Financial freedom begins with fishing

Chapter 50 Winning the Championship

Xiao Kai, completely unaware of his newfound fame, remained seated at his fishing spot, intently fishing.

After last night's experience, Xiao Kai is more confident about the upcoming matches.

After cooperating with the organizers to weigh and release the fish early in the morning, he returned to his fishing spot to begin another day of hard work.

Because of what happened last night, Xiao Kai placed the aperture in the middle of the river, dozens of meters away from the shore, as soon as he arrived today. He then waited for more than half an hour before slowly moving the aperture back.

Sure enough, this method had a significant effect; he caught a fish shortly after casting the fishing rod back into the aperture.

He then went on another scoring spree, catching dozens of kilograms of fish in just one morning, widening the gap between him and the second-place finisher to 70 kilograms.

This surprised many people, who then came to him to investigate.

Under the guise of sharing some good luck, she actually wanted to find out if he had used any other methods.

Of course, they gained nothing, since Xiao Kai and the others used the exact same supplies provided by the organizers.

In the end, they could only attribute it all to Xiao Kai's mysterious "luck"!

During the process, some bloggers with fans on Douyin (TikTok) contacted him wanting to collaborate with him, but after learning that he did not have an account at the moment, they requested to film his catch and fishing process.

Xiao Kai naturally had no objection to this, since he was also planning to open an account. If he could take this opportunity to appear more often in other fishing videos, it would help promote his account in the future.

Of course, to avoid going too far, Xiao Kai toned it down a bit in the afternoon. Except for the initial part when he was helping them film the video, he didn't continue using the aperture to lure fish, but instead let nature take its course and relied entirely on luck.

During the process, at Xiao Kai's instruction, Xiao Peng recorded the entire process with an action camera, intending to use it later to edit the first video for the new account.

This continued until evening, and Xiao Kai was still in first place, only the gap between him and the second-place player had narrowed slightly.

That night, Xiao Kai went to bed early and continued the next day.

On the last day, Xiao Kai maintained the same rhythm as the previous day. In the morning, he continued to use the aperture to lure fish and kept catching fish, consistently maintaining his first place. In the afternoon, he simply let the water flow out and spent the day casually.

Soon, another day had passed.

When Xiao Kai went to sleep that night, he was already 91 jin ahead of Liu Changgan, who was in second place.

Seeing this, Xiao Kai finally felt relieved and went to rest.

He knew very well that this result was already secured. Unless Liu Changgan caught a fish even bigger than the big bluefish he had caught that night, no matter how good his skills were, he could not surpass him.

But is that even possible?

He just doesn't believe it!

Indeed, upon seeing the gap in results, Liu Changgan, who had originally planned to give it his all, gave up immediately and went to bed at 11 p.m. that night.

As for the others, needless to say, after seeing such a huge gap, the vast majority of them simply chose to give up and accept the result.

Only those who have a chance to compete for the remaining eight spots in the top ten are still in the midst of a fierce battle.

It continued until 8 a.m. on the last day.

As the announcement came over the loudspeaker that the selection competition was over, this grueling 72-hour battle finally came to an end.

In the end, Xiao Kai ranked first with a total fishing weight of 336 jin.

As for Liu Changgan, who came in second, his total catch weight was also considerable, a full 256 jin, nearly 100 jin more than the third place.

This result would be enough to win first place in any edition of the Beipanjiang Wild Fishing 72-Hour Endurance Race. It's just a pity that he was unlucky this year and ran into Xiao Kai, who was on fire.

As for the others, they were not important, and Xiao Kai didn't pay much attention to them.

"Xiao Kai, you're number one! Number one! I never thought you actually got it! Hahaha!!!"

The moment the results of the competition were announced over the loudspeaker, Xiao Peng hugged Xiao Kai tightly, shouting things like "He's in first place!" He seemed even more excited than Xiao Kai.

Compared to Xiao Peng's excited performance, Xiao Kai was slightly calmer, but his inner excitement was still palpable.

"Okay, I understand!" Xiao Kai nodded calmly with a smile after hearing Xiao Peng's words.

"Wow, so calm! You're amazing!"

Seeing Xiao Kai's performance, Xiao Peng couldn't help but give him a thumbs up, and then said...

"One hundred thousand yuan, hehe, I can't believe you actually got it! You promised to treat me to a big meal!"

"No problem, washing your feet is no problem at all~" Xiao Kai nodded with a smile.

"Let's forget about this, let's just cash it out!" Xiao Peng said.

"Get out!" Xiao Kai.

Soon, under the host's arrangement, all the contestants came to the stage.

With all the enthusiastic witnesses present, the host began announcing the competition results and awarding prizes.

Starting from tenth place, all the way up to first place.

"Next, we announce the winner of the competition, Mr. Xiao Kai from Ping Shun City. In the past 72 hours, Mr. Xiao Kai has caught a total of 168 kilograms of fish. Let's congratulate him!"

With a passionate and inspiring announcement from the host, Xiao Kai walked to the center of the stage.

Then, a staff member handed over a huge sign that read 100000.

After receiving the photo, Xiao Kai smiled and posed for the picture.

Thus, the 72-hour match finally came to a perfect end.

...

"Xiao Kai!"

Xiao Kai, who was helping Xiao Peng load the fishing gear he had brought onto the car, heard a shout from behind and turned around.

"Teacher Liu!"

Xiao Kai was somewhat surprised to see who had arrived.

"Congratulations on winning the championship! There were too many people on stage just now, so I didn't have a chance to congratulate you!" Liu Changgan said with a smile.

"Not at all, I was just lucky. In terms of skill, I can't compare to Master Liu!" Xiao Kai said modestly.

"Hehe, luck is also part of strength, no need to be modest!" Liu Changgan said, pointing to the young man behind him.

"This is my student, Jiang Wei. You can just call him Xiao Wei!"

"Hello!" Xiao Kai greeted him with a smile.

"I wonder what brings you here, Teacher Liu?" After a few simple pleasantries, Xiao Kai got straight to the point.

Liu Changgan didn't mince words and said directly, "Actually, it's nothing. I just wanted to get to know you and, by the way, invite you to participate in a competition next May. See if you're interested!"

"A competition?" Xiao Peng asked, looking puzzled.

"Yes!" Liu Changgan nodded. "This competition is organized by our Xiangjiang Fishing Club. I have high hopes for you and hope you can participate!"

"This..." Xiao Kai hesitated.

According to his plan, he might leave Pingshun City to go fishing after the New Year.

His goal was to head west, towards Sichuan and Yunnan, and then circle back to Lingnan. However, the Xiangjiang River, where Liu Changgan was located, was in another direction, which was clearly contrary to his goal.

But since such an important person personally invited me, it wouldn't be appropriate to refuse.

Seeing Xiao Kai's hesitation, Liu Changgan seemed to guess what was going on and said with a smile, "It's okay, if it's inconvenient, we can find another opportunity next time!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he seemed to remember something and added, "It's a pity that the prize money for this competition is 30. I was hoping that if you could come, it might be of some help to you, but it seems that we'll have to wait until next time!"

"30~"

Xiao Kai was stunned; the number was all he could hear.

30! How many fish would you have to catch to earn that?

On the other hand, with so much money, taking a longer route doesn't seem like a bad idea.

"Uh...Teacher Liu, I agree!"

Seeing that Liu Changgan seemed to be preparing to leave, Xiao Kai quickly stopped him, saying with a slightly embarrassed tone.

Seeing Xiao Kai's embarrassed state, Liu Changgan laughed.

"Alright, then I'll await your arrival!"

After saying that, he turned and left with his students.