"Wow, you're in luck today! You caught so many fish, there's more than enough for our family to eat."
Looking at the fish Bai Yu brought back, Bai's father's face was full of smiles.
After all, they're both anglers. Although Dad Bai has to work every day and doesn't have time to go fishing, he's still proud to see his son's fishing haul.
Especially since these fish were caught in Lao Liu's reservoir, he knows the fish in that reservoir very well, and the quality of the fish meat is very high.
Today, in order to properly process all the fish he caught, he made a point of leaving get off work early to go home and prepare thoroughly, ready to show off his skills.
He may not have time to go fishing, but he still has time to cook.
"Dad, you can do whatever you want first. Take out what we need to eat today, and I'll give the rest to Ah Hai and the others, Second Uncle, and Eldest Uncle's family. You can take the rest to the processing plant tomorrow."
"That's true. There are a lot of people working at the processing plant, and this amount of fish might not even be enough for them."
"By the way, Xiaoyu, when does this reservoir fishing trip you're organizing start? Are there any registration requirements?"
"Dad, are you also interested in fishing? If you're interested, just go for it. This is just a recreational competition, anyone can participate. The first day is on the morning of the second day."
In addition, there are prizes to be won in this competition. Besides bringing home a small portion of the fish caught, there are three grand prizes of 1,000 yuan each day, and everyone has a chance to win.
"The day after tomorrow morning, okay, I'll go over and have some fun then. I might not be the only one there; quite a few people from our factory also like fishing."
"No problem, as many people as you want can come, you can arrange it as you see fit."
The recreational fishing competition hasn't even started yet, but Bai Yu's dad has already found a lot of people to go fishing for him.
You can say that Bai's father really wanted to go fishing, or you can say that Bai's father specially found some people to support his son; either interpretation is acceptable.
Bai Yu had dinner at home that evening, and it was a very comfortable all-fish feast.
This whole fish feast only used two fish, a silver carp and a mandarin fish. The other fish were left untouched, yet they were already full for the family of five.
Half of the mandarin fish is braised, and the other half is filleted and used to make fish hot pot.
The head of a silver carp is used to make chopped chili fish head. Although it looks like a dish with chili peppers, it is actually not spicy at all. It has only a slight spiciness and is a dish that is suitable for all ages.
In addition, a pan-fried fish segment is made using the body of a silver carp. The fish meat is then minced and used to make fish balls. After the fish meat is minced, Bai Yu stirs it manually to make it more elastic, which makes the fish balls very chewy.
Bai Yu's family wasn't particularly interested in sashimi or similar dishes, so they didn't make them. With all of this, there were four dishes and a soup, which was enough for Bai Yu's family.
After dinner, Bai Yu went to bed early.
The next morning, at eight o'clock, Bai Yu and Li Xue arrived at the company together.
After arriving at the company, Bai Yu asked Li Shuang to do a survey to see how many people in the company liked fishing and knew how to fish.
Their recreational fishing competition is about to begin on the 3rd. Although the purpose of this competition is just for fun, Bai Yu still wants to find some people who actually know how to fish.
The results can vary greatly between those who know how to fish and those who don't, even though this recreational competition does offer prize money.
Although three 1,000-yuan prizes aren't a huge amount, it's still a token of their appreciation, and he still wants to distribute them.
According to Bai Yu's plan, to win the three 1,000 yuan prizes, the participants in the fishing trip that day needed to meet one condition: they had to catch at least 50 jin (25 kg) of fish.
In addition, the top three winners among the qualified contestants will receive a prize of one thousand yuan.
These are just the rules for the first day. The rules will be different every day, and the number of winners will also change. It won't always be three.
The reason for setting a minimum threshold for obtaining fish on the first day was mainly to let people know that there are really fish in this reservoir.
Moreover, if you're lucky enough and have good fishing skills, catching fish weighing over 50 pounds is really easy.
Fifty pounds of fish may not seem like much, but for 99.99% of anglers in China, this is a number they can hardly achieve.
Especially in reservoirs, and without baiting, it's really not easy to catch 50 pounds of fish in one go or in a day.
Needless to say, wild fishing is even more impressive. Anyone who can catch more than 50 pounds every time they go wild fishing can become a video blogger in the outdoor fishing category, and the kind of big streamer who can gain millions of followers in a month!
Therefore, as long as the participants can have a great time fishing on the first day of this recreational competition, and catch a large enough number of fish that they couldn't catch before, their game will definitely be a success.
Therefore, the fishing skills of the participants on the first day will need to be considered. Only if the participants are truly skilled at fishing and can catch fish can their recreational competition become a hit.
In any case, Bai Yu doesn't plan to use his popularity to promote this entertainment tournament. Instead, he plans to let the game's gameplay naturally attract a large audience.
