Chapter 617 The Fourth Fishing Competition Ends
For the next two days, the fan fishing competition fleet continued heading north.
On the fourth day, the race took place near a strait, very close to an island, and their fleet directly blocked some of the main shipping lanes.
Of course, Bai Yu and his group weren't saying that no one was allowed to pass through here. It's just that if someone wanted to pass through, they would need to express some opinions first.
Otherwise, they can wait until their competition is over before passing through here.
The key point is that Bai Yu and his team treat everyone equally. They don't just intercept ships from a small island; they also dare to intercept ships flying foreign flags.
Anyway, this is a private matter for the company, not an official one.
At worst, their company will apologize after things escalate.
Moreover, their company probably doesn't need to apologize. After all, if they don't do what they ask, it means that the other party has impure intentions and wants to cause trouble.
If that's the case, then there's nothing wrong with what they did. In some viewpoints, completeness is still the most important thing.
Moreover, their company's business is only focused on the domestic market. As long as the Chinese people approve of their company's practices, that's enough. They don't care about the opinions of others.
There are some things that the government shouldn't do, which gives Bai Yu this opportunity. He's already had a problem with some of the companies on the island.
Moreover, as the popularity generated by Bai Yu's competition grew, even though the strait was blocked by shipping lanes, some departments on that small island dared not show their faces.
It's not that they were completely afraid to show their faces. They did send a few patrol boats at first, but after seeing the number of ships blocking the strait, the other side just shouted a few times and then left without hesitation.
After all, Bai Yu and his crew didn't just have fishing boats; their work boats followed, and there were also our own patrol boats and ships not far away.
However, they will not step forward until Bai Yu and his group encounter trouble. Even if they are beaten, they will let Bai Yu and his group be beaten the first time before they have an excuse to step in.
Of course, given the configuration of Bai Yu's fleet, as I said before, they are not afraid of anyone as long as they don't use guns or cannons.
Then on the fourth day, the entire fleet was extremely busy.
The fishermen were busy fishing, while the crew on the boats were busy making announcements and dealing with various passing vessels.
Their fleet didn't set sail again until midnight, continuing its journey north.
After the fleet set sail again, many people who had been following the situation in the strait breathed a sigh of relief and felt that the matter was over.
The people on that island, in particular, were genuinely panicked, thinking we were really going to take action against them.
After all, although the waterway was blocked this time, all the boats that came were fishing boats and other vessels; there wasn't a single vessel with firepower or regular troops.
But it is precisely because of this bizarre operation that it is so strange and arouses endless imagination.
For some people, all they see is a conspiracy. They think that Mom is just waiting for them to bring people up to drive Bai Yu and the others away. Then, if something happens during the conflict, like someone gets injured, then they'll have a reason to take action.
Even if they didn't do the work on the injured person, they still have to take the blame and bear the responsibility.
Unfortunately, in the end, it turned out they were overthinking things. Bai Yu and the others did everything on their own, and no matter who came, they only had this one answer.
On the fifth day, they obediently arrived at the East China Sea to hold the final day of the competition.
Bai Yu described the first four days as both fulfilling and boring.
They went to several controversial places, but nothing happened in the end, which made Bai Yubai look forward to it.
Now there's only one day left in the competition, and the sea area they're in has become their own territory again, so there's no danger here anymore.
Actually, Bai Yu wanted to go to Chiwei Island for the fifth fishing spot, since the northwest is also north, and they could just turn the rudder a little bit during their journey.
But in the end, his idea was rejected, and he didn't need to go there.
Those unfamiliar with Chiwei Island might not know where it is, but if we mention its superior island, everyone in our family should know it: Diaoyu Islands. Chiwei Island is its subordinate island.
I don't think I need to explain the situation here. This is definitely our territory, but some people are trying to cause trouble here.
The reason why Bai Yu's idea of going there was rejected was very simple: there were people on the nearby islands, and it was not suitable for filming.
Bai Yu is a very obedient person. If he's not allowed to go, then he won't go. Let the other captains do whatever they want with these five fishing spots.
For the final day of the competition, the captain of Yuxue No. 1 found them a good place, a very good 'good place'!
He found a place with underwater reefs for all the contestants in this competition. The resources here are quite abundant, but if you fish here, you must be prepared to suffer huge losses at any time.
Because the seabed where they were fishing had a very large reef forest, which looked like trees, with strange rocks scattered all over the seabed.
Of course, thanks to the existence of this reef forest, the seabed resources here are extremely abundant.
All kinds of grouper, sea bream, and large yellow croaker are available.
Even when fishing here, you can still catch big lobsters and crabs; it's possible to catch whatever you want.
However, due to the presence of the reef forest, it is easy to snag the bottom and break the line when fishing here. Every year, many anglers lose a lot of hooks and lines here.
