Chapter 1: A personal trainee who has been practicing for two and a half years?
“Uh, teacher, what do you mean is: let me arrange for someone to teach a kid who wants to break through to Duan?!”
Blue Star, China, Dongjiang City.
Liao Xiangduan, the teacher on duty at Muhu Go Dojo today, looked surprised when he heard the request on the phone.
Isn’t this a Go dojo? Shouldn't it be a big welcome when you meet a child who wants to get into Duan?
Why do you teach the guests who come to your door?
Is business still going strong?
The person on the other end of the phone heard Liao Xiang’s doubts, sneered, and explained:
“That’s what happened, there is a child of an executive from a sponsor of the chess association, who has never been seen before. How come I have been exposed to Go, but in the past two days, I have been crying and saying that I want to play Go and break the ranks!
"As a last resort, this executive suddenly remembered what he saw online. Ways to cure children’s Internet addiction.
"Aren't there some Internet-addicted teenagers who say they want to play professionally every day? Some parents send them to the youth training team of a professional e-sports club. They are tortured by the truly talented teenagers, and the e-sports dream is shattered. So. This executive planned to follow the same pattern, so he used several connections to find me and asked me to help arrange his child's dream!"
After this, Liao Xiang came to understand.
That's right...learning chess these days is hard and tiring, and the effort is not proportional to the reward. How long has it been since he saw a child who actively wanted to learn chess?
In the end, it was easy for the dojo to persuade him to quit?
It’s not appropriate!
"Teacher, I think...it's easy to find a child who is willing to take the initiative to learn chess and play tricks. Isn't it a bit..."
The other person naturally heard what Liao Xiang meant and laughed:
"Oh, where are you thinking! This kid doesn't really want to get into Duan at all. He is already 18 this year. He is a senior in high school and will study abroad in the second half of the year!"
"Huh? All of them Eighteen?”
Liao Xiang exclaimed: He thought he was just a child.
If you are already eighteen, then it is indeed not a sincere relationship.
Today's professional chess players are at their peak before the age of twenty-six. Once they reach the age of thirty, they will basically withdraw from the ranks of first-line chess players.
However, Go, an intellectual competition, has extremely high requirements on the training cycle of players. It takes a very talented child six or seven years to learn chess and reach a certain level. After that, his chess skills will further increase. Getting to the top of your career takes time, talent and hard work.
So, generally, children who aim to reach a certain level start learning chess when they are four or five years old, and no later than seven years old.
Eighteen years old...let alone the day lily, the Chinese cabbage is all yellow!
"Yes, so the parents felt that the child was being spoiled at home, and they probably didn't want to go abroad alone! So they found a random excuse to fool him!"
The person on the other end of the phone continued to explain. .
"I have already made an agreement with Mr. Rui. He will be there in a short drive. When he arrives, you can pick out a child who is about six years old and has been studying for a year. It is best to bring a snot soak!< br>
"When the time comes, when that child sees that he is such a big man and is killed by a little brat with a snot-nosed nose, he will naturally lose all his dreams! "
"I understand, teacher. ”
"Well, thank you for your hard work." After saying that, the person opposite hung up the phone.
Liao wanted to put down his phone. He felt that this thing was a little weird, but he didn't pay much attention to it.
As the saying goes, what kind of forest is there if the bird is too big?
There is nothing strange about children who occasionally want to play Go on a whim.
After a while, the staff at the front desk of the dojo suddenly ran into his office.
"Teacher Liao, there is a Mr. Rui at the door here who wants to see you for something."
Are you here so soon?
Liao Xiang was a little surprised. He immediately put on his suit jacket and carefully checked his clothes in the mirror before going out to greet him.
He is in his early thirties and has a good appearance, gentle and approachable.
Although he was only determined to be a dan at the age of twenty-four, and is only a mere second dan now, he is very experienced in doing Go training and dealing with parents, and he knows that first impressions are very important.
"Ah! It's Mr. Rui, right?"
Seeing a strange and handsome middle-aged man, about fifty, sitting in the foyer seating area, Liao wanted to know that this was his "special customer" today.
"Ah, hello, Teacher Liao! I am Rui Guoquan."
The middle-aged man originally had a serious face, but when he saw Liao Xiang, he stood up immediately and showed a ceremonial smile. His smile shows that he is very well-educated.
