Just as Xie Tianhao noticed that Zhang Yang next door was a black pond expert and kept observing his every move, the cameraman who had been following Zhang Yang’s team to film various shots for Wang Yan and Han Qiang finished collecting the first half of the material and came over to Zhang Yang with his equipment.
"Boss, do you need some additional shots here? From a distance, it looks like you’re having great luck with the fish!" the cameraman asked, leaning over to Zhang Yang.
Recently, when it came to content about black ponds for the account’s segments, it was mostly Han Qiang who handled it. Zhang Yang, besides live-streaming from his own reservoir, mostly broadcasted indoor chats and banter.
But this time was different. Since he led the team out for the competition, as the captain, extra footage was needed, which is why the cameraman approached him about getting more shots.
Zhang Yang turned his head with a grin, "Just get some random shots. The bites are great. I think you should film some shots of the float reactions on the bites. Jinghai Garden is indeed impressive; the bites are solid, with big jerks by two or three notches!"
"Alright, then I’ll get some shots of the float reactions!"
"By the way, how’s the bite situation over with Wang Yan and the others?"
The cameraman replied, "Still jumping, but the bites have slowed down a lot since the beginning of the session! Han Qiang slipped while rushing to the spot this morning and scraped his palm!"
"Oh!" Zhang Yang nodded and didn’t inquire further.
In terms of understanding black ponds, Han Qiang and Wang Yan’s group of three are definitely top-notch, but even Zhang Yang found Jinghai Garden’s level of fishing grounds confusing at first.
It’s quite normal for their first performance to be average. Once they summarize after collecting the fish in the afternoon, they will improve significantly.
Ultimately, precise judgment and quick analysis of new fish conditions are Zhang Yang’s core competence as an experienced angler. Others are somewhat weaker in this aspect.
Over the next hour or so, the cameraman stood behind Zhang Yang, capturing a lot of footage from various angles and movements until past ten, when he finally felt satisfied and set up a big lazy folding chair to rest.
In such high-density fresh fish situations, capturing high-quality footage became much easier. The material shot in the past hour is enough for a whole series of videos, every frame is a masterpiece.
With shooting temporarily on hold, Zhang Yang was still leisurely catching fish, and at this point, Xie Tianhao’s curiosity was fully piqued, itching with curiosity.
Who is this guy next to him? Out fishing with a professional equipment cameraman, has great skills, and a professional team. Even if he didn’t know this level of expert, he should’ve at least heard the name.
Yet Zhang Yang was wearing a hat and an ice silk face mask, completely covered, making it impossible to see his face clearly. Xie Tianhao couldn’t help himself and leaned over to greet him.
"Hey, hello buddy! What’s your name? You look kind of familiar, but I just can’t figure out who you are!!" Xie Tianhao half-jokingly struck up a conversation.
Zhang Yang turned his head to glance at Xie Tianhao, showed no expression, then turned back to continue casting.
A warm face met with a cold shoulder, the scene was a bit awkward.
"Hey, we’re all anglers here, are you really this cold?"
Xie Tianhao felt a little embarrassed and couldn’t keep his face.
Zhang Yang sat steadily in his fishing spot, not even lifting his head, continuing with his fishing.
Seeing this, some might mock a bit, thinking he’s too pretentious. How can he ignore someone who greeted him first?
Zhang Yang is the kind of person with a distinct personality; if you’re kind to him, he’s warmer than you, but if you displease him, he won’t care about you even if the king of heaven arrives!
Before fishing started, Xie Tianhao’s little apprentice cursed at Zhang Yang while competing for fishing spots; now that the bite stopped, the apprentice’s master tried to chat with Zhang Yang, who was too lazy to bother!
"Hey! I really don’t believe it! What’s up brother, do we have beef? How did I offend you?"
Xie Tianhao didn’t know that his little apprentice had offended Zhang Yang, still thinking Zhang Yang was looking down on him.
In terms of status, old Xie came fishing in a big Range Rover, definitely a successful person. Even the pit boss Lao Ma would give him some face.
Zhang Yang looked at Xie Tianhao again, coldly asking, "Do you need something?"
"Nothing, you just look familiar, but you’re so wrapped up I couldn’t recognize you!" Xie Tianhao said frankly.
"Fishing, no time for chit-chat! You do your own thing!" Zhang Yang turned his head back to continue fishing, pulling up another three-pound big carp from the water.
After hitting two soft nails in a row, Xie Tianhao didn’t bother to continue pestering Zhang Yang, instead frowning, pondering who exactly this guy in front of him was.
Zhang Yang wasn’t giving him a good face, but there were several others with him all wearing ice silk sun protection suits with water-blue ripples. Better to ask the others.
"Little Bao, keep fishing, I’m going for a walk!"
Xie Tianhao got up, handed the rod to Fisherman, and with a strong sense of ’curiosity,’ he got up and started walking towards the other side where several of Zhang Yang’s companions were, deeper in the floating bridge.
Just as he strolled behind Wang Yan, Wang Yan happened to stand up to start the second round of baiting, and the two unintentionally exchanged glances.
"You are... you’re Teacher Wang Yan?" Xie Tianhao recognized Wang Yan’s face and finally connected the information in his mind.
No wonder he looked familiar, turns out it’s the black pond Jianghu team people.
Ever since Wang Yan became a streamer, being recognized by local fellow anglers while fishing in other places has long been commonplace.