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The incident of losing a fish face-off to Zhang Yang became a minor footnote. After Huang Zheng relaxed his emotions, he stopped dwelling on it. As for why he was tasked with targeting Zhang Yang, it became a temporary mystery that Huang Zheng couldn't figure out, so he simply stopped wasting brain cells pondering it.

The first day of the competition ended just like that, and the mood on Zhang Yang's team was elated. After dinner that evening, at eight o'clock, Zhang Yang called everyone to his room to review and summarize the day's match.

Xiaobao was the last to enter the room; everyone else was already there.

Zhang Yang sat by the window and said, "Xiaobao, close the door, let's start reviewing today's match!"

"Okay!" Xiaobao responded, closed the door, and found a corner to sit in.

As the serious review started, Zhang Yang's playful demeanor vanished, and his sharply defined face naturally became stern.

"Alright, let's talk serious! Before we review today's match, first, I'd like to severely criticize Liu Zi!

As a serious competitive angler, not even understanding the rules of the public bait competition and bringing Lubricating Powder to the match venue, only to get caught by the referee! If this gets around, you could be laughed at by your peers for a lifetime!"

Liu Zi hung his face low and said, "Boss, I'm sorry, I was wrong! I promise I won't make this mistake again!"

"Usually, eating, drinking, joking around is fine, but when it comes to serious matters, no one has any face! No matter who it is, if this kind of mistake happens again, you can scram, be kicked out of the team, never to be hired again!" Zhang Yang directly issued an ultimatum, his tone full of unquestionable authority.

Seeing Zhang Yang really getting serious, no one dared to show off; a group of people sat upright and proper.

After a few seconds of easing the tension, Zhang Yang achieved the effect he wanted and continued, "Discussing the violation matter is over, now let's start reviewing today's mixed breeding match!

Pay close attention.

Starting from the first section of the first round, I was constantly exploring the fish situation of this mixed breeding pond. Through the real situation of the first round in the morning, I roughly made an initial judgment on the fish situation.

This is a professionally mixed breeding pond with a very high density of fish, mainly consisting of half-pound to over a pound carp and a few crucian carp with some larger fish! In the first day scenario of purely new fish, aiming for carp is definitely the primary goal!

I won't elaborate on old common talks, but I would like to particularly mention the fish situation judgment issue when switching to the Flying Kicking method in the afternoon.

Under what circumstances, can you abandon the Flying Copy method with a higher tolerance rate and switch to Flying Kicking?

If this question were in a black pit game, the answer is actually quite simple, and applying it to mixed breeding pool in a competitive match, the principle is similar!

My answer is that when you are sure that the catch using the Flying Kicking method will exceed the Flying Copy method, you can immediately make the change!

How to determine this? Through sensing the overall fish situation and positive feedback on the short-term rhythm change!

To put it more straightforwardly, I've determined that the density of fish in the pit is very high, enough for the basic condition of Flying Kicking!

Furthermore, through quick gathering of fish with scattered bait, I can reach the density that enables Flying Kicking, with frequent float movements in the nest and an increasing number of bites!

This is the positive feedback I mentioned! At this point, you can decisively switch to the Flying Kicking method!

The practice I usually have you do, apart from practicing basic skills, includes training the ability to sense and judge the fish situation, which is also a very important part!

After the match ended and bragging with Huang Zheng, I believe everyone felt quite proud just like me?

A professional angler from a big company had his weight score thrown behind by our young team members, doesn't it sound uplifting? This is the meaning and value of your usual hard training!

Who says those competitive experts are invincible?

Facts prove that as long as we enhance through professional training and specialized skills, we can completely handle them, today's performance is not the first time, and it certainly won't be the last!"

After a very substantial summary, the spark returned to the team members' eyes immediately, as Zhang Yang said it right, no matter who you are, the brothers are not afraid, really pull you out to show, might not necessarily lose!

"Brother Yang is right, some so-called top-ranked master, just that! Really discussing Flying Kicking, he can't beat us!" Meng Fan echoed.

"Exactly, with today's mixed fish situation, if I practice more, I can also catch about 170 pounds!" Xiaobao nodded in agreement.

At this time, Han Mocheng, who had been silent, said, "I don't have any thoughts on the match itself, but I have a question, Boss, did you have a grudge with Huang Zheng before? Or have issues with Tianyuan? Why did it feel like he came to pick a fight today, something felt off!"

"Off? How so?" Zhang Yang inwardly agreed but didn't show it.

Han Mocheng analyzed, "Look, an angler of Huang Zheng's level from Tianyuan, if we set a standard to classify competency levels right now, he should be a top-tier angler, right?

We aren't familiar with him, don't have any dealings, why would he intentionally come to pick a fight? First time facing off with fish, he even wants to make a bet, I always feel like, something doesn't add up!"

"After Brother Cheng's analysis, I also feel a bit awkward! Do we really look like easy targets? Strangers would go out of their way to take a jab?" Meng Fan echoed his thoughts.

Zhang Yang said, "Indeed, there are suspicious aspects, but it can also make sense! Huang Zheng isn't much older, just three or four years older than me, when he debuted a couple of years ago, he was immediately at his peak, taking many achievements with Deng Gang!

Someone like him, in the eyes of outsiders, is like a once-in-a-century star, an outstanding talent! Usually, people like this are quite proud, coincidentally I also won the Fishing King Cup's qualifying championship, and even managed an eight-round one point, which should have caught his attention, leading him to find a reason to face off in fishing."

Zhang Yang's explanation had some logic behind it, and everyone, after listening, didn't overly dwell on it. After all, with currently known information, it's difficult to make various deductions.

Though Zhang Yang's analysis dispelled everyone's doubts, Zhang Yang himself still felt something was off.

From being 'targeted' at Jinghai Garden, to the team going out for Category Four bait having issues, to now being challenged by Huang Zheng, a supposedly master angler, Zhang Yang vaguely felt as though there was an unseen large hand behind the scenes controlling all this.

Unfortunately, the enemy is in the shadows, and Zhang Yang is in the open, so he can only keep these speculations to himself, observing any changes. No matter what the opponent's intentions are, in time, they will reveal themselves.

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On the other side, Huang Zheng returned to the hotel where he was staying, and following usual practice, he reported the day's match situation to his mentor.

The reason Huang Zheng rose so quickly wasn't just due to his high talent, but also because of the important post-match summary mechanism of the Tianyuan team.

Deng Gang, although he didn't come to participate in the match, was still attentive to today's area match situation, after learning some information, Deng Gang paused briefly.

"Master, hello? Is the signal bad?"

After several steady seconds, Deng Gang looked at a Word document opened on his phone and said, "Here! I browsed through the rankings of the people you mentioned!

Combining the information you gave me and the performance of Zhang Yang and his group of youngsters, their technical level is quite high, even the eliminated Wang Dazhi performed well in the morning's match!

The mixed breeding pond at the Tian Tian Fishing base, I know about the fish situation, catching such weights, not to mention, their fishing skills must be solid!"

Listening to his master's judgment, Huang Zheng remarked, "Uh... just a bunch of kids who know how to fish new fish, judging by their age, they're not even older than Xiaotao! Kids with fur barely off, faced with truly complex fish situations, they definitely wouldn't manage!"

Deng Gang was not pleased with his disciple's comments, raising his tone slightly, "Kid's fur? Don't forget, looking back two years, in those competitive experts' eyes, you were just a kid!

Losing a fish face-off isn't scary, what's alarming is that your mindset remains stuck in past glories, if you don't change your perception, it'll surely become a problem next time you meet again!"