However, at this time, most of Liao Xiang's attention was no longer on Rui Guoquan, because there was a girl beside him who stood up with Rui Guoquan.
A very beautiful girl.
The starry black eyes, the thin bridge of the nose, the red lips...the delicate facial features fit together perfectly. The skin is as delicate as snow, and no flaw can be found under the lens. It is even more sparkling and translucent under the background of a hair as fine as a waterfall of black silk. Although he was wearing an ordinary black and white sweater and jeans, his youthful vitality could not be concealed.
This is completely a school beauty, even a star-level beauty!
Although Liao Xiang had seen many beauties in the metropolis of Dongjiang City, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
"Hello, Teacher Liao! My name is Rui Zhao!"
It can be seen that the girl named Rui Zhao is a little introverted, and she has a bit of shyness unique to girls when she says hello.
When hearing this greeting, Liao Xiang couldn't help but feel excited: he suddenly realized a fact.
This girl is also named Rui, and she followed Rui Guoquan to greet her!
That means...?
"Uh, Mr. Rui, this is... your daughter?" Liao Xiang asked with his eyes wide open.
"Yes!"
"Then you told us before, the child who wants to break through to Duan..."
"Yes, that's her!"
"Ah—— ?”
This time Liao Xiang opened his mouth wide and had no time to think about his demeanor.
Even if an eighteen-year-old makes a fuss about becoming a Duan, she still ends up being a girl?
Like most competitive sports in the world, professional Go has a long history of rising and falling.
The performance and income of professional female players are far inferior to those of male players.
Because of this, there are much rarer girls who have achieved Duan than young boys who have achieved Duan.
Not to mention a girl as beautiful as the girl in front of me!
With this kind of appearance, one can be sought after and surrounded by the opposite sex everywhere just by his face. Who is willing to sit in front of the chessboard every day and study the game day after day?
"Teacher Liao, do you have any questions?" Seeing Liao Xiang's extremely surprised look, Rui Guoquan couldn't help but ask.
"Ah, there are always fewer girls who have the idea of struggle, so I am a little surprised..." Liao Xiang realized his gaffe and hurriedly responded. "Look, Teacher Liao said that girls don't take this path! Why are you so stubborn all of a sudden!"
Hearing what Liao Xiang said, Rui Guoquan immediately borrowed Ji trained her daughter.
Rui Zhaogang still looked timid, but showed no intention of giving in when facing his father's scolding:
"Dad, I have told you many times in the past two days that it is my dream to become a professional chess player. And there are also female professional chess players, right, Teacher Liao?”
“What a dream! You’ve never played Go before, so why did it become your dream?”
“ I, I have been secretly studying on my own since I boarded in high school! It’s not like I haven’t been exposed to it before!” The girl’s retort sounded a little guilty, but she still said it firmly.
“Teaching yourself secretly?” Liao Xiang was planning to stop the quarrel between father and daughter, but suddenly he heard something terrible: “No, Rui Zhao, don’t you have a teacher to learn Go?”< br>
The girl nodded slightly awkwardly.
"How long have you been studying by yourself?"
"About two and a half years."
Huh?
You dare to dream about Duan Duan just now? !
Liao wanted to say he couldn't understand, but he was shocked!
Take the average teenager who is currently competing for Dan as an example. He starts playing Go at the age of five, and arranges for the best teachers and dojos to learn along the way. It is generally not until the age of eleven or twelve that he can reach the level of Dan!
This must be the most outstanding child. Ninety-nine percent of children who learn chess will never touch the edge of professional Go in their lives.
That is to say, with the guidance of an excellent teacher, it will take five or six years for a Go genius who is one in a hundred to reach the rank.
As a result, this girl said that she had only studied by herself for two and a half years without a teacher. Is this what she wanted to do?
Isn't this nonsense?
"Uh, Rui Zhao, I think you may have underestimated the difficulty of determining Go levels..." Liao Xiang expressed his meaning tactfully.
"I don't, Teacher Liao." Rui Zhao replied firmly: "And I...should be pretty good."
Should be pretty good?
That’s basically Yelang being arrogant and looking at the sky from a well!
Do you really think that today’s AI can abuse top chess players, and that it can determine the rank of any cat or dog?
Liao Xiang was slightly displeased when talking about this, but the good impression Gang Ruizhao had on him disappeared instantly because of his appearance.
