Back to the Past to Become a Fishing King-Chapter 623 - 362: Class _2

"Oh!" Xiaobao responded, and his speed of lifting the rod and organizing the line clearly picked up a beat.

Another three hundred rods later, Xiaobao felt like his two arms were no longer his own—hot, numb, and sore. The originally lightweight 12-foot rod seemed to weigh a thousand pounds.

"Another one hundred eighty rods left, don't lose heart! Once the warm-up is over, you'll get a ten-minute break!"

Zhang Yang's persistent presence came once more.

Forcing himself to finish the thousand rod warm-up, Xiaobao was no longer cocky. The second Zhang Yang announced the completion of a thousand, he directly tossed the rod onto the competitive stand, seizing the time to let his constantly tense arms rest.

"Warm-up's done, how do you feel?" Zhang Yang handed Xiaobao a bottle of Wahaha purified water, grinned, and asked.

"Tired! I never thought casting was such a burden when fishing before. I didn't realize intensive, high-frequency casting was this tiring! My arms are sore!"

Xiaobao took the purified water, gulping it down like a whale in big gulps.

"Casting is the most basic yet crucial skill in platform fishing! Whether you're a beginner or a top angler, mastering the basics is essential!

In real competitions, no matter how accurately you judge the fish or how well you match the bait and method, performance depends on having competent basic skills!

Otherwise, under normal conditions, others don't need to do anything—just relying on the frequency and rhythm of casting, they can out-do you!

When Liu Zi and Xiaofan were practicing casting before, I said a few words, now I'll share them with you!

Training the basics is a cycle that runs throughout the platform fishing sport. To maintain a good feel, basic training should never be neglected.

If you don't practice for a day or two, you'll know. If not for three or five days, your teammates will know, and if you don't practice for ten or half a month, your peers will know! A month without practice, and the world will know!

From the moment you decide to take the path of professional competitive fishing, daily basic training should not be skipped! Especially during the first two years when your fishing skills improve most noticeably, you must keep up!

Many people's skills are stuck at a certain level because of underlying issues with their basics!

These things are evident not only in real matches but also reflect the angler's attitude towards fishing!

Anyone else, I'm not concerned about, but under me, to succeed, you must have this awareness! Xiaobao, do you understand?"

"Yes, I understand!"

Xiaobao nodded in response, gaining a new perspective on competitive fishing.

Initially, Xiaobao thought he could just learn a few powerful bait recipes and techniques from masters, and results would naturally improve.

After a few years, grab a Competitive Fishing Master title, and he could make a living off it professionally.

But after going with Zhang Yang's team to a competition, Xiaobao found the reality was not as simple as he had thought.

In the same pot, with almost identical baits, additives, and equipment.

Yet, Captain Zhang Yang could consistently score well match after match, while others got all sorts of strange scores, and as a rookie, Xiaobao was just barely getting by.

In every match, he felt he did okay, but his scores were always slightly lacking, resulting in an unsatisfactory final result.

With the setback from this practical experience and Zhang Yang's recent lesson, Xiaobao felt he unknowingly stepped up a level in understanding.

"Boss! I understand what you mean, but I have a question. I know Liu Zi and Fan Ge practice their rods, but what about Yan Ge and the others? They don't practice every day like you said!"

Xiaobao scratched his head, asking about what he had observed.

Zhang Yang smiled: "Yan Ge and Qiang Ge are following a different path, more related to commercial fishing, which is connected to competitive events but isn't exactly the same path!

They regularly produce video content for our company and cooperate with staff for fishing live streams and daily account maintenance.

For them, fishing is a job!

Commercial fishing, while like competitive events, both being pond fishing or artificially created angling scenarios with relatively fixed target fish.

But in terms of complexity, their fish scenarios are very different from real competitive events!

This time going out together for a competition, you can see from the results, their results are okay but show a gap compared to Xiaofan and Liu Zi!

The Fishing King Cup tests an angler's comprehensive abilities pretty accurately and fairly; most of the time, you'll achieve a result that reflects your level unless luck runs terribly poor!

If all you're interested in is a job fishing and appearing in live streams, you don't need to follow the rigorous training I just outlined.

But if you want a solid foundation and to make a name in competitive fishing, you must follow my demands!"

"If I follow your requirements, how long before I see some results? I don't know if I'm cut out for this!" Xiaobao asked, feeling a bit unsure after hearing Zhang Yang's words.

"Results? If you're talented and sharp, within a year you could start distinguishing yourself.

Liu Zi and Xiaofan, now out pursuing competitions when opportunities arise, can occasionally achieve good results, though their performance is still unstable and experience slightly lacking! Their performance classifies them as talented anglers.

If aiming to elevate your technique to the top-tier level domestically, it'll take at least two to three years of hard training to have a chance!

And that's assuming everything goes smoothly! Without talent, even after exploring personal potential, you might hit a bottleneck with no progress."

"Uh... does it really take that long?" Xiaobao felt disheartened hearing it might take two to three years to see results.

"Yes! And that's a conservative estimate! Actually, with our company's current state, maintaining these competitive team members is purely an investment that doesn't yield immediate returns.

But I'm still willing to spend this money; as long as you maintain the right attitude, I'll continue supporting your skill improvement and competition experience!

Of course, if after hearing all this, you feel you're not up to it, there's no shame in telling me early on to plan ahead.

Sometimes giving up is a wise choice; competitive platform fishing isn't easy to rise in!

At your age, it's the most precious phase of your life. Don't waste too much time on wrong choices!"

"With such good training conditions given by the boss, only an idiot would quit!"

At this time, Liu Zi, who had been silent nearby, couldn't hold back and chimed in.

Zhang Yang didn't say a word, he just glanced at Liu Zi with a smile, and Xiaobao also turned to look over.

"Da Zhi, what's your ultimate goal following the boss to learn fishing?"

For once, Xiaobao earnestly addressed Liu Zi by his full name, rather than using his nickname.

Liu Zi didn't even think twice, replying without hesitation: "Do you even need to ask? Of course, it's to become a Special-level Competitive Fishing Master and win the Fishing King!

By then, casually earning hundreds of thousands a year, living it large!

I heard from Fan Ge, a team member costs the company about a hundred thousand a year with salary and competition expenses!

Only here does the boss cover everything; look at the others competing outside, many are paying out of their own pockets!

I have no education, no family support; fishing is the path I chose! As long as the boss supports us, there's nothing else to consider, just train hard!"

Often, the simplest ideas are the most profound. Liu Zi's words aren't wrong; supporting a competitive angler, with salary and various competition expenses, a year's expenses of around ten thousand is very conservative.

Zhang Yang currently has the ability and is willing to spend for these like-minded brothers; a team can't develop relying on Zhang Yang alone. To grow his company to the scale of Hua Clan or Tianyuan, talented professionals are essential.