It's fair to say that the number of fishhooks existing in this area of the seabed has accumulated over the years, possibly reaching hundreds of thousands or even millions.
Captain Wang of Yuxue No. 1 brought his fleet here not only to increase the difficulty of fishing for the contestants, but also to help them earn more money.
As mentioned before, the seabed resources here are very rich, with various kinds of grouper and sea bream, including some high-quality and premium sea fish.
Especially the grouper; the grouper here is big and valuable, and catching one can fetch at least several hundred dollars.
In other words, this is a place where opportunities and risks coexist.
The opportunity is the chance to catch all sorts of high-end seafood, while the risk is the possibility of breaking the line and incurring some losses.
In the end, they fished here for a whole day, and it was truly a mixed bag of joy and sorrow, but overall, more people made a profit.
After all, the contestants who came to participate in this competition don't need to pay for boat fees to fish here, so their losses are at most the loss of fishing hooks and lines.
This is why the losses suffered by the contestants this time were relatively small, and they were basically able to make up for them with their own catch.
Bai Yu was like that; he fished here all day, and his luck was both incredibly good and incredibly bad.
After all, the fishing spots are different now, so the results will naturally be different as well.
When it comes to fishing, Bai Yu's luck is beyond question. He catches fish very frequently, and a fish will bite the hook every now and then.
However, while he caught fish frequently, he also suffered the most losses.
Throughout the day of fishing, he broke his line no less than thirty times, losing a portion of the line each time.
By the end, he had over a dozen sets of fishing lines, each a hundred meters long, ruined. Not to mention the number of hooks he lost; every time the line broke, he would lose countless hooks.
This explains why Bai Yu's catch was also very large; otherwise, given today's losses, he might not have been able to recover his losses in the long run.
I fished all day today, and the biggest catch I had was just a few oil grouper and brown-banded grouper weighing over 40 pounds each. These two types look very similar, and the latter can even pass for the former.
Bai Yu also gave the audience a brief explanation of the two groupers during the live stream to prevent any uninformed fans from being scammed.
Using brown-banded grouper to impersonate oil grouper is most common in two places: Hong Kong, nicknamed the Pearl of the Orient, and Sanya.
Ultimately, the reason why such things happen is still for profit.
Although both are grouper, they look quite similar and are roughly the same size.
However, there's a significant price difference. Brown-banded grouper is actually quite good; it can easily sell for around a hundred dollars.
If it's a relatively large one, it's not impossible to sell it for over a hundred or even close to two hundred yuan when the market is good.
But the oily ones are different. Because they taste better, these start at two hundred dollars, and the higher ones are who knows how much more expensive they can be.
The huge price difference naturally creates opportunities for some unscrupulous merchants.
Anyway, Bai Yu directly named several seafood markets in Sanya during the live stream, specifically naming them, and started criticizing them.
The reason is simple: he himself had been ripped off at those seafood markets, so how could he not curse those people?
As for whether the other party will cause him trouble after he curses them?
Why would he be afraid of this? Let alone in Sanya, even in Hainan Province, Bai Yu would never be afraid of others causing him trouble.
As for whether his statement will affect tourism in Sanya, that's not something he's considering.
If someone really comes looking for trouble with him because of this, he'll still dare to confront them. If you want to do well in the tourism industry, then just do a good job of providing good service and avoid these kinds of overcharging incidents.
Indeed, that's exactly what happened. Bai Yu had just finished talking about how terrible tourism in Sanya was, and the very next second, someone called their company.
But before any of this information could reach Bai Yu, Li Shuang and the others simply cursed the other party back. No problem, they just cursed them back directly.
Even if the other party was from the Sanya Culture and Tourism Bureau, Li Shuang would still start cursing without hesitation.
Because Bai Yu wasn't the only one in their company who got ripped off by the seafood market. You have to understand that their company now has several thousand employees, many of whom are used to cooking for themselves.
Or, during their break, a group of colleagues would get together for a meal, cook something, and then go buy seafood.
Although their company owns fishing boats, and fishing boats return to the port every day, it is more cost-effective for them to buy seafood at the port.
However, precisely because their company's fishing boats were located at this dock, the people they knew never asked them to pay when they went to buy seafood. And since their company consisted mostly of young people, they felt embarrassed to accept seafood that was offered for free.
Then they went to other markets to buy things and got ripped off. After many people were ripped off, Bai Yu took Li Shuang and the others there once, and they got ripped off as well.
Finally, they reported these issues to their superiors, but it was no use. No one came to take care of it, or if they did, it was just a formality, and that was it.
In this situation, do you think Li Shuang and his team can be friendly to the tourism and cultural officials who come looking for trouble? Are they ignoring the market below and planning to eliminate the people who raise the issues?
Then, at the very last moment of the competition, Bai Yu sent a big gift to his hometown, directly making the words "Sanya Seafood Market" the top trending topic on the entire internet.
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