CHAPTER 522: CHAPTER 303: PEOPLE LIFT EACH OTHER ON THE DECORATIVE SEDAN CHAIR_2

The next second, I saw President Ma slow down a bit before stepping onto the stage. Everyone had just finished their walk on stage and was adjusting their positions for the group photo.

"Sorry, got held up by something!"

President Ma stood at one side of the crowd.

YOYO saw President Ma on stage, and her eyes, always quick to smile, squinted happily.

In an event of this scale, how could we not let President Ma, the boss yet again, say a few words? We forgot this detail in the earlier process.

"Ah! President Ma, you finally made it back! Come on, say a few words to everyone! I’ve been looking around and couldn’t find you!"

YOYO, with her excellent improvisation skills, seized the opportunity to hand the microphone to President Ma.

President Ma was just wondering how to step in appropriately when the host, understanding the situation, handed over the microphone, even setting up the introduction.

So, President Ma took the microphone and turned his head toward the gathered anglers.

"Hello everyone, I’m President Ma from Jinghai Garden Fishing Ground. The Fishing Association and sponsors have prepared such a good event for us! Everyone’s worked hard! Thank you all for your support!

Our Jinghai Garden Fishing Ground welcomes anglers nationwide to come and enjoy. President Ma is not afraid of difficulties, just hopes everyone can have a great time.

Okay, with the formal remarks out of the way, let me mention something else.

This handsome guy, I noticed when I came up that several of you are wearing the same sun protection clothes, a bit unfamiliar; what’s your name?"

Everyone followed President Ma’s gaze and focused their attention on Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang, with his habitual slight smile, said: "Hello, President Ma, I’m Zhang Yang! I founded the Famous Fishing Tackle Company! This time, I brought the team here for a bit of fun!"

"All your people? Your team took five vehicles?"

President Ma deliberately showed a very shocked expression, with a slight Tianjin accent and perfectly appropriate body language, like a movie star.

Zhang Yang chuckled, "Hehehe, just a stroke of good luck!"

"Out of ten vehicles, your team drove off with five? How many people did you bring?" President Ma continued.

"There are six registered team members, plus the assistant, team leader, and camera person, making a total of nine in our team!"

"That’s impressive!

Let me propose something. How about setting up a separate display counter at the Garden and make you a special distributor?

Your fish bait products are sold at my fishing ground, and we split the profits fifty-fifty!"

Hearing this, Zhang Yang couldn’t miss that President Ma was showing sincere goodwill and was willing to go along with the lively atmosphere, and he agreed without hesitation.

"Sure! We don’t need a fifty-fifty split, I’ll give you special distributor rights, like regional agents!"

"It’s settled then! Let’s shake on it, no going back on your word once we’re off the stage!"

President Ma, worried Zhang Yang might change his mind, quickly shook Zhang Yang’s hand for several seconds before letting go.

With President Ma’s humorous approach, the crowd of hundreds of anglers below instantly broke into enthusiastic chatter.

Actually, some had noticed the matching sun protection attire during the award ceremony, but hadn’t thought about it further. Those who knew Wang Yan and Zhang Yang’s team took five vehicles already knew but didn’t see any need to discuss it further.

With President Ma’s antics, everyone who was uncertain now knew the full story, and the feat of Zhang Yang’s team taking five pickup trucks was thoroughly hyped.

Six participants taking home five pickups, what does that imply?

It’s said there’s no Divine Bait or wonder drug at black pits, so how do we explain today’s competition results?

Even those who make products themselves and claim expertise in the black pit industry would be compelled to think more deeply upon seeing such results. Not to mention those avid black pit fishing enthusiasts.

After President Ma’s playful antics, the chatter below stage went on for a full five minutes, with YOYO trying to call for attention, but everyone was fixated on discussing the impressive five-vehicle achievement, leaving her unheard.

The closing remarks had already been scheduled earlier, so YOYO, not minding any minor details, proceeded to direct the staff for the subsequent group photos.

After the group photos, today’s competition was officially over.

As per usual procedure, staff would clear the stage, and anglers would head home to their families.

However, today was different. As Zhang Yang stepped down from the podium, a horde of people immediately surrounded him.

Can you imagine being surrounded by dozens of burly, sweaty men who had been fishing all morning?

Even the battle-hardened Zhang Yang was completely caught off guard.

"Mr. Zhang Yang, can you tell us which of your products helped you win the award?"

"Mr. Zhang Yang, I’m a fan of yours! I also run a fishing tackle store and wanted to ask about our company’s product agency requirements. Is there still availability in Hebei?"

"Mr. Zhang Yang, can I have your contact info? I want to join our company’s agency!"

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Goodness, there were people asking for group photos and autographs, asking what bait and additives were used, requesting contact information, intending to join the agency, some even demanding regional agency conditions on their own terms; all sorts came swarming around Zhang Yang!

"Stop! Hold it! Calm down, everyone! Listen to me!!!" In desperation, Zhang Yang yelled, drawing from all his inner strength.

This finally made everyone calm down a bit, fearing they had upset Zhang Yang. No one dared to stand out and speak anymore.

Zhang Yang spoke loudly: "Thank you, brothers and friends, for your support and love. I’ve roughly understood everyone’s requests. Let’s not rush, with a couple of hundred people here, we can solve this quickly!

First question, about the products we used in today’s competition! Our team used our own company’s products and specific additives, which are available for normal purchase on Tmall. If you just want it for personal use and there’s no local agent, you can order online at a national uniform price, no need to worry about overpaying.

The additive we used today includes a newly developed traditional Chinese medicinal wine, not yet launched but will soon be available through all sales channels, proving effective for both new and old fish in black pits, please stay tuned.

Second question: If you’re interested in discussing agency cooperation with our products, directly connect with my assistant Xiaomi! She will record everyone’s contact details and basic information, and someone from the company will follow up with you later!

Third question, if there are brothers wanting a photo or autograph, let’s form a line, okay? There aren’t many people, so it’ll be quickly resolved! We’ve been fishing and awarding all morning. Now it’s almost one o’clock, haven’t had lunch yet, let’s wrap this up quickly!"

Although Zhang Yang usually plays a hands-off role in the company, he’s seen enough in the industry to manage things clearly, and with his direction, the atmosphere changed immediately.

Those wanting partnerships went to Xiaomi for record and registration, leaving phone numbers, WeChat, and some details.

Those interested in purchasing products opened their phones to log into Tmall, starting their product research.

The remaining two or three dozen anglers were pure fans, orderly lining up for photos with Zhang Yang, and someone even found a marker, asking Zhang Yang to autograph on a sun protection shirt, creating an atmosphere as if he were a sports star.

After finishing this series of tasks, twenty minutes had passed.

There were post-award administrative tasks to handle in the afternoon, so instead of celebrating at a hotel, the plan was to first return to the hotel to shower and change.

After eating heartily at the small restaurant downstairs, Zhang Yang talked business with everyone.

After winning five pickups, what to do with the prizes?

Except for Liu Zi, everyone else already had personal cars, so keeping them didn’t make much sense.

Everyone thought it was best to convert the cars into cash, handling the paperwork would be simple, just need to pay the taxes, and the rest is just dividing the money among teammates, they were already familiar with the process.

After a simple calculation, if converted into cash, after deducting taxes, each vehicle would fetch about sixty thousand, totaling over three hundred thousand for five vehicles, allocated among six people, giving over fifty thousand each.

Seeing the teammates excited after doing the math, Zhang Yang also smiled widely. He didn’t say anything, but he already had an idea of what to do with his share of the money.