The Top Fishing
Chapter 124 - 120: The Boss’s Lament_2

Chapter 124: Chapter 120: The Boss’s Lament_2

Catfish thrive even more when the weather is hot, and now, approaching noon, the bites are just right. Lin Yang also has no plans to eat for the time being.

For Boss Pan, it doesn’t matter if he’s slightly hungrier for a meal.

"Brother Feng, I’m running out of bait, help me prepare some more."

Although today’s competition was between Lin Yang and Wang Erwen, having Wang Feng help with the bait wasn’t improper at all, especially since Wang Erwen had three apprentices to assist him.

Soon, another two hours passed.

Lin Yang prepared to set another fish cage. His super fish cage could hold up to one thousand pounds, but there was no need to fill it to the brim since he had so many of them—it would be too difficult to lift later on.

After setting the new fish cage, Lin Yang checked the time and saw that he had about two hours left. Based on the current size and pace of the fish, he estimated he could catch another twenty or thirty.

PM.

The moment it was time, the reservoir’s owner came over wearing a hat, demanding Lin Yang and Wang Erwen to stop fishing.

Seeing four to five hundred pounds of catfish in Wang Erwen’s fish cage, the owner’s face darkened. With catfish priced at seven to eight yuan per pound, four to five hundred pounds amounted to over three thousand yuan.

Both men’s fishing fees totaled only 3200 yuan, and Wang Erwen had already hauled enough to cover his share. The owner wouldn’t earn a penny from him.

If the other guy hadn’t caught much, today’s revenue could at least break even without a loss, and considering the one thousand yuan earned from the big alligator turtle yesterday, there would still be profit.

However, upon seeing Lin Yang’s fish cage, the owner’s legs went weak.

Ordinarily, anglers at Qingshan Reservoir caught hardly anything, and one fish cage was enough for them.

He hadn’t expected the young man who caught the alligator turtle yesterday to set two fish cages today. Didn’t that mean this young man caught even more than the other?

"Boss, how much... how much did you catch?" The reservoir owner addressed Lin Yang as a boss.

Lin Yang wiped the moisture off his fishing rod and replied, "Not sure, I’ll know after weighing them."

At this moment.

Staff arranged by Wang Jian Country to collect the fish were coming down from the shore, carrying a scale.

The reservoir owner asked Lin Yang, "Boss, who are those people?"

Lin Yang glanced at him and said coolly, "They’re here to collect the fish. Any problem?"

The reservoir owner set his mind and said, "My fish can be either taken away or released, but I absolutely forbid selling them!" He was convinced Lin Yang wouldn’t dare sell the catch to anyone else.

"What the hell kind of owner is this? Not even allowing fishermen to deal with their own catches? Shameless. If you can’t afford it, don’t play."

"You see? Are you still going to Qingshan Reservoir to fish? 200 yuan an hour for this crap, I wouldn’t go even if you killed me."

Lin Yang couldn’t be bothered with him and just said to Wang Jian Country’s staff who had now approached, "The reservoir owner says you can’t buy these catches."

Fei Zai took off his shirt, revealing the tattoo on his shoulder, with his fists cracking, "We’ve paid the fishing fee, every cent, and now, what business do you have with whether the catch is sold? If you plan on stopping us, I don’t mind getting physical."

"We are buying the catches at market price, a legitimate business. Are you planning to rob us on the way?" Fei Zai’s aggressive expression made the reservoir owner hesitate to make a move, "You should follow the rules, you know? If you don’t, I won’t hesitate to teach you a lesson."

The reservoir owner was extremely vexed inside, but confronting someone like Fei Zai, he didn’t dare to speak out of turn and could only nod in agreement.

Ignoring the reservoir owner, Fei Zai approached Lin Yang, "Master Lin, Brother Wang said we’ll buy the catch for two yuan more than the market price. Is that okay?"

Fei Zai’s attitude changed completely in front of Lin Yang, all smiles now.

Lin Yang had seen this guy a few times at Dongyang Fishing Ground and realized that this man could not be trifled with when he decided to throw his weight around.

"Market price is fine, doesn’t matter to me. I’m definitely taking the catch home," Lin Yang replied with a smile.

