Chapter 61. Trump Card

     Soon it was October 3, the day of the “Tuna Cup” event.

 

     At 2 p.m., the officials, media and anglers who were invited to attend the opening ceremony arrived one after another.

 

     For this event, Xingzhou Island will broadcast the entire event live on V Weibo and other accounts.

 

     So those netizens who followed Xingzhou Island’s official Weibo and kept an eye on whether there were any lucky draws noticed this live dynamic while lying at home and browsing their phones, and clicked in one after another.

 

     Stupid netizens were the first to post comments: “Fisherman vs. tuna?”

 

     Gossip netizens followed closely: “Where is the island owner? I want to see what the island owner looks like!”

 

     Lin Qitong’s fans also started to interfere: “Sure enough, the host is my Qitong!”

 

     The haters were not willing to be lonely: “Why is she everywhere? Is there only one person with good looks in Xingzhou Island? Isn’t the island owner also a woman? Why don’t you come out for a walk? Is she ugly?”

 

     Someone responded: “It’s a very low behavior to attack others with appearance.”

 

     The haters were afraid that no one would pay attention to him. When this person replied, he got excited. He was about to continue posting comments, but found that his account was blocked and he could no longer speak. So he changed to a small account to continue scolding…

 

     In less than half an hour, the staff who managed the official blog of Xingzhou Island blocked dozens of accounts. In the end, he also realized that this was an organized and premeditated water army.

 

     There is no end to the blacklisting, so the speech function can only be temporarily closed according to the plan, and the gift sending function is also closed. All viewers can only like and follow.

 

     In front of the live broadcast screen, Yu Fan, the owner of the Yufan Sea Fishing Club, frowned and asked: “What’s going on? Why is no one talking? I paid them to work. If they continue to quarrel, they will ruin the popularity of Xingzhou Island!”

 

     The staff under him told him helplessly: “Boss, Xingzhou Island has closed the comment function, and no one can speak.”

 

     “Coward!” Yu Fan said disdainfully.

 

     He stared at the screen and saw that the person who spoke on behalf of Xingzhou Island at the opening ceremony was actually just a department manager. 

 

     He, who was well versed in marketing, laughed immediately: “This Li Yaolin is really interesting. She hides her head and shows her tail, afraid that others will see her. But they don’t know that the public is curious and the discussion of gossip is endless. Directly using the gimmick of exposing the true identity of the island owner, this live broadcast will definitely be watched by millions of people.”

 

     The employee complained in his heart: “Not everyone is as showy and domineering as you, boss.”

 

     Suddenly, his face became a little subtle, and he said: “Boss, this female angler looks a little familiar. Judging from her back and sun protection clothes, it seems that she was the one who caught the tuna the day before yesterday.”

 

     An unexpected change occurred, and Yu Fan asked unhappily: “Why What’s going on? Didn’t you confirm the list? Why is there one more person? “

 

     The employee looked at the list in the group chat and was also a little puzzled: “I checked the list, there are ten people! I don’t know what the situation is with this extra person. Could it be that she caught a tuna the day before yesterday, so Xingzhou Island asked her to come to the rescue temporarily?”

 

     Not only the people in the sea fishing club were puzzled, but also several anglers on the scene were quite puzzled. One of the anglers asked Lao Li: “Lao Li, didn’t you say there were only ten places? Why is there one more person?”

 

     Lao Li glanced at Li Yaolin, who was fully armed next to him, and cleared his throat: “This person is not on the event list, she is a special guest.”

 

     The anglers looked at each other: “What does special guest mean?”

 

     Lao Li smiled and didn’t explain.

 

     Another angler who was very familiar with Lao Li said: “The final right of interpretation of the event lies with Xingzhou Island. They must have their reasons for arranging it this way. Why should we care so much?”

 

     “Since the event is said to be fair, we have to ask questions when we encounter a situation!”

 

     Lao Li then said: “The special guest is the guest invited by our island owner to participate in the event. Even if she catches a tuna, she will not get any reward.”

 

     Well, the island owner decided to leave by herself, and there is nothing wrong with what he said.

 

     The anglers looked at each other: How come there are connections when you participate in a small sea fishing activity?

 

     The angler who was familiar with him sneered again and said: “This event not only confiscated our registration fee, but also allowed us to take away the fish we caught. If we catch a tuna, there will be an annual ticket reward. No matter how you look at it, we are taking advantage. Of course, you don’t have to catch fish to make money. Some people who didn’t catch any fish may make more money.”

 

     Hearing this, several anglers looked a little unnatural.

 

     The fisherman who asked the question frowned: “Lin Jun, is there something behind your words?”

 

     Fisherman Lin Jun said: “Nothing, it’s just that someone suddenly contacted me yesterday and offered me 5,000 yuan to let me let the fish in this event go, including but not limited to tampering with the fishing rod and deliberately using inferior fishing line, so that it can also create the illusion of broken line and bottom hanging. At that time, let alone catching tuna, it is hard to say whether you can catch big fish.”

