Chapter 005: Carp Reward

Lin Yang didn't have time to pay attention to the bullet comments in his livestream right now; he stood the fishing rod upright with one hand and scooped up the large carp into the net with the other.

Looking at the dark scales on the carp's back and its continuously opening and closing mouth, he also laughed, weighing the carp in his hand—it was certainly ten pounds.

At the same time, the virtual aquatic encyclopedia appeared again before his eyes.

After turning to the first page, the second gray card had already unlocked and lit up, showing a carp pattern with ¥+500 written on it, special reward: enhanced fish attractant (Crucian Carp edition).

Lin Yang glanced at his attributes again, his points and Experience Value had increased by 5 points each.

That is to say, catching this first ten-pound carp not only directly rewarded him with 500 dollars, but he also obtained a dose of enhanced fish attractant, along with 5 points of Experience Value and points.

He turned to look at his phone, which was livestreaming; it had just received a text message: "Your xxxx bank card has received 500 yuan, balance....."

Seeing these consecutive notifications, Lin Yang couldn't help but get excited again. Today, not only had he caught a big fish for the first time, but he had also received 600 dollars within a mere hour, all obtained effortlessly—it was simply like picking up money.

But that wasn't all; gifts continuously floated across the phone screen.

[Brother Aquatic sent a sports car.]

[I'm not a fisherman sent a plane.]

[Absolute No Air Force sent hearts X29.....]

Apart from hearts, both sports cars and planes are quite expensive gifts on Douyin, costing 520 dollars and 300 dollars each respectively.

Lin Yang is now an independent broadcaster, not signed with a major guild or under any special contract, so he could only receive the bare minimum 30% share of the gifts, which amounted to just over 200 dollars.

While a few hundred dollars in gifts might not seem much, for a livestream room of just dozens of people, it was quite rare.

"Haha, brother, I keep my word, a sports car for you," Brother Aquatic sent the gift and then posted a bullet comment, appearing not to mind spending money.

"Thanks to Si Ge and the fishermen for the gifts. Honestly, you guys don't need to send gifts. I'm just happy if you come to chat and watch me fish." Lin Yang thanked them with a smile.

He initially didn't rely on gifts for income from his livestreams, and now with the Golden Finger, he needed them even less.

"Si Ge is generous, a real man!"

"Not a bad host, followed."

With the increase in bullet comments and gifts from several viewers, the popularity of Lin Yang's livestream room also began to rise.

Nowadays, that's how these short video platforms work: the more gifts and bullet comments in the livestream room, the higher the popularity, and the easier it is to attract new viewers.

Suddenly, Lin Yang's phone screen was filled with notifications of new visitors entering the livestream room, with the number of viewers continuously climbing, directly breaking into three digits.

"Is the host a fisherman? Followed."

"Whoa, that carp must weigh ten pounds, right? Don't tell me it was caught in that little river ditch behind you."

"I find that hard to believe too. I bet it's more likely the host bought the fish and hung it there."

"Right, online bet, if that fish was caught by the host live, I'll chop off the sculpture!"

"Awesome, tough guy upstairs."

"Taking orders online, hanging fish under the water."

As the number of people in the livestream room increased, the public screen captions also got messier.

Lin Yang glanced at these scrolling bullet comments, choosing to ignore the remarks made by these newcomers. He was often in various livestream rooms and was used to seeing such comments.

Although he chose to ignore them, some viewers who had been watching the fishing process from the start were not pleased. Brother Aquatic was the first to stand up, "The guy who said he'd chop off live on broadcast, step forward, start your livestream."

"Yes, we saw the whole process of the host catching the fish with our own eyes."

"Isn't this a fishing live stream? Who's getting chopped? I'm here to watch."

"Host, don't mind them. Keep fishing. It looks like more fish are coming to the spot. Don't waste this good spot."

Lin Yang glanced at the time on his phone. It was not even half past eleven, and he couldn't waste his large fish buff, so he sat down and began to fish again.

Because the big carp he just caught was slowly pulled in, there was no explosion in the spot.

On the contrary, since carps tend to live in groups, continuing to fish in this spot might likely bring continuous catches.

Lin Yang adjusted the phone on the stand, switched the camera back to the water, then baited his hook and continued to cast.

Although the scene flashed by, some sharp-eyed viewers still caught a glimpse of his entire fishing gear.

"Damn, is that the legendary worldly society fisherman with one rod, one seat? Little bro respects!"

"With that gear catching big fish? Even if it's true, it must have been a fluke."

"Whether it's luck or not, just watch quietly and you'll know."

The more people watched, the noisier the live broadcast room became, but Lin Yang didn't care and just calmly continued fishing.

Although he was a novice now, with increasing experience, he felt his fishing knowledge was becoming more and more comprehensive.

After casting his line, he followed it up by continuously jerking the bait over a dozen times.

Landing a big fish does affect the mood of the school in the spot, so rubbing the big bait and jerking it over a dozen times also amounted to refurbishing the spot bait.

After jerking more than a dozen times, he remade the small bait on the hook, watched as the float stood up on the water surface again, and Lin Yang quietly waited, sitting on his seat.

The sun was directly overhead, and the temperature also began to rise, as the time reached twelve noon.

Luck is something you can neither see nor touch. After waiting for more than half an hour and pulling in the line a few times in between, aside from a few messy float movements, no real bites occurred.

Since there were no fish, the number of people in the live broadcast room started to drop again. But because a big fish had been caught earlier, the viewing number still increased by several dozen people.

"I just said it; it was all the host's luck."

"That's right, having one decent large fish in this body of water is already not bad; the host still hopes to catch more big fish."

"No fun, I'm out of here....."

Fishing is a very time-consuming activity, let alone watching a fishing live stream, which is even more boring, especially when there are no bites.

Lin Yang also felt a bit helpless, but there was nothing he could do; his skill and equipment were just so-so, and he didn't stop others because he might have done the same.

Just as the atmosphere in the live stream room was waning, with some viewers unable to hold back and about to leave, the quiet float jerked suddenly, and the next moment, the float completely submerged.

Seeing this, Lin Yang quickly jerked back the rod, and the line whizzed as it tore through the air.

"Damn, he actually got a fish."

"Looks like it's a big one again."

"Host, please share the location, share the bait."

Seeing Lin Yang hook a fish, some viewers in the live room, rejuvenated as if injected with adrenaline, saw the barrage of messages start to float up again.

Perhaps this is the charm of fishing. It's so boring when there are no bites, but the moment you land a fish, even watching someone else fish can be exciting.