Chapter 007: Secret Nesting Material

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After lunch,

Lin Yang moved a small stool next to the fish basin and started to process the two big fish because the house lacked an oxygenation machine for the fish. They wouldn't last more than a few hours before dying, and by that time, the meat wouldn't taste good anymore.

As for the elderly couple, they'd gone to nap in the house. Village people live like this, their pace of life much slower than in the city. Besides, his own father didn't have work to do every day.

While he was killing the fish, Lin Yang suddenly remembered that he seemed to have a special reward for unlocking the Carp—a fish attractant potion.

He summoned the aquaculture guide, and on the already unlocked carp card, a special item awaited collection that would normally require 20 points to exchange.

[Enhanced Fish Attractant Potion (Crucian Carp Version)]: Its effect is 3-5 times that of the ordinary sake rice used on the market.

Lin Yang glanced around, saw no one, and reached out to claim it.

Afterward, he found himself holding a bottle about the size of a Wahaha bottle in his hand, through which he could see the full bottle of red liquid inside.

The bottle also had a label detailing the instructions. The net weight of the potion was 100g, and the method of use prescribed mixing it with bait in a certain proportion. Normally, 1g of the potion was mixed with 500g of bait. This was mainly meant for attracting small fish species like Crucian Carp.

Lin Yang unscrewed the cap of the potion and sniffed it. He noted an indescribable fragrance and also appreciated that the cap was designed thoughtfully—it was a 10g measuring cup.

That meant one capful of the potion, mixed with 10 kilos of bait, would have the best effect to attract fish. Diluting it further would weaken the effect.

Seeing this, Lin Yang's eyes immediately lit up. Just now, during lunch, he had been thinking that relying solely on fishing to unlock new species and income from livestreaming was far too little.

After all, even unlocking ten species of fish would only make a few thousand dollars, and as for livestreaming, he currently had only a thousand or so fans. Hoping to make money from livestreaming right now was like a fool's dream.

But now things were different. With this enhanced attractant, if it were indeed effective, he could completely make and sell bait.

As long as the effect was good, he wouldn't worry about nobody buying it or not finding a sales channel.

No sooner said than done, Lin Yang put down the kitchen knife he was using to kill the fish, stood up, went to the kitchen, and took out all the millet his mother had bought for making porridge. He then found the family's scale and weighed out ten kilos.

Crucian Carp bait only needed a little each time, and too much would be wasted in the short term, so he decided to start with ten kilos to test the waters. The rest of the millet was then put back in the kitchen.

He put the ten kilos of millet into a bucket, poured in 10 grams of the newly acquired enhanced potion with the cap, stirred it evenly with his hand, and the orange-yellow millet immediately took on a deep red color, emitting a pleasant fragrance.

After washing his hands, he went outside, found over ten empty mineral water bottles, and filled them with the mixed red millet.

Having done all that, he continued with killing the fish. As for whether the attractant was effective or not, he would find out in tomorrow's experiment.

In the afternoon, he rode his electric scooter to the Xiangyang Dam to the fishing spot he had visited that morning to fish for big fish, as he couldn't waste today's buff.

An exchange would cost 200 points, requiring at least forty big fish or hundreds of small fish to accumulate that many points.

He was still livestreaming while he fished in the afternoon, but no one sent any big gifts this time.

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That's normal, no one's money comes from a gust of wind, and Lin Yang doesn't rely on livestream donations to make money. Right now, his main goal in streaming is to gradually accumulate fans.

It wasn't until dusk approached that Lin Yang finally returned home, and he had caught three big Carps by the afternoon.

For dinner, they ate one of the Carps that he had cleaned at noon, while the three Carps caught in the afternoon were given away to the surrounding neighbors by his father.

Lin Yang had no objections to this, as Carp is considered to have a worse taste among the common freshwater fish and isn't valuable — it has a strong earthy taste and lots of bones. In their area, people prefer eating grass carp or Fat Head.

After taking a bath at night, Lin Yang lay in bed tossing and turning, unable to sleep. He felt like his experiences during the day were like a dream. Of course, such excitement would last for days for anyone.

He picked up his phone from beside his pillow and as he looked at the balance, he got more and more excited. The donations from the livestream, together with the rewards from the Golden Finger, had earned him nearly a thousand dollars in less than a day, and this was just the first day.

In his heart, he fantasized that if things continued like this, and once he became a Master fisherman and top streamer, wouldn't he easily earn several million a year?

After all, he was someone who often watched short videos and livestreams. Those top-tier livestreaming Masters can easily earn millions or even tens or hundreds of millions a year.

Earning a million a year might just be a few days' sales for those city business owners, or the commission from a single contract deal, which isn't much, but for Lin Yang, who grew up in the countryside, making a million in a year was something he had never even dreamed of.

"Right, the livestream room was so crowded today, I wonder if the number of fans has increased."

During today's livestream, his peak viewership numbers had broken into the triple digits for the first time, ten times the usual count.

With that thought, Lin Yang opened Douyin on his phone to check his fan count.

"2023, oh man, that's a big increase." Seeing the number of fans, he was once again thrilled.

After livestreaming for ten days to half a month, he had only slightly over a thousand fans, most of whom were passive and barely counted as viewers. He hadn't expected to gain nearly a thousand new fans in just one day. With this pace, it wouldn't be long before he broke ten thousand fans.

Thinking about how he had only uploaded one video since he started streaming, Lin Yang opened the video he had recorded during today's livestream.

He knew how to do some simple video editing and put together all the clips of catching big fish from today. He thought of a title "River Fishing Spree: Monster Catches from the Water" and uploaded it after he was done.

Although it was called a spree, these were clips from his entire day of fishing. This was quite normal since all fishing streamers would fish all day or for several hours and then edit together their catches to attract viewers. It sort of became an unwritten rule to draw in the audience.

After posting the video, an excited Lin Yang started watching other fishing streamers' livestreams on the platform.

Nowadays, with more people livestreaming from every sector, fishing included, many streamers choose to stream their night fishing. There are more viewers at night, fewer competitors, and thus, less competition.

After browsing, Lin Yang realized that apart from a few streamers who were happily catching fish continuously, most of the fishing streamers' floats were as still as a 'calming needle in the sea', not moving on the water. They were either chatting and shooting the breeze with fans while sitting on their fishing boxes or starting PK challenges to lure in small gifts from fans.

Lin Yang had nothing to say about this; it was a matter of give and take.

After aimlessly scrolling through his phone for a while, he went to sleep, tired from a day of fishing.

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