 

     One of the fishermen with an unnatural expression said: “Just because you have been bribed does not mean that others have been bribed. If you say these things, won’t those who can’t catch tuna be considered bribed? Isn’t it unfair for everyone!”

 

     His words caused others to Resonance, and a white-skinned new angler who had not participated in sea fishing activities said: “Yes, I just started not long ago, I don’t have the confidence to catch a lot of fish!” 

 

     Lao Li said with a smile: “Don’t worry, everyone knows whether you can catch fish and what kind of fish you catch, it all depends on luck. Xingzhou Island will not maliciously speculate on you because you didn’t catch tuna, and will not do anything shameful like revenge.” 

 

     The bribed angler: “…” 

 

     What you mean is that the Yufan Sea Fishing Club is doing the dirty thing! 

 

     Although Lao Li gave a guarantee on behalf of Xingzhou Island, since Lin Jun has put the matter on the table, the anglers who perform poorly next will easily be suspected of receiving money, so after the event started, all the anglers put aside their distractions and concentrated on fishing. 

 

     Lao Li and Lin Jun looked at each other, and they were very satisfied with each other’s performance. 

 

     Not all anglers are tempted by benefits. Yu Fan may not be able to offer benefits that can attract all anglers. When Lin Jun was found by the people from Yu Fan’s sea fishing club, he told Lao Li about it. 

 

     After analyzing the situation, they thought that it was impossible that the other party only found Lin Jun, but only Lin Jun took the initiative to confess to Lao Li. 

 

     Lao Li was not sure whether the remaining anglers would agree to the other party’s request to go undercover on Xingzhou Island and cause trouble for the event for the sake of 5,000 yuan. 

 

     Lao Li said: “Not everyone is as frank as you and tells me directly. Some people may not accept bribes, but they will not tell me either, because once they tell me, their performance is not very good, it will arouse suspicion. With the mentality of less trouble is worse than more trouble, just pretend you don’t know about it.”

 

     Lin Jun said: “Do you pretend you don’t know about it?”

 

     “Of course not, otherwise too many man-made accidents will happen frequently, which will affect the audience’s impression of Xingzhou Island. And several anglers can’t catch a fish, this data is too ugly.”

 

     So after mentioning this to Li Yaolin, the two decided to play the good cop and the bad cop on the spot to trick them. When the event is over, it will be clear who was bribed.

 

      Those who were not bribed will naturally not feel burdened in their hearts, and they can also show it on their faces. And those who were bribed, they failed to meet the other party’s requirements, and they must face the situation of returning part of the money, so they will naturally not feel very happy. Of course, it is not ruled out that Yu Fan is generous and does not ask the other party to return the money.

 

     Even if they knew who was bribed, Xingzhou Island would not take any measures against them, but in the future, Lao Li would be much more cautious when dealing with them.

 

     Lao Li found an opportunity to get close to Li Yaolin and asked in a low voice: “What do you think of the island owner? Is our trick of shocking the tiger effective?”

 

     Li Yaolin quietly raised her thumb and said: “I didn’t expect the other party to be willing to spend so much money. Five thousand yuan is more than a month’s salary for many people.”

 

     Although the annual ticket of Xingzhou Island is more valuable, – at 70 yuan a day, 365 days is 25,550 yuan. – Few people would give up more than 20,000 yuan for this 5,000 yuan.

 

     But this account is not calculated like this:

 

     First of all, they cannot guarantee that they can catch tuna. Compared with the unknown more than 20,000 yuan, the 5,000 yuan that can be obtained in front of them is more practical.

 

     Secondly, some of them have their own jobs. Even if they get the annual pass, they can’t come to Xingzhou Island every day. The annual pass is bound to the person and cannot be used by others. In this way, apart from its symbol of honor, the monetary value it can bring is limited.

 

     Finally, it involves the social relations of these anglers.

 

     Lao Li said: “In fact, many anglers are members of that club. It is normal for them to be bribed.”

 

     Yufan Sea Fishing Club is the largest sea fishing club in Youshi. Its owner, Yufan, the executive director and manager of Yufan Sea Fishing Co., Ltd., is also the president of Youshi Fishing Association and the executive vice president of the Provincial Leisure Fishing Association. He founded and managed the “Youshi Sea Fishing Club Forum”. He is very capable!

 

     Most of the boats with sea fishing qualifications in Youshi are under the name of Yufan Sea Fishing Club. All the anglers in Youshi who want to go out to sea for fishing will deal with the club to some extent. Many professional anglers are members of various sea fishing clubs. It is too common for them to succumb under coercion and inducement.

 

     Li Yaolin said with luck: “Fortunately, I had foresight and dug you here in advance.”

 

     Lao Li also laughed: “Today’s protagonist is not me, but you, the island owner, are the trump card of our event!”

 

     Faced with Old Li’s rainbow fart, Li Yaolin did not comment on the surface, but in her heart she was muttering wildly: “Kneeling to the sea god ancestors to bless me to catch a super large tuna, I will blind their eyes!”

