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Chapter 776: 763: Zheng Ge's Phone Call

Chapter 776: Chapter 763: Zheng Ge’s Phone Call

After listening to Niu Ben’s words, Yue Feng turned his head to Zhao Ran and asked, “What about you, Team Zhao? What’s your opinion?”

Zhao Ran hadn’t expected Yue Feng to ask him this question. He paused for a moment before responding, “Manager Niu is indeed telling the truth! I have quite a few friends who are on good terms with me, and they’ve all been approached by different fishing tackle companies! Even not long after I had signed my contract, I received offers to switch companies for a higher price!

To attract the renowned anglers who are active in the industry right now is basically impossible! Even if opportunities occasionally arise, the cost would be extremely high!

My personal view is similar to Manager Niu’s. We could follow the model of Hua School in training competitive anglers, select promising individuals through competitions and then provide focused training. After establishing a solid foundation, what remains is to accumulate and hone competition experience. With Manager Niu and me leading, in one or two years’ time, we should be able to build up some combat effectiveness!”

Yue Feng nodded, “Alright, then let’s proceed with this plan! Manager Niu, please coordinate with Director Liu to energize our efforts from the level of agents in different regions, sponsor some competitions, and then select slots for intensive training. Later on, we can sign and cultivate the talented individuals we find! I should be around locally during this period and can assist with the training!”

It was at this point that both Niu Ben and Zhao Ran suddenly realized that the initial steps of Yuefeng Fishing Tackle’s club were going to be much higher than they had anticipated!

Not to mention anything else, just Yue Feng alone was equivalent to half a team!

This was the genuine Fishing King, and to top it off, he was young, and his skills were still in Peak State! Considering the club competition’s five-person team format, if both Zhao Ran and Yue Feng were counted, they would only need to add three more people to meet the minimum requirement!

Having tentatively decided on the selection of new anglers, the meeting concluded. As they exited the conference room, they casually prepared to head back to the shop.

While walking and pondering over the upcoming selection of club members, Yue Feng’s phone suddenly rang.

As Yue Feng’s fame and social influence grew, the people he knew became increasingly diverse, leading him to manage the phone numbers of his acquaintances and friends accordingly.

For example, the ringtone that started playing was “The Bund,” and upon hearing it, Yue Feng was immediately taken aback and pulled out his phone without hesitation.

The number of friends who had this ringtone was small, all of whom had a very close relationship with Yue Feng.

Glancing at the phone, the name displayed on the screen was Zhao Zheng!

In society, Zhao Zheng was one of the few good brothers of Yue Feng’s age. They first met at a competition in Dongyang City, then joined the training camp at Hua School together. With similar temperaments and characters, their relationship had always been very solid.

However, in the recent six months, Zhao Zheng seemed to have encountered some issue and had become much less active. For a long time, his phone number was out of service, and he hadn’t replied to messages on WeChat, almost as if he had disappeared.

Since becoming famous, Yue Feng had been kept very busy, and he spent a lot of time abroad, which led to gradually less contact between the two.

But brothers are brothers, no matter how many lifetimes go by without contact, a phone call can resume the connection without feeling distant.

“Hello? Zhao Zheng? You finally picked up your phone?” Yue Feng began the call with a barrage of complaints.

“Hello, Brother Feng! Good fortune to you!” came Zhao Zheng’s somewhat cheeky voice from the other end.

Hearing that it was indeed him, Yue Feng let out a sigh of relief.

“Damn it, where the hell did you go to play? Couldn’t get through on the phone, and no replies on WeChat, playing a disappearing act on me? I was about to personally head to Dongyang to find you!” Yue Feng bluntly asked.

“Ah, don’t even mention it! I’ve had a tough time, man! It’s not like I wanted it! Just had some trouble recently! But it’s settled now!” Zhao Zheng began to complain before he’d barely started talking.

“Trouble? What kind of trouble? Anything serious? Can I help?” Yue Feng immediately became anxious.

“Don’t worry! It’s not really a big issue, just kind of embarrassing.

There’s nothing we brothers can’t talk about. I’ve been seeing Ma Tingting, right? Well, one time I wasn’t careful, didn’t use protection, and accidentally hit the jackpot! The girl went for a check-up, and somehow her dad found out she was pregnant.

Old Ma got furious, brought his daughter over to my place to make a scene, causing my dad to get angry too! He sent me off to Ningguta, to stay at my uncle’s construction site project in Beihai for half a year! A place where not even a rabbit would poo, and the signal was so spotty. It’s only been a short while since I got back, old man cooled off.”

Ma Tingting and Zhao Zheng were Yue Feng’s classmates back in Hua School. Yue Feng was aware of their relationship. During the time he couldn’t reach Zhao Zheng, Yue Feng had called Ma Tingting, but her phone was also off. He didn’t expect that so much had happened over six months.

“So how was it resolved?” Yue Feng continued to ask.

Zhao Zheng curled his lips: “What else could be done! Her dad had a huge fight with my dad, adamantly refusing to let Tingting marry me! My dad is also someone who cares about face, and he made his stance clear right away! The very next day I got sent off, and they had someone watching me like a hawk, following me even when I went to urinate at night, leaving me no chance to see Tingting. So, it’s over between us!”

“Uh…” Hearing this, Yue Feng didn’t know what to say!

Zhao Zheng is definitely from a wealthy family, and the Zhao family in Dongyang City is a top-ranking prestigious family; otherwise, they wouldn’t have done something as absurd as sending him off to Ningguta!

But from Yue Feng’s perspective, there was nothing much to say. It’s his good friend’s private affair, and since the family disagreed and the matter was now settled, there was no need to reopen his wounds.

“Let’s not talk about my issues anymore. The reason I called you this time is that I’ve just heard some news from a friend, and I wanted to check with you if it’s true!”

“What news? Ask away!”

“I heard that the Chinese Fishing Association and some fishing tackle association are taking the lead in organizing Taiwan Fishing club competitions starting from next year? Now many fishing tackle brands, big and small, are recruiting!”

“Yes, that’s right! The fishing tackle industry alliance you mentioned is something I started with Teacher Hua! The club competition is indeed true!” Yue Feng replied without any reservations.

“Holy crap! You’re not messing with me, are you?” Zhao Zheng immediately lost his composure after hearing this.

Based on his understanding of Yue Feng, Yue Feng rarely joked, especially when it came to serious matters!

If you count back about half a year from now, the only accomplishment Yue Feng could boast about was the Fishing King title, and in such a short period of time, he managed to get involved in such a systemic change in the sport!

“No joke, it’s true! Our company is also preparing for this now! We’re setting up a club, recruiting team members! In less than ten days, the screening competitions sponsored by Yuefeng Fishing Tackle will start in quite a few places! Taking the top two for training, with the best candidates getting signed!” Yue Feng continued to summarize the general situation to Zhao Zheng.