For a moment, the guy behind the scenes felt a bit guilty and hurriedly called to remind the person doing the job not to let anything slip. If they get found out, the wrath from Zhang Yang would be hard to bear, given his physique!

...

At six thirty in the morning, Zhang Yang, who had only slept for a few hours, was woken by the alarm clock and climbed out of bed with two panda eyes.

According to yesterday's plan, today was the day to go to Jinghai Garden to scout and understand the fish situation at the fishing spot. Zhang Yang took a cold shower to wake himself up, then went from door to door to wake up the main team members.

Given what happened last night, the main team members didn't sleep well, except for Yoyo and Xiaowei who were unaware.

Facing the female team members, Zhang Yang didn't say much; while having breakfast, he casually found an excuse, letting them stay at home to rest and not participate in the scouting.

When everyone got into the car, Wang Yan, having rested a bit, couldn't help but say, "Boss, the guy who arranged our dinner last night is missing!"

"Missing?"

"Yeah, he blocked us on WeChat and his phone number is unreachable!"

"Alright, I got it!" Zhang Yang nodded.

"Aren't we going to find them? If I catch them, I'll definitely have a word. We've treated them well, often bringing them benefits in the group, and now they're being disgusting!" Han Qiang chimed in angrily.

Zhang Yang countered, "How are we going to find them? This is Tianjin, not W City! Last night when I got you out of there, Han Mocheng used his father's connections and owed a big favor! If anything else happens, I don't have the ability to settle it!"

"Damn! Then forget it!" Wang Yan heard this and withdrew, silenced.

Although Wang Yan is usually bullish, he's not brainless. Even a strong dragon can't suppress a local snake, let alone he isn't even a strong dragon.

They have a little money, enough to live a somewhat comfortable life, but when it comes to being truly wealthy and influential, they're far from it.

In this situation, it's like fishing; if your bait isn't as good as theirs, if your skills aren't up to par, what can you do when you suffer losses? You endure!

"Once we arrive at the garden, I'll assign a task to everyone.

I'll go chat briefly with the reservoir owner's wife, Beauty, to gather some intel. You guys walk around the ponds and check which spots have good fish, what fishing methods they're using, and what flavor type bait they're fishing with!

Once we go back and summarize the fish situation, we'll come up with a pretty reliable conclusion!

Let's aim to get the intelligence work done in the morning so we can go back and catch up on sleep. Damn, my spirits are a bit low without enough sleep!" Zhang Yang instructed.

"Are we not going to cast a single rod today?" Zhou Chu heard the plan and couldn't resist asking.

Originally planning to do some trial casting, but due to the late-night ordeal, morning time is tight so Zhang Yang changed the plan.

"With a bunch who didn't sleep well, trial fishing won't be in the right condition, so let's be cautious! Walk around the ponds more, get a sense of things, then we'll head out!"

"Alright!"

At seven twenty, Zhang Yang and the team drove the minivan to the fishing spot, Zhang Yang deftly found an empty parking space and parked the car, then casually got out and headed straight for the white cabin near the pond.

Jinghai Garden, as expected from China's NO.1 level hidden pond, had daily routine fishing with fish stocking up to dozens of tons, several tens of thousands of pounds as a baseline. Here, anglers from all over the country gathered.

At this moment, entry hadn't started yet, but hundreds of meters along the pond bank, it was packed with anglers preparing for the start. Various rods, tripods for live streaming, everything was there.

Having played here before, Zhang Yang knew that to secure a good spot ahead of time, one must buy a reservation card. With a reservation card, you can secure a spot ahead of time. Without a card, you'll have to wait for the start and compete with other anglers for a fishing spot. That scene of army upon army crossing the single-plank bridge to occupy spots was still vivid in Zhang Yang's memory.

With a purpose, Zhang Yang didn't wander aimlessly, holding a cigarette, he sauntered towards the cabin.

With just over ten minutes before entry, the cabin was almost empty, and the owner's wife, Beauty, had a money pouch hanging around her neck, at the moment watching anglers outside readying to enter through the surveillance.

"Sis! I've missed you!!" As soon as Zhang Yang walked in, he used Feng Gong's New Year's greetings routine.

Beauty looked up, quickly recognizing Zhang Yang, the fierce guy who won several pickups in the last competition.

"Oh, isn't this Zhang Yang! You heartless little thing, ever since you won pickups from us, I haven't seen you around. How long have you avoided us!" Beauty chuckled, feigning reproach.

"Hehe, well I'm here now! It's always company meetings or working at the live streaming base, there's no time to fool around!" Zhang Yang chuckled.

"Nah, just saying that to comfort people! You're here for tomorrow's competition, right?" Beauty, having managed the hidden pond for years, couldn't be fooled easily, she saw through Zhang Yang's little scheme instantly.

"Hehe, it's just a promotional event for our company's new bait! There's an opportunity, so I'm here to try my luck! I heard from old Zhao at the company that Brother Ma has sold quite a bit for us!"

"New products again? Sponsor us some baits, I'll find someone to try them!"

"No problem!" Zhang Yang agreed without hesitation.

"That's decent! Since your attitude is somewhat good, tell me, what do you want to know?" Beauty stood up, took a Red Bull from the fridge behind, and handed it to Zhang Yang.

"Nothing much, just wanted to get a general idea about the fish situation in our fishing spot recently, and some details about tomorrow's competition! Fishing is like war, intelligence needs to be on point!"

"Water was just adjusted on Monday, in recent times all four banks have good fish yields! Relatively speaking, the fish conditions on the floating bridge are most stable, as long as the skills are decent, you can generally succeed!

Twenty tons will be stocked tomorrow, all healthy carps from Tangshan, Hebei, approximately two and a half pounds each! Around four in the afternoon, normal fishing ends, and new fish will be introduced early!"

Beauty, indeed the boss of the number one hidden pond, when talking fish conditions, there was no unnecessary chatter.

"How many spots are there in tomorrow's competition? Are there bridge fishing spots?" Zhang Yang continued asking.

Beauty shook her head, "No! Two hundred and sixty spots, all filled up, the bridge hasn't been marked for fishing! According to the weather forecast, tomorrow will have south winds! Fish situations will likely be better on the north or west bank! If I guess right, near the northwest corner, there should be a burst just after the start!"

"Alright, thanks, sis, if I win the prize tomorrow, I'll treat you to lamb!" Zhang Yang thanked incessantly.

"Alright, that's a promise!"

"I'll go have a look around, will find you if anything comes up!"

"Alright!"

...

Zhang Yang stayed inside for no more than five minutes, left with a free Red Bull, and strolled out.

A few minutes later, both Brother Ma and Beauty came out, announced on the loudspeaker, and the anglers started entering!

Instantly, a scene of hundreds charging to grab fishing spots unfolded, Zhang Yang leisurely remained in a corner, watching it all quietly.

Normal fishing commenced, and the players displayed their skills, quickly busying themselves.

Earlier, Beauty shared with Zhang Yang quite a bit of valuable intelligence, like water conditions, wind directions, likely fish yielding areas, etc.

These insights Zhang Yang could keep an eye out to validate during the forthcoming observation.

Others set up bait nests and got busy with rods; Zhang Yang watched closely, paying attention to the fishing conditions.

Circling around the fishing spot, Zhang Yang had basically mapped out the fish conditions, Beauty was spot on, the water and fish state in this pond, orchestrated by Brother Ma, was absolutely top-tier.

If tomorrow's competition fish conditions mimic today's, Zhang Yang is highly confident that he can make the new bait, Yellow Storm, a resounding success.