Fei Zai chuckled and said, "Alright then, whatever Master Lin says about the price, we’ll follow."

Then, he signaled the staff from the fishing ground he had brought along to start helping lift the fish onto the scale.

"245 jin."

"632 jin."

"The two fish guards totaled 877 jin, 7016 yuan."

He transferred the money on the spot.

Lin Yang wasn’t at all polite, simply rounding down the change and only accepting 7000 yuan.

"Holy shit, just like that, 7000 yuan in hand, 877 jin, my God, how is it possible to catch that much."

"Hahaha, now the reservoir owner’s shorts are deep in the red."

The reservoir owner watched as his fish were carried away and loaded onto a truck, tears streaming down his face. He’d done loss-making business before, but never one where a single person could lose seven to eight thousand just like that.

"You can’t do this, look here, if it goes on like this all my efforts in raising these fish will have been for nothing. Brother, I’ll refund you the fishing fees and even add another 5000, can you just leave the fish?"

In the face of the reservoir owner’s pleading, Lin Yang and Wang Erwen, along with the others, couldn’t be bothered to give a second glance, and they simply took their stuff and drove off.

Such an unprincipled boss definitely needed to be taught a lesson.

If Lin Yang and his friends hadn’t taught him a lesson today, more people would come to fish here and be duped and suffer losses in the future, just like what had happened to Lin Yang the day before, when he tried to take an alligator turtle home but the reservoir owner seized it. Such a person could not be indulged!

.....

In the evening.

Lin Yang invited Wang Erwen, Wang Feng, Wang Jian Country, and others to dinner to make up for not doing so the day before.

He wanted to thank Wang Erwen for gifting him forty thousand yuan over the past two days, and Wang Feng and Wang Jian Country for their help.

Wang Erwen was in a visibly better mood today than the day before. He helplessly said to Lin Yang at the dinner table, "Master Lin, I’ve been no match for you in the last two catfish competitions, I can’t deny defeat, I reckon only my master would have a chance against you."

Lin Yang replied with a smile, "The main reason is that I’m a local, endowed with a local’s buff. It’s normal that Master Wang can’t beat me."

After thinking it over, Wang Erwen felt that there might be some truth to what he said: "Indeed, perhaps my bait doesn’t suit the palate of the Jiangdong City catfish like the bait you mix yourself does, Master Lin."

He paused, then continued to say to Lin Yang, "Master Lin, I have a somewhat bold request."

Lin Yang: "Just speak your mind, Master Wang, it’s no problem."

Wang Erwen, slightly embarrassed, said, "I’ve heard for a while now about the effective bait mix you prepare, so I’d like to buy the recipe for it from you, Master Lin. Of course, if you feel it’s not equitable, we could also collaborate. After the bait mix is developed and we deduct labor, materials... we’d split the remainder fifty-fifty."

A good bait mix could bring significant revenue to Tianyuan, provided it was widely accepted by the fishing community, otherwise it was pointless.

The bait mix Lin Yang made himself was already widely accepted for its effectiveness, and at one point was even considered the best available on the market.

If they could join forces in development, Tianyuan would then have several products to compete with other brands.

"Master Lin, our company is willing to offer five million yuan to buy your recipe. If you’re not willing to sell, we can go into joint development. You wouldn’t need to invest money, and we’d share the profits equally. That’s the biggest benefit I can secure for you on behalf of our company," Wang Erwen said.

True, the terms offered by Wang Erwen were very tempting, but Lin Yang had never entertained the thought of selling his bait mix recipe from the very beginning.

Besides, he didn’t really have a recipe; his only method was to fish daily, and then use the points to exchange for strength-enhancing fish attractant.

But if he were to truly cooperate with Tianyuan, he would certainly not be able to meet the supply demands, considering such a large company could produce tens of thousands of units in a single day.

"I’m sorry, Master Wang, I’ve considered it many times before, and I’m not interested in a partnership for the time being," Lin Yang flatly refused.

"No worries, I anticipated this might be the outcome before I came," Wang Erwen said.

Although the cooperation did not come to fruition, everyone still enjoyed the meal that evening. After all, business that doesn’t pan out doesn’t mar the cordiality; the fact that they could get to know each other still felt quite delightful.

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