Financial freedom begins with fishing

Chapter 72 Liu Bo

"Great, I didn't expect this recommendation to be so effective!"

After checking his balance, Xiao Kai opened the Douyin backend and looked at the data that appeared on it, feeling very satisfied.

After these past few days of buzz, thanks to his money-making magic, the video has now garnered over 20,000 likes, and his follower count has soared to over 5,000.

Even his other videos have benefited from this and seen a significant increase in popularity. Of his first three competition videos, the one with the most likes already has over 8,000.

Xiao Kai was quite satisfied with the result.

After all, he didn't have much of a fan base; he was making videos from scratch. Even with traffic and promotion, it was impossible for them to have a significant effect in a short period of time.

Of course, it's not that his money was wasted, since this traffic is continuous, and his data will increase again after a while.

His requirements are not high; he just needs ten or twenty thousand followers.

In that case, his ten thousand yuan wouldn't have been wasted.

With just a few thousand followers, he can do a lot more things. He can not only accept gigs, but also make money from video traffic.

Putting aside other things, at least his food, lodging, transportation, and fuel expenses along the way can be guaranteed.

It won't take long, at most one or two months, for him to break even, and after that it's pure profit.

"Hey blogger, where are you? Post the fishing spot."

"I strongly suspect someone is hanging fish downstairs!"

"What bait did the blogger use?"

"The scenery here is beautiful, where is it?"

"Is the blogger's life going smoothly?"

Xiao Kai looked at the comments one by one, replying to a few from time to time, and before he knew it, it was midnight.

Seeing that it was getting late, Xiao Kai went to bed.

The next day, Xiao Kai did not go fishing again.

He was quite tired after fishing for four consecutive days.

He plans to take a day off and, while he's at it, edit and release the videos of his wild fishing trip in the tributary of the Sancha River a few days ago.

That's how making videos is, especially when you don't have a large fan base in the early stages, you need to be even more diligent.

I didn't have time during those few days by the water, so I took advantage of this day off to finish it so I could continue fishing afterwards.

And so, Xiao Kai didn't go anywhere. He spent the whole day busy at the camp, replenishing the supplies along the way.

The next morning, Xiao Kai received a phone call and hurriedly drove away from the camp.

He first filled up his tank at a gas station, and then drove towards the outskirts of the city.

Today, he didn't plan to go fishing at the tributary of the Sancha River again, but went to another place.

At 8:30 a.m., Xiao Kai arrived at his destination on time.

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Baidongkou Reservoir is located 30 kilometers north of Liupanshui.

This is exactly what Xiao Kai is looking for today.

He came at the invitation of a local fishing blogger.

This person was introduced to me by Xu Lili.

Ever since Xiao Kai helped them that day, and after learning that Xiao Kai's account opening was not progressing well, Xu Lili and the others introduced him to a local fishing blogger they knew.

He said he wanted someone to mentor him.

Xiao Kai was originally going to refuse, but he couldn't resist the other person's enthusiasm.

Sure enough, he had just returned and hadn't even had a day to rest when he received a call asking him to come to this reservoir for an appointment.

"Brother Bo! Sorry to keep you waiting, I'm not familiar with the way."

Having done his research beforehand, Xiao Kai recognized the dark-skinned man in a fishing jacket standing next to the SUV as soon as he got out of the car, and greeted him with a smile.

Liu Bo is a fishing blogger on Douyin (TikTok) with 32 followers, making him one of the more popular fishing bloggers.

"Don't mention it, I'm already very happy that Brother Xiao Kai could come. Come, come, let me introduce you!"

It has to be said that Liu Bo is indeed very good at dealing with people. Although Xiao Kai was not late, he arrived right on time, but Liu Bo was not angry at all. Instead, he generously introduced Xiao Kai to his entourage.

There were only two people: his apprentice Chen Chi and his photographer Zhu Jie.

After the introductions, Liu Bo walked over to Xiao Kai's car, patted the trunk, and clicked his tongue, saying, "This car must be your 'home,' right? It's really nice! You can drive it everywhere, fishing wherever you want. I'm so envious!"

"It's just a regular car. If Brother Bo wants one, he can get one anytime!"

Liu Bo did not refute Xiao Kai's words. With his abilities, it would not be difficult for him to get a car and modify it. The difficulty was that he had a family and young children, so he could not go anywhere.

The group chatted in the parking lot for a few minutes before arriving at the reservoir, led by Liu Bo.

"Brother Bo, isn't this a paid reservoir?"

Looking at the many fishermen on the shore, Xiao Kai asked in confusion.

"right!"

Liu Bo nodded, then added, "Didn't Xu Lili tell you? Our goal today is to get to the boss!"

"Try messing with the boss? That's not a good idea!"

Xiao Kai blinked. With the efficiency he showed when fishing, this boss was probably going to be driven to tears!

"There's nothing wrong with that. As long as you have the talent, the bosses will be happy to have you. After all, it's a form of publicity, and fans enjoy watching it!" Liu Bo said nonchalantly, his face relaxed.

"Alright!"

Xiao Kai didn't explain, just nodded, thinking that he could just go easy on them, after all, raising fish wasn't easy for them either.

He also thought Liu Bo was right; these kinds of videos about bosses are indeed popular on Douyin, and it's not a big deal to watch them occasionally.

Once his mind started working, Xiao Kai's faint sense of guilt vanished instantly, and he began to look around with interest, seemingly wondering where would be a good place to fish.

Seeing this, Liu Bo smiled and turned to signal the cameraman that they could start recording.

"Fellow anglers, we're back at Baidongkou Reservoir today! That's right, I'm back with another round of fishing!"

"But this time we're not here to settle scores from last time, we're here to welcome new friends!"

As he spoke, Liu Bo gestured for Zhu Jie to point the camera at Xiao Kai.

"Let me introduce you to our new friend today, Xiao Kai, whose Douyin ID is 'Sui Xin Suo Yu'. Don't let his young age fool you, he's a fishing expert. If you're interested, you can check out his profile. I've tagged him in the bottom left corner of the video. If you like, you can follow him."

"Come on, Xiao Kai, say hello to everyone!"

Because it had been planned in advance, Xiao Kai wasn't shy at all and confidently smiled at the camera, saying, "Hello fellow anglers!"

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"Okay, let's go find the boss now!"

Xiao Kai was very envious of how Liu Bo got into character as soon as he was on camera.

Although he has filmed a lot of videos, most of them are from a first-person perspective. Speaking to the camera like a host in real life is still a bit difficult for him.

Soon, led by Liu Bo, they arrived at the place where the boss was.

Clearly, the owner knew Liu Bo. After some lighthearted banter, everyone paid their fishing fee and went to the water's edge.

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