85: Top warriors~

Gao Xiaofan scooped a spoonful of corn and threw it into the nesting spot.

Then, with a wide swing of his rod, he accurately cast the corn on the double hooks into the spot.

The water surface, which had been drifting yesterday, was now still, causing Gao Xiaofan to shake his head involuntarily.

Today I'm fishing off the bottom; let's see if I can land a big grass carp~

While eating steamed buns this morning, he learned from Qiu Gu that the Program Production Crew had canceled the employment system.

Although it was a pity to lose two employees, considering the show was almost over, it didn't have much of an impact.

Today is already the tenth day, with only four days left.

A breeze blew, and Gao Xiaofan felt a chill; the 'Autumn Tiger' heatwave was finally about to retreat~

The popularity in the livestream room stopped falling once it hit 20,000,000 and stayed at that level.

The only difference from yesterday was that after a dozen days, the haters had popped up again.

“LMAO, can he only fish? Look at how the popularity is dropping, tsk tsk.”

“Wasn't he so impressive at the start? And the result? He got overtaken in an instant~ Hahaha.”

Discordant bullet comments appeared one after another, quickly triggering a counterattack from the fans in the livestream room. Gao Xiaofan didn't have the small fan base he had when he first started broadcasting; after the exposure from the show, his TikTok followers had increased nearly 20-fold.

It took only ten days to go from the initial 2,000,000 to the current 30,000,000.

30,000,000 followers! He could already be considered a top-tier internet celebrity~

This was also why iQiyi was willing to sign Gao Xiaofan, although they couldn't reach an agreement in the end.

“You've been acting like grandsons for ten days, and now that you've grown up, you dare to curse at your grandpas???”

“Hilarious. As soon as your 'daddy's' results get a bit better, you jump out and offer your face? Believe it or not, Brother Wo Zi will slap you across the face.”

“These brain-dead fans, is one raid not enough? Watch out when you sleep at night, Brother Quan might fly a plane over to give you a punch~”

...In Xiushui Village, Jing Yu stood with her arms crossed, watching the bickering on the screen, and smiled with satisfaction.

“Cheng Yan, the company didn't give you these accounts just for decoration. If there's no conflict, then create some~”

Cheng Yan stood behind Jing Yu, frowning as he listened to her lecture.

As soon as they got up in the morning, they logged the company's water army accounts into several livestream rooms to start mindless attacks.

When the fans in Huahua's livestream room saw a group of people insulting Huahua, the grievances they had suppressed for ten days instantly flooded their hearts, and they all charged back to retaliate.

In Gao Xiaofan's livestream room, however, most were Anglers. If you look for trouble, we aren't afraid, but if you want us to switch rooms to raid back, that's not happening—it's too tiring and troublesome~

Isn't it better to spend this time bragging and chatting about our experiences of catching nothing~

So, as things went back and forth, the popularity of Gao Xiaofan's livestream room actually began to climb slowly.

Fans from various livestream rooms gathered at Gao Xiaofan's place, pushing the 20,000,000 popularity back up to 30,000,000.

Jing Yu watched Gao Xiaofan's livestream room climb back to the number one spot with a dark expression, then stared at the bullet comments for a good while.

That country bumpkin Gao Xiaofan's fans weren't losing ground at all; both sides were trading insults, and there were even gift-based bullet comments mixed in.

Jing Yu's teeth itched with irritation. After all her hard work, was she just paving the way for this country bumpkin?

“Mute those people for me, especially these few who are jumping around the most.”

Jing Yu's hand holding the laser pointer circled around, pointing at several IDs on the bullet comments with explosive combat power.

The staff members looked hesitant, but they still carried out the operation.

“Strong Hand Cracks Skull has been muted by the system for ten minutes.”

“Fishing Should Be Like Wo Zi Ge has been muted by the system for ten minutes.”

“Nickname: Turtle Hitting King has been muted by the system for ten minutes.”

...Cheng Yan stood behind her, sighing inwardly at this scene. Seeing Jing Yu still drawing circles, he had no choice but to step forward and speak.

“Director Jing, how about we set up a meeting with the leaders of the Meteorological Bureau~”

Jing Yu's hand paused. She turned off the laser pointer, tucked it into her pocket, and leaned back into the chair behind her.

“Mm, set up a meeting. Even though the weather forecast says it won't rain, we still need to be safe.”

Cheng Yan quickly pulled out his phone to make contact. Since they had chosen to record the show in this place, they were naturally familiar with the local government relations; he had gotten the Meteorological Bureau's number just by asking last night.

Jing Yu took a sip of tea and smiled with satisfaction as she watched Gao Xiaofan's fan camp on the big screen begin to collapse.

The news that several top-tier warriors under Brother Wo Zi had been muted by the system was naturally discovered, and morale instantly shattered.

Fans from other livestream rooms watched as Brother Wo Zi's fans stopped struggling and returned to their respective rooms with satisfaction.

The popularity of Gao Xiaofan's livestream room plummeted instantly, taking some casual fans with it.

For the first time since the broadcast started, the popularity of the livestream room fell to 20,000,000.

Meanwhile, Gao Xiaofan's hardcore fan group had gained several new members again.

Online ID: “Welcome, welcome~ Anyone who can get muted by the system is definitely a hardcore fan, hahaha.”

Strong Hand Cracks Skull: “Damn, the Program Production Crew is using shady tactics. Everyone who got muted is on our side.”

Nickname (Zhang Dali): “A warm welcome to Brother Wo Zi's top-tier warriors reporting for duty~”

Fishing Should Be Like Wo Zi Ge: “Holy crap, the dog admins really do have a small group.”

Nickname: Turtle Hitting King: “Could you calm down? Do you want to get muted in this group too~”

First-Class Competitive Fishing Master Yu Weibao (Li Yuer): “Where is Brother Wo Zi's number one warrior, Young Master Quan?”

Intentional Punch: “I'm considering whether or not to buy iQiyi~”

“...Young Master Quan is awesome!”

...Gao Xiaofan didn't notice any of this. Since Lü Tao wasn't there, no one was paying attention to the bullet comments to tell him about it.

As for the loss of popularity, Gao Xiaofan didn't have any good solutions; he just needed to maintain a good mindset.

In Gao Xiaofan's own self-perception, it was very clear: he was just a pure Angler.

Regarding this show, the most attractive parts for him were being on TV and teaming up with Reba. Now both had been accomplished, and he was satisfied.

His communication with Reba had also decreased over the last two days. With the update to the show's version, Reba was moving with the main body of guests, and her quality of life had improved again, so Gao Xiaofan didn't need to worry about her.

This was good; he could just fish leisurely here. Reba still had a huge sum of a thousand yuan in her hand, making her a 'landlord' among the guests, fully capable of getting through the remaining days.

Gao Xiaofan shook his head, picked up the bait spoon, and tossed a few more corn kernels onto the water.

He had thrown at least 40 pounds of corn into this nesting spot; it was about time for a fish to bite~

If he still couldn't catch a fish, he really wouldn't have anything to eat; he'd probably have to eat boiled corn kernels then~

Gao Xiaofan looked at the float on the water, calmly calculating in his mind.

Mm~ The float's sinking!