Chapter 019: Bait Sells Well

At this moment, Lin Yang was unaffected by the bidding from the onlookers; he was quite fond of this wild turtle and had no intention to sell it.

"Everyone, don't get fired up anymore. I'm not planning to sell this turtle. Does any brother have a digital scale? I'd like to borrow it to weigh it."

The older brother who had gone to get the landing net earlier took out an electronic hanging scale from his tackle box and said, "I've got one right here!"

"To all friends in the live broadcast, the moment to witness a miracle is coming up. Don't blink, I'll reveal the final weight to you all shortly."

Lin Yang placed the turtle into the landing net, suspended it in mid-air with the scale hook, and the digital display showed the numbers representing the weight.

With the landing net included, the final weight of the big turtle was 1588g. After subtracting the weight of the net line, the turtle itself weighed at least 1500g or about three jin.

"The final standard answer for the guessing game is 1500g for the turtle!"

Lin Yang announced the answer and entered the final result into the guessing competition.

After the drawing, the winner column showed the ID 'Air Force Commander', a user Lin Yang somewhat remembered.

"Congratulations to 'Air Force Commander', who guessed 1500g for the carp. Although you guessed the wrong fish, you got the weight right."

"Congratulations once again. Send me your address and phone number in a private message later, and I'll send you a bag of my homemade special brewing rice after the broadcast. Those who want it can also buy it directly through the little yellow cart in the live broadcast room."

'Air Force Commander' sent a Cloud Piercing Arrow!

'Air Force Commander' sent an Old Iron!

'Air Force Commander' sent out Beer × 66!

Air Force Commander: "I never expected the host to catch a turtle, but judging from the bend of the rod, it was definitely more than a couple of jin, so I took a risk and guessed three jin. I didn't expect to actually win."

"With the host's special bait, I believe I will never be 'air force' again!"

....

After the turtle incident, the onlookers gradually returned to their fishing spots and started fishing again.

The popularity of Lin Yang's live stream also gradually subsided from the peak just now.

Because he had thrown a big stone into the water earlier, his fishing spot was pretty much ruined.

He checked the time on his phone, it was getting late, and he needed to send out parcels early, so he decided to end the broadcast.

Lin Yang said, "I've been live from eight in the morning until now, almost four hours of broadcast time, and the fishing hasn't been bad. The bites have gradually stopped, and I'm going to end the stream now, thank you to all the friends in the live room for your support."

"Tomorrow morning, same time, I'll continue to stream for you all. For those who enjoy watching fishing, welcome to join my stream tomorrow, see you then."

After saying goodbye, Lin Yang ended the broadcast.

After going offline, he checked his backend stats again to see the live streaming data and how many followers he had gained.

Today's morning stream lasted 256 minutes, with a total audience of 7870 people and a follower increase of 2531.

With this almost four-hour fishing broadcast, there were fewer than eight thousand viewers, but he gained 2531 new followers. Adding this to his original 3000, he had now passed the 5000 followers milestone.

This kind of growth, for a streamer still gaining momentum, was an incredibly exaggerated achievement and far exceeded Lin Yang's expectations.

Moreover, most importantly, his broadcast's special bait had now sold nearly 300 orders!

"At this rate, my thousand bottles of bait will be sold out in less than three days." Seeing this data, Lin Yang was thrilled.

After putting away his phone, he remembered the big turtle he had caught earlier seemed to unlock a reward.

Upon opening the Fish Species Guide, he indeed saw a new entry for the turtle species unlocked.

The displayed rewards showed ¥+1000, a special skill [Observing Fish Patterns (Beginner)], along with 10 Experience Value and points.

Lin Yang clicked to check out the special skill 'Observing Fish Patterns'.

[Observing Fish Patterns (Beginner)]: You can predict the approximate location of fish based on the surrounding aquatic environment.

"No way, that's so powerful!"

Seeing the effect of the skill, Lin Yang's eyes instantly lit up.

The difference between fishermen who often make great catches and those who always come up empty isn't limited to fishing skills but also includes another important factor: the ability to observe fish patterns.

A true fishing master can use various environmental factors, including water conditions, temperature, barometric pressure, and wind presence, to deduce the likely location of fish.

Being able to precisely locate schools of fish naturally makes fishing much more efficient.

Now that Lin Yang had acquired this ability, finding fishing spots would become easier and more accurate in the future, a significant help to him!

Packing up his guide, Lin Yang cheerfully started to pack up his gear.

He picked up his fish keeper, which held about fourteen or fifteen jin of Crucian Carp and a three-jin big turtle.

By estimation, among those fishing in the area today, he was undoubtedly the one with the most catch.

After securing his gear, he placed his fish keeper on the footrest of his electric bike. Lin Yang smiled and greeted the surrounding fishermen before riding home.

As before, on his way home, Lin Yang sold most of the Crucian Carps to a fishmonger at the town market, only taking a few Big Plate Crucian Carps home.

This time he sold 14 jin, totaling 210 yuan.

When he got home and parked his bike in the yard, Lin Yang called out, "I'm back, Mom."