 

     Little mermaid: “…”

 

     Island owner, you look so cheap when you admit your weakness!

 

 

 

…

 

 

     This boat fishing activity will last for five hours, from 3 pm to 8 pm. This time is the period when many fish are more active, and tuna is no exception.

 

     Fishing tuna also requires skills. First of all, Li Yaolin’s target is about 200 kilograms of tuna. Generally, tuna of this weight are newly grown adult fish. The waters where they live are relatively deep, about 200 meters, so the fishing rod she prepared is a super hard large casting rod, and the fishing line is also the line with the greatest pulling force. In addition, she also prepared a fully automatic fishing rod.

 

     Secondly, tuna bait is usually sardines, squid, etc. To be on the safe side, she prepared live baits of “Poseidon” brand.

 

     All anglers used “Poseidon” bait – the bribed anglers probably didn’t want to show off so obviously. They could still argue that the fishing rods and fishing lines were too expensive and they couldn’t afford them, so they could only make do with the equipment they usually use for rock fishing. But for bait, they were used to using “Poseidon” in normal times, and it would be strange not to use it during activities. 

 

     After everyone cast their rods and hooks, about five minutes later, one of Lao Li’s fishing rods caught a fish, and he effortlessly caught the half-pound pomfret.

 

     I don’t know when the ban was lifted, but now the live broadcast can be spoken again. The audience said: 

 

 

 

     “The speed of catching fish is so fast, it seems that the nest here is good!” 

 

     “This is pomfret. The fishermen’s target is tuna. As long as the tuna is not caught, it is not considered a harvest.” 

 

 

 

     Although there were a few discordant comments occasionally, everyone’s attention was on the fishermen at this moment. No one quarreled with the water army, so that the water army was lonely. 

 

     Then all the fishermen caught some fish one after another, but there was no sign of tuna. Yu Fan stared at the screen for half an hour and slowly breathed a sigh of relief. He said to the employees: 

 

     “I have to deal with the work. You are responsible for watching. Remember to report to me at any time if there is any situation!” 

 

     The employees were eager to slack off at work and hurriedly agreed. As soon as the boss left, the employees immediately put on the live broadcast and started playing games. He glanced at the screen every ten minutes, and saw that the comments were still calm, and continued to immerse himself in playing games. 

 

     Later, seeing that the phone was running out of power, he simply took the phone aside to charge it. As he charged, he completely missed the most exciting scene in the entire live broadcast.

 

 

 

——

 

 

 

     The boat fishing activity had been going on for an hour and a half, and Lao Li finally caught a tuna weighing more than ten kilograms under the attention of the crowd. Because it was a juvenile fish, Lao Li released it after taking a photo.

 

     This put great pressure on the anglers on the same boat. Lao Li had confirmed that there was indeed a tuna nest here. How embarrassing would it be if they couldn’t catch one? !

 

     For a moment, they forgot about being bribed and used bait to lure tuna.

 

     After another half an hour, Lin Jun also caught a tuna. His luck was slightly better. This one weighed more than twenty kilograms and could be sold for one thousand yuan. He didn’t release it, but thinking that he had already got the annual ticket, there was no need to bother fishing for other fish, so he began to swim around the boat.

 

     When he finished chatting with Lao Li and came to Li Yaolin, he found that she suddenly jumped forward. The experienced him immediately realized that Li Yaolin had caught a big fish. Because the pulling force was too great, she suddenly jumped forward because she didn’t stand firmly.

 

 

 

     “Caught a fish.” Lin Jun shouted, which immediately attracted the attention of several anglers. The live broadcast camera also turned to Li Yaolin’s hand holding the fishing rod and the sea surface.

 

     At this time, under the mask, Li Yaolin’s face was not very good, because the fish was too big. With her strength, it was already the limit to entangle with it for twenty minutes. But the bigger the fish, the more time it takes to completely catch it. She was afraid that she didn’t have so much strength to waste with the other party.

 

     When Li Yaolin was exhausted, she decided to call for help: “Lao Li, come and help.”

 

     Lao Li immediately put down his fishing rod and took over. As soon as he took over, he knew what Li Yaolin had experienced and why he had to be replaced after only twenty minutes, because even if it was him, he had to be replaced after half an hour, otherwise his waist would not be able to bear it.

 

     Fishing is a physical job, and fishing for big fish is a back-breaking job. When Lao Li was young, he twisted his waist because of sea fishing. Later, he always took good care of his waist. Today, it seems that he can no longer protect his waist.

 

     “I can’t do it anymore. Let’s take turns.” Lao Li called Lin Jun.

 

     Lin Jun took over, and it was less than half an hour before Li Yaolin took over again.

 

     Their reactions attracted everyone’s attention. Some people wondered if they were stuck, some were curious about what fish they caught, and some were so nervous that they seemed to have caught a fish.

 

     In this way, the three of them took turns until the boat boss and the sea fishing safety officer also joined the rally. After an hour and a half of tossing, everyone on the boat was able to get a glimpse of the big guy.