"These are definitely the most beautiful Arowana I've ever seen. Perfect."
After the middle-aged Chinese judge finished speaking, a foreign judge agreed immediately. The other judges also nodded in silence.
"Then the champion of the Arowana is number ten, Ornamental Fish in Paradise," the middle-aged judge said happily.
The farming techniques of ornamental fish in mainland China weren't as good as those in Japan, Singapore, Korea and other countries. Every year at the exhibition, China always served as a foil in the Aquarama competition. If it wasn't for the giant market in China, this Aquarama competition definitely wouldn't be held in Jing Hai.
However, the Aquarama this year suddenly had a Chinese black horse even specializing in Arowana. All the Chinese were proud and had something to brag about when mingling with foreigners.
So the championship fish/trophy fish is used by the author as if it were actually a type of fish. I don’t know. I guess the logic is that if a fish wins a competition it’s a trophy fish now. This just sounds weird to me, but I suppose it makes sense.
*Pu is a spitting sound (even if you spit nothing) that in this context is supposed to call up the image of someone spitting out his drink when he’s surprised by something funny (used sarcastically)