The results came out quickly: there were over a hundred office workers who enjoyed fishing and had fishing experience.
Moreover, this group actually includes both men and women, with women making up a significant portion, around 30%.
As for the employees who were interested in this recreational competition, there were quite a few of them. However, Bai Yu and his team counted whether they had fishing experience, rather than whether they were interested in the activity.
However, these employees also wanted to fight for their own rights, the right to take paid breaks and have the opportunity to receive bonuses.
This is a true paid day off. They go fishing for a whole day, and the company won't count it as leave or deduct their wages. They even have the chance to win a bonus of 1,000 yuan. Who wouldn't want to do that?
So, after Baiyu received the statistics from the fishing enthusiasts in the company, the employees also gave feedback, saying that even those who couldn't fish wanted to participate in the activity.
Finally, having exhausted all other options, Bai Yu had no choice but to make the entertainment competition open to everyone, and changed the participation method to a lottery.
Today, the company will draw fifty slots, and with the people arranged by Bai's father and Bai Yu and his group, that should be enough for the first day.
In addition, Bai Yu also found more than a dozen employees in the company to act as staff members at the competition site and play a supervisory role in the competition.
Soon, the tasks Bai Yu had given were completed, the results of the lottery were announced, and the on-site staff were all arranged.
Li Shuang even prepared a batch of fishing rods for those players who didn't have any.
The reason we previously tallied the number of fishing enthusiasts in the company was to ensure that all employees participating in this recreational competition were experienced anglers.
Besides their experience in catching fish, the most important factor is that these people all have fishing rods.
This is also a very important matter. After all, you can't just find a group of people who don't have fishing rods to go fishing, right? That would still require Bai Yu and the others to prepare the fishing rods.
But that's no longer possible; even employees in the company who don't know how to fish or don't own fishing rods want to get involved.
In the end, Bai Yu thought it over carefully and decided to let them participate. At worst, he would just spend some money to prepare some fishing rods.
Since the fishing rod was already prepared, Bai Yu decided to go all the way and also prepared some other equipment.
Spare fishing lines, hooks, bait, fish baskets, chairs, and other items have all been prepared. Anyone who needs them can ask the staff of this competition for them.
However, there was one thing Bai Yu didn't care about: during the entertainment matches, Bai Yu didn't care about the food.
Bai Yu and his group did not provide breakfast or lunch; they could only provide drinking water.
On the afternoon of the 2nd, he and his staff got busy transporting all the necessary competition supplies to the competition venue.
The reservoir where this competition was held is a bit remote, and very few people usually come here.
Even if someone wants to fish, in Haihe Province, which is surrounded by the sea, it doesn't matter where you fish, there's absolutely no need to go to such a remote place as a reservoir to fish.
Moreover, fishing is generally not allowed in this reservoir, and the fish here are all raised by others, not grown on their own.
Soon, Bai Yu and his team set up a platform by the reservoir. The platform wasn't mainly for speaking, but rather to inform the employees who came to visit, or the fans who would come later, that if they needed anything, they could come here to get it.
It's just for putting things on; otherwise, Bai Yu wouldn't have bothered to build a platform.
As the platform was set up, it got dark on the second day. Now all that was left was to wait for the third day to arrive, when everyone could go fishing together.
The night passed quickly; in the blink of an eye, the night was over, and the next day arrived.
As the third arrived, Bai Yu didn't go to the company. Instead, after having breakfast, he drove Wang Hai to the reservoir.
As for Li Xue going to work, let her go with Bai Yue; he still has things to do today.
Within twenty minutes, Bai Yu and Wang Hai arrived at the reservoir. They registered at the platform where supplies were stored and then, with a tag in hand, were ready to go fishing.
Only those who have registered here and received a badge are allowed to fish in the reservoir. Only the fish caught will count towards the competition results and be used to compete for a daily reward of one thousand yuan.
Many of the employees brought by Baiyu were responsible for checking the reservoir to see if there were any people secretly fishing there.
You should know that Bai Yu has booked this reservoir for events. You can fish there, but you have to follow Bai Yu's rules.
Otherwise, fishing is not allowed here, at least not during the period when Baiyu has contracted the area.
The fishing time for this event starts at 8:00 AM and ends at 5:00 PM, at which time the winner of the day's grand prize of 1,000 yuan will be announced.
Bai Yu and Wang Hai each had a small tag around their necks and a small stool in their hands. They then began searching for their ideal fishing spot by the reservoir.
The two brothers arrived quite early; even Bai Yu's father, who is related to Bai Yu, hasn't arrived yet.
Therefore, when it comes to choosing a fishing spot, Baiyu and Wanghai can choose any spot they want; they can fish wherever they want.
Bai Yu quickly chose a fishing spot, a relatively flat area where water was also relatively easy to access, and he used it as his fishing spot.
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