Chapter 144: My Own "Chess Holy War"
This voice... I've heard it on the phone before!
Rui Zhao was startled and looked over immediately.
The person who came to the temporary studio was a thin old man with gray hair - it was Shang Chaotian, the chairman of the Chinese Chess Association!
“Chairman Shang!” Rui Zhao couldn’t help shouting.
Shang Chaotian smiled and walked quickly from the side: "Rui Zhao, this is the first time we meet, you are more beautiful in person than in photos and videos! No wonder your three teachers and Wen Jie all praise you!" "
"You, you are so grateful!"
Rui Zhao hurriedly said modestly, but for a moment he didn't know what to say next.
In a sense, she and Shang Chaotian have known each other for a long time.
After she became a disciple, Shang Chaotian immediately called her to encourage her; after playing chess with [Chaotian Que] online, Shang Chaotian accompanied her to review the game; and in the follow-up matter of Bai Yinhua, Shang Chaotian also called her over the phone. After describing it carefully and several times, it was already considered the beginning of friendship.
But this actual meeting was the first time for Rui Zhao.
This contrast between unfamiliarity and familiarity made her a little uncomfortable.
Fortunately, after Shang Chaotian greeted her, he turned his eyes and greeted Huang Baoyang:
"Hello, Mr. Huang! How come you know Rui Zhao too?"
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Huang Baoyang said with a smile: "I was eliminated by her in this year's 'City Cup' audition!"
"Ugh... yes, I'm sorry, Grandpa Huang!" Seeing that he was cueed, Rui Zhao subconsciously said apologized.
"Oh! What are you saying about being sorry!" Huang Baoyang said with a smile: "If you don't beat me, won't you be eliminated? Then who will stop Bai Yinhua then?"
“Yes!”
Rui Zhao finally reacted and then smiled sheepishly:
"Thank you for your advice at that time!"
"Hey! How can I give you advice? Isn't that right, Chairman Shang?"
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"Look, son, what did I say? This girl is really an inexperienced fool! How can she have any scheming intentions!"
While the three of them were chatting with each other, Zhao Xiao took the opportunity to whisper to his son.
Li Jingzhe’s eyebrows twitched, but he had no words to refute.
Because he saw Rui Zhao with his own eyes again, he also felt that the temperament of the girl he was once fascinated by had changed!
Different from the superficial and artificial feeling in the past, Rui Zhao now looks clean and fresh, giving people a sense of purity and purity that makes people want to get close to him involuntarily.
If Rui Zhao’s previous beauty was limited to the skin, then her current beauty penetrates the soul!
This feeling was with Li Jingzhe's emotions when he asked Rui Zhao to pay back the money last time, but he didn't realize it yet.
But now after being trained by his parents, he, who was already extremely smart, quickly understood why his mother had such a high opinion of this girl when she watched Rui Zhao's live broadcast.
Hiss... But why can't I feel it when I have been with Rui Zhao for so long?
Is it really because I am blind and have a problem with the way I chase girls?
Li Jingzhe couldn't help but remain silent and had to change the topic to ease the embarrassment:
"Dad! How come Grandpa Huang even knows the chairman of the Chess Association?"
Li Haoming glanced at his son and explained casually:
"Old Director Huang has donated a lot of money to the Chess Association. That’s hundreds of thousands a year!
“If I personally donate this amount, and I was a cadre before, how can the leaders of the Chess Association not recognize me?
“It’s just that Director Huang is generally unwilling to trouble the Chess Association, otherwise he wouldn’t have asked you to help him get to know Rui Zhao!”
"Hundreds of thousands?"
Li Jingzhe was stunned for a moment.
"Is Grandpa Huang a Go player?"
Li Haoming chuckled:
"Of course! Go is nicknamed 'Muye Fox' because it is fascinating and unique. Very charming. There are many people who fall in love with it!
"Don't talk about Mr. Huang, let's talk about this Rui Zhao you chased. Some time ago, she was trying to prevent a former professional seventh-dan player who retired from the profession from causing trouble in an amateur competition. She practiced chess for nearly eighteen hours every day. Hours!"
"How many hours?" Li Jingzhe exclaimed in a low voice: "Did you add an extra ten or an extra eight?"
"You heard that right, it was ten. Eight hours. "
Li Jingzhe was stunned for a moment, feeling that the girl in front of him was becoming more and more unfamiliar.
Can this Go game really make her play so hard? !
But thinking about it again, in the game of Go, humans can actually catch up with the earliest Go AI after being crushed by deep learning AI. However, Li Jingzhe felt that she seemed to take too much of the old antique that her father was obsessed with. It’s easy...
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After getting to know each other with Rui Zhao, Huang Baoyang exchanged a few simple greetings, and then exchanged contact information with Rui Zhao—— This is all normal.
But then, he suddenly told Rui Zhao meaningfully:
"Rui Zhao, I am an old guy who has never met you before. Logically speaking, I shouldn't mention anything to you. But... I still want to ask you something:
"No matter what you do in the future, No matter what your identity or status is, don’t forget that your reputation comes from Go. Don’t forget Go, okay? "
Rui Zhao was puzzled for a moment and asked strangely:
"Grandpa Huang, I am a chess player, not very smart, and I don't know anything else except Go.
