I Build a Top-tier Fishing Destination

Chapter 152: Chapter 151: Fishing Ground Upgrade

Chen Yuan didn’t know that Du Luming had heard about the hundred-jin behemoth.

But even if he had, he wouldn’t have cared.

A hundred jin?

’Not just any Little Kalami could be crowned Fish King in his pond. Once the Old Pond opens, even hundred-jin behemoths would have to take a backseat.’

”The guesthouse is complete, and the upgrade progress is at 90.1%. I wonder how much progress the mission will reward.”

Chen Yuan put away his gear and turned on the car’s air conditioning. He didn’t rush off to pick up his sister. Instead, he summoned the system in his car and checked the upgrade progress.

The guesthouse had been fully completed that afternoon, and the upgrade progress already reflected it. Now, Chen Yuan was eagerly awaiting the mission reward, wondering if it would be enough to trigger the upgrade.

”Ten, nine, eight, seven...”

Chen Yuan glanced at the time and began to count down. At exactly five o’clock, a series of system prompts chimed in his mind right on schedule.

”Today’s mission has ended. Submitting mission results now.”

”Congratulations, Host. You have caught a total of thirteen fish, with a total value of exactly five thousand. Not only did you successfully get on the board, but you also far exceeded the baseline by tenfold. You are now awarded a hundredfold multiplier for your catch, which has been sent to the Reward Space. The Host may withdraw it at will.”

”Mission 1: ’Reciprocity is a Must’ has officially ended. Calculating upgrade reward now.”

”Detecting that the Host has maintained the highest success rate from start to finish. A special reward of 10% upgrade progress is hereby granted. The reward has been issued immediately. The Host may view the details.”

Yes!

Although the continuous prompts made Chen Yuan’s head buzz, he couldn’t help but get excited when he heard this, pumping his fist and shouting.

’It’s just as I hoped. A perfect reward!’

’The upgrade progress is complete! The Old Pond can finally be activated and officially open for business.’

”Ding! Fishing ground upgrade progress complete. Commencing upgrade now.”

The system prompts continued. The filled progress bar started running again, quickly maxing out.

”Fishing ground upgrade complete. Current fishing ground level: 1. Please continue to work hard on developing the fishing ground, Host.”

”Now evaluating the completion status of the fishing ground upgrade. As the Host completed the upgrade within one month, the system has assessed the completion rating as Grade A. Now issuing upgrade rewards.”

”Reward 1: A new lottery section has been added to the system. The Host may inspect it in the system.”

”Reward 2: The Fish Truck category has been unlocked. A logo for the Chen Yuan Fishing Ground will be designed, starting with the fish supplier’s truck, to build the fishing ground’s brand.”

”Reward 3: The Mission and Activity tabs will be permanently retained. The system will issue missions or activities from time to time, which the Host is free to accept or decline. Completed missions and activities will be put on cooldown. After the cooldown, the Host may choose to reactivate them (with certain conditions).”

”Reward 4: With the fishing ground’s brand new look upon upgrading, the system will find one high-quality customer for the Host. This will be completed within three days. Please wait patiently and observe carefully, Host.”

The consecutive rewards made Chen Yuan ecstatic. He sucked in a sharp breath, marveling at how generous the system was.

Four rewards.

Each one more generous than the last.

Setting aside the lottery section for a moment, he understood the fish truck part. The system was creating a custom one that even aligned with his idea of building a brand, complete with a logo design.

And then there was the third reward: the Mission and Activity tabs would be permanent, and the system would continue to issue missions and activities. The thought of this recent generous reward made Chen Yuan particularly excited.

’I was originally planning to turn the Carnival into a holiday for the fishing world, even if I had to spend my own money to build its unique brand identity. Now, this is perfect. The system is keeping it. Even with a cooldown period, the Carnival is destined to continue on successfully.’

A brilliant smile spread across Chen Yuan’s face.

The system could be a real pain sometimes, but when it was time to be generous, it didn’t hold back at all.

’I could just kiss it.’

As for the fourth reward, when Qin Fen and his group came, it had cost him ten thousand points. This reward’s direct value was at least that much, and its actual worth was hard to say.

’I wonder what kind of high-quality customer the system will find.’

This part was a bit of a headache; he would have to keep an eye out for them himself.

’Once the Old Pond opens, there will be around three hundred people for a session across both ponds. Am I supposed to watch them one by one and ask each of them?’

He didn’t dwell on it. In any case, getting a high-quality customer was a good thing.

’First, I should take a good look at the system.’

Chen Yuan suppressed his excitement, summoned the system again, and began to carefully examine it.

First was the information panel.

Host: Chen Yuan.

