Under Bai Yu's almost frenzied offensive, the fish that had taken the bait did not last long in his hands and soon gave up.
Perhaps Lu Sheng had already exhausted Bai Yu's stamina before Bai Yu took over the fishing rod, because once the fishing rod was in Bai Yu's hands, everything went smoothly for him.
In just three to five minutes, he had already started reeling in the line, and in less than fifteen minutes, a longfin tuna appeared on the surface of the sea.
As one of the more affordable types of tuna, the albacore tuna gets its name from its long pectoral fins, which are much longer than those of the yellowfin and bluefin tuna.
However, due to the high fat content of its flesh, albacore tuna has never been expensive, and even when it appears on the market, the price is relatively low.
Of all the parts of a tuna, the lean cut is the cheapest, and in the tuna market, the largest source of lean cut is albacore tuna.
There are even many unscrupulous merchants who use albacore tuna meat to impersonate bluefin tuna skin.
The reason is simple: the lean meat of bluefin tuna is more expensive than other parts of albacore tuna.
Just as Bai Yu was dragging the longfin tuna to the side of the boat, Lu Sheng finished his lunch and came out.
He then took the harpoon and sent the longfin tuna on its way, wishing it happiness in heaven.
The second tuna that Lu Sheng caught wasn't particularly expensive, but they were participating in a fishing competition, where the quantity of tuna mattered, not how much they could sell it for.
Any tuna that meets the competition requirements will be one of their prey.
This longfin tuna was no exception. Although its meat quality wasn't very high, it was still a giant, measuring 1.3 to 1.4 meters in length and weighing over 100 kilograms.
There are requirements for the tuna that can be caught in this competition: the tuna must be at least 1.1 meters long, and the bluefin tuna must be at least 1.2 meters long.
Otherwise, it would be a violation of the rules. If any team has tuna that does not meet the requirements in the final tally of the results, they will be penalized by having their score deducted.
Therefore, when it comes to fishing, Bai Yu and his team first determine the size of the tuna they catch. If they encounter an unequal-sized tuna, they release it as soon as possible to avoid deducting points from their overall score.
At their current location, of the three tuna caught by Bai Yu and his team, the two that Bai Yu didn't see are all up to standard and can be counted as their achievement.
After Lu Sheng finished processing the longfin tuna, the two brothers sent it to the freezer and then went to exchange it with Li Shuang and Wang Hai.
However, by the time Bai Yu arrived at Wang Hai's side, Wang Hai's fishing was already coming to an end, and he had already dragged another longfin tuna to the side of the boat.
This tuna was even bigger than the one Lu Sheng had. Without the slightest hesitation, Bai Yu picked up his speargun and fired, ending the life of another longfin tuna.
"Ah Hai, you're really efficient! I just got here and you've already brought this tuna over. Not bad, not bad, you're quick enough."
"Of course, Brother Yu. What are we having for lunch today? Did you save some food for me? I'm starving."
"Don't worry, I've saved enough for you, I guarantee it'll be enough."
"Once you get this tuna up here, you can go eat. Come give me a hand."
After Bai Yu finished speaking, the two of them worked together to get the longfin tuna onto the deck.
Currently, their Ocean University F4 team has already caught four tuna, and the cameraman on the fishing boat immediately reported their situation.
Meanwhile, footage of Bai Yu and his team had already appeared on foreign live streaming websites.
I don't know if it's because they recruited employees from China on foreign websites, but now almost all their competitions, whether big or small, are being streamed live across the entire internet.
They even did extensive online promotion to increase the popularity of their competition.
The ultimate goal is only twofold: either to generate another wave of revenue through live streaming and, at the same time, to boost the popularity of their competition and attract a large number of global netizens to place bets on betting websites.
The external network is very different from our home network environment, especially for those capital entities. Many rules on the internet are customized by capital, and there are even relationships between different capital entities.
On external websites, as long as your live streaming content is permitted by the platform, you can stream it, regardless of the content.
Even in the gambling industry, if you want to do live streaming, it's fine as long as the platform allows it.
This year's tuna fishing competition is a case in point; its official livestream included information about betting companies.
For example, in the real-time rankings, there are several numbers after each team's name, which represent the team's current odds.
