Fishing Livestream

The next second, everyone on stage and off was dumbfounded, not a sound was heard.

The cooked duck actually flew away!

Zhang Xufei lost the fish, turned around, and looked at Zhao Ran very angrily: "You... you did it on purpose!"

After finally waiting for a big fish, which could be considered crucial to the club's survival, it's a great pity that it got away!

Zhang Xufei was fuming, speaking without any restraint, his voice was so loud that it caught everyone's attention at the competition site.

Looking back at Zhao Ran, he calmly removed the hook from the Carp's mouth and tossed it into the Fish Guard, then slowly looked up: "What do you mean on purpose? What did I do on purpose?"

His tone and manner of speaking were calm, powerful, without a hint of guilt like someone who had done something wrong, as if he was completely innocent.

"Hmph, we're all smart people here, don't play dumb, you did it on purpose!" Zhang Xufei continued to harp on about the fish that got away.

Zhao Ran didn't bother to engage: "You can eat freely, but don't talk irresponsibly, okay? That fish just now bit aggressively. I thought it was a big one too!

It was just a little too forceful when I lifted the rod, what, that's a foul? You better watch your words, if you deliberately attack or insult me, I'll call the referee!"

No need to call the referee, the referee on site walking around heard the argument and came over.

"What's going on? What's all the commotion during the competition?" the referee asked.

Zhao Ran shrugged: "We both almost caught fish at the same time, his was bigger, but he didn't control it well and it got off the hook and ran away, blaming me for jerking the rod too much!

You tell me, does that make any sense? Is there a rule in our competition about the size of movements?"

"You... you clearly got envious of me catching a big fish and deliberately made noise to scare the fish away!"

Zhang Xufei hadn't snapped out of his fixation on losing the big fish, sticking stubbornly to his point.

After listening, Zhao Ran shrugged at the referee, making a helpless gesture.

Anyone refereeing couldn't be less sharp than a monkey, figuring out the underlying issues after hearing only a few words.

"I ask you, when he was fishing did your fishing gear touch his? Did his line cross the boundary? Or was it simply that his rod movement was a bit too forceful?"

"He did it on purpose!" Zhang Xufei gritted his teeth, his eyes red.

"Since none of that happened, please continue fishing! Neither side has violated any rules!

If you have any objection to my on-site adjudication, you can submit an arbitration with a 500 yuan arbitration guarantee fee within half an hour after the competition ends,

we have full monitoring of the whole competition that can be used for arbitration checks; if the complaint is found valid, the fee will be returned!"

The referee, following the standard procedure for adjudication, gave the verdict that Zhao Ran didn't violate any rules, and also stated the process for appealing against the decision.

"He did it on purpose, that's really disgusting!" Zhang Xufei, after hearing the referee's words, was still somewhat agitated.

"This angler, as the on-site adjudicating referee, I remind you to use civilized language, not to insult others, a verbal warning this time; if you don't restrain yourself, the next time there will be corresponding penalties according to the competition rules!"

The referee wouldn't entertain any nonsense, directly giving a verbal warning.

Hearing the warning, Zhang Xufei finally calmed down a bit, sat down angrily, and continued fishing with his head down.

Zhao Ran was much more relaxed, effortlessly cast a long throw with his motorcycle, and luckily caught another Carp! It seemed like this little incident hadn't affected him at all.

The atmosphere on the stage was full of gunpowder, and when the audience saw this scene, it completely erupted.

In the viewing area behind Yuefeng's side, there was a lot of laughter and joy.

Wang Zhen: "Wow, amazing! Brother Ran is just too awesome!"

Xue Kai: "Yeah, yeah, how did that even work? Brother Feng, did he do it on purpose or was it just a coincidence? What's going on?"

Wang Xiaomin rolled his eyes, glanced at his close friend, and muttered quietly: "Do you even need to ask? Such coincidences don't happen, you know Brother Ran's fishing skills aren't like that, when have you seen him almost throw a fish in someone's face before? It was definitely on purpose!"

Yue Feng nodded: "Xiaomin is right! It's part of the strategy! Naturally, it was deliberate!"

"Deliberate? Wouldn't that be against the rules? Isn't that a bit much?"

"Yeah, can you even play like that? A perfectly good fish was just scared away!"

Yue Feng shook his head and chuckled: "Most competitions in the world come with rules! As long as it's not prohibited in the rules, then it's not illegal! In fact, for competitive matches, reasonably using the rules is also part of the strategy!

Take basketball for instance, deliberately creating fouls, or making opportunities for 2+1 or even 3+1, the most famous being McGrady's 35 seconds to score 13 points, the 'McGrady Moment'!

If you think in an ordinary way, the foul strategy seems unreasonable, but since the rules allow it, using it strategically to control the ball created a miracle in NBA history!

Moreover, do you think Zhang Xufei planned to slide the fish near Brother Ran with good intentions when he had a big one on the hook?

Let me tell you, he was also reasonably using the rules! A big fish circling around Brother Ran's area, do you think there would still be fish there? Just didn't expect Zhao Ran to be so lucky, catching a fish at the right moment, which forced his hand!

To me, it was a stroke of genius!"

After the explanation, the conflicted expressions on Wang Zhen and the others disappeared, replaced by a subtle anger.

"Damn! After hearing this from Brother Feng, that idiot deserved to lose both the fish and the game!"

"So, there was this layer of tactic involved! Despicable, deserved it!"

Yue Feng chuckled, young team members are just that, with a hint of immaturity in their mindset; in comparison, Wang Xiaomin appeared more rational and mature, looking calm from start to finish. This made Yue Feng increasingly appreciate this young guy.

On the other side, in Tiancheng Club's viewing area.

Seeing that the big fish that was almost a sure catch got away, the team members of Tiancheng were very dispirited.

"What's with Lao Zhang? Couldn't keep a good fish under control? The rod was lifted, why not stabilize it, even deliberately steering it towards someone else's spot, looking for trouble?" Niu Zhuangzhuang complained unhappily.

"Exactly, what a pity. If we'd landed that fish and another one, we could have turned the tables!" Sun Hao chimed in.

"Yuefeng Club's Zhao Ran is such a cunning old fox! Coming up with such a devious move! Damn, he's so lucky to hit a small Carp at the crucial moment!"

"Xufei got mad, luckily he still had some sense and didn't argue with the referee! Captain, is there still a chance to appeal in this situation?"

Qiu Guoyun shook his head: "Appeal? Appeal what? He didn't break any rules, just the strategy is a bit disgusting! This can't entirely be blamed on Lao Zhang, he was also trying to create an opportunity to disrupt the opponent's spot, it just backfired!

Moreover, there's still over forty minutes left in the fifth round, there's still a chance!