15: Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Chick

After breakfast, Zhao Yuling jogged back to the camera vehicle and got busy.

Gao Xiaofan shook his head, reeled in the Lure at a steady pace, examined it carefully, and finding a trace of bait still on it, cast his rod into the water again, repeating the previous steps.

After a day of practice, he could now cast a distance of 30 meters without tangling the line.

He had a feeling that the Alligator Gar would surface today.

"Brother Fan, I'm going to start the livestream here for you, okay?"

Zhao Yuling approached him again, holding a phone stand.

"Sure, but why did your station decide to let a newcomer like you do a livestream?"

Gao Xiaofan asked curiously.

"Our station has three official accounts, and we're all livestreaming together this time. Everyone else has their own things to do, and this account has fewer followers, so it's my turn."

Zhao Yuling replied while adjusting her phone.

"Alright, good luck, Reporter Zhao."

After adjusting everything, Zhao Yuling stood up straight, took a deep breath, and started the livestream.

Chunjiang News Station Observation Group livestream room.

A few sparse visitors came in and then quickly left.

Gao Xiaofan stood to the side, glanced at the livestream room, which lingered in single digits, and couldn't help but smile, as if seeing his past self.

Zhao Yuling next to him, however, was full of enthusiasm, continuously welcoming new visitors to the livestream room and explaining the situation on site repeatedly.

"The number of viewers in the livestream room has reached 2000! Audience friends, let's give some likes and await the moment the mysterious fish emerges. You can see that the riverbank by the community is already filled with local Lure Fishing experts. I believe it's only a matter of time before the mysterious fish problem is resolved."

Mei Hong's passionate voice came from nearby, making Zhao Yuling's expression darken slightly.

"Xiao Zhao, the number of viewers in the livestream room isn't very stable yet. Once it stabilizes, I'll connect with you and give you some traffic, okay?"

Mei Hong leaned over, seemingly having anticipated all of this, and said calmly.

The station had a total of three accounts. The one with the most followers was hers, with 420,000 followers. The other two recently operated accounts had only a few thousand followers each and were given to newcomers to use.

Zhao Yuling nodded upon hearing this and said softly,

"Thank you, Sister Mei."

Gao Xiaofan frowned as he watched Mei Hong walk away. Having worked before, how could he not know Mei Hong's intentions? She was using her senior status to suppress newcomers, and Mei Hong was the kind who pretended to take care of you on the surface.

He shook his head, continued reeling in his fishing line, and said nothing, as this was Zhao Yuling's own business after all.

"Brother Fan?"

Zhao Yuling looked at the message on the bullet screen, not understanding what 'Brother Fan' meant.

"Streamer, is the person in front of you Brother Fan?"

Only then did Zhao Yuling realize that this viewer must be a friend of Gao Xiaofan's, who had recognized him.

She took a few steps to Gao Xiaofan's side, gestured, and showed him.

Gao Xiaofan looked at the phone in Zhao Yuling's hand in confusion, saw the ID on the bullet screen, and couldn't help but smile.

Online ID Hu Bu Shi Lang.

"Brother Shi, don't you ever go to work? Why are you everywhere?"

After a while, Hu Bu Shi Lang appeared on the bullet screen again.

"Damn, I wondered why I hadn't seen you these past few days. They were right, you're here for the 500,000 yuan."

Gao Xiaofan smiled.

"Since it's in the same area, I naturally have to give it a try."

Zhao Yuling curiously watched the conversation on the bullet screen, then suddenly noticed that one viewer had left the livestream room. There were eight just now. She tapped her finger to open the online viewer list and realized it was Brother Fan's friend who had exited the livestream room.

"Brother Fan, then I'll go check out other places." Zhao Yuling greeted Gao Xiaofan, held up her stand, and walked in another direction, preparing to find a livelier spot to see if it would be better.

Gao Xiaofan nodded and continued casting. He wasn't going to change positions. He was essentially chumming, and he had been doing it for almost two hours. There was no reason to change locations now.

Zhao Yuling walked along, replying to messages on the bullet screen, and unknowingly arrived next to the station's minivan.

"Xiao Zhao, you're here. You need to work harder. Our backend shows that your data is currently the worst. Xiao Wu's account has similar followers to yours, but she's almost broken a hundred."

Inside the minivan, the station's supervisor held a laptop, frowned at the data on the screen, and said.

"There's only one spot for full-time employment this time, and the material for this event is excellent. If you don't show any improvement, then it can only go to Xiao Wu."

Zhao Yuling's expression darkened, but she still nodded obediently, her gaze subconsciously falling on a woman not far away.

Wu Ya, a newcomer who joined the station at the same time as her, stood alluringly in front of the camera, wearing a V-neck long dress that accentuated her chest. Occasionally, as the camera moved, glimpses of her cleavage continuously attracted viewers in the livestream room, and even the Lure Fishing anglers nearby would glance at her, intentionally or unintentionally.

Zhao Yuling sighed inwardly, no longer paying attention to that side, and continued walking forward.

She couldn't do what Wu Ya did. As a journalist, appearing in public was part of the job, but deliberately using her looks to attract attention, she felt, lost the inherent meaning of news.

"Where's Brother Wo Zi? Is Hu Bu Shi Lang lying?"

First-Class Competitive Fishing Master Yu Weibao: "Sneaking off to the restroom, watching for a bit. Where did Brother Wo Zi go?"

Intentional Punch sent a Carnival*1.

Intentional Punch: "Enough with the small talk, I feel uncomfortable if I don't see Brother Wo Zi for a day."

Zhao Yuling rubbed her eyes, looking incredulously at the livestream room on her phone, at the bullet screens appearing one after another, the screen full of special effects from gifts, and the jumping number of viewers in the upper right corner.

20, 300, 700, 1500... The numbers kept jumping, faster and faster, making Zhao Yuling's heart beat faster too.

"Hello everyone, and welcome to the Chunjiang News Station Observation Group livestream room. This station will continue to track and report on the mysterious fish incident in the river within the city's largest villa area. This incident also involves a huge sum of 500,000 yuan. Let's hold our breath and see who the prize goes to."

Intentional Punch: "Damn, why is it a woman!"

First-Class Competitive Fishing Master Yu Weibao: "Do you have some prejudice against women?"

Strong Hand Cracks Skull: "Women are not virtuous, Intentional Punch? Brother, you're a bit brutal."

Intentional Punch: "Women are disobedient, Strong Hand Cracks Skull? Brother, you're a bit extreme."

Strong Hand Cracks Skull sent a Carnival*1.

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First-Class Competitive Fishing Master Yu Weibao: "Brother Wo Zi's livestream room has undergone an iterative update, making a strong comeback! Let's welcome the new crouching dragon and fledgling phoenix."

Online ID Hu Bu Shi Lang: "I hadn't even finished speaking, and you all swarmed away. I also stumbled upon this livestream room by chance and caught a glimpse of Brother Fan. You can ask this Streamer."