It’s hard to persuade a ghost who wants to die!
Since Rui Zhao had this attitude, Liao Xiang was not polite and said directly:
"In this case, how about I arrange for an opponent to test your strength first?"
"Yes."
"Please wait a moment."
Liao Xiang entered the Go classroom inside, and soon he brought out a little boy who looked about five or six years old.
Well, according to his teacher’s request, he specially picked one with snot bubbles.
"Li Zinan, would you like to play a game with this sister now?"
The little boy is a little shy and looks a little dull.
After looking at Rui Guoquan and Rui Zhao, he lowered his head, but still nodded.
But Rui Guoquan couldn't sit still: "Teacher Liao, this..."
Liao thought he knew what Rui Guoquan was worried about, so he only gave a "reassured" look in return.
“Rui Zhao, are you okay?”
"Yeah." The girl didn't seem to care about the little boy's snot bubbles at all, and she agreed confidently and simply.
Oh, you won’t be confident anymore after a while!
Looking at Rui Zhaode's expression, Liao Xiang sneered in his heart. After arranging for the staff to help get the chess pieces and board for the two of them to start playing, he asked Rui Guoquan to go to his office to take a rest.
Rui Guoquan knew that Liao Xiang wanted to talk to him alone, so he did not refuse.
As soon as he entered the office, Rui Guoquan asked impatiently: "Um...Mr. Liao, although I don't understand it very well, my daughter is eighteen years old after all and has become an adult! Just arrange a five-year stay. Is it a problem if a six-year-old child goes down there?”
"I just saw that you were worried, so I pulled you over to explain!"
Liao Xiang had just finished making tea and put a cup in front of Rui Guoquan.
"Mr. Rui, you may not be familiar with Go... In fact, whether there is a teacher to teach Go, there is a big difference in the improvement of strength.
"Don't look at the little boy just now, he is only five years old. I have been studying chess for a year and a half, but now I am 4th dan amateur and working towards 5th dan professionally.
“For example, your daughter has only taught herself Go for two and a half years, and she also has to take into account her studies. It would be great if she could reach Career 2. No matter what, she can’t beat him!
"I specially arranged for such a young child, mainly to undermine her self-confidence."
Rui Guoquan felt relieved after hearing this, and finally a smile appeared on his face:
"That's good! Oops, Teacher Liao is causing trouble for you too! This kid of mine is worried. Since yesterday, he has been inexplicably saying that he wants to play professional Go and that he has the ability.
" Isn’t this nonsense! I've never seen her play Go at all. Most likely, she just doesn't want to leave her parents..."
Rui Guoquan can see that she has been disturbed by her daughter in the past two days, so she has someone to talk to. He immediately started complaining.
Liao Xiang didn't interrupt, he just listened quietly, nodding or responding from time to time.
Although after entering the profession, his talent was limited and there was no possibility of breakthrough in chess, but relying on his friendly appearance and elegant conversation, he still achieved a lot in the field of Go training.
After almost five minutes, seeing that Rui Guoquan’s emotions were almost outpouring, Liao Xiang comforted him again:
“Mr. Rui, don’t worry, it’s probably because the child is young and has his own whims. This time We must correct her thinking!
"That's right... When she gets hit too hard and starts crying, you have to help control her emotions! ”
"Haha, definitely!"
Hearing Liao Xiang's vow, Rui Guoquan was in a good mood and was also amused by this little joke.
Just at this moment, a burst of crying came from outside the door, mixed with the sound of chess pieces scattering.
Huh? So fast?
It seems that this little girl is not beaten at all!
Liao Xiang cast a slightly apologetic but unmodest look at Rui Guoquan, and immediately suggested: "Mr. Rui, let's go out and have a look?"
Rui Guoquan didn't seem to feel distressed when he heard the cry, but his face was full of happiness. : "Yeah!"
The two were about to get up, but unexpectedly the crying sound got closer and closer, and within a few seconds, the office door suddenly opened.
The person who appeared at the door was the little boy named Li Zinan.
Eh? What's going on?
Liao Xiang didn't react for a while.
When the little boy saw Liao Xiang, he screamed with snot and tears, and threw himself on him:
"Ugh——Teacher Liao! That sister bullied me!"
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(End of this chapter)