Fishing Livestream

Early the next morning, Yue Feng, as usual, got up early and drove his team members to the Fishing Base.

When they arrived there, it was not yet seven in the morning. By this time, many of the eliminated teams had already headed home early, but there were still some who hadn't left, so the venue didn't seem too deserted.

However, when they parked the car and arrived at the waiting area, they found that staff members were busy fishing out fish from Pit One and Pit Two.

"Whoa, what's going on here? Fishing them out?" Wang Zhen was the first to notice and pointed at the staff hauling fish out with a dense net in the distance, asking.

Niu Ben replied, "You saw the competition rules earlier, didn't you? After the top four, the competition moves to Pit Five. I thought it would have been done yesterday afternoon. Why is it that now, almost at game time, they're only just netting the fish over to Pit Five?"

Yue Feng scratched his head, somewhat puzzled.

At this time, when Xiao Hai, who also wore a staff badge, arrived at the competition site, Yue Feng waved his hand and greeted him loudly.

"Brother Feng, what's up?" Xiao Hai came over and greeted him politely.

"Let me ask you something, why are they releasing the fish just before the competition starts? What's going on here?" Yue Feng asked curiously.

"Oh, that was arranged by the old man!

Can't you see that the fish being caught are stored in bags and piped with oxygen but haven't been released? They will be released uniformly half an hour before the game starts, which is when the exact fish condition will be announced!

Pit Five is relatively small, and this makes it the fairest. It prevents anyone from complaining that our own club teams had insider information and were tampering!"

With Xiao Hai's explanation, everyone instantly realized.

Just like some tournament organizers need to avoid suspicion, Hua Club also made it to the semi-finals. The old man was fearful of gossip, hence this arrangement for uniform release, transparency, and clarity regarding the fish situation, which is indeed a good way to eschew suspicion.

"Oh, got it. That's what's happening! By the way, are you playing in the top four semifinals today?" Yue Feng nodded then continued asking.

Xiao Hai shook his head and smiled, saying, "Today, Brother Feng leads the main players to the field. I'm just a substitute and basically won't have the chance to appear! Yesterday, Coach Ma had a meeting telling everyone to bring their A-game against you! Haha, this is like a friendly internal contest, so watch out! Brother Feng is saving up to avenge the old grudge!"

"Uh, really not necessary, right?" Yue Feng scratched his head, feeling a bit embarrassed by Xiao Hai's banter.

It's publicly known that he had conflicts with Han Luofeng before, but he didn't expect the opponent to bring it up formally during a meeting; Xiao Hai surely wouldn't lie about it. This did surprise Yue Feng.

"Honestly, from my perspective, there's nothing to it! The old man is there; it's all our own teams, friendship first, competition second! Win or lose, it's all in the pot!"

"Haha, 'in the pot,' well said!" Yue Feng nodded.

"Anything else? If not, I'll head off. Keep in touch via WeChat if needed!"

"Okay, off you go then! Let's gather after the game!" Yue Feng waved his hand, letting Xiao Hai leave.

Once Xiao Hai walked away, Niu Ben, who had been smiling, grew tense: "Not only have we summarized in meetings; Han Luofeng also sees us as the biggest rivals! Yue Feng, are you sure you're not planning to play? It's not too late to prepare now!"

Yue Feng shook his head without hesitation: "According to the competition rules, we'll definitely play a round of three matches, and the sequence will be decided by drawing lots. The order doesn't matter much!

As for playing against Hua Club, we'll decide later; I agree with what Xiao Hai said, it's all in the pot! In this stage of the competition, if facing other clubs, I wouldn't hesitate to compete.

But competing with the old man's team, whether taking first or second place, I don't consider it too crucial! It's just a regional station game; winning the finals would be the true achievement!"

With things said so clearly, Yue Feng's stance was quite apparent already; maintaining the prior attitude, he's not planning to play unless unexpected things happen. Using the regional tournament as an opportunity, he aims to train his team members to the maximum extent.

"Alright then, let's stick to your arrangement for now. If anything special occurs later, we'll discuss it!"

After staying a while longer in the waiting area, by 7:10, all four clubs had arrived.

At this moment, a staff member called out, and a young man came over to the bags temporarily storing the caught fish with oxygen.

With a large coarse net, he scooped out dozens of pounds of fish, weighed them in trays, and in front of everyone, poured them into Pit Five.

During this process, Yue Feng observed quite a lot, focusing on the types and quantities of fish released.

With a quick observation, he made an initial judgment: small Crucian Carp, large Crucian Carp, Carp jacks, large Carps, and other big Grass Carp and Amur Carp were all there during the release.

There were mostly small Crucian Carp and half-pound to eight-ounce Carp jacks, a part of juvenile Carps, and fewer big fish. Yue Feng counted; in total, it looked like there were about a dozen fish weighing over five pounds released.

This is the legendary big mixed fish situation, where all fish species from Pit One and Pit Two are present in Pit Five.

After a busy session, the fish release tally quickly came out, with a total weight of 1055 pounds.

The north-south length of Pit Five is only twelve meters, and the east-west width is eight meters, resulting in a total area of less than 100 square meters, which translates to an area of merely 0.15 acres following traditional acre measurement.

A density of over a thousand pounds of fish is already quite exaggerated, with four people competing simultaneously on-site, averaging over 200 pounds per person. However, considering these fish have been reeled and released repeatedly during competitions, initial slippery fish, the opening rate is questionable, and some adjustment is needed for this average fish condition.

After yesterday afternoon's rest, the released fish have decent vitality. Once they arrived at Pit Five, they were very active, leaping and scraping their gills quickly. Observations indicate it should ensure a certain opening rate isn't an issue.

"All anglers from the top four clubs, please note! The on-site release of competition fish is complete, with a total weight of 1055 pounds. Please send representatives for your club to come to the stage for today's first round of drawing lots! The competition will officially commence in twenty minutes!"

When he heard the controllers summoning, Yue Feng pushed Wang Xiaomin: "Xiaomin, go up and draw lots!"

"Oh!" Wang Xiaomin responded, strolling up to the stage.

In yesterday's match against Tiancheng Club, it was Wang Xiaomin who drew the lots; this guy luck wasn't great.

But Yue Feng didn't mind, today he still let him show up.

Wang Xiaomin, being quite bold, stood with the captains of the other three clubs without a hint of nervousness.

The order of drawing lots was based on the total weight score from yesterday's match, so Yuefeng Club had the advantage of going first. Wang Xiaomin, under the direction of the staff, picked out a ball.