Fishing Livestream

Yue Feng was right, the competition ended a few minutes later, and the staff quickly began tallying the scores of the participating anglers. Adding up everyone's catches, the total was a whopping 4976 pounds!

The catch rate at the Crucian Carp Field that day was 82.93%! This catch rate is among the top even for nationwide Black Pit fishing conditions!

"Brother Feng, we did it!" At this moment, Wang Xiaomin strolled over, his face full of excitement.

Yue Feng glanced at Xiaomin and asked, "Both rounds scored one point?"

"Yeah, is that okay? I didn't embarrass you, did I?"

As he said this, Wang Xiaomin slightly raised his chin, clearly very proud and super confident.

"Not bad! How about the others on the team? How did they do?"

"Wang Zhen got fifth, Xue Kai seventh, only the three of us registered. Brother Zhen and the others gave up their spots!"

"So you're saying you were the only one who made it to the finals?"

"Yeah, I successfully won ten thousand dollars! Does this count as a tournament honor?" Wang Xiaomin continued to ask.

"Of course it counts. How could it not? Our open and fair registration and competition results definitely count! Do what needs to be done, just like anyone else winning a championship! After taxes, give the club 20%, the rest is yours," Yue Feng unhesitatingly said.

"Otherwise, maybe... maybe give the prize to the next person? Or buy some fish fry and release them!" Wang Xiaomin hesitated for several seconds before slowly speaking.

"Hmm? Why? So much prize money earned through skill! What are you afraid of?" Yue Feng slightly frowned after hearing this.

"After all, we are the hosts, and moreover it's the opening match. There are so many eyes across the country watching us! Could there be negative comments?

The company gives me a decent salary, and I'm not really short of money right now. The ten thousand dollars is small stuff; I'm worried it might impact the reputation of our tournament!"

After hearing this, Yue Feng couldn't help but sigh inwardly, this kid has grown up, considering things more comprehensively now.

Yue Feng waved his hand and said firmly, "No worries, take the prize money boldly! We're doing things properly and righteously, not afraid of anyone's nitpicking!"

"Alright, then I'll listen to you!"

At this point, Yue Feng still didn't know that Wang Xiaomin's championship in the opening match indeed caused quite a stir.

After the two matches were over, next came the normal award ceremony and closing ceremony speeches. During this period, there were no issues; normal awards, normal speeches, then the closing ended the competition.

But in the evening, while Yue Feng was hosting a dinner for competition-related staff from the company, he suddenly received a call from Wawa.

"Fengfeng, check your phone! Someone posted on the livestream platform, exposing your fake competition!"

"What is this?" Yue Feng, having had half a liter of white wine, found the news a bit absurd and quickly opened his phone to look.

And sure enough!

Many viewers and fans @mentioned Yue Feng's ID; it was all posts from small streamers with tens to hundreds of thousands of followers.

The content was simple and brutal, mentioning that Yue Feng organized the competition, his entire team participated, taking up limited registration spots, and in the end, the ten-thousand-dollar prize went to Wang Xiaomin! Leaving all the ordinary Black Pit anglers empty-handed at the opening match.

Based on this, all sorts of speculations and complaints, no matter white or black, came flooding in.

Saying releasing the fish was purely a show for attention, that fish released in winter wouldn't survive, would be frozen to death in the shallow water zone!

Claiming the so-called opening match was just an internal conflict, calling familiar anglers as backups, while their team sent elite members just to keep the ten-thousand-dollar prize from outsiders.

There were even bizarre claims about tax evasion on the prize money.

In short, the whole narrative seemed coordinated, with a tone full of controversial insinuations and unsubstantiated claims.

Fans and viewers who understood from watching the stream could sensibly counter, but many who were just watching the commotion or not following Yue Feng's account started echoing others, the discussion grew more and more, the hype increased, causing a very negative impact.

After scanning through, Yue Feng gave Liu Fengnian a look and left the room.

"What's up?"

Yue Feng took a deep breath and said, "Someone's stirring things up for us online! And it's not just one, all kinds of doubts about the competition's fairness and irresponsible speculations and even insults! Take a look!"

With that, Yue Feng handed the phone to Liu Fengnian.

After watching for a while, Liu Fengnian sighed, "They come ill-intentioned! If I'm not mistaken, this should be planned and premeditated defamation!"

"You mean..."

"Yes, someone paid for this, even the writing style is the same! The complaints are all similar, quite obvious they're not discussing facts, only making all kinds of conjectures from minor details, then further exaggerating based on the conjectures!

Also, did you notice the usernames in the comments? Many are the same group! We're being set up!"

"Shit!" Hearing this, Yue Feng directly cursed.

"Now that the issue has arisen, what are you going to do?" Liu Fengnian continued to ask.

Yue Feng frowned, unsure of what to do, thinking for more than ten seconds, in the end, he still shook his head.

"Undecided? As I see it, strike first to avoid being struck! Go directly, collect evidence, hire a lawyer, then take them to court!

Aren't those unscrupulous streamers fond of making dirty money on the backs of others, let's make them pay!"

Hearing Liu Fengnian's suggestion, Yue Feng gritted his teeth, "Let's do as you say! I've already spent ten million, what's another few hundred thousand! I want to see, when their financial backer makes dirty money, when things go wrong, will anyone take the fall!"

"Stay inside and keep them company for now, I'll contact some friends to find professionals to secure various evidence!"

"Alright!"

...

After this incident, Yue Feng didn't feel like drinking with those leaders and colleagues anymore, the nice dinner ended hastily, with everyone going their separate ways.

In the following two days, as the organizer, Yuefeng Fishing Tackle didn't release any clarifying or explanatory statements, causing a significant change in online public opinion.

Many of Yue Feng's fans tried to explain, defend, even argue back, but realizing their boss didn't show up or respond, it made the accusers even more confident in their speculative statements.

In the comment section, commenters kept saying if there's nothing wrong, why hasn't anyone responded for two days after the incident was exposed?

A small company like Yuefeng Fishing Tackle, only established a few years ago, could it really afford to invest so much money at once? Obviously, there's something fishy.

Now that public opinion has exploded and touched a soft spot, no response means admission, means it's true! Means shameless!

The small streamers involved in the attacks and some troll teams still didn't know that Yue Feng had already contacted the headquarters of the livestream platform through connections and secured relevant evidence.

With various connections and resources intervening, the rights protection action moved quickly behind the scenes, while those grinning clowns didn't know that the blade was already hanging over their heads, ready to fall at any moment.