A god-tier fishing spot, anglers lined up to give me money.

Inside the room, Gu Shang had just lain down when his phone rang.

The caller ID showed Ye Xuan.

Gu Shang checked the time: 23:40 PM.

Why is this guy making phone calls in the middle of the night?

"Hey, Xuanzi, what's up in the middle of the night?"

"Mr. Gu, you should check out Douyin!"

The voice on the other end of the phone was both anxious and excited, "You're trending on social media, everyone in Beijing is going crazy over it, 'President Gu flew a thousand kilometers just for 400 large bluefish'."

Wow, wow, that's quite the spectacle! If it hadn't trended on social media, I wouldn't have known you went fishing! A 400-yuan grass carp! I didn't even get my fill!

Gu Shang raised an eyebrow and switched to a short video app.

The first video on the homepage is his video: a helicopter lands, he slides down a rope, carries his equipment, and sits down on the shore.

Then came the scene of playing the fish; the footage of the 400-pound grass carp leaping out of the water was edited into slow motion and accompanied by a majestic background music.

The number of likes has exceeded one million, and there are so many comments that it's impossible to scroll through them all.

After reading it, Gu Shang frowned: "It's like a weasel offering New Year's greetings to a chicken. You didn't call just to say that, did you?"

There was a two-second silence on the other end of the phone, then a laugh.

"Haha, it has to be you again."

Ye Xuan said seriously, "I'll help you suppress the trending topic, but you have to tell me why you deployed so many water pumps? I've received the news; a full 1000 units."

"Pump the water. Catch the fish."

"What kind of fish?"

"You'll find out when I get back."

"How boring!" Ye Xuan muttered on the other end of the line. "Next time you find something good, remember to call me. I'm so bored at home."

"You, Mr. Ye, are you bored?"

Gu Shang teased, "Bai Ningbing of the Bai family, aren't you satisfied yet?"

"Condensed?"

Ye Xuan's voice changed, sounding somewhat flustered, "Don't mention her, she always has such a cold face, it's not as fun as fishing."

Gu Shang's lips curled up slightly. "I recorded it."

"Hey, Gu-ge, you can't be so heartless! You deleted him just because we were friends."

"I'm hanging up now, going to sleep."

Gu Shang hung up the phone immediately, edited out the few seconds of recording, opened WeChat, found the chat box with the contact name "Bai Ningbing", and clicked send.

The caption read: "Xuanzi's inner thoughts."

After sending the message, I turned off my phone, tossed it next to my pillow, rolled over, and closed my eyes.

In Beijing, at the Ye family villa.

"Oh dear, Bingbing, I was wrong, I was really wrong..."

Inside the room, a young man in pajamas was being pinned down on the bed by a tall woman in white.

The woman pinched his ear with her fingers. Ye Xuan tilted his head, half of his face pressed against the bed, powerless to fight back.

"Ye Xuan, you've gotten bolder?" Bai Ningbing's voice was icy cold. "Fishing isn't as fun as me? Are you seeing someone else?"

"No! Absolutely not! I only love you, Bingbing!"

Ye Xuan clasped his hands together, his face filled with a desire to survive.

Bai Ningbing snorted, released his ear, and turned to walk upstairs.

Ye Xuan sprang out of bed, caught up with her in a few steps, scooped her up in his arms, and placed her back on the bed.

"You damned Gu Shang, just you wait, don't let me catch you red-handed..."

"Bing, don't be angry, don't be angry..."

"snort!"

Silent all night.

The next morning, just as dawn was breaking, at the foot of the mountain.

One large truck after another lined up and drove up.

In front was a flatbed trailer piled high with bundles of water pipes and pumps, and behind it was a truck carrying an inflatable boat.

Behind them were a dozen or so vehicles carrying workers.

At the reservoir, Yang Qi, Gu Shang, and Gu Caipang watched the workers carrying equipment up and down.

