Chapter 15: Champion and Fishing Dongting Lake

The weather conditions in Yueyang the next day were not very good, and the sky, which was usually bright at six o'clock, was still dark and gloomy. However, this did not affect Yang Zi's enthusiasm for the game, and a few people who got up early in the morning met downstairs in the hotel for breakfast and then set off to the competition venue.

Today's team elimination round will start at 9 a.m. and the venue will be moved to the edge of the polyculture fish pond not far from the stand. The 16 teams that qualified yesterday will play a total of four knockout matches here, namely 16-8, 8-4, 4-2 and the final.

Yang Zi: After they arrived, they made preparations as usual, waiting for the host to finish the same opening remarks on the stage, and the teams that had already arrived would be all gearing up and fighting spirited. Of course, this does not include the group that was drawn to face off against Yang Zi.

The results of several of them yesterday are already known to everyone, especially Yang Zi's personal results all the way, which makes many people speculate that he should have some secret recipe in hand to achieve such an effect.

Fortunately, today's competition will only affect the prize money and ranking of this sub-competition, and it has nothing to do with the finals hosted by ZJ Qiandao Lake more than a month later.

After the referee signaled the players to decide the order of the battle, the first member of each team began to walk to the fishing position to make the final preparations, because the fishing is heavier, and the time of a game is only a short thirty minutes, Yang Zi chose to pull the bait and add the bait after a little pondering. In this way, you can quickly gather fish, and secondly, you can make better use of your own probability of being a fish.

Seeing that the sixteen players in a row were already in place, the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game while pressing the timer in his hand. The players who get the signal are like machines that have suddenly woken up, and their uniform downward movements are very pleasing to the eye.

The first person to catch the fish was still Yang Zi, who had a system bonus, and after he smoked the nest twice, he caught a palm-sized crucian carp after a while. At this time, the player on the other side is still pumping the nest hard, and it seems that he wants to achieve a better fish gathering effect by increasing the amount of nest material.

It's a pity that this set has no effect on Yang Zi at all, and not long after the first crucian carp, he caught another carp weighing half a catty. Regardless of the beeping look on the face of the competitor on the side, Yang Zi, who had maintained a good condition on the field, directly ended his ten-minute fishing time with a far lead.

Due to the big gap between the results of the two sides in the first short section, Qian Gang, who will go into battle next, will naturally have no pressure. He followed his rhythm as usual without hurry, and although he didn't expand the advantage of the game much, he didn't give the opponent a chance to close the distance.

By the time Uncle Cui came to the showdown, the result of the game was almost a foregone conclusion, and he was as steady as a mountain and comfortably used his fishing skills, maintaining his advantage all the way to the end of the first game. However, the other group of members of the duel were in a hurry to recover their results, and made several mistakes in the later period, and finally had no choice but to quit.

The three who easily advanced were naturally very happy, and after an interview with reporters, everyone concentrated their minds and prepared for the next quarterfinals.

Due to the absolutely strong existence of Yang Zi, the routine they formulated was invincible in the next few games. As long as the game began, Yang Zi almost unreasonably pulled the results to a point that made people a little speechless.

The next transitional Qian Gang only needs to play normally, even if he is caught up, he doesn't have to worry at all, there is an experienced Uncle Cui behind him. The seasoned veteran didn't give his opponent a chance at all along the way, and with a zero-error record, he made every time he tried to give it a go.

Until the countdown to the end of the last game, Yang Zi and they won the first place in this game very smoothly. A few happy people had already started to celebrate in advance before the organizers announced the results, and Qian Gang, who likes to be angry, bluntly said in an interview with reporters from all walks of life that his goal was to be the first place in the finals, and he didn't worry about blowing the cowhide at all.

As soon as Yang Zi finished the game, he was surrounded by representatives of the sponsors, and he finally got out after repeatedly emphasizing that he would not make this decision before the finals.

Although the contract and agency fees given by these people have increased several times compared to the beginning, Yang Zi, whose pockets have been bulging, no longer has such a big need for money, and he is now more inclined to provide him with various convenient conditions to go to sea for fishing or travel abroad.

Especially after his fishing level was upgraded to level eight yesterday, the newly issued task reward made him very jealous, as long as he completed this task, he would soon be able to buy the immortal nine-turn golden pill. The lure of these words now makes Yang Zilai's heart move more than any reward.

And those dazzling practical props in the mall, you need to work hard to earn gold coins. This made Yang Zi's heart dilute a lot because of the appearance of Qiaoqiao, and the idea of fishing suddenly became lively again.

He decided to find these fishing tackle manufacturers after the next finals to put forward his requirements, as long as they can meet them, even if the commission for signing is a little lower, it doesn't matter to him.

As the organizers began the final award ceremony, Yang Zi and the others happily stood on the stage and took a few group photos with the prizes and certificates, and this time the sub-station competition came to a successful conclusion.

Because it was still very early before the finals, a few people who relaxed after the game also visited the attractions near Yueyang. After Qiaoqiao and they were busy, everyone started to have a dinner together at the Qiaoba Fish Restaurant on Bianhe Street in Yueyang Building, while watching the Dongting Lake outside, while tasting the more famous Baling whole fish banquet here, everyone was in a good mood for a while.

Uncle Cui, who has a bit of literary and artistic background, also chanted a famous poem by Meng Haoran for everyone:

"The August Lake is level, and the connotation is too clear.

The steaming cloud Mengze shook Yueyang City.

If you want to help without a boat, you will be ashamed and sage.

