Chapter 612: The game begins

"Yes, I'm racing with my wife, and her name is Irene."

"Oh, it's hard to imagine, I've broadcast a lot of sub-tournaments and finals, and it seems that it's hard to see a female angler in a professional competition, let alone a couple, is she here today?" The host keenly grasped a new topic and began to ask Hong Tao.

"Here she is, but I don't know exactly where she's sitting, I can't see anything here." Hong Tao raised his hand and made a gesture of sunlight, and then the light opposite him suddenly went out, this gaffer was really understanding.

"Oh, let's bring Ms. Erin up too, Ms. Irene, are you here?" The host walked to the stage with his arm around Hong Tao's shoulders and asked the audience below.

"I'm here!" Erin, who was also wearing denim shorts and a big tank top, got up from the middle row of seats, and then trotted all the way up to the stage, her little face was flushed, and it seemed that she was quite willing to come up.

"That's right, I'm sure they're husband and wife, and everyone looks at their décor the same." The host waited for Hong Tao and Erin to finish hugging, and pointed to a string of Disney badges hanging around Erin's neck and began to set off the atmosphere.

"Hahahaha......" There was laughter in the audience, and the gaffer also used a spotlight to hit Hong Tao and Erin's chests, illuminating the things hanging around the necks of the two people very clearly.

"We went to Disneyland in the afternoon, and we took a roller coaster...... "Erin was excited, but not stage frightened, and she began to tell the story of her Disney trip with Hong Tao.

"Looks like you're having a great time, I'd like to ask Ms. Erin, is it your husband's more experienced fisher, or are you more experienced?" The host quickly interrupted Erin's statement, if she didn't stop her, she could tell everyone below to run.

"Of course it's my husband, I don't know how to fish, it was he who asked me to come with him. When the time comes, I will just play, and the problem of fishing will belong to him! Erin seemed to have a little short circuit in her brain at this time, and she told the truth stupidly, looking back at her appearance on the big TV screen as she spoke.

"Oh? You don't know how to fish? It's the most interesting answer I've ever heard, do you know what a professional co-angler does? The host made Erin stunned by this answer.

"I can pick the hook, and I helped my husband pick it when he was fishing in China, but he wouldn't let me pick it, saying that the hook would be hooked." Erin hugged Hong Tao as she spoke, showing her affection.

"Oh my God!" At this time, the audience was already laughing, and there were more people whistling and coaxing. In addition, some of the angler's female family members began to stand up and applaud Erin, who in their opinion were the best match, unlike their husbands or fathers, who threw them on the shore and waited when they went fishing. And the host was completely blinded by Irene's answer, and it is estimated that the originally designed lines can no longer be continued, so he quickly took the opportunity to pat his head to think about it.

"Lady Erin, what do you think you'll achieve this time?" It may have been prompted by the broadcast director, and the host pressed the headset. Continue to ask Erin questions.

"Champion!" Erin yelled at the microphone and raised her right arm high, and the audience laughed even harder and screamed more excitedly when they heard her answer.

"May I ask where you got this faith from? You know, it's a professional game. The competition is fierce. The host probably regretted inviting Erin on stage, although the audience's emotions had been ignited, but it seemed to be a little out of his control.

"I've known my husband for more than 8 years and he hasn't raced a lot in those 8 years. He doesn't really like to go to fights, but I've never seen him lose a game he's ever played. No matter where it is. I asked him before I came this time, and he said that he would definitely win, because he made a bet with Mr. Paul, and if he lost, he would ask Mr. Paul to travel, and with what I know about my husband, he will not make this bet with Mr. Paul if he is not more than 90 percent sure. Erin didn't think about it, and directly stated her reason, which sounded like it really made sense.

"Is that so? Mr. Hong? Hearing Erin's answer, the host's curiosity came up again.

"This one...... Almost......" Hong Tao is completely desperate now, he was like fooling a few words and quickly getting off the stage to finish the matter, but after Erin came up, these few words directly squeezed him into the corner, don't admit it, it's tantamount to lying to Erin, she must be unhappy, admit it, this is a bit too eye-catching, the people sitting in the audience are not all watching the excitement, basically all the anglers and fishing enthusiasts who come to participate in the competition, this blow is too big.

Sure enough, when Hong Tao said this, the sound of heathing in the audience gradually became louder, and these American anglers were unceremonious to the bragging Chinese on the stage, and almost threw beer cans up.