Mrs. Lin came out of the kitchen and said with a glance, "Look at the time, don't you have any sense of time?"

"Hehe, the fishing was good today so I stayed a bit longer, and I also caught something great, look!"

As Lin Yang spoke, he showed the big turtle he had caught in the fish basket to his mom.

"What's this thing?" Mrs. Lin said as she came over. "Wow! Is this a turtle? Son, did you catch this?"

"Of course." Lin Yang smiled.

Mr. Lin heard the commotion and came out of the living room. When he saw the big turtle in the fish basket, his eyes widened in surprise.

"Wow! A big turtle! This is a good item, and it's wild too!"

"Alright, alright, both of you go wash your hands and get the tableware ready, we are about to eat," Mrs. Lin said as she went back into the kitchen and started to fry the dishes.

Lin Yang efficiently washed his hands and, while waiting to eat in the living room, he picked up his phone again to check the sales of the bait in the background.

"Holy moly, there are more orders!"

No sooner had he clicked into the live streaming platform than he was bombarded with a continuous stream of order notifications. He glanced at the order count: 367.

In less than a day, over 300 orders had been made. At this rate, his secret bait would only last for two more days of sales.

"What's increased again, always getting startled over nothing," Mr. Lin, who was setting the clean tableware on the table, looked over and asked.

"Dad, take a look for yourself," Lin Yang said, passing his phone over.

"Let me see what you're showing me." Lin Zhiyuan took the phone and started looking at it.

"The host is so handsome, I want to have your babies, what the heck is this gibberish, I don't understand a thing,"

When Lin Yang heard his dad reading aloud, he leaned over to see that he hadn't left the comments section and hastily clicked on the little yellow car.

"Over here, look at the sales," he hurriedly pointed out.

"Three hundred and sixty-seven, huh? You mean that thing we messed around with yesterday and sold over three hundred bottles?"

"Yeah," Lin Yang affirmed proudly.

"You're selling them for thirty yuan a bottle, let me calculate..."

"Good grief, you've made over ten thousand yuan in just one day!" Old Lin's voice immediately rose.

"Mmmhmm."

"Oh my God!" Hearing his son's affirmative response, Old Lin also rarely cursed.

"Are you two nuts, cussing in the living room before we've even had dinner, Old Lin come here and serve the dishes," Mrs. Lin stood at the kitchen door with a stern face, addressing the two men sitting in the living room.

"Wife, look." Old Lin took his phone over to Mrs. Lin, "We made over ten thousand yuan in one night."

"What thing made over ten thousand overnight, are you following your son and selling stuff online now?" Mrs. Lin was confused by Old Lin's words.

"What's that got to do with anything, it's our son, the bait he made yesterday has sold over three hundred bottles in less than a day, making a total of over ten thousand yuan," Old Lin explained repeatedly.

"That junk you two were fiddling with yesterday afternoon?"

"Mmmhmm." Old Lin also proudly imitated his son's response.

Mrs. Lin looked at Lin Yang with a surprised expression on her face: "Well done, son. At this rate, our family is going to strike it rich!"

Seeing his parents' surprised expressions, Lin Yang didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

But they weren't wrong, if things continued this way, he really would become very wealthy.

Making over ten thousand yuan in a day, that's three to four hundred thousand a month, and four to five million a year... Gosh, he was almost afraid to think about it.

At lunch, Mrs. Lin also rarely made an extra poached egg for each of her boys, and the family of three had a very harmonious meal together.

After lunch, Lin Yang and his grandfather immediately got to work, loading the three hundred plus bottles of bait that needed to be shipped today onto the small truck.

Then Mr. Lin drove directly to a courier station in town.

At the town's courier station, Lin Yang parked the light truck and walked in.

"Boss, I've got a parcel to send."

"Here you come, here you come," a courier boss came out from inside.

"Boss, I've got quite a bit to send, haha," Lin Yang said with a smile to the boss.

"No problem, I'll give you a hand," said the boss, and the three of them began to move bottle after bottle of bait from the truck into the shop.

Lin Yang had also counted it up before coming. He would send out the orders placed before one o'clock in the afternoon first. As for the orders that came in after that, he would wait until tomorrow. He couldn't possibly be sending out couriers multiple times a day.

"One bottle per parcel?" The boss looked at the over three hundred bottles of bait on the floor and asked.

"Most of them, yeah, and there are others that have several bottles. There are quite a few people; how about I add you as a friend, and then I'll send you the delivery address details?"

"Sure, you've saved up a few days of orders, such a large quantity, this is the first time in three or four years since my station opened that we've encountered such a big client like you."

"Haha, it's just one day's worth. I might come here to send parcels every day from now on," Lin Yang said, laughing.

"One day?"

The boss was surprised to hear Lin Yang's words and then said, "Well in that case, give me your home address. For large volumes of orders like this, we can pick them up from your home."

"That would be great."

Since this was Lin Yang's first time shipping goods, he also helped with the packaging and sealing, checked each address again, and then left the courier station.