I Go to the High Seas for Fishing But Get Hunted by an Aircraft Carrier
Chapter 89 Can Teacher Ye Really Catch Fish?

Chapter 89: Chapter 89 Can Teacher Ye Really Catch Fish?

Generally speaking, during fish pond activities or fishing competitions, marked fish are released.

However, in recent years, this practice has evolved into a kind of gambling behavior.

Currently, Ye Chen is live streaming, so the fish pond owner naturally doesn’t dare promise financial or material rewards.

Therefore, the fish pond owner suggested that upon catching a marked fish, a custom King of Fishing plaque would be made for the pond.

This way, it can incite everyone’s enthusiasm, and also avoid violating the law.

The fishermen from the "Jiang City River Squad" nearby, having heard this great news, are now grinning ear to ear.

What a turn of events!

For a fisherman, catching a large fish is far more exciting than catching many small ones!

Every fisherman keeps records of their fishing career.

Take old Liao, for instance, he’s a seasoned fisherman, in the fishing world for four or five decades, known by the nickname Angry Iron Hand!

All because in his youth, he once caught a forty-seven-pound carp.

After that carp was pulled onto the shore, it thrashed about, trying to roll back into the water.

At that moment, old Liao yelled: "Hold onto your mama!"

He charged forward and smacked the forty-seven-pound carp dead with the back of his hand!

Thus, the nickname Angry Iron Hand was born!

And today, old Liao’s forty-seven-pound carp record might be broken.

Wild fishing is different.

Wild fishing is more difficult; fishermen can’t be sure how many fish there are in the river, or if there are any large ones.

But Black Pond is different, the fish here are truly stocked by the owner, and what’s more, at such high density!

As mentioned before, many Black Ponds have explicit rules: the fish you catch cannot be taken away.

Afterwards, they must be sold back to the owner by weight.

But if you really catch a big fish, who wouldn’t want to carry it home, showing off along the way just how imposing a fisherman can be?

Besides, carrying a big fish home would lend a fisherman quite a bit more clout in conversation.

If one’s partner asked where they’d been, they’d just drop the fish on the ground and exclaim: "Why ask? I was out fishing, see? Hurry to the kitchen, it’s time to stew a fish!"

When catching little fish or shrimp, their partner might complain.

But with such a fresh and meaty large fish, their partner would probably drool with desire, gladly heading to the kitchen to stew the fish.

Such standing in the family is something every fisherman has dreamt of.

Thinking this, old Liao’s eyes are now squinted into slits with laughter.

He has already decided that when it’s time to fish later, he will give it his all, utilizing everything he’s learned in his life!

Today, he didn’t pay for a fishing spot, and the fish he catches will be sold back to the owner for three dollars per pound!

Catching a hundred pounds would amount to three hundred dollars!

He doesn’t have a little farming tricycle like Ye Chen!

And since the owner is so generous, he can’t be that nagging, troublesome person, can he?

When the time comes, he’ll pick out the biggest fish, sling it over his shoulder, and take a few laps around the entire community, letting everyone know he caught a behemoth!

Bringing this big fish back to show the missus, to let her praise the style he once had!

At this thought, Old Liao’s heart swelled with elation!

As for the rest of the fishing gents, no need to bother with them.

From their goofy smiles alone, one can tell their thoughts are all pretty much the same.

And the audience in Ye Chen’s live stream room, though they’re not experiencing it in person,

Through the lively barrage of comments and the continual flow of gifts, they seem even more excited than Ye Chen himself.

"Damn, the boss is really lavish, ten acres and thirty thousand pounds of fish, that investment’s gotta be at least a hundred grand!"

"A hundred grand is an overestimate, considering the fifteen thousand pounds already in the pond earlier. But seventy or eighty thousand, that’s likely."

"I’m dying of laughter, these old men are just too real. Just yesterday they were swearing they wouldn’t fish with Teacher Ye again, and now what? They can’t stop grinning!"

"These old guys are just adorable, haha, can’t you guys hold back a little?"

"I reckon they can’t hold back, every fisherman out there can’t withstand such a temptation. Just look at Old Liao’s face, I bet he’s wishing Ye Chen would become his grandson-in-law!"

"Hahaha, that’s hilarious, these old geezers are totally basking in Ye Chen’s glory!"

"After dumping in so much fish, I feel like the boss is going to take a huge loss on this one!"

"No way, looking at the long term, the boss is making a profit!"

"I just did a search on Haina Baichuan Fish Pond, never expected the boss and the missus to also have a TikTok account. They should’ve said something. To show respect, I’m gonna follow!"

"I’ll follow too, just based on how generous the boss and the missus are, they deserve it!"

"This is really riding the hype wave, just look at East Sea’s King of Fishing, completely deflated now, right?"

"Teacher Ye is really aiming for a big haul this time, with so much fish, I reckon after catching them, he won’t even sell them to the boss, he’ll just take them home himself, especially considering that blue farm tricycle’s cargo bed can hold quite a lot of fish!"

"I’ve got a feeling too, with so many fish, there’s no way Teacher Ye is going home empty-handed this time!"

...

Just as the chat was heating with discussion, suddenly a comment appeared.

"Hey, after all that’s been said, you guys really think Teacher Ye can actually catch fish here?"

In the next second, time seemed to freeze.

The entire live stream room’s chat disappeared for a brief moment.

Such a bizarre atmosphere persisted for several seconds.

You must understand, Ye Chen’s live stream room was hosting over a hundred thousand people at this moment!

One sentence managed to silence over a hundred thousand people for a good few seconds.

Then someone sent the [...] symbol.

Following the reminder brought up by this comment, the audience who regained their senses started typing away again.

"This... um, this... has indeed woken me up, who is Teacher Ye? He’s the one dubbed Dragon King’s Hatred, the supreme commander of the air force!"

"That’s right, we’ve been chatting away here, but it all depends on whether Teacher Ye can actually pull up the fish!"

"Yeah, Teacher Ye has been fishing for over a month now, when has he ever caught a live fish?"

"I think if Teacher Ye could catch fish, he would’ve done so by now, so this time... he’s still not going to catch anything!"

...

At this point, one can see the effect of the video Ye Chen released last night.

Now, in the live stream room, not a single troll or hater could be found.