"Mr. Hong, can you tell us your reason?" The host seemed to think that Hong Tao had not completely offended the anglers in the audience, so he asked again.

"It's a secret, we'll see it tomorrow when we play." When Hong Tao arrived at this point, he could only resist hard, anyway, the big words had already been said, and he couldn't take it back if he wanted to.

"Hahaha...... It's so interesting, our angler from China is just so interesting, okay, I'm friends with Paul, he's a regular on our tournament and he's a very skilled angler, no matter what your bet is, I'll add one more on Paul's side, and I'll bet on Paul to win. The host seemed to want to take Hong Tao as the climax of the lottery ceremony, holding the microphone and loudly announcing that he was also going to participate in the gambling between Hong Tao and Paul.

The host's purpose was achieved, and many anglers in the audience stood up and shouted that they would add a stick, without exception, to Paul. Paul stood up triumphantly, raising his hands and signaling around as if he had just won the competition.

The lottery ceremony ended in the coaxing of everyone, Hong Tao ran out of the hotel with his loser daughter-in-law, hid in the car and waited for Paul and Carl to come out, there was no way to stay in the venue, there were anglers everywhere and Hong Tao betting, in their opinion, Hong Tao is a mallet who doesn't understand anything.

"Why don't you bet with them? Are you not sure? Erin was curious about Hong Tao's reaction, although she was infected with a lot of Chinese habits, but she was still an American at heart, in her opinion, since she could win, why not maximize the benefits?

"I'm not used to being on stage, I'm a little nervous." Hong Tao didn't know how to tell Erin, so he could only use nervousness as an excuse.

"Don't be nervous, I just called Katie and she said you were doing well on stage, and they all said you were doing well." Erin is estimated to be on live TV for the first time in her life, and the excitement has not gone down yet, pulling Hong Tao and talking non-stop.

"They? Who else? Hong Tao heard that there was still a problem in Erin's words, if it was just Katie, he wouldn't have used the word "them".

"And Sam, Pavey, Old Gail, ......, they can also get pay TV signals from the United States." Erin said a long list of names, some Hong Tao knew, some Hong Tao didn't, and it is estimated that she notified everyone who could receive the American pay TV signal!

That night, Hong Tao refused Paul's invitation, and didn't go to the bar with him to meet those fishing friends, and now if Hong Tao appeared in the bar, it must still be a gambling thing, rather than listening to those old American sarcasm, it is better to play with Erin in the room to make villains interesting.

At 5 o'clock the next morning, Hong Tao woke up as usual, jogged with Erin by the lake for a while, and then returned to the hotel for breakfast. At this time, there are already a lot of staff on the dock to set up a temporary venue, they have built a large pergola in the open space in front of the dock, and also made a platform, and now they are erecting seats around, Hong Tao estimates that this will be the place where the results are announced after the competition every day, after all, there is something bad going back to the hotel.

At breakfast, Paul and Carl came down, each wearing a black fishing suit and the same hat, with the sponsor's logo on it. And Hong Tao and Erin are still shorts with big vests, and they look so unprofessional.

"Be sure to remember the return time of the competition, if you are late, your results will be invalid, there is a special GPS navigation device on the fishing boat, you should be able to use this, calculate the voyage, never be late, and do not exceed the scope of the competition." When Paul walked to the dock with Hong Tao, he finally told Hong Tao some things that need to be paid attention to in the game, not to mention, Hong Tao really didn't pay attention to these problems.

As soon as 7 o'clock arrived, the pier was immediately busy, and the players who carried their own fishing boats drove their cars and lowered their fishing boats from the ramp on the right side of the pier. Competitors who do not have a fishing boat will go to the southernmost pier on the pier to pick up the fishing boat provided by the tournament sponsor according to their race number. These fishing boats are all the same color, the same appearance, the only difference is that the hull number is different, so as to distinguish different anglers.

Since Hong Tao is No. 111, the number on the fishing boat is also 111, which is a 16-foot-long standard fishing boat, which is about 4.87 meters when converted to metric. The hull is painted in silver, and there are probably no less than 30 of them printed with the logos of various sponsors and advertisers, which shows that the FLW competition is still quite attractive.

In general, the BASS boat is a speedboat with an external engine, and the hull appearance is no different from that of an ordinary speedboat, but it is slightly different in details. For example, there is a bar stool on the bow of this bass boat, which is the one in front of the bar counter, which stands high on the bow deck. (To be continued......)

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