Yang Qi was shocked. Looking at the scene—hundreds of workers and thousands of water pumps—he was speechless.

Gu Shang remained calm, having seen such grand occasions before.

Gu Cai Pang stood between the two, yawned, and said listlessly, "It's just a fish, is it really that big of a deal...?"

The two remained silent, treating it as if it were nothing.

Zhou Qiang, who was leading the group, jogged over, holding a pair of walkie-talkies in his hand.

"Mr. Gu, all 1000 water pumps are ready, and the personnel are in place. We can start at any time."

"Let's start drawing."

"Yes, sir!" Zhou Qiang turned around, raised the walkie-talkie, and said, "Everyone, start pumping. Repeat, start pumping!"

A series of "Received" messages came through the walkie-talkie.

Immediately afterwards, a buzzing sound of motors filled the air around the reservoir as thousands of water pipes bulged simultaneously, rapidly drawing water from the surface and draining it down the mountain along the pipes.

Yang Qi watched this scene, his expression shifting from shock to numbness.

This is what rich people are like; they can adjust 100 water pumps without even blinking an eye.

Fortunately, most of the small and medium-sized fish, as well as the 600-pound iron-headed grass carp, were transferred to the aquatic world last night.

Now, all the fish left in the reservoir are large, weighing over 20 kilograms.

The reservoir is full of fish weighing over 20 pounds each...

Yang Qi's mind raced, and he realized that this was actually a good deal.

There are hundreds of workers here today. After they go back, they will spread the word that this small reservoir is full of giant creatures. Isn't this a ready-made GG?

But if the water is drained and the reservoir bottom is exposed, what can be done with the big fish? They'll either drink themselves to death or die from the sun. And it will be difficult to contact buyers in the short term.

Losing money...

"Mr. Gu," Yang Qi said, "could you please not drain all the water? Otherwise, none of the fish in my reservoir will survive."

Gu Shang thought for a moment, then turned to Zhou Qiang and asked, "If we drain half the water, will it be easier to scoop it out?"

Zhou Qiang looked troubled and shook his head: "President Gu, no, the machine has already detected that the deepest part of this reservoir is over 150 meters. We either pump it all out or not at all, and pumping only half out would be even more difficult to do."

"150 meters?!"

Gu Cai Pang exclaimed in surprise, "Brother Yang, this reservoir is 150 meters deep?"

Yang Qi coughed, looking embarrassed and guilty: "Well, deeper is better, deeper is better..."

Gu Cai Pang was silent for a moment, as if he had convinced himself, and nodded, "That's true, with water this deep, it's not surprising that you can raise 400 catties of grass carp."

Gu Shang looked at Yang Qi and said sarcastically, "150 meters, Boss Yang is impressive, I've learned a lot."

Yang Qi felt extremely uncomfortable under those eyes; his scalp tingled. He forced himself to continue:

"Mr. Gu, how about this: let's stop pumping for now. Let's try lowering the net first to see if it can reach the bottom. If it really can't reach the bottom, then we'll pump water again, okay?"

Zhou Qiang stroked his chin, considering the feasibility. Casting a net was indeed a good way to save money, greatly reducing costs and earning more.

So, I took the initiative to speak:

"Mr. Gu, I think it's feasible. Let's cast the net and see. If we catch fish, we won't have to pump the water anymore. If we don't catch any, we'll see."

Seeing that Zhou Qiang had already said that, Gu Shang stopped dwelling on it: "I don't know anything about this, you guys handle it."

Zhou Qiang immediately gave the order into the walkie-talkie: "Attention everyone, stop pumping water, switch to casting nets! Repeat, stop pumping water, switch to casting nets!"

"receive……"

The pumping station was shut down, the roar gradually subsided, and the area around the reservoir became much quieter.

Workers began inflating the inflatable boats and pushing them into the water, one after another, more than a dozen in total. Each boat carried three or four people, who were carrying large nets, and they rowed towards the opposite bank of the reservoir.