Fishing Ground: Chen Yuan Fishing Ground (Level 1 Fishing Ground, Upgrade Progress: 0.05%). There was an exclamation mark after it, which probably indicated a note.

’Did only half of the remaining upgrade progress carry over?’

Chen Yuan frowned slightly when he saw the upgrade progress. It was at 90.1% just a moment ago. With the 10% reward from completing the mission, it should have been 100.1%. After the upgrade, 0.1% should have been left over.

But now it showed 0.05%. At this rate, upgrading the Level 1 fishing ground would probably require two hundred percent progress.

Chen Yuan clicked the exclamation mark, and just as he expected, a line of notes appeared.

”Whoa, there are actually two conditions.”

Chen Yuan was surprised. To upgrade the Level 1 fishing ground, not only did it require spending two million points, but there was also a Reputation Value progress bar, which was currently at zero percent.

’What the hell is Reputation Value? Is it the fishing ground’s fame? How is that calculated?’

Chen Yuan found it confusing. He could guess the meaning from the name, but the question was how it was calculated.

’I don’t get it.’

But the system would handle the calculations, so he could analyze it later based on the progress shown.

He continued reading.

Fish Stock: Black Carp 529, Grass Carp 467, Common Carp 214, Bighead Carp 186, Silver Carp 112, Crucian Carp 98, Bream 11, Softshell Turtle 3, Fish King 1.

The night fishing session had just started, so each person had caught one or two fish at most. There were still at least ten thousand jin of fish left in the pond.

There were more Black and Grass Carp. The Bighead and Silver Carp were stocked as a mix. The large Crucian Carp had only been stocked once, and the bream were from the pond’s original population.

Facilities:

This section was the longest. In addition to the previous facilities, many new ones had been added. The guesthouse was now listed, and there were even things like a fish farm and the Flower Sea Fruit Forest (Under Construction).

Basically, all system-related facilities were in this section.

There wasn’t much to see on the second page, the System Store, but the one exciting thing was his point balance. Nearly a million points were sitting in his account.

During the Carnival, each session could generate seventy to eighty thousand points. Adding in the fishing fees, boxed lunches, and other income, the guaranteed point increase per session was over eighty thousand, sometimes reaching nearly a hundred thousand when things went well.

The ten-day Carnival was already on its ninth day, with seventeen sessions completed. Even with Wang Tao spending heavily, he still had several hundred thousand, nearly a million, points left.

’I’m not worried about points, but I have no idea how to earn Reputation Value.’

Chen Yuan wasn’t worried about the points needed for the upgrade now, but he had to consider Reputation Value. The system really didn’t let him relax for a moment.

There wasn’t much to see on the third page, the Mission tab, either.

Mission 1 was on cooldown and grayed out, but the Reward Space brought a look of pleasant surprise to Chen Yuan’s face.

It was filled to the brim with fish. Even with the frantic consumption during the Carnival, the daily hundredfold multiplier on his catch still far outstripped the amount of fish the anglers were catching.

He had a hundredfold multiplier, running at maximum efficiency every day. Unless the entire pond of anglers could get a massive haul like him, the rate of consumption would never catch up to his stocking rate.

’The anglers still aren’t pulling their weight.’

Chen Yuan shook his head with a wry smile.

If it were possible, he truly wished the anglers could clear out all these fish. At the very least, it would bring him several million points. Just thinking about it was exciting.

’I shouldn’t get too greedy. These leftover fish are perfect for planning the Old Pond’s opening event and keeping the momentum going.’

Chen Yuan wasn’t overly greedy. He decided to go back and properly plan the Old Pond’s opening event.

He continued browsing the system.

He skipped right past the fourth panel. It just showed the Angler’s Carnival, which was still in progress.

The newly added fifth panel was the lottery page. It was just a single wheel composed of seven different colors, each taking up a different amount of space, clearly corresponding to different rewards.

It was clear at a glance.

He didn’t rush to study how the lottery worked or what the prizes were, instead moving on to the next tab.

The last page was the Fish Supplier Truck.

It was empty except for a single line.

Fish Truck: Quantity 1 (Level 1)

”Whoa, looks like the fish truck can be upgraded?”

Chen Yuan was quite curious.

He didn’t know what a Level 1 fish truck was like or how to upgrade it, and the system didn’t offer any hints.

’I’ll figure it out when I get back. Time to go pick up my sister.’

Just as Chen Yuan was frowning and fiddling with the system, his phone suddenly chimed with a WeChat notification.

He opened it and saw a message from his sister. She was already on the subway, heading to their meeting spot, and would arrive in about forty-something minutes.

Chen Yuan replied to the message and drove off to pick up his sister.