Of course, you can't place bets in the live stream; you can only place bets on the betting company's website or at a physical casino.
The player rankings for this competition will be updated every hour, and the odds for each player will also be updated every hour.
As another hour arrived, all the team scores were updated, but the top team was now a team unfamiliar to foreigners.
Let alone being unfamiliar with them, even the team's name is unfamiliar to most foreigners.
But while foreigners may not recognize it, plenty of people do, especially among Chinese people; there are countless people who recognize this team name.
The live stream chat immediately filled with neat Chinese comments: Haida F4 is awesome! Haida F4 6666.
Needless to say, just by looking at these Chinese comments, the foreigners in the live stream understood one thing: the team that was temporarily at the top of the rankings was actually a Chinese team.
That team that was propelled to the top of the championship lineup solely by betting on their own compatriots? Turns out they're actually quite strong?
So, should we place some bets on these teams? What if we make a profit?
However, as the rankings were updated, the odds for the Haida F4 team were also updated, dropping from 1 to 10 to 1 to 8.5.
Even so, it did not dampen netizens' determination to place bets.
Especially the betting determination of those Chinese netizens; in a short period of time, the betting amount of the Haida F4 team regarding the number of tuna increased by more than a million.
There's nothing we can do. Even though the competition has only been going on for four or five hours, Bai Yu hasn't caught that many tuna, only five.
However, you can't compete with the fact that there are even fewer other teams. The team ranked after Bai Yu's team is also a favorite to win the championship, which is a local team backed by the Fisheries Association.
However, their results were not as good as Bai Yu's team. They were also a team of four, but they only managed to catch three tuna.
Moreover, this gap between them has been widening over time.
On the evening of the first day of the competition, at six o'clock, when Bai Yu and his friends finished their dinner, the four of them had caught twenty-six tuna. They thought fourteen of them were too small, so they released them back into the sea.
The remaining twelve are tuna that meet the competition requirements and can be caught.
As a result, Bai Yu and his team's score jumped to twelve, making them the first team among the 164 teams in this competition to break into double digits.
As for their team's odds, they naturally kept dropping, from 1 to 10 at the beginning, to 1 to 8.5, and then to 1 to 6.
Finally, the odds for dinner are 1 to 4.5, which is currently the lowest among all teams.
Of course, this is only temporary. Perhaps their team's performance will be surpassed in the next second, and their odds will naturally rise as well.
These odds are subject to change and fluctuate until the final day of competition.
Of course, Bai Yu and his team didn't know much about this information; they only knew their team's current ranking.
They were somewhat surprised to learn that they topped the list with twelve entries.
After all, the sea area they are in now is relatively rich in tuna resources. In particular, they actually caught more than 20 tuna today. However, due to the rules of the competition, tuna that are not long enough cannot be caught, so their score is only 12.
In their view, if they could get more than twenty results, even if others did worse, they should have a similar number.
If they are a little luckier and have a larger number of tuna that meet the requirements, it is easy for them to surpass them in numbers.
But no, in the end they came in first with twelve.
The reason why Bai Yu and his team were able to become the top team is very simple: two of them are G.
Bai Yu has Tongzi Ge around, and his luck is exceptionally high today. Out of the twelve tuna, he caught five by himself, three of which weighed over 200 pounds.
He caught a total of six tuna today, but he was unsure about the size of one yellowfin tuna. It looked about a meter long, but it wasn't exactly 1.1 meters, so he wasn't sure.
In the face of uncertainty, he ultimately released the tuna.
Another person who is cheating is Wang Hai. He is bound to Bai Yu and can share Bai Yu's luck value, which is a semi-cheat state.
He caught four good tuna by himself, so the two of them together caught nine.
As for Rikuo, he was quite lucky at first, catching two decent tuna right away.
But after lunch, his luck seemed to have run out. Or rather, it went astray. He didn't catch a single decent tuna all afternoon, but he did catch two sailfish.
Li Shuang was in the same boat. He caught a decent tuna while having lunch, but in the afternoon he only caught small shrimp, none of which were good enough.
If it weren't for Bai Yu and Wang Hai, their scores might not have even exceeded double digits.
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