“I will definitely play Go for the rest of my life! How could I forget?”
Huang Baoyang was stunned by this answer, and then he smiled and said:
"That's good, that's good!" If you have any difficulties in the future, you can contact me at any time, and I will do my best if I can... ...Presumably Chairman Shang is the same, right?
Shang Chaotian was startled for a moment, then smiled and said: "That's natural.
"Rui Zhao... is the treasure of our entire Go world! ”
Huang Baoyang nodded approvingly towards Shang Chaotian, then stopped stopping and said goodbye.
This surprised Li Haoming, who was waiting on the side: he originally thought that Huang Baoyang would spend a lot of time chatting with Rui Zhao for a long time.
Who would have thought that after exchanging contact information, they would just say these two words!
This made him a little embarrassed, who originally wanted to bring his son up for a brief chat - the protagonist didn't say much, and he, a supporting role, had to occupy the scene, how could that be ridiculous?
After thinking about it, he quickly stepped forward and handed his business card to Shang Chaotian and Rui Zhao respectively. After briefly introducing himself, he stepped back and glanced at his son: "Jingzhe , Why don’t you say thank you to Rui Zhao?”
"Ah..."
Li Jingzhe finally realized what he was doing and hurriedly thanked the girl opposite:
"Rui Zhao, thank you for what happened today!
" If I can help with anything in the future, feel free to tell me! ”
But who knew that when I thanked him, the other person would be even more panicked!
"No, no, no! I wish I could help. I did a lot of things wrong before!"
Li Jingzhe looked embarrassed: "No, I was immature at the time..."
"No! I did make a mistake before..."
Two 18-year-old young people, you and I, repeatedly emphasized that there was something wrong with them. This made both Shang Chaotian and Huang Baoyang quite puzzled.
At this time, Li Haoming felt something was wrong: If Shang and Huang continued like this, they might ask for details, which would bring great embarrassment to their family!
So he quickly found a reason to pull his son away, and after saying goodbye, he left the hotel with Huang Baoyang and Zhao Xiao.
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At this time, Shang Chaotian and Rui Zhao were left alone. Shang Chaotian was thinking of something to say, but Rui Zhao looked at him eagerly:
"Chairman Shang, do you...do you have anything else?"
Seeing the girl look so careless Looking a little pitiful and aggrieved, Shang Chaotian couldn't help but wonder:
"What? What's the emergency?"
"Yes." The girl nodded sheepishly: "The finals are about to start, and I want to go back and practice chess more."
"Didn't you pass the strength-determined stage casually? Do you have to make yourself so nervous?"
"Uh..." The girl looked embarrassed, and after a while she said: "I just want to have more strength. It’s always good to make progress!
“What’s more, setting a stage is not a reason for me to stagnate!
"I am already eighteen years old. Even if I successfully apply for a job this year, it will be very late! It is even more important to seize the time and continue to work hard!
"Lei Qi will not talk about ninth-dan, a sixteen-year-old boy Witches are more powerful than me! "
Shang Chaotian nodded.
Although it is already very good to have such strength at the age of eighteen, are you still criticizing your shortcomings in Duan Wan...
This kid... can control himself very well!
Shang Chaotian pursed his lips slightly when he heard the words, his eyes full of approval:
"That's okay! There are some things that might be more appropriate to wait until you officially enter the professional circle!
"Give me the best advice. Say hello to your parents! I have to be busy with some things in the chess jihad these days, so I may not be able to spare the time to visit. After you finish setting up a section, I will definitely come to your door in person! ”
“Okay! ”
Seeing that Shang Chaotian had no intention of wasting any more time, Rui Zhao hurriedly agreed and prepared to pack up and return to the dojo.
Although as the final stage race drew closer, she began to feel nervous.
Even some painful memories from his previous life began to appear in his mind from time to time.
But she has to face it all by herself.
So Rui Zhao has no other choice but to increase the number of his fans and continue to improve his chess skills.
But at this moment, Shang Chaotian stopped her again:
"Rui Zhao!"
"Huh? Chairman Shang, do you have anything else to do?"
The girl turned around and said that Shang Chaotian had other arrangements.
Unexpectedly, Shang Chaotian bowed slightly and saluted:
"You have really worked hard on many things in the past two months! Thank you very much!"
Rui Zhao didn't realize why Shang Chaotian acted like this.
In her opinion, she just did her thing step by step, and she even felt that... she should be the one to thank, right?
After all, Shang Chaotian and the Chess Association took good care of her in many places.
Just as the girl was busy trying to say some polite words, Shang Chaotian had already stood up and added sincerely:
"Come on for the fixed stage race!
"I look forward to being able to teach you Dan in two weeks!"
Hearing these blessings, the girl's already worried mood increased slightly.
Although his psychological shadow on the stage race essentially comes from himself, the blessings of others can somewhat alleviate his own tension.
Rui Zhao immediately cheered up and smiled as brightly as possible at Shang Chaotian:
"Well, definitely!"
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Two days later.
June 30th, the day before the stage race.
That morning, Rui Zhao got on the high-speed train to Gezhou and started her own "chess holy war".
Well, it’s easy to write long words if you keep writing. But at least I have written down to the final stages...
(End of this chapter)