Currently, in the domestic black pit fishing bait market, due to the massive advertising investment from Zhang Yang Company and the much better practical performance of their products compared to similar competitors, the sales of the genuine Yellow Storm bait are extremely popular, quickly capturing the hearts of many adventurous black pit customers.

Just like Master Liu, Liu Chengbin mentioned in the previous chapter, across the country, many fans and users like Master Zhang, Master Wang, and Master Li, after acknowledging the Yellow Storm bait, introduced it to friends they fished with, tackle shops, and so on. The feedback from these people became the main driver for the secondary fermentation of the product's reputation.

On one side is the crazily increasing demand from user groups, and on the other side is the factory's all-out production, which still couldn't meet the market output demand. In this reality, it gave Wang Defa's counterfeit bait an opportunity to pass off the fake as the real thing.

Identical packaging prints, a similar bait name, and completely consistent bait flavor classifications — all these elements caused a certain blind follow effect in the initially developed market.

Moreover, many tackle shop peers who couldn't secure the agency for Famous Fishing Tackle Company couldn't get genuine products, so they had no choice but to opt for these follow-the-trend products.

After all, the previous follow-the-trend products of Xiaohuangmian performed quite well in practice. Rather than failing to secure the agency and losing customers to other stores, it was better to sell some imitations and earn a little more.

If Wang Defa were truly professional in the production and development of baits and could ensure the quality and effect of the Yellow Storm bait, there might actually be a chance to grab a share in the completely blank market.

However, the bait formula and production technology of the Yellow Storm bait are clearly much higher than those of Xiaohuangmian. When Wang Defa was plagiarizing and imitating the bait from Zhang Yang's company, he never intended to do it on a large scale, so he added various industrial pigments, chemical additives, auxiliary materials, cheap fragrance bases, and sources into the counterfeit bait all at once.

This hastily mass-produced bait, under the huge market demand, was grandly displayed on the bait shelves of brick-and-mortar tackle shops across various regions.

In M City, still Liu Chengbin, Master Liu, after using up several sets of Yellow Storm bait, was almost always successful at every black pit he frequented. At this moment, in the surrounding black pit fishing community, he had already become a well-known fishing expert.

That day, he once again successfully reached the shore from fishing, and after packing his gear, on his way home, he backtracked part of the journey and took a few new fishing friends he had just met to the usual tackle shop.

"Boss Wang, I brought some new fishing friends I met at the fishing spot today over to get acquainted!" Liu Chengbin said with a cigar in his mouth, smiling.

"Welcome, welcome! Come on in, everyone. Our small shop is quite well-stocked. If you need anything, just ask. Xiao Liu is my buddy, I'll definitely give you face!" The tackle shop owner immediately greeted them warmly.

"The Yellow Storm bait 2211 formula bait, give each of us a set! With so many people wanting it, you must give us a discount!" Liu Chengbin continued.

"Oh dear, we don't have that much stock of this bait in the shop currently!

But now there's a newer, more awesome Yellow Crazy Blast bait on the market. Have you heard of Baoding Xiaohuangmian? This new bait comes from Baoding, same formula, even better effect, and only sells for 22 per pack, cheaper price and better effect! How about you try it?"

The tackle shop owner blatantly lied with his eyes wide open, half-truths and half-deceptions.

Although Liu Chengbin is an absolute master in the eyes of many local anglers, his actual skill is not sufficient to visually distinguish the actual differences between the two baits.

Baoding Xiaohuangmian also gained some popularity in the surrounding area not long ago. Cheap, high cost-performance ratio, effective results, so quite a few people chased after it.

Since it's from the same place, nobody thought much about it, as long as there was something to use, who cares who's behind it all.

"22 a pack? Six bucks cheaper per pack, get me a set! No, make that two sets, I'll take one home for my buddy as well!"

"Get me ten packs, with two extra of the original and two of black sugar, I use a lot of those!"

"Get me ten packs too!"

...

Good heavens, following Liu Chengbin, four buddies came into the shop, each spending over two hundred at least, just the business of trying out the new bait carried over a thousand bucks in sales.

Boss Wang sold over a thousand bucks of bait at once, his mouth almost couldn't stop smiling. Busy greeting everyone from front to back, he quickly got the packaging done, and after settling the bill, he immediately arranged tea for them. A group of fishing friends chatted over tea in the shop and even agreed on the next trip to team up for another black pit adventure, hoping to win some silver from Boss Pan next time.

On the third day after purchasing the bait, a new black pit opening event was held at another black pit fishing ground, with seven or eight fishing friends led by Liu Chengbin all using the counterfeit Yellow Storm purchased from Boss Wang's shop, marching fearlessly into the pit.

Since it was the opening of this new pit, the pond owner didn't have much experience with water adjustment or fish feeding conditions for black pits, so the opening day fish situation was not very good.

The new pit released two thousand pounds of Tangshan Fengli carp, but due to too lean water quality and bumps along the way, only about eight hundred pounds came out on the opening day.

Thirty or so fishing friends cast in their lines, averaging only around twenty pounds of fish per person, and none of them did well, including the recently very popular Liu Chengbin.