Casting a net is a skill.

More than a dozen boats lined up on the water and simultaneously cast their nets according to a unified command.

Yang Qi stood on the shore watching, silently controlling the dragon-shaped koi with his mind.

It is currently suspended in the deep water, motionless, and is being controlled by thought to actively enter the net.

At the same time, they also controlled the entry of large fish weighing over 20 kilograms into the net.

Two hours later, they began to close the net.

More than a dozen ships were being pulled back together, and the workers on each ship gritted their teeth, their facial muscles taut.

The net was pulled in deeper and deeper underwater, and it became heavier and heavier with each pull.

"Old Zhang!" a worker muttered quietly, "This net is so heavy!"

"nonsense!"

The man called Old Zhang had veins bulging on his forehead as he gripped the net ropes tightly. "In my twenty years of experience," he said, "this net definitely weighs ten thousand pounds!"

"Ten thousand catties? That's more than that! It feels like pulling a mountain!"

"Stop talking nonsense, give it your all, one, two, three!"

"one two three……"

On the water and on the shore, hundreds of people worked together to pull the fishing nets from underwater to the surface.

The fish in the net were constantly thrashing, struggling, and leaping out of the water, a sea of ​​white, turning the entire surface of the water into a fish paradise.

"Good heavens! Big fish! All of them are over 20 pounds!"

"Look at that one, it must weigh two hundred pounds!"

"Not only that, that bluefish weighed at least 300 jin."

"Tsk tsk tsk, it's a pity we're not allowed to bring our phones in; we all left them in the car, otherwise I could have taken a picture from different angles."

"Me too."

There were too many fish, and they were too big; all the workers had to be able to handle them all.

They were all speechless with awe at the school of fish in the net.

One after another, giant fish thrashed in the net: grass carp, common carp, silver carp, and bighead carp. The largest was nearly 3 meters long, and the smallest was almost 1 meter long.

The entire net was like a boiling cauldron, with fish jumping, rolling, and splashing inside, trying to escape and fall into the water.

Seeing this, Yang Qi nodded in satisfaction.

That net of fish is truly impressive.

Gu Shang stood on the shore, his gaze quickly sweeping across the net.

His face was expressionless, but Yang Qi noticed that his breathing had become slightly rapid.

With so many huge fish, it's no wonder he was excited, being a fisherman.

But the figure was nowhere to be seen. No, how could it not be there…

Just as he was about to give up, he saw it.

In the center of the net, a splash of golden-red emerges from the water.

The color was so striking that, among a school of bluish-black and grayish-white fish, that splash of golden-red looked like a burning flame.

The dragon-shaped koi was squeezed in the middle by more than a dozen large fish, remaining motionless and quiet.

Gu Shang's pupils suddenly contracted.

"Zhou Qiang, scoop that golden fish up for me and let me see it."

As he spoke, he took three steps at a time to reach the nearest shore, his gaze fixed on the golden-red hue in the net.

Zhou Qiang paused for a moment, then realized it was the target fish and quickly called a few of his subordinates to go into the water.

Several workers took off their shirts and jumped into the water, swimming towards the dragon-shaped koi.

Damn, what a bunch of reckless bastards.

Yang Qi was shocked and cursed inwardly. That was a 1000-jin fish, and its weight soared to 1500 jin overnight. How dare they go into the water to catch it?

In order to prevent any deaths, Yang Qi had no choice but to keep it under control and prevent it from moving.

The moment they got closer and saw the fish's head clearly, everyone froze.

The dragon-shaped koi's head has a distinct outline, with a pair of horns, two golden-red whiskers on either side of its mouth that sway in the water, and golden vertical pupils that are cold and majestic.

"Head, head...it's a dragon, it's a dragon!"

"Old Zhang, we made a profit, won't we get punished?"

"have no idea."

"Then let's not...?"