Since Haida F4 climbed to the top of the leaderboard again, they have never fallen from it.
Even if all four of them were resting and sleeping, giving others a chance to pursue them, they still had to be able to seize the opportunity.
Other teams don't have players like Bai Yu who have mastered the skill. It's not so easy for others to catch tuna one after another like they do.
As the days went by, on the fourth day of the competition, Bai Yu and his team called the organizers to ask for help.
What? You're asking if it's against the rules for a contestant to call the organizer for help?
If it's something else, like asking the organizers to find them a fishing spot with abundant resources, or making other requests that are unfair, then that would definitely be against the rules.
However, Bai Yu and his group didn't talk to the organizers about these things. They were communicating with the organizers to ask them to provide them with another boat, as the refrigerated compartment of their fishing boat was already full!
It's outrageous! In just four days, Bai Yu and his three companions caught nearly a hundred tuna, with a total weight of over ten thousand kilograms.
It's only because Snake's fishing boat had a large enough refrigerated hold that they would have had to ask the organizers to arrange a boat to move their cargo.
The organizers had never encountered such a request before. Halfway through the competition, the contestants' scores were so good that the ship's warehouse couldn't hold them all. Wasn't that a bit too exaggerated?
However, after seeing the incredible result of 89 tuna from the Ocean University F4 team, it seems that what they said is indeed a possibility. It is possible that the cryogenic chamber could be filled to the brim.
As for the second place, they only have 52 results so far, and the gap between them and Bai Yu and the others is just too big.
That's why the betting pages for this match on online betting websites have already stopped accepting bets, two days earlier than expected, which is ridiculous.
It's not fair to blame the betting companies for lacking sportsmanship and not closing the betting window at the agreed time.
This was a last resort, because Bai Yu and his team had such a huge lead that anyone who wasn't a fool would know who should receive the money.
Even if the betting companies lower the odds for Bai Yu and his group to the lowest possible level, the amount of money that needs to be paid out will still be a considerable sum once the base of bets increases.
Betting companies operate to make money, not to lose money. Since they know they will lose money if they continue, why don't they close the betting window in advance?
Anyway, there's a line of English text at the very bottom of the betting page. If you translate that into Chinese, it means that the betting company has all the rights to interpret the terms.
As for the culprits who ruined this gambler's money-making scheme, the Haida F4 team, the organizers immediately dispatched a boat to pick them up after receiving their call for help, and their attitude was extremely good throughout.
Looking at these enthusiastic foreigners, Bai Yu felt something was off; he was genuinely afraid that these foreigners would cause them trouble.
So when moving the tuna, Bai Yu took a special precaution: he would measure the length of each tuna he moved out.
We measured each tuna in front of the cameras and the organizers to ensure that its length was up to standard before letting them move it away.
The reason Bai Yu did this was because he was afraid that once they returned to land, the organizers would produce some non-compliant tuna and claim that they had caught them.
They'll be in big trouble then, because catching tuna that isn't up to standard will result in penalties. Each team only has a three-tuna-per-day tolerance during the competition; exceeding that will deduct from their score.
If the organizers mess with them and give them a bunch of non-compliant tuna, then no matter how many tuna they catch, it won't matter; their scores will all be deducted.
Therefore, during the transfer process, Bai Yu measured all the tuna to ensure that each tuna was the right size. That way, if they wanted to cause trouble, Bai Yu would have evidence.
As it turns out, Bai Yu was overthinking things. The reason the staff were treated so politely by Bai Yu and his team was, besides, because it was at the request of their superiors.
There is another, more important reason: these staff members also placed bets on Bai Yu, and quite a lot of them.
These staff members are not from the spinach company, but from the Hawaii Fisheries Association.
As the organizer of the competition, the Fisheries Association has access to first-hand information on the results of this competition. Do you think their staff will place bets on Bai Yu after seeing the possibility of him winning the championship?
Even if the odds aren't high when they place their bets, every little bit counts.
