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Chapter 871: 854 Leader's Obligation

Chapter 871: Chapter 854 Leader’s Obligation

Upon hearing Yue Feng say he wouldn’t be competing, Xue Kai glanced at Wang Xiaomin and couldn’t help but ask, “What? Brother Feng, you’re not competing? What if we get eliminated in the first round?”

Niu Ben glared after hearing such defeatist talk and said, “Eliminated in the first round? That means you’re way too weak. Even if Yue Feng plays, it won’t change the result!

Damn it, after all the fish-catching and training targeting, still no confidence in the first round?”

After being scolded by Niu Ben, everyone fell silent, because there really wasn’t much to say in response.

Yue Feng said, “Stop scaring yourselves! You’ve all been involved in the fish-catching lately. Professional club teams are still relatively few. Our strength, even if I’m not appearing, Zhao Ran and Zhao Zheng taking you three into the top eight should be quite easy!

Manager Niu has already briefly organized the information for everyone, and will show it when the opportunity arises!”

“Hearing Brother Feng say that, it does seem true. Even if we face the Tianyuan group, we have over sixty percent chance of winning the fish-catching!” Wang Zhen said.

“That’s enough, everyone stop overthinking it. After we disband later, go back to your rooms and rest! Playing with your phones, gaming, none of that will be allowed starting tonight. If I catch anyone playing King’s Glory after lights out, then don’t bother coming to the competition!

Rest well, conserve energy and prepare for the competition tomorrow, did you hear?” Niu Ben emphasized and looked seriously at the three newcomers.

“We heard!”

“Alright, disband! After returning to your rooms, do a final check of all competition equipment, lights out by nine o’clock!”

The brief meeting concluded, and everyone left the room, but Niu Ben noticed Yue Feng hadn’t moved and didn’t rush to leave.

When everyone had left, Niu Ben looked a little worried and asked, “Xiao Yue, have you really decided not to play in the first two rounds? Isn’t that a bit rash?”

Yue Feng smiled and nodded, “I feel there’s not much of a problem! This competition doesn’t mean much to me! I won’t learn much either!

No matter how steady the fish-catching, in a formal competition if you’re nervous, you still won’t be able to fish well! The three young ones like Wang Zhen need such an opportunity more!

Rest assured, the first few rounds are generally unfamiliar high-speed fish conditions! With me overseeing bait and Loose Powder, making it into the top eight should not be a problem normally!”

Niu Ben nodded, “Alright! The registration information of other clubs you asked me to gather is already at hand, I’ll mark it briefly and deliver it to you!”

“Good!” Yue Feng grinned.

“I’ll be off then!”

“Mm, I’ll see you out!”

Yue Feng saw Niu Ben out the door and then returned.

Until only the youngster and Yue Feng were left in the room, the youngster finally put down his phone and looked up.

“Fengfeng, it feels like your mindset has matured compared to before!”

Yue Feng was taken aback and then smirked, “Why do you say that?”

“It’s simple, when I used to go out and compete with you, you were quite fixated on participating! Now, it seems like you don’t care much anymore!

The club league results, you don’t care much about them, do you?”

Yue Feng walked to the window, opened it, and his gaze inadvertently drifted towards the distant starry sky.

A few seconds later, he sighed, “Indeed, the mindset is different now. Before, no matter the results, I’d tread carefully every step in a competition! Even if I achieved results, I’d always feel unsure about it. After all, my skills weren’t up to dominating opponents. Luck played a big part!

After starting the club, my mentality changed a lot. Especially when leading them in fish-catching, I can clearly feel my technical advantage!

Simply put, unless it’s those top-notch anglers and teams, they can pique my interest somewhat, but typical anglers pose no threat to me anymore!

Actually, before the meeting, I planned for Wang Zhen to be a substitute! But seeing his anxious expression when he asked questions changed my mind at the last minute!

Seeing him now, it’s like seeing myself at the very beginning! As a leader, you have a duty to take certain risks, to let young team members experience and grow!”

“I knew it, this suits your character!” The youngster smirked, embraced Yue Feng’s waist from behind.

“Hey, what are you doing, we have a competition tomorrow, stop messing around!”

“Hmph, sis is claiming some interest…”

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Early next morning, as the day was dawning, Yue Feng got out of bed early.

He cleaned up, feeling refreshed, went downstairs for morning exercise, then turned a corner and headed straight to the small cafeteria.

Over ten minutes later, Yue Feng returned to the small white building with a bunch of breakfast, waking everyone in each room, washing up, eating, checking equipment, gathering downstairs to rush to the Hua Clan’s new Fishing Base!

The car drove to the Fishing Base from several hundred meters away and saw the road had transformed.

Besides the noticeable road signs at the intersection, colorful flags lined the road near the Fishing Base, as Aunt Bai Yun often said, it looked like a festive, flag-waving scene.

A large number of staff in uniform service outfits were guiding traffic fifty meters away from the entrance, cars with team logos slowly drove into the base, everything orderly.

“Damn! The old man went all out, how many people were mobilized inside and outside!” Zhao Zheng remarked while driving and looking out the window.

Yue Feng replied, “Didn’t Xiao Hai say? It’s a cultural and sports project led by the city government, quite prestigious, first time, they definitely want the best impression! I bet government officials might even give a speech at the opening ceremony!”

Yue Feng’s guess was spot on, and once inside the Fishing Base with parking done, they gathered quickly at the plaza under the east side podium.

At seven o’clock sharp, the opening ceremony officially began, Ma Tingting in formal attire with another handsome male host went on stage to warm up the crowd.

Seeing Ma Tingting on stage, Yue Feng was a bit surprised, hadn’t the little girl mentioned it, already hosting, brave enough.

“Hey, did your Tingting mention hosting to you? Brave, right?” Yue Feng gently nudged Zhao Zheng and asked.

Zhao Zheng nodded, “Her dad and the old man fought for the opportunity! Besides hosting, she’s also responsible for live commentary throughout the tournament! The little girl’s quite bold, claiming she will use the club league live stream chance to grow her account to 200,000 followers! Last night, she didn’t have time to respond to my messages, practicing her speaking!”

Yue Feng nodded, “Good, that’s great! Grasping this opportunity might actually make it happen!”

As they spoke, the opening ceremony officially began, the rousing Athlete’s March played, and the city’s executive vice mayor in charge of culture and sports went on stage to give a speech!

Having been through many competitions, speeches like these don’t stir emotions in Yue Feng anymore, but Wang Zhen and the young ones were quite excited, very serious-faced the whole time, reminded Yue Feng of the weekly flag-raising ceremonies back in middle school.

After a series of speeches, athlete oath-taking, and referee oath-taking ceremonies, the host announced the end of the opening ceremony, and the club league officially began!

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