The lady boss continued, "An old man in particular scooped up the body using a net. But when the old man turned around to look at the catch, he was so scared that he almost fell into the water. Then, the old man ran back to the shore in fear. How silly."
"Hahahaha." When the lady boss finished speaking, the crowd could no longer hold it in and burst out laughing.
However, Mr. Liao, who was sitting at the side, had an ugly expression.
He felt extremely bitter in his heart. After a long silence, Mr. Liao snorted coldly at the lady boss. "F*ck! Who wouldn't be afraid to suddenly see a corpse? That was a normal reaction, right? If you were to encounter this, you would probably be paralyzed with fear!"
Mr. Liao continued, "Also, why did you call him silly? How rude!"
"Tsk." The lady boss clicked her tongue. "I wouldn't dare to look at the body. The video was edited, and the body had been censored. Besides, it's not like I called you silly. Mr. Liao, did you get skunked today or something? You seem to be in a bad mood."
At this point, the lady boss was stunned for a moment. Then, she suddenly came to her senses. "What the f*ck! Could it be that the people on the news were you guys?"
The crowd burst into laughter again. "Of course it was us! Lady boss, the silly old man that was scared witless was Mr. Liao. Hahaha!"
"Come on, Mr. Liao, show the lady boss your scared expression in real time. Hahaha!"
"Who else could have fished up the body other than Mr. Ye?"
"Although it's the age of the internet, isn't the spread of the news a little too fast?"
...
The lady boss was dumbfounded. She covered her mouth with a look of disbelief and exclaimed, "D*mn! It was really Mr. Ye who fished up the corpse? I was wondering why the place in the video looked so familiar, but my husband said that I was overthinking it. Now that you mention it, I remember that someone drowned upstream of the river in Jiang City some time ago. This is too much of a coincidence!"
Hearing the lady boss' shout, the boss, who was still barbecuing at the back, immediately ran up. He looked at this group of people as if they were his idols.
"Was it really Mr. Ye who fished up the corpse? There are tons of articles and footage about it circulating now, and even my friends are forwarding them. It's a hot topic. Look!"
With that said, the boss of the barbecue stall took out his phone from his pocket. After pressing a few buttons, he handed it to Ye Chen.
At the same time, a few of the other fishing pros also came forward and stared at the phone.
The few fishing pros who couldn't get a look at the phone screen took out their phones and started to search for the incident.
Ye Chen watched a video on the incident. The voiceover, which was modified to sound like a cartoon character, read, "Simply horrifying! A fishing streamer live who streamed late at night put on a magic arts robe for better luck and ended up catching a corpse, earning 200,000!"
This video footage was a recording of Ye Chen's live stream.
Probably out of consideration for personal privacy, Ye Chen's live stream room name and the faces of those captured on screen had been censored.
Although the video clip was short at about 5 minutes, the sequence of events was quite clear. Ye Chen could tell that it was produced by a professional media company; the voiceover lines were exaggerated, and the video footage scenes were attention-grabbing. It was this kind of exaggeration that caused the video views to reach astounding numbers.
Ye Chen curiously clicked into the comments section.
"That's too much of an exaggeration. They're probably filming a movie, right? How could there be such a ridiculous thing in reality?"
"Doing a ritual by the river? I'm dying of laughter. Do you think you're the main character of a novel?"
"That's right. Do you really think you're a fishing god that's capable of catching anything and everything?"
"These days, unscrupulous media companies will do anything to attract attention. I've already reported them!"
"Everyone, take a closer look at the video. I don't think this is a movie. This is obviously a live stream from some platform. And didn't you see how even the police came at the end?"
"Begging for the complete version. Does anyone have the original video?"
"Is there anyone who can verify if this is true or not? If it's true, then this fishing streamer is the bomb, right?"
"Perhaps the police officers were photoshopped in. Unscrupulous media companies nowadays have no limit when it comes to gathering views."
"That's right. It's too much of a coincidence. It's impossible for so many coincidences to happen, okay?"
"I've already heard about this. It's true. Go search on the live stream platform QuickStream for a fishing pro called Mr. Ye.
"There really is a fishing streamer called Mr. Ye on QuickStream. I think his full name is Ye Chen."
"I have a screen recording playback of the live stream..."
...
Meanwhile, the fishing pros who used their phones to search the buzz sighed.
"D*mn, Mr. Ye, you've become an internet celebrity now!"
"You're currently the 5th most searched result, and your ranking's still steadily rising!"
"That's right. Every platform is filled with videos of you, Mr. Ye. It's amazing!"
"You've gone viral on the internet. Mr. Ye, you're too awesome!"
...
Ye Chen could not help but roll his eyes.
No wonder it was the age of the internet. No matter what happened, the whole country would know about it within a few minutes.
While the news of Ye Chen getting skunked remained largely unknown, the news of his corpse-catching incident spread like wildfire.
Seeing the boss standing beside Ye Chen in a daze, the lady boss at the side finally reacted. "Hey, watch the skewers. I say, you should learn from Mr. Ye. He actually managed to fish up a corpse and is going viral all over the internet now. Mr. Ye's popularity is almost comparable to a celebrity while you're just a measly barbecue stall owner. I can't understand how there can be such a huge difference between people."
Ye Chen was already used to seeing the stall owner get henpecked by his wife.
After receiving the lady boss' reprimand, the boss didn't get angry. Instead, he was all smiles.
The boss first took the phone from Ye Chen's hand, then spread out his hands to the crowd. "Welp. The tiger at home is baring its fangs again. I'll go get the skewers for you guys!"
Then, the boss walked to the grill at the back and complained, "You only know how to find fault with me every day. If you continue to find fault with me, I'll roast the corpse for you to eat."
Of course, the boss only dared to complain in a low voice.
Since the food wasn't served yet, the fishing pros were all on their mobile phones. Each and every one of them had their heads down and were focused on playing with their mobile phones.