Back to the Past to Become a Fishing King-Chapter 617 - 359: Award Ceremony Incident (Part 1)

There were over two hundred participants registered for the competition, and the prize setup was very generous. The top sixty-four received corresponding rewards, and after entering the top fifty, these prizes transitioned from some fishing gear products directly to cash.

Take the fiftieth place for example — two hundred yuan cash prize, which could immediately cover the registration fee for participating in the competition.

Once in the top thirty-two, the prizes and awards increased further. Apart from fishing gear and bait prizes sponsored by major brands, the cash prizes also increased to three hundred, five hundred, and eight hundred yuan respectively.

The anglers ranked higher stepped on stage to receive their awards as the host called their names one by one. On the large stage, they stood in a neat line, looking like at least a dozen at a glance.

With the cash prize, award certificate, and photo souvenir, the small process was completed, and these award recipients left the stage with smiles to make way for a new batch to come up and repeat the process.

The anglers ranked lower received their awards collectively on stage, but this treatment significantly improved after reaching the top four.

Beginning with the fourth place, each person went on stage individually after a simple interaction with the host. The award-winning angler gave a few words of acceptance speech, and then took photos before stepping down.

Throughout the awards ceremony before Zhang Yang stepped onto the stage, Sun Yi's hosting was commendable, the award rhythm was controlled very well. Until all the previous anglers had finished accepting their awards, it was Zhang Yang's turn!

"Next, let's welcome the champion of the qualifying tournament to come on stage! Zhang Yang, please step up to receive your award!" Sun Yi stretched out her slender arm toward the stage below, making an inviting gesture.

Zhang Yang quickly opened his stride and walked onto the stage to receive his award.

"Hello beautiful host, hello everyone!"

Walking onto the stage, Zhang Yang hadn't done anything yet. He first slightly nodded and greeted everyone — the movement was small but very concise and appropriate.

"Hello Zhang Yang, we meet again! If I'm not mistaken, the first time I saw you was at the Great Wall Motors Fishing Grand Prix held in Fengcheng!"

With a smile, Sun Yi nodded at Zhang Yang; her tone carrying a hint of reminiscence, as if catching up like old friends.

"Haha, indeed. I was quite lucky to win the championship last time and drove off with an SUV! You have a good memory! If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten!"

"Zhang Yang, you're being a bit modest! If winning a car in one competition was luck, what about this time?

Maybe many anglers below the stage have no idea, but our qualifying tournament winning angler, Zhang Yang, delivered an explosive performance this time!

Scoring one point in eight rounds! Total score: eight points!!

Without exaggeration, it can be said that under the strict rules framework of the Fishing King Cup, achieving this score is unprecedented and potentially unmatched in the future!"

"Whoa, one point in eight rounds!"

"What? A total score of eight points?"

"Is this still human? I've never scored less than eight points in a single round!"

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Information has certain timeliness and blind spots when transmitted through any channel, and even though the event was posted on the leaderboard at the site, some anglers in the audience were still unaware of Zhang Yang's one-point score across eight rounds. Sun Yi revealed it publicly, which caused a commotion below the stage.

Sun Yi didn't immediately control the atmosphere and rhythm but deliberately let the discussion continue for about twenty seconds before calmly proceeding to speak again.

"Alright, anglers below the stage, everyone quiet down!

When I first saw Zhang Yang's total score of eight points, my initial reaction wasn't that different from yours! This is an incredibly difficult achievement!

Any angler who has a bit of platform fishing experience will know how exaggerated this level of difficulty is!

I've always thought that such possible scores exist only theoretically, and no one should be able to achieve them in real conditions!

Yet, someone has achieved it, right at the qualifying tournament in our Dongshan province!

Now, I urge everyone to give a warm round of applause to our elite angler, Zhang Yang!!"

No doubt about it, Sun Yi's ability to control the scene as a professional host is top-notch, and the atmosphere-building effect was quite effective.

With just one call, thunderous applause erupted from below the stage. This was not just a crowd reaction nor random clapping for face; it was genuine admiration expressed from the heart by ordinary anglers within the professional field towards an angling expert!

Seeing Sun Yi praise him so much, Zhang Yang felt his original plan waver a little.

Gosh, this woman is amazing at chatting, should I give her face and tone down the plan to publicly reveal that someone disrupted the competition?

After all, people are emotional beings whose decisions are often influenced by various dimensions.

At this moment, Zhang Yang's decision to stir things up was slightly shaken by Sun Yi's performance.

But after hesitating for half a second, Zhang Yang still decided to stick to his original plan to continue executing it.

A pretty woman is a pretty woman, and business is business, the two should not be mixed.

Zhang Yang was a principled person, and this kind of speech occasion was the best opportunity to publicly expose the disruptive ones. Once the chance was missed due to softness of heart, it would be difficult to speak out again, and even if he did speak out in another setting, it wouldn't have as good an effect as today.

"It's obvious that all the fellow angling competitors below stage highly recognize Zhang Yang's achievements!

Now I won't waste any more words, let's proceed to the classic award acceptance speech! Please, Zhang Yang make a few words!!"

The competent Sun Yi had not yet realized that the next would be a minor stage incident, she slightly shifted her position to give Zhang Yang the central C position on the stage.

Zhang Yang took the microphone handed over to him and calmly stepped forward.

"Hello! To all the event organizers, preparation teams, staff members, and fellow angler athletes below the stage, greetings!

I am Zhang Yang, captain of the Fame Fishing Gear Competitive Team! I'm greatly honored to have the chance to speak on stage!

The Guangwei Fishing King Cup is a fishing competition event with a very high gold content!

This is known by all competitive brothers, characterized primarily by harsh event rules, changing fish conditions, and a comprehensive assessment of anglers' skills.

Thus, within this circle, if one can prove themselves in the Fishing King Cup competition, it is a great honor for a freshwater competitive angler!

I am fortunate enough to have won the championship in the regional qualifying competition; being slightly immodest, there's some element of luck in it and also performance in the fishing techniques and methods.

To summarize this competition in one sentence: 'the right time, the right place, and the right people!'

Facing the event arrangements and changing fish conditions, I am quite satisfied; the below are seasoned competitive anglers, compared to most four-type competitions, the fish conditions at our venue over these two days have been relatively good!

Competition fish conditions are like a student solving math problems: only when the problem statement itself is correct can the right answers be achieved; the efficiency and thought process in solving the problems are assessment standards for an angler's skill level!

I am fortunate enough that the fishing spots selected in eight matches were solvable problems, so I stand here now!

Saying a bunch of nonsense, my first point is that the event preparation team's setup of the conditions was very effective; it gave me a relatively fair competitive environment! Kudos to all the workers for this!

However, while the event team's fish conditions were relatively fair, there were still unfair happenings met during the competition!

Next, what I'm about to say might count as a minor stage incident,everyone—"