The Top Fishing
Chapter 502 - 230: The Counter Bite_2

Chapter 502: Chapter 230: The Counter Bite_2

Seeing another key figure appear, Lin Yang and Zhang Lin exchanged glances, now there was going to be a good show!

Before disembarking a moment ago, I was worried they would see through this simple provocation and not show up, but it turns out I overestimated these foreigners’ intelligence.

Since you’re presenting your face for us to strike, don’t blame us if we go a bit heavy-handed....

Lin Yang and Zhang Lin did not immediately respond to Gao Bai’s accusations, but the nearby seven or eight media professionals lit up at this.

Is there even more to the story? Jackpot!

The first journalist to react turned and walked toward Gao Bai.

"Hello sir, I’m a journalist from Voice of the Ocean. I’m wondering what exactly you meant by your earlier remarks. There seems to be some sort of bet between you guys. Would you mind elaborating on that?"

With one journalist taking the lead, others quickly followed suit, a circle of microphones surrounding Gao Bai as if he had broken a record.

Gao Bai, not at all intimidated by the scene, organized his thoughts and in the tone of a victim, he roughly explained the so-called ’incident’, having prepared his draft before going ashore. Now he spoke without any notable pauses, very fluently.

The first part was pretty normal, merely about some minor frictions over fishing spots among anglers, leading to a fish duel bet, and when he mentioned about the loser live streaming a kiss on a donkey’s behind, it made the journalists and the onlookers burst into laughter.

But the good times didn’t last long—when it came to the second half, about Lin Yang and his team deceiving him into believing they had caught a bluefin over 1500 pounds, and how it distracted him from focusing on the rest of the competition, the journalists started looking at Gao Bai with a mixture of feelings.

This poor guy, to question so publicly and flamboyantly, hadn’t he checked Lin Yang’s actual catch weight? It was a whopping 1617 pounds, even bigger than the claimed 1500 pounds.

"I’m glad so many media friends are here. I hope to use this opportunity to help expose the deceptive practices of these scammers, to clean up the bad custom in the sport fishing circle, and make these dishonest folks ashamed!"

Gao Bai thought his statement had an impact, but by the time he finished, he was spitting with righteous indignation.

At that moment, a cameraman couldn’t hold back a snort of laughter.

"Hey, friend, before you made this accusation, didn’t you check how heavy this incredible angler from China’s catch was?"

"Hahahaha."

"Hahaha."

Everyone burst into laughter.

Gao Bai, confused, touched his curly hair on his forehead, "Through more than a hundred meters, we saw his catch was just a bit bigger than usual, how could it reach 1600 pounds? Do you think I haven’t seen a big fish?"

"Hahahaha!"

"Hahaha."

....

Upon hearing this, there was another round of laughter.

Watching the fun calmly all the while, Zhang Lin chimed in, "Have you ever seen a real big fish? Our catch has already been weighed and measured, totalling 3.57 meters and 1617 pounds!

Okay, media friends, this clown’s performance is just too shoddy. My friend and I can’t bear to watch anymore.

In a moment, we are going to play several video clips here, revealing some things. Humans can lie, but complete videos don’t lie. Today, we will show you what it really means to be a thief shouting ’catch the thief’ and talking nonsense with eyes wide open!"

The next second, Zhang Lin, Lin Yang, Yue’er, and Captain Harry moved together toward the makeshift press conference area prepared by the staff.

The media journalists and fishing enthusiasts who hadn’t had their fill of the ’raw melons’ and heard there was more explosive material to come, were suddenly thrilled.

A crowd of people, no longer distinguished between media professionals and fishing enthusiasts, rushed into the room.

With Zhang Lin’s help, a copy of the video that Lin Yang had filmed was made, and using the venue’s simple playback equipment, they prepared to play it as the crowd was nearly all gathered.

Zhang Lin, acting as Fishing Guide for this event, spoke first, "First things first, let me formally introduce the record-breaking angler, Lin Yang, my fellow countryman, Chinese, who just won the world fishing championship a few days ago, and also possesses extensive experience in big fish angling. He is also a fishing broadcaster with millions of fans in China’s short video social media outdoor fishing industry...."

This stream of verifiable accolades gave everyone a deeper understanding of this youthful-looking angler before them.

"Okay, now that we’ve introduced Mr. Lin Yang’s background, let’s talk about the serious violations and malicious competition we encountered while fishing!

This fishing incident involved not one, but three boats, unlike what that ’accuser’ claimed, and now look at the video material we recorded during our livestream...."

Zhang Lin’s voice shifted as he began to control the equipment and the projector soon displayed the footage Lin Yang captured with a drone.

In the footage, since Will’s boat arrived late to the fishing spot, three other boats had already reached the designated fishing point ahead of it. The captain’s radio communication with the other party was also recorded.

What followed were the overtly hostile mockery and the upcoming battle declaration on fishing. Before the absolute proof, lies couldn’t stand.

At this moment, even Gao Bai, dense as he was, realized something was amiss. If the battle declaration was captured, then the footage of his and his companions’ three boats spectating must have also been captured. This was not exactly a shining moment for him.