Chapter 198 We Don’t Take the Blame for the Shark
There was a lot of discussion in the live broadcast room:
"Fishing is just fishing, can you catch anything?"
"There must be a lot of fish here. It's the same in our country. When some fishermen's fishing boats become scrapped, they will be towed to the sea and sunk. Over time, the sunken boats will become natural reefs that attract many fish."
"Where did this guy go?"
"He's such a boaster! He even said he'd give up his €2 million job. Ugh! If he's that rich, who would want to be a streamer?"
“Showing off your wealth is the fashion now!”
"The truth upstairs!"
"He's coming out! He's coming out!"
"What is he doing? Isn't he fishing? Why is he wearing diving equipment?"
Xiao Peng switched the signal to the camera in his helmet again and said, "Alright, I'm ready. Let me show you how I fish!"
After he finished speaking, he jumped into the sea.
There is a steel shipwreck in the sea. It is not very big. After being on the seabed for more than 30 years, it is covered with marine creatures such as barnacles and anemones, and many fish swim around here.
Xiao Peng sat in the cockpit of the sunken ship, fishing rod in hand, and said, "Look, there's a large school of small damselfish here. Although the word 'bryon' is in their name, they don't belong to the family Sparidae. They belong to the order Perciformes and are close relatives of the wrasse. The fact that such a large school of damselfish live here means that this place has formed its own ecosystem that is very suitable for fish. Look, there's a grouper over there, let's catch it! This grouper is still a little small, it would be great if there was a giant one!"
After Xiao Peng finished speaking, he extended his fishing rod directly to the bottom of the sea. The bait was a piece of squid. Xiao Peng put the bait directly in front of the grouper.
The live broadcast room went crazy.
"Holy crap! Fishing like this?"
"What's the difference between this and catching fish?"
"Mom, don't ask me why I'm kneeling and looking at my knees!"
“Rich people really know how to have fun!”
"This grouper will fetch a lot of money, right?"
Xiao Peng wanted to catch the grouper, but the grouper didn't take the hook. Instead, a slender fish rushed over and took the hook.
"Hey? Isn't that a pike?" Xiao Peng said, "Let me introduce you. In our country, there are two kinds of fish called 'pike': mullet and barracuda. They're actually not the same fish. The one we caught is a real pike. Fishermen in our country like to call it a 'sea wolf', referring to its ferocious predation. Look at it, it's still so fierce even after being hooked. The longest of these things can grow to nearly two meters long. This one is too small to release."
As they watched Xiao Peng remove the fish from the hook and release it, the netizens started to discuss again: "This fish can be one meter long, right? It's still a small fish?"
"Foreigners pay attention to environmental protection. You won't see so many fish in the country."
“I really want to go fishing there.”
Xiao Peng spoke as if he could see their comments. "The Mediterranean is very short of fishery resources right now, so why are there so many fish here? The reason is simple: it's close to a marine protected area. It's also far from land, so very few people go fishing here. That's why it has such good fishery resources. I can tell you this: the fish I just caught would sell for 150 euros in the market. That means it would cost you 1,000 RMB to eat a fish like that. I hope it grows a little bigger... slut!"
Xiao Peng cursed before he could finish his words: "A small group of sharks swam over and charged at the damselfish. There were about twenty or thirty of them, and for a moment, the area around the wreck was in chaos, with the fish hiding everywhere."
This shark is not very big, only about one meter long. Its distinctive feature is that the tips of its dorsal and caudal fins are black, which is in sharp contrast to the gray body of the fish.
Xiao Peng sighed: "Well, this fish can't be caught. This is a blacktip shark. People in the Mediterranean like to call them reef sharks. Although they belong to the family of carcharhinidae like real reef sharks, they are not a kind of shark. This is a group of small bandits. Don't look at them. They are only more than one meter long, but they are a very aggressive shark. By the way, let me tell you something. Don't look at foreigners criticizing us Chinese for eating shark fins all day long. The British BBC even made an environmental documentary about sharks called "Shark BBC". In fact, the world's largest consumer of shark meat is not China but the United Kingdom. Many of the fish and chips on the streets of the UK are made with the meat of spiny dogfish and blacktip sharks. In addition, the largest shark China isn't the only country consuming fish. So let me ask you, have you ever eaten shark fin? Forget about it; 99.99% of people have never even seen what shark fin looks like! So who hunts all these dead sharks? I'll tell you the answer: Western countries! Squalene is extracted from shark livers, and millions of sharks die every year in Western countries to extract ingredients for squalene, cod liver oil, chondroitin, and other health supplements. This is why sharks are becoming increasingly scarce. But that's the Western way: they smear others while doing their own dirty work! If anyone around you says that the Chinese are responsible for driving sharks to extinction, just slap them in the face! You just believe everything foreigners say, right?
Xiao Peng paused after he finished speaking and said, "Wait a minute, I'll go drive these sharks away. How the hell am I supposed to fish with them here?"
The barrage of comments exploded after hearing what Xiao Peng said.
"What did he say?"
"Drive the shark away?"
"Should he escape quickly?"
"That's a huge group of sharks!"
Just as Xiao Peng was about to take action, a huge figure suddenly swam out from the cabin of the sunken ship. A blacktip reef shark was about to escape when it was swallowed by the huge black figure.
Xiao Peng was delighted when he saw the giant fish: "Fuck, we're so lucky! This is a Goliath grouper! It's a giant grouper, the kind they call 'dragon grouper' in Hong Kong. This guy is known as the 'sea cleaner' and eats everything he sees! Even a small shark is a good catch for him! This grouper must be at least 40 or 50 years old to be this big! It might have made this place its home when the ship sank. Do you think this grouper is big? Well, let me tell you, it's not big at all. The largest Goliath grouper is over three meters long and weighs 800 kilograms, with a lifespan of over 200 years! It could swallow me in one bite - of course, I'm just kidding. Although giant groupers eat everything, they rarely attack humans. It's a diver's good luck to encounter a giant grouper while diving! I'm going to swim with the big grouper for a while... slutty!"
Xiao Peng cursed again before he finished speaking.
He wanted to swim with the giant grouper for a while, but Nightingale came from nowhere and hit the Goliath grouper head on. The Goliath grouper opened its mouth wide to scare Nightingale, but Nightingale turned around and hit it on the other side of its belly. The Goliath grouper was hit twice by Nightingale and fled back to the cabin.
Xiao Peng looked at Nightingale with a helpless look, "You knocked the giant grouper away, who am I going to play with?"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
