Let's go back to 2008, starting with a recreational fishing park.

The competition venue held in Jiangxia.

Li Hao is a regular visitor to Qingshan Fishing Park and also a contestant in this competition.

He was now intently watching the float in the water.

As a simple fishing enthusiast, he had not actually received any professional fishing training.

However, because he had spent almost all his free time studying fishing and was familiar with Qingshan Fishing Park, he felt that he had a chance to win a prize in the competition.

Sure enough, not long after the competition started, Li Hao caught a fish on his fishing rod.

After a struggle, he quickly dragged the fish out of the water.

This is a grass carp, which Li Hao estimates to weigh about seven or eight pounds.

Instead of putting the fish directly into the fish basket, he placed the fish directly into a tank behind him.

To ensure fairness in the competition, each contestant must first place the fish they catch into the tank behind them, where the responsible referee will weigh and record the weight before it can be placed in the fish basket.

Of course, putting the fish in the fish basket is not something the contestants do.

After the referee weighs the fish, he will naturally put it into the fish basket.

After the competition, the referees will weigh the fish in the fish basket again.

Only after ensuring that the total weight is the same as the sum of all the fish caught previously will a valid score be given to the contestants.

In special circumstances, such as a contestant's fish accidentally escaping while being placed in the fish basket.

The referees will also promptly report to the judges to help the contestants retain their points.

Because the game had only just started, Li Hao was the first person in his vicinity to catch a fish.

Soon, he saw the referee in charge of him walk over with the scale.

Then, the referee picked up the grass carp he had just caught and put it on the scale.

Li Hao glanced at it curiously; it weighed 6.1 jin (approximately 3.6 catties), lighter than he had expected.

He sighed and turned back to keep his eyes on the fishing float.

The competitor next to him, however, said enviously after seeing the weight:

"Six pounds, that's great!"

Upon hearing this, Li Hao could only give an awkward smile.

Because he was sitting there, he could clearly hear excited voices coming from the crowd on the dam from time to time.

"They caught a fish! That fish, number 23, is huge!"

"Holy crap, number 41 caught three fish in a row! That's a one-hit wonder!"

"Come on, honey! Catch one already!"

“…………”

All these voices indicate that Li Hao is well aware that his performance with this one fish is not particularly noteworthy at the moment.

Meanwhile, the group from Jiangxia and the fishing grounds were not doing much since the competition had officially started and there were judges and referees supervising. Apart from giving them some water, they didn't have much else to do.

As he watched the ongoing competition, he thought about the fishing competitions he had seen on short video platforms in his future life, and realized that they seemed quite different from his own.

As far as I can remember, those competitions didn't have as many referees as we do.

The players seemed to be very skilled, with many catching fish in succession.

From an aesthetic point of view, that one seems better.

Unfortunately, being inexperienced, he had no idea how the other side's competition was conducted.

His decision to compete was based solely on the information Su Qing had gathered and his own intuition.

However, looking at the audience around him who were even more excited than the contestants themselves, he knew that in this era, the competition he organized was not necessarily worse than those in later generations!

"Brother, what are you thinking about?" Jiang Xiaobo glanced at Jiang Xia and asked curiously.

"Nothing, just thinking about what to eat tonight!" Jiang Xia waved his hand and said casually.

"Didn't my uncle order the food from Fuyuan Restaurant tonight? There's a whole table full of all kinds of dishes. You can eat whatever you want." Jiang Xiaobo asked, puzzled.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xia glared at him and said, "Then I want to eat Qingqing's cooking!"

"Then you have to tell Qingqing about this~" Jiang Xiaobo said, gesturing towards Su Qing, who was also watching the game not far away.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xia angrily slapped Jiang Xiaobo on the back: "Didn't you ask me that?!"

"Hahaha, I was wrong, bro, don't hit me. Let's watch the game properly. Look, they've caught another fish over there!" Jiang Xiaobo laughed as he stretched his back after being hit hard.

Little did they know, Su Qing, who was not far away, had her eyes fixed on the arena, but her ears were straining to hear something.

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On the other side, on the field, as the competition went on, several players began to gradually emerge.

Among them, contestant number 21 from Linjiang wearing a red vest, contestant number 86 wearing a yellow vest, and contestant number 67 wearing a blue vest all have fish in their fish baskets that have exceeded 20 jin (10 catties).

Meanwhile, the scores of more than a dozen other contestants, including Li Hao and Old John from Britain, all reached 10 points or higher.

It's worth mentioning that the guy with number 56, who drew the worst possible lot in the first draw of the lottery, actually scored a respectable 8 points, ahead of many people in better positions.

After receiving this message from the referees, Jiang Xia stroked his chin and thought for a moment, then revealed a sinister smile.

Seeing this, Jiang Xiaobo shrank back and asked curiously:

"Brother, what are you thinking about again? Why does your laugh look so scary?"

Jiang Xia glanced at the other person. "It's nothing, just watch your game!"

"Oh." Jiang Xiaobo glanced at Jiang Xia but didn't ask any further questions.

Jiang Xia, on the other hand, took out his phone, edited a short message, and sent it to the emcee who was still in the middle of the reservoir.

Before long, the emcee's voice rang out again throughout the fishing area:

"The competition has now been going on for two hours, and I will now announce the results of the top 20!"

Many anglers who were focused on fishing were startled by the sudden sound.

But he quickly regained his composure and stared intently at the buoy in the water.

However, while looking at the floats, most of them also pricked up their ears in curiosity.

Now, let's begin the broadcast: Number 86, weighing 23 jin!

Size 21, 20 jin!

Size 60, 20 jin!

……

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Size 56, 8 jin!

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"Damn!" Many contestants were shocked when they heard the results announced by the emcee.

Is this sound disturbing my Daoist mind?

I haven't caught a single fish yet, how come some people have already caught fish weighing over 20 pounds!

Contestant number 21 from Linjiang became even more nervous after hearing that he was in second place, instead of relaxing.

My second place is almost identical to the third place, and not much different from the others!

This is almost a score that a single fish could surpass, so you absolutely must stay calm!

Contestant number 21 wasn't the only one who felt this way.

Number 86, currently in first place, is also so nervous that his palms are sweating.

Before the announcement, he was secretly pleased, thinking that his quick series of shots would definitely give him a significant lead over the other players.

Unexpectedly, I was only 3 pounds behind the second and third place winners.

This instantly plunged his spirits to rock bottom.

Damn news broadcasts, can you please not broadcast them next time?!