Back to the Past to Become a Fishing King-Chapter 563 - 323: Rookie Advancement Hell Training Program (Part 2)

"Everyone here treats me really well, they're like family to me!"

"Alright, since I'm a bit older, from now on, I'm your buddy Bao! We'll call each other brothers." Xiaobao said.

"Sure! But there's one thing, even between brothers, we settle accounts clearly. You just lost a pack of cigarettes to me in the fish gripping game, you can't back out on that!"

Liu Zi, though a bit scatterbrained, still remembered the fish gripping wager.

"Damn! Is there a convenience store nearby? I'll buy it for you now!" Xiaobao scratched his head in frustration, feeling a bit embarrassed.

"You can't just roam around during practice time! I haven't finished today's training plan yet! If you have nothing else to do, you should join me in practicing casting rods!

Fishing is a skillful job; I didn't think much of it when I first started learning, but now I've realized the importance, and no day of practicing fundamentals is wasted!

If you want to compete together, you must go through this stage!"

"Alright, I'll follow your lead! I'll also do a daily training of three thousand casts!"

Being young and impulsive, Xiaobao heatedly boasted and joined the casting practice team.

Three thousand casts isn't something you can just casually say you'll do. It looks simple, but after less than half an hour, it starts to get tiring.

Looking at Liu Zi next to him, standing tall and straight, Xiaobao's mind flashed back to his first day at the fish bait factory carrying bait in the workshop.

At that time, Old Liu's technique of unloading goods without relying on his arms amazed Xiaobao deeply. Now, this principle still applies to fishing and casting training.

The seemingly simple basic casting training only looks effortless after going through the hard training process.

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While the two were engrossed in practicing their casting, Zhang Yang began drafting a new training plan.

From the observation during the earlier fish gripping session, Zhang Yang concluded that Xiaobao's fishing skills were pretty average, so the training plan he came up with was quite tough.

Desperate times call for drastic measures; previously, when Liu Zi and Meng Fan started training, it was a relatively mild intensity.

Now it won't do. The two often went out to compete, seizing any opportunity to achieve results and win prizes. At this moment, if the newly joined Xiaobao couldn't quickly improve, he'd become a burden in their trio.

Even if Meng Fan and Liu Zi said nothing, over time, the relationship would still be affected.

By around 5 PM, with his whole body covered in sweat and barely managing a thousand casts, Xiaobao, whose arms were sore, knocked on Zhang Yang's office door.

"Boss, I'm back!"

"Here, your training plan! From tomorrow onwards, your easy days are over; I hope the foundation you built while working at the fish bait factory is solid enough! Don't let me down!"

Zhang Yang handed over a printed A4 sheet to Xiaobao, while tactfully giving him a heads-up.

Xiaobao took the plan and began reading it intently.

Novice's Promotion to Devil Training Plan.

Just reading the title made Xiaobao's heart involuntarily skip a beat.

He forced himself to read on, and sure enough, the content lived up to the "devil training" label.

Regular warm-up, 3.6-meter rod casting training 1000 times, to be completed within two and a half hours.

5.4-meter seated casting training, 100 x 20 sets.

3.6-meter non-lead seated casting training, 200 x 10 sets.

3.6-meter frog-jabbing training, 100 x 10 sets.

3.6-meter baited heavy lead seated casting training, 100 x 10 sets.

My goodness, it's all casting training, totaling up to 7000 casts all together!

Seeing this number, many people might not have a concept of its magnitude.

Seven thousand casts, it doesn't sound that exaggerated, is it really that hard?

Instead of directly answering, let's solve a simple math problem.

Each cast, from lifting the rod to pulling in the line, pinching the sub-line, then raising your arm to cast the fishing rig precisely to the spot.

For anglers like Liu Zi who undergo such high-intensity training regularly, without other distractions, this process takes about four to eight seconds.

And for ordinary people? After a quick rod lift, grabbing the line, smoothing it out, and then casting, it takes at least ten seconds at best.

Let's calculate using ten seconds.

Six casts a minute, sixty minutes an hour, that's 360 casts.

Using this parameter, to finish those seven thousand casts, in theory, requires nearly twenty hours.

This includes longer rod casting, heavy lead casting, frog-jabbing, and other difficult specialized casting techniques.

Calculating this way, even with twenty-four hours a day, it's hard to complete without sleep.

"Brother Yang, this training plan... doesn't it seem like there's not enough time?" Xiaobao swallowed and cautiously phrased his words.

"Not enough time? As long as you're fast enough, there's definitely time! Often, if you don't push yourself, you won't know your potential!

How about this, I'll add some pressure; on the first day tomorrow, cut the training volume in half, familiarize yourself with the basic process and stamina allocation.

Then start full-load training the day after tomorrow; I'll keep track of how much you train.

If you can't complete all the planned content within a week, it means this isn't the right job for you. Just go home or transfer to another department in the company for a different job!

Understood? I never mess around with serious matters, I keep my word!"

"Understood!" Xiaobao nodded firmly.

"If you understand, go prep! The weather's quite hot, get all essentials ready like water, towels, herbal cooling sachets beforehand!

Oh, and you should wrap the handle of your fishing rod with hand wrap tape!

The calluses from shovel work don't align with the grip spots on the fishing rod, and with high training intensity, you'll get blisters on your palms!"

"Alright, I'll go get ready then!" Xiaobao nodded, already feeling anxious about tomorrow's training.

"Get some early rest today. Tomorrow, it's the real deal! Hopefully, in a week, you'll experience your first transformation! Now go prepare!"

Xiaobao barely realized how he walked out of the office, and on his way downstairs, his mind was filled with thoughts of the various casting exercises listed a thousand times in the training plan.

Thinking back to the afternoon where he and Liu Zi put out so much effort just to complete two thousand casts, Xiaobao felt even more apprehensive.

In light of the daunting number in the training plan, and the punishment for failure, Xiaobao obediently went to the company cafeteria with Liu Zi for dinner, and then directly returned to his dorm with his gear without wandering off.

The two shared a room, a suite of over twenty square meters like a studio apartment, equipped with an en-suite bathroom and separate shower facilities; all basic household appliances were present. Clearly, Liu Zi was quite diligent, as evidenced by the neatly organized room of a young guy.

"Liu Zi, mind if I ask you something? When you first learned fishing, did the boss set you up with devil training too?"

Resting his head in his hands, Xiaobao asked while lying on the upper bunk bed, staring at the ceiling.

"No way! We had more time back then. We started training at Boss Ge's casting pool, and the boss got us a monthly pass, so we were there every day!"

Recalling the early training days, Liu Zi spoke nostalgically.

"Given such intense training, if it were assigned to you now, could you complete it without affecting your normal rest?" Xiaobao continued.

"More or less! Switching to a slightly larger bobber, I could probably do it!" Liu Zi confidently replied.

"Do you think if I still can't finish after a week's training, they'll really kick me out?"

"Yes, absolutely yes! The boss is a peculiar person!

He seems harmless and inconspicuous, but he's really competent!

Apart from being skilled, what I admire most about the boss is that he never breaks a promise!

If he says someone unqualified has to leave, he definitely will! If the talent isn't there, he might indeed make you reevaluate your strategy!"

"Uh... hearing you say that, I'm feeling nervous about tomorrow!"