Sitting and watching the anglers, there is nothing to envy the fish"

With Uncle Cui's voice with a sense of vicissitudes, the song "Looking at Dongting Lake for Prime Minister Zhang" slowly came out, and several people raised their glasses to show their respect after tasting the meaning of the poem. Although Yang Zi didn't understand much, the last two sentences of "sitting and watching the angler, there is nothing to envy the fish" made them very touched, and only the spiritual realm of the ancients could write a self-recommendation letter so emotionally.

After talking about the scene in the poem, the people who were on the rise decided that they would wait for the others to be fishermen in this Dongting Lake for a day tomorrow, and then take a few photos and go back to make their friends envious.

A dinner lasted until more than nine o'clock, and Uncle Cui, who was too drunk, was already a little shaky when he walked, but he was still in a pretty good mood. In his own words, he hasn't been so happy for many years, and since he got married and had children, he seems to have gradually lost his personal freedom. Repeating the life of firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea every day, how could he have been so happy and free today.

Uncle Cui's words caused Qian Gang and them to sigh for a while, and they also understood why he portrayed the characters in the ancient poem so well when he read it. Uncle Cui also substituted his own feelings, although he was just envious of Yang Zi that they could go fishing all over the world so freely.

After a night of fun, everyone got up at eight o'clock the next day, and Qiaoqiao could only reluctantly say goodbye to Yang Zi because he had to go back with the camera crew to complete some post-production work.

The rest of the trio had breakfast at the hotel and then drove straight down the road to the lake to find a fishing spot. The water level of Dongting Lake in this season is not very high, and a few people walked not far from the Yuerong Highway near the train station to find a few suitable spots.

Under the leadership of Uncle Cui, an old driver, they chose one of the half-sized inlets as today's fishing venues, which are more than 200 meters away from the highway and seem relatively quiet. Due to the drop in the water level, the shore is covered with a lot of water hyacinth-like plants, and it seems that there are many in the water. Demersal fish such as crucian carp and carp like to hide in this aquatic weed, which is not only highly concealed, but also has more food than other places.

After the three of them chose their respective locations, they began to pack their things, Yang Zi and Uncle Cui prepared nest materials and bait, and Qian Gang went to find some stones nearby. There is a lot of mud deposited on the shore here, and it is difficult to keep the fishing box stable without some stuffing.

Once everything is in order, everyone is ready to fish, and the most fun thing about fishing in this wild water is the unpredictability. You never know what the next fish you'll catch will be, and it's like having an unknown package in front of you, a box of unopened chocolate candy, full of curiosity and imagination.

However, the more expectations there are, the more disappointed they are, Yang Zi now looked at the white stripes that kept jumping in front of him, and couldn't help but feel speechless. There's really you everywhere, and you're greedy for this thing, right? The first rod you threw down was hung up, and the nest hasn't been scattered yet. However, in order to accumulate experience, he did not dislike it in the end, and put the fish into the fish guard and continued to fish.

In fact, there are many fish that Yang Zi has not caught in the waters of Dongting Lake, and according to official data, there are more than 100 fish species in it. However, there are basically only those that can be caught commonly, and many varieties are estimated to be not necessarily seen by those who do statistics.

Yang Zi: At first, they caught white stripes and crucian carp, until more than an hour later, there were finally some unexpected fish species in the fish nest.

Looking at the fish in the water that kept swimming like snakes, Yang Zi was also a little puzzled, he always thought that eels were eating live creatures, but he didn't expect to be caught by his own bait, could it be that the small fish that ate the bait accidentally hung up? He didn't care much when he caught a new variety, and happily slipped the fish into the net and took off the hook to protect it.

With the passage of time, there are more and more fish in the fish nest here, and a few people with the bait bonus of the mall have caught a lot. After fishing for half a day, Yang Zi also caught several new fish species that he had not seen before, which made a small step forward for his collection task.

Happy time always flies, Uncle Cui's physical strength is not as good as Yang Zi and them, although he is very reluctant to go back when he looks at such a good fish situation, but the common disease of age makes him still unable to last all day, and a few people began to pack up their things and go home at two or three o'clock in the afternoon.

Yang Zi put their fish together and picked them up, leaving only a few delicious ones and the others to be released. It's not that he wants to be a good person, but that his own people are not at home, and it is useless to bring this fish back. Grab a few and go back to the city later, find a restaurant and ask the owner to help cook it, and the main dish for dinner today is ready.

After packing up the fishing tackle, everyone did not go directly to the hotel, but went to a nearby restaurant to give them the catch to keep, and after making an appointment to come over for dinner in the evening, they went back to the hotel. After resting for a few hours at the hotel, they washed up again before heading out to the restaurant in a hurry.

Sandwiched a piece of fish caught by themselves, drank a sip of the turtle and snake wine, and the few people who recovered their spirits ate a meal very happily. Yang Zi thought that it was still early before the finals, so he discussed with Qian Gang the idea of going to sea to fish during this time.

Qian Gang was also very moved when he heard it, but he didn't know if his old buddies would be able to find time, and they planned to go back and everyone would get together to discuss this matter. Uncle Cui on the side looked at them enviously, he was already very kind to his wife to come out to participate in this competition, as for going to sea, he still had to think about it.

Seeing that the time slowly came to more than nine o'clock in the evening, a few people who were a little drunk began to rush to the hotel to rest, and tomorrow they will go back to Changsha, and this trip to Yueyang can be regarded as a successful end. But in Yang Zi's heart, he has begun to yearn for the vast and boundless sea.