viann became a jewelry agent and earned millions in just a few years, plus the profit of the shop.
Viann said: "At that time, we played with cars, spent money, and then worked to earn money ... Life entered a" cycle ",in which" successful people "looked beautiful. But sometimes we feel bored, and life should not be like this. But at that time, we didn't seem to know how to change. " Therefore, the couple "mixed together" until an earthquake in 2008 changed their lives.
On May 2, 2008, an earthquake of magnitude 8.0 occurred in Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province, causing 69,227 deaths, 374,643 injuries and 17923 missing. This is the most destructive earthquake since the founding of New China, and it has become a pain that the people of China will never forget.
Immediately after the earthquake, Zhang Xinyu and his wife set up a "Beijing Hope" rescue team and rushed to Wenchuan to participate in disaster relief. Looking at the collapsed houses, the broken trees and the heartbreaking cries after losing their loved ones, Viann and his wife were so shocked that Viann suffered from mild depression after returning to Beijing. The shocking scene made Viann start thinking: How should people live?
After discussion, the husband and wife formally decided to embark on the road of traveling around the world. In order to successfully complete this plan, the two learned various skills, such as flying helicopters, driving motorboats, motorboats, diving, rock climbing, gliding and so on, as well as various survival skills. After five years of preparation, Viann and Hongliang are ready to set off. They even sold their house to support the travel expenses.
On July 5, 20 13, Viann and Hongliang set sail from Shanghai on the sailboat "Jing", which lasted 23 1 day and sailed 35,000 kilometers, and finally reached the South Pole. The reason why Viann chose this place as the first stop is actually "selfish". It turned out that he wanted to marry Hongliang here.
20 14 On February 25th, Viann and Hongliang got married at the Great Wall Station in Antarctica. This is the first China couple to get married in Antarctica. Looking at the surprise her husband prepared for herself, Hongliang cried happily and hugged her tightly. Then they continued their journey.
In the next few days, they went all the way west, passing through Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Egypt and other countries in the Middle East 16. During this trip, they met many dangers. For example, Viann and Hongliang used architectural light and shadow technology to restore the Bamiyan Buddha that was bombed by the Taliban, and the Taliban immediately offered a reward of 654.38 million US dollars for their lives.
In this regard, husband and wife have no regrets. Viann said, "That is culture. We just want to do something meaningful for the local area. "
Later, they came to Marum Crater, which is known as the "Eye of Hell". Viann was hung by a rope, and the rope fell into the crater with the temperature as high as 1 150 degrees Celsius. Finally, he planted the national flag of China on the rock wall of the crater. At that moment, Viann cried with excitement.
However, what they will never forget is what they saw in Somalia. There are wars and smoke everywhere, and there are displaced people everywhere. They are like walking dead, with empty eyes. After witnessing all this, Zhang Xinyu and Hongliang realized how lucky they were to live in peaceful China.
The more you watch and go further, the more the couple want to do something for the world, and their spiritual world will be enriched. But soon, the funds they prepared for the trip ran out. In order to continue their journey, they began to sell domestic industries, and hundreds of millions of properties were "lost" by them. Family and friends can't understand it, but they stick to it and go through more than 100 countries.
At the same time, the husband and wife also made what they saw and heard during the trip into a "reality show" called "Husband and wife's journey", which was watched by countless people and became fans of the husband and wife, and even Mercedes-Benz later sponsored it. With this program, the couple actually earned nearly 200 million yuan, which not only fulfilled their dreams, but also made money. This is the best of both worlds.
Now, Viann and Hongliang have children of their own, but their trip is still going on, expecting them to bring us more surprises in the future.