It's fair to say that after receiving orders from their superiors, these staff members cared even more about their performance than Bai Yu and his group of four. If someone else were to switch their jobs, these staff members would be in serious trouble, as some of them had already invested their life savings.
As for gambling companies, they generally don't use any underhanded tactics.
It's not that they're particularly fair, but they've looked at the total prize pool and odds. Even if Bai Yu's team wins the championship, even if it's a double championship, after paying out all the money that should be paid out, their betting company will still have more than 100 million left.
Although this amount was the smallest they had earned since partnering with the Hawaii Fishing Association, it led the betting company to discover another almost untapped market.
That's our market, because 90% of the people who bet on Bai Yu and his team are our fellow countrymen, which has somehow made this previously unknown team famous.
That's why, after some consideration, the betting company decided to give these Chinese people a taste of success first. They figured if Bai Yu and his team won, they could make a profit anyway.
However, if these potential customers who place bets on Baiyu can be retained, then the gambling company will make a huge profit.
Given these two factors, how could the staff who transported the tuna to Bai Yu and his group have a bad attitude?
In their eyes, Bai Yu and his three companions were like gods of wealth, bringing them real money after the competition.
Ultimately, it all comes down to profit. If Bai Yu and his team can bring enough profit to these staff members and the gambling companies, they can obtain so-called fairness.
After removing nearly 80% of the tuna from the freezer, Bai Yu and his team continued their competition.
As for why it's 80% tuna, it's because Baiyu only allowed its staff to transport tuna that met the standards, which are just over a meter long.
This size of tuna is the most numerous; the other large tuna, which look like they weigh two or three hundred pounds, are still in the freezer.
Especially that giant tuna, it's also in the freezer. It's so big, it'll require specialized machinery to move it.
Let's forget about using manpower, since they're trying to move this tuna from the fishing boat to another boat, which is just too difficult.
From that day on, their team remained at the top of the leaderboard and never fell off.
By the end of the sixth day of the competition, their total score had reached 145, nearly 40 points behind the second-place finisher.
Just looking at this gap, any netizen or gambler who followed this competition clearly understands one thing: Haida F4 has already secured the championship on at least one track.
With a gap of forty points, it would be extremely difficult for the second-place team to catch up in a single day, even if Bai Yu and his team did absolutely nothing.
Besides this, the ranking of another team has also been determined, and that is the last place, Yamato Team.
Since Bai Yu locked their team up with 250 luck points, they haven't updated their rankings, and they are now several times behind the second-to-last place.
If the possibility of the second-place team surpassing Bai Yu's team is extremely slim, then the possibility of the Yamato team catching up with the second-to-last team is also extremely slim.
In this year's tuna fishing competition, the teams from Asia have certainly stolen the show.
An unknown team, Haida F4, has the potential to win one or two championships in their first competition, and the number of tuna they have caught has already broken previous records.
Another veteran team, Yamato Team, which was previously a mid-tier team, made it to the very end this time, and also broke the record for the fewest tuna caught in the fishing competition.
Both teams are from Asia and have a deep-seated hatred for each other. One is currently ranked first and the other is currently ranked last.
Immediately, netizens from both sides started making sarcastic and mocking remarks in the live stream.
Of course, it was our family members who were mocking the person in the notebook. After all, where would the last-place person get the courage to mock the first-place person?
With the real-time leaderboard now set, it means the competition will end in 24 hours. The finalization of the leaderboard is also intended to add more suspense to the competition.
In previous competitions, the difference in catch among the top few was not too large, and even if there was a difference, it was at most around ten fish.
With a little bit of luck, you can catch up with your opponent in a day.
But who knew that a team called Haida F4 would appear this time? This team was completely unsportsmanlike and on the last day, they actually widened the gap to more than forty points, making one of the tracks almost a foregone conclusion.
What's even more exaggerated is that, in other people's eyes, Bai Yu and his team were just lucky and caught some tuna that weren't very big, just barely passing the mark. In terms of total weight, they could still compete with Bai Yu and his team.
But is that really the case? I doubt it.
The specifics will become clear after the match ends!
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