bayedsolid Chapter 826 - 559: New Discovery
Chapter 826 - 559: New Discovery
Staying at the door to eavesdrop on someone’s conversation is definitely impolite behavior, so after arriving at the door, Sun Yi hesitated no more and decisively knocked.
"Who is it?"
"Teacher Huang, it’s Sun Yi. I’m here with Teacher Yu to conduct a post-competition interview with you. Are you available now?" Sun Yi asked politely.
"Hold on a moment!"
About three or four seconds later, Huang Zheng hung up the call and walked out of the room.
After consciously adjusting his mental state and facial expression, Huang Zheng seemed to be in a pretty good state at the moment.
"Hello, Teacher Huang!" Sun Yi greeted proactively again.
"Hello, Xiao Sun! Hello, Teacher Yu!" Huang Zheng nodded politely in response.
"Now that the tournament is over, how are you feeling? Quite a few of the guys in the live stream are looking forward to your post-match interview. Could you share a brief chat with us?" Sun Yi dove straight into the topic.
"Feeling? It’s just okay. My performance wasn’t too ideal, just barely managed to get a runner-up, just so-so!" Huang Zheng scratched his head, his tone somewhat disappointed, but he managed to disguise it quite well.
"Lost to Zhang Yang in the final round, which was a bit regretful, but the previous matches were indeed quite brilliant!
Especially after adjusting the fishing strategy tactics! Many of the brothers in the live stream want you to talk about the short leader fishing approach at the time; how did you judge the situation, and how did you make this tactical adjustment? Share your thought process with us!"
"Haha, short leader, huh? The principle is actually quite simple! First, analyze the fish condition; the overall fish situation of Pond No.1 is at a pretty high density, but the individual fish are rather large and hard to take bait at a high water level.
The previous fishing method was fishing around the settled layer away from the bottom, but this method felt like the line group took too long to get into position, so I tried to adjust with a new fishing method.
Adjust to a level without hooks, then fish at the critical point where the eighth ring reaches the bottom, which we like to call the small running lead method in our circle.
As for the short leader, it’s paired with this small running lead method; it can..."
In talking about technical matters in the interview, Huang Zheng was quite talkative, consistently aligning with what Yu Wensheng mentioned in the previous live commentary, answering tirelessly for a good two-plus minutes before ending the topic.
After asking questions about fishing skills, Sun Yi glanced at the real-time public chat info in the live stream and found everyone was asking the same question.
"Ask Huang Zheng if he’s okay with losing to Zhang Yang in this competition?"
"Ask Huang Zheng if he’s okay with losing to Zhang Yang in this competition?"
"Ask Huang Zheng if he’s okay with losing to Zhang Yang in this competition?"
The continuous screen refresh made it so that nothing else on the camera view in the live stream was visible.
This question carried a bit of gunpowder, and after glancing at it, Sun Yi hesitated a bit and decided against asking. But in the moment of hesitation, he reacted a few seconds late.
"Is there a question that’s making you hesitant? Your expression seems a bit off! We’ve known each other for years, so what’s up? Getting a bit uptight in the post-match interview?" Huang Zheng teased Sun Yi jokingly.
With that question, Sun Yi immediately changed his mind.
"The biggest question the live stream fans are asking, you take a look yourself!" With those words, Sun Yi handed his phone to Huang Zheng.
Huang Zheng took a casual look, feeling a bit regretful.
"Care to respond positively? You didn’t want to ask, but now you’re making me ask!"
Huang Zheng nodded slightly and answered, "There’s really nothing to avoid here! In the head-to-head, losing to Zhang Yang, today’s performance was indeed not as good as his!
But if you ask whether I’m okay with it, I’m definitely not! Born with a proud spirit, I cannot yield! There will be many more national-level competitions; there’s always a chance to meet again!
As the ancients said, to feel shame is to then strive. After the match, go back and reflect more, learn more, and when we meet again, regain the lost face and pride!"
"Haha, what an inspiring answer, ’To feel shame is to then strive.’ With this answer, my brothers in the live stream and I are hoping for an even better performance in future events, thanks for your interview!"
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After a few simple questions, the interview was done, and Sun Yi and Old Yu took the photographer behind them back to the backstage rest area at the podium. The video material shooting part was completed, leaving just the final award ceremony, and this leg of the competition was entirely over.
Due to the lessons learned from the last award stage speech mishap, this award ceremony noticeably shortened the process.
Apart from the award photo session, the athletes had no chance to get the microphone throughout the ceremony, and in less than twenty minutes, all the awards segments were done.
Once the awards ceremony was completed, all the event processes were entirely finished, and the anglers and staff orderly departed, each returning home.
This time, Zhang Yang was definitely the biggest winner, aside from the champion’s 150,000 reward, the runner-up’s prize, due to the fish matter, also fell into Zhang Yang’s hands, and these funds accumulated became nearly 200,000 in the account. The top professional angler’s money-making ability was now glimpsed by everyone at the tip of the iceberg.
After the match, Zhang Yang did not rush to pack and head back, instead having Han Mocheng book a hotel, and Zhang Yang personally made calls to some familiar folks, friends, event preparers’ leaders, and such.