Chapter 014: No Talking

"Oh, no wonder," Lin Yang mumbled in response and then sat down to start eating some buns to fill his stomach.

Meanwhile, the guy on the other side also took out his own bread and beverage to start his breakfast.

While eating the buns, Lin Yang took out his phone and entered the Douyin backend to check how many of the Little Yellow Cart's bait had sold since he put them up for sale last night.

"Holy crap, that's insane!"

As soon as he entered the live stream, the platform was flooded with order notifications, and when he looked at the number of orders, there were 92.

"Did it really sell 92 bottles just overnight? Could I be seeing this wrong?" Lin Yang stared in disbelief and refreshed his phone.

"96 orders."

"Holy crap, it's gone up again."

He refreshed again, and it was still 96.

"This... feels like a thousand bottles of bait won't last but a few days."

He had thought that the thousand bottles of bait he prepared yesterday would be enough for at least ten days or half a month, but just overnight, ten percent had already sold out.

Then Lin Yang figured out the reason. Turns out the video he posted last night continuously landing Big Plate Crucian Carps had made it to the local trending page.

In just one night, the views had topped 50,000, and his followers had also exceeded 3000.

There were over a hundred comments under the video.

"Holy crap, double flying burst chain, I'm just about peeing my pants watching through a screen."

"Thrilling, such a great spot, please share."

"Solo Blue Carp? Is the bait really that sensational."

"Definitely the bait, watched the whole live stream."

"Have you all not noticed the host's attractiveness? Woohoo, as the first female fan to comment, I'll be protecting the host from now on."

"Bait is up on Little Yellow Cart, already ordered."

"Is the host local? Just ordered two bottles to test the waters, check my homepage for results in a day."

Seeing these comments, it's no wonder Lin Yang sold out so many just overnight as soon as he put the bait on Little Yellow Cart.

For over 50,000 views, selling nearly a hundred units was not odd at all, especially considering those super big hosts can sell over a million units in just a few hours of live streaming.

After reading the comments and finishing breakfast, Lin Yang started adjusting his fishing rod.

He planned to use a six-meter-three rod today, as he was fishing in a relatively large river, located perfectly at a whirlpool bend.

Taking out the 'Magic Bobber' he had been rewarded the day before, Lin Yang held it in his hands, feeling somewhat reluctant to put it down.

He hadn't understood much about these things before, but after visiting a big fishing store yesterday, he realized this bober was truly beautiful, much better than those big-brand bobbers.

There's a common saying in their local area, "If a poor man gets a donkey, he'd ride it even at midnight," describing someone who won't let go of a prized possession even in their sleep.

Now, he was a bit of a gear enthusiast himself.

Looking at the Magic Bobber, Lin Yang decided to switch from a normal Crucian Carp fishing line setup of 1.0# main line and 0.6# sub-line to a thinner setup of 0.8# main line and 0.4# sub-line, effectively dropping the line size down a notch.

Every angler knows that within the limits of strength, the thinner the sub-line, the better its invisibility, flexibility, and the bite feedback from fish, aiding significantly in hooking the fish.

Moreover, he wasn't too worried about the line being cut thanks to his line protection buff.

After setting up the line, he began to adjust the bobber; during the last adjustment, the bobber's float tip barely showed a little red tip in a flat water condition.

Lin Yang used scissors to trim down just a tiny bit of the balancing lead weight, and as a result, during the next dip, the bobber dipped deeper into the water, changing from one Dot to four.

People who don't fish might not grasp what this description means, but simply put, the bobber was extremely sensitive.

An adjustment of just a tiny bit of balancing lead weight caused the bobber to show a four-Dot change; one can only imagine the sensitivity when a fish bites!

Lin Yang used to use cheap floats, and the difference between this one is like night and day.

The more sensitive the float, the more precise the calibration requires.

He patiently found the right depth, setting the target at two eyes' position, which in professional terms is broadly known as "adjust four fish two".

It took about ten minutes to prepare the bait, make the nest, and adjust the float, and it was now about 7:30 AM; the sun had already started to show.

While the feed was still not fizzing, Lin Yang began preparing to start live streaming, and by this time, several anglers had continuously arrived at the Hua Jian fishing spot.

The old brother who had stayed here overnight had already successively caught a few fish.

Upon starting the broadcast, Lin Yang chose a very attractive title for the live stream, named 'Wild Big Plate Crucian Carp Burst Series'.

Soon, the first wave of viewers was attracted by the title. One minute into the broadcast, there were currently eleven viewers in the live stream room.

"Good morning, host. I just woke up and saw that you started broadcasting."

"The bait from the bike has been bought, waiting for it to arrive to immediately try out the effect."

"Where's the host? Where's the burst series? Clickbait?"

"Don't rush, the host hasn't started yet."

As more and more people came into the live stream, the float in the camera 'pop' made a sudden movement of at least one eye's stop, then quickly sprang back!

Lin Yang saw the float's action immediately but did not lift the rod to hook the fish.

"Go on, such a good pause and you're not lifting the rod?"

"This host probably cannot fish. A one-eye pause in spring is already not bad; not striking on a pause, waiting for a black float?"

"Exactly. I admit the host is somewhat handsome, but his fishing skills seem a bit weak; he didn't take such a good bite?"

"Maybe the host didn't notice just now. With such a big movement, he would definitely lift the rod."

Seeing that everyone in the live stream was discussing, Lin Yang smiled and said. "I saw the movement just now, I intentionally didn't strike."

"You didn't take such a good bite?"

By now, there were about twenty people in the live stream room.

For anglers, not taking a strike is a huge sin, especially while live streaming. Encountering this situation could be agonizing for some compulsive viewers in the live stream room.

"The float movement just now was not a biting action. My float works differently from others'."

Hearing Lin Yang's explanation, many viewers in the live stream room were disdainful.

"Cut it out, believing in your nonsense? A one-eye pause on Crucian Carp is not a biting action, are you sure you know how to fish?"

"It seems even nature is fair; you've got looks, but your fishing skills are indeed lacking, your response to the bite has exposed your skill level."

Lin Yang smirked, "Haha, don't rush with the criticism, just wait and see."

Right after he said this, the float on the surface of the water 'plop' made another one-eye pause action, but this time the float did not spring back up, but continued with a big pause of about two eyes' worth.

"This is the real bite!"

As Lin Yang said, he lifted the rod to hook the fish, directly hitting the mark.

[Experience Value +1, points +1]

The fish caught was not big, just about one or two pounds. He skillfully lifted the fish out of the water, caught the fish with his left hand, and removed the hook with his right hand.

Silence!

At this moment, the live stream room was as quiet as if it had lost its signal. The viewers who had been furiously criticizing a few seconds ago became silent as Lin Yang landed a fish.

At this moment, the chat was at a standstill.