51: Night fishing in the center of the lake
After replying to the Moments, he stopped looking at it to avoid affecting his mood. It was much more comfortable to look at the big fish he caught.
It was already almost 4 PM, so he could fish for another two hours. Heading to Baiyun Lake around 6 PM would be just right.
Having made up his mind, he cast his rod again and continued fishing.
As time passed and the sun set in the west, more and more fishermen came to fish in the Xi River. Chen Xiangbei had already encountered several groups.
When he wasn't catching fish, he would chat with nearby fishing friends, talking about some strange and interesting stories in the fishing world.
Over the next two hours, his luck was pretty good, and he caught several big fish.
1 Qing Fish of about 32 catties, 1 Black Fish of about 10 catties, 2 Grass Carp of about 15 catties, 4 Carp of about 10-18 catties, and 2 Snakehead of about 35 catties.
Seeing that it was almost 6 PM, Chen Xiangbei didn't know what to do with these fish for a moment. Putting them in the car would take up too much space and affect his plan for tonight, and it was too late to take them back to sell.
Suddenly, a light bulb went on in his head, and he thought of a solution.
He put down his things, walked to a small hill, and shouted loudly.
"Hey everyone, come and take a look! Someone caught a Snakehead King weighing nearly 100 catties! It's almost as long as I am!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the surrounding fishermen became excited and quickly moved towards Chen Xiangbei. Fishing wasn't as exciting as watching someone else catch a big fish!
In a short while, Chen Xiangbei's small area was surrounded by fishermen. Some were fully equipped, while others were tanned dark.
Seeing that most people had arrived, Chen Xiangbei took out the Snakehead King from the fish box for everyone to admire.
Seeing such a huge Snakehead, everyone showed surprised expressions and started discussing.
"Oh my god! This fish really looks like it's 100 catties. It must be over a meter long, right?"
"I think so. Look at its girth, it's about the same as a person's waist."
"Brother, you're going to be rich!"
"You can sell it for 70 yuan a catty at the market. One fish can sell for several thousand yuan. That's a month's salary right there," someone said enviously.
Seeing everyone discussing, Chen Xiangbei raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet first.
"Fellow fishermen, I also caught some big fish, but the problem is I'm not going back now. See who wants them, I can sell them to you at a low price. You can either take them back to eat yourselves or sell them to others to make a profit."
After speaking, he took out all the big fish from the fish box and placed them on the ground for people to admire.
Seeing him take out so many big fish again, everyone was so shocked their mouths were wide open, big enough to fit a lemon.
"Oh my god, did he really catch these dozen or so big ones himself?"
"Probably. The Xi River is famous for producing big fish. Didn't people often catch giant fish before? There were even bigger ones than this Snakehead King."
"Don't doubt him, everyone. I saw this brother when he first arrived. He's been fishing from past 2 PM until now. I can only say he has good skills," said the older man who had been chatting with Chen Xiangbei earlier.
"Take a good look, everyone. Qing Fish, Carp, and Grass Carp are all 12 yuan a catty, Black Fish is 30 yuan a catty, and Snakehead is 55 yuan a catty. If you need one, you can take one back," Chen Xiangbei said again.
"Brother, I'll take this Black Fish. Here, scan the QR code, I'll transfer the money," someone couldn't help it and was the first to ask for a Black Fish.
Chen Xiangbei took out the two QR codes and placed them on top of the fish box for people to scan.
When the first person acts, there will be a second person. With over a dozen or twenty people present, there was naturally no shortage of wealthy individuals.
The fish were sold out quickly.
The Qing Fish, Grass Carp, and Carp sold for a total of 1780 yuan, the Black Fish sold for 300 yuan, and the Snakehead sold for a total of 8250 yuan.
This Xi River giant fishing trip brought in a total of 10930 yuan.
This experiment with the Secret Bait achieved good results. In the future, when fishing, he could adjust the amount of Secret Bait according to the situation on site to achieve the desired purpose.
Chen Xiangbei was in a great mood now. He had the thrill of catching big fish, and the money was in hand. He packed up his gear cheerfully and walked back.
Back in the car, he put everything away, navigated to Baiyun Lake Market, went there to have a simple meal first, and then met up with Chen Wen and the others.
Baiyun Lake was very close. The Xi River was at the foot of Baiyun Immortal Mountain. Driving uphill would get him there.
Ten minutes later, he arrived at Baiyun Lake Market. After parking the car, Chen Xiangbei returned to the same small stir-fry restaurant run by a couple where he ate last time.
The Boss recognized him because he ate a lot. This time was no exception; he ordered seven or eight dishes to eat by himself.
After ordering, he sat on a chair to rest and sent a message to Chen Wen.
Gu Bei: I've arrived at Baiyun Lake Market and am eating. Have you guys left yet?
After a while, Chen Wen replied to him.
Chen Wen: We just finished eating too and are heading to Baiyun Lake now. We'll be there in about half an hour. We brought some emergency food because there's nothing to eat on the boat.
Gu Bei: Okay, I'll wait for you here. I should be almost done eating by the time you arrive.
The dishes were served quickly. Chen Xiangbei poured a whole bowl of rice into the pot of braised pork belly and mixed it evenly. This was a new way of eating he learned from watching short videos yesterday: braised pork belly mixed with rice.
While eating, he scrolled through short videos and saw a news report that said: Recently, international gold prices have remained high, repeatedly hitting new historical highs, and have not decreased since breaking through the 600 mark at the beginning of the year.
As someone with a finance background, he paid close attention to this kind of information.
He wanted to find an opportunity to play gold futures but always missed the key points, afraid that the money he had painstakingly saved would be wasted.
He decided to find time to study it specifically. Anyway, with the System, if he made money, it would be a profit of over ten times, and if he lost, he would only lose that much money. At worst, he could just catch more fish and earn it back.
Finance was a career he had always wanted to get into, but his cautious nature prevented him from making up his mind, especially since his current good life was hard-earned.
It was almost 7 PM after finishing the meal. He drove to the 4th Wharf parking lot and saw Chen Wen and Zhao Hu coming out of the parking lot. They had just arrived as well.
Zhao Hu waved and shouted loudly, "Brother, we're here!"
Chen Xiangbei honked the horn in response.
After parking the car, he walked out of the parking lot. The two were waiting for him at the entrance. Seeing him walk out, Chen Wen said,
"Looks like we arrived just in time. Let's go. My girlfriend is waiting for us at the Ecology and Technology Company."
"Going fishing with the boat won't have any negative impact on your girlfriend, will it?" Chen Xiangbei confirmed with Chen Wen again.
"Don't worry, I go often. As long as it doesn't harm the company's interests, there's no problem," Chen Wen assured him.
After getting confirmation, the few of them walked side by side towards the Ecology and Technology Company.
The distance was not far, only about 200 meters, and it only took a few minutes to get there.