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Chapter 864: 847: Fat Sheep? Tiger!!!

Chapter 864: Chapter 847: Fat Sheep? Tiger!!!

This rule is basically universal domestically, with little difference in detail. The only difference is the size of the prize for the anglers.

Thirty yuan per round is not too high. If there are ten people angling, winning a championship gives you half the pot, equating to an income of 150 yuan. In a day of seven to eight hours, a skilled person could easily earn a few hundred yuan. If there are more people, the earnings would be even higher.

Zhao Zheng: “Alright, count our six people in. When do we start?”

Upon hearing six people, the bespectacled man instinctively glanced at Zhao Zheng.

But Zhao Zheng was not any famous master, and after sizing him up for a bit, the bespectacled man couldn’t discern anything special.

“With your six added, we’ve got over ten mouths now; we can start right away! Hurry up and get ready; the fish are lively in the morning, and time is precious!”

“Got it! We’re coming!” Zhao Zheng responded and then turned back to his group.

Upon returning, Yue Feng gathered everyone and whispered a few words before everyone donned their sun-protective face masks and fishing hats, quickly gearing up.

With the face mask and hat on, plus a pair of non-prescription sunglasses, even a child wouldn’t dare to recognize them at a glance.

Wearing their sun-protective and identity-concealing outfits, Yue Feng casually opened the fishing box and prepared a big bowl of bait for the team.

After such a long period of training, the fish in this pond were nearly mastered, and Yue Feng knew exactly what kind of bait flavor and state to use at this moment, so clear-cut that he couldn’t get it wrong even with closed eyes.

After the bait was ready and absorbed water, it was quickly distributed to other team members, who soon gathered in front of the anglers with their fishing boxes on their backs.

“Hey, buddies, which club are you from? You look a bit unfamiliar.”

The bespectacled man glanced over at Yue Feng and his group, noticing that apart from Zhao Ran, who was a bit older, most of them were young lads who didn’t seem like they had great skills.

“Oh, us? We’re from the Yuefeng Fishing Club. I’m Zhao Zheng. All of us have been into competitive Taiwan fishing for less than two years, here to get a feel for the fish and broaden our horizons!”

Zhao Zheng pointed at the three youthful lads behind him, especially Xue Kai and Wang Xiaomin, whose instinctual expressions of avoidance when facing strangers were very misleading, making them look like innocent kids.

These are the best opponents for angling, a cash cow for sure!

“I’m Xiao Liqiang, from the Juyou Fishing Club. Nice to meet you all for the first time!” The bespectacled man introduced himself as well.

“Alright, buddies, meeting is fate. Let’s get started! I, Zhao Zheng, love making friends and am happy to meet all of you today!

Today, let’s spend a day here. Wins or losses among our six members will all be on my tab for ease of settling later; making friends through fishing, I hope you’ll take care of me!”

Xiao Liqiang: “That’s a good suggestion. We’re all here in teams; electing a temporary captain will ease the settlement! Normally when we angle in our city, it’s an all-day affair, so today, let’s witness everyone’s skills!”

With a few courtesies, the atmosphere was heightened. After agreeing on the angling rules, someone quickly found a deck of poker cards, and with signed numbers, they drew lots and soon entered battle mode.

To make money from angling takes quite some skill, especially with an angling group made up of completely unfamiliar anglers.

Think about it, if your skills were too superior, and each time you angled it was a clean sweep, who would want to continue losing money playing with you? You have to hold back a bit, or else people might run off.

So, when Yue Feng was distributing the bait, he quietly assigned tasks to everyone. Starting with Yue Feng, everyone in the team would go all out for one round, while maintaining a consistent pace and rhythm with those on the sides at other times.

This way, the results of one round wouldn’t be too conspicuous,

With the bait and little additives that Yue Feng prepared, if everyone gave their all, monopolizing the top five positions wouldn’t be a problem.

These guys didn’t have a single expert among them, frankly speaking, they were an unsophisticated squad of cannon fodder.

Soon after the drawing of lots, the first round commenced. Yue Feng gave Zhao Zheng a meaningful glance, and Zhao Zheng nodded, then started luring the bait with full force, busily at work.

Fishing in a high-density pit is incredibly exhilarating. Even with several times more people practicing, the average fish count per person still remained impressive, with a purely aggressive fishing method proving highly effective here. Soon, Zhao Zheng moved from sporadic jumps to a fierce fish grabbing state.

Seeing Zhao Zheng stabilize his catch, Yue Feng casually cast his line, keeping pace with the angler next door, getting continuous bites and fishing with ease.

As for the others, they all basically followed the captain’s arrangement, neither standing out nor drawing attention among the seventeen anglers.

Half an hour passed incredibly fast while focused on fishing, and when the phone alarm sounded, everyone naturally put down their rods.

“Tsk tsk, Lao Hua’s new pond, the fish density isn’t small. This angling is really enjoyable! Just the first round in, and I’m starting to feel it; the catch was smooth!” Xiao Liqiang felt good about his first round of fishing, smiling.

“Freshwater fish, come up quickly after casting; it’s all hooking from below! Really enjoyable, shall we tally the scores? Weighing directly? Heavier weights will be quicker, and the fish size is quite average anyway!”

“Alright, starting from my side! Two brothers come supervise; though we’re playing, we’ll do it properly, no need for party poopers!”

Everyone cooperated quickly and brought their fish guards for weighing, with the angling organizer Xiao Liqiang holding a notebook to record the scores.

Soon the scores were tallied!

Zhao Zheng unsurprisingly ranked first, with a half-hour catch of 9.7 kg. Assuming an average weight of 50g per fish, that’s about 97 fish in total, approaching a rate of 200 fish per hour.

And Xiao Liqiang, who was boasting before the fishing started, was a bit stunned when he saw the scores.

He thought he’d performed well but only got 8.8 kg, nearly ten fish short of Zhao Zheng.

As for the others, their catch ranged broadly between 6.5-8.5 kg, the differences weren’t huge, many with only a few fish apart.

In all these scores, Yue Feng and his teammates’ results looked inconspicuous, but sorting through them showed a certain degree of strength.

Zhao Zheng took the first place, the runner-up was another chubby lad, and for the third, fourth, and fifth places, Yue Feng took one, Zhao Ran another, and Xiao Liqiang got one as well. The rest filled in the gaps.

Calculated this way, the prize for seventeen contestants in one round was 510 RMB, half equaling 255, plus two people breaking even at 60 RMB, totaling 315; subtracting the 90 RMB start-up fees for the other three members, netting a profit of 225 RMB for the round.