Let’s gradually talk about chess.
Jin Ming was in high spirits, and Liu Muqiao listened attentively.
From the layout to the mid-game to the closing, the lecture lasted several hours.
Not loud.
Speaking softly on the plane will not affect others. Liu Miqiao and Jin Ming were sitting in a row, and the customers on the other side didn't pay attention at all.
Time flies.
Jin Ming taught Liu Muqiao about winning and losing hands, about hand tendons, about treating orphans, about robbing...
It was a rare opportunity to be taught chess by a master for several hours, and Liu Muqiao immediately gained the confidence to defeat Li Yi. Of course, this is just a feeling. In order to improve his chess skills, he still needs to digest and master them in practice.
Jin Ming taught Liu Muqiao a lot of formulas, "When you have a difficult decision, just recall the formulas, they are very useful. Golden horns, silver edges, grass belly..."
"Professor Liu, you digest it slowly. After you have mastered half of it, defeating the Professor Li Yi you mentioned will not be a big problem. According to your description just now, Li Yi's chess skills are about amateur level 4 or 5.
His level is considered to be very high. If this person becomes a professional chess player, he might have a place in the chess world," Jin Ming said.
The plane has been flying for 6 hours.
"Jin Jiuduan, are you going to Nanyang this time to travel or to participate in a competition?" Liu Muqiao asked at this time.
"How should I put it? It doesn't count. The purpose of my trip this time is to give lectures to a Go class in Nanyang. There are a few rich people who want to play a few games with me to guide me. Also, there is a folk chess player over there who wants to play with me.
We have a date to fight." Jin Ming said.
This trip, Jin Ming has a full schedule.
Teaching Go classes is a source of income for professional chess players. Playing against rich people is also a part of the income source for chess players. As for competing against private players, it is for the prize money.
Which professional chess player would agree to play against an amateur? If he wins, it's natural, but if he loses, how can he mess around?
This time, amateur chess players from Nanyang made an appointment to play. At the price offered, Jin Ming won US$200,000 and lost US$100,000.
The opponent is a rich man who studied chess in Nanyang and feels good about himself. He has the feeling that he can beat all the invincible players in the world.
He did beat several professional chess players in Nanyang, so he wanted to try out chess players from China, Japan and South Korea. After searching around, he decided to start with female chess players.
It’s best to find Jin Ming.
She is the most powerful female chess player. She has been in ninth level for 4 years. She often participates in competitions between male chess players and has a good winning rate. Especially in the match with the top player of the Han Kingdom, Li Shishi, she actually won 2 to 1.
Fame rises.
Although there is a lot of chance in the third game of chess, you must know that it is very difficult for anyone to win a game of chess against this person, not to mention winning two games, and winning by one game.
For chess players like Jin Ming, getting bonuses from competitions is one of the ways to maintain their livelihood, but it is definitely not the only way.
There are only so many international competitions every year, and the prize money in domestic competitions is not high. No matter how good you are, so many chess players are competing for food, which means that chess players need other ways to make a living.
It's too troublesome to recruit apprentices, it's too tiring to run Go classes on your own, and they don't have the energy, so they have to find another way to make a living.
Giving lectures in Go classes is a way to make money.
When people run Go classes, they also need professional players to support them, so as to increase the popularity and reputation of the Go classes.
This is the most common way for professional chess players to make money.
The second is to play guided chess. The average chess player can play a game ranging from several thousand to tens of thousands. Of course, after reaching the eighth and ninth dan levels, especially those who have won championship titles in various competitions, the price for their guided chess is
The price will be very high, and it is not uncommon for one plate to be worth tens of thousands or one hundred thousand.
People who can play chess with ninth-level masters are either rich or noble. People like Jin Ming, who is also a female chess player, will usually pay a very high price when they ask her to play chess.
"Are you giving a lecture or going for a consultation?" It was only at this time that Jin Ming remembered to ask Liu Muqiao.
"They are all there," Liu Maqiao said.
"You can earn a lot from a trip like this, right?" As a woman, Jin Ming asked this question, but Liu Maqiao didn't think it was inappropriate and told the price truthfully.
Jin Ming seemed a little disappointed - disappointed for Liu Miqiao.
"Not high!"
It turns out that the price of an operation for Liu Muqiao is not much higher than the price of a game of chess instruction for Jin Ming, which is somewhat surprising.
In Jin Ming's eyes, the surgeon's ability is very mysterious and sacred. He has cured your disease, but why is it only at this price?
In fact, the rewards of sports, literature and art, and natural sciences are not comparable. Some people sing a song for hundreds of thousands. How can there be any value in Liu Muqiao's surgery?
Liu Muqiao didn't think there was anything wrong.
"I thought your prices for making flying knives were very high." Jin Ming said, "I didn't expect that your income would not be very high once you go out." In about a week, Jin Ming would earn about 7.8 million yuan.
Income, this is after-tax income.
"How should I put it? There are high-end surgeries, such as 200,000 US dollars per operation, and others. However, I rarely do flying surgeries anymore, and the price has returned to the normal market."
Liu Muqiao feels it is necessary to explain.
Domestically, the prices for making flying knives are 10,000, 20,000, and 30,000. Foreign ones, converted into U.S. dollars, are also 10,000, 20,000, and 30,000. But we hire top masters, like Teng Ce in the past and Du Xiaoping now.
That’s $200,000.
Liu Muqiao has returned to the market price of 30,000.
Because, what he calls flying knives now is not actually flying knives in the ordinary sense, but more of a "friendly appearance".
He not only treats diseases, but also builds friendship. Therefore, Liu Miqiao only charges a small fee to show that others do not owe him anything.
This time, Liu Muqiao went to Nanyang University to give lectures, consult, and perform two teaching surgeries. He only charged a total of US$50,000.
Of course, whether there is any additional thank you fee for the surgery patients is another matter. However, there is little hope. Neither of the two surgery patients are wealthy businessmen or political figures, just because they are suitable for teaching surgery.
The key point is that Liu Muqiao no longer makes a fortune by making flying knives, and it is meaningless whether he pays for his hard work.
Too much money.
Chen Taizhong, Liu Muqiao's chief private investment officer, has a headache. Liu Muqiao has too much money, and he doesn't want it to sit in the bank with interest rising. Finding a way out is really not an easy task.
"Do you know Li Liuyi from Beijing University?" Suddenly, Jin Ming asked.
"We know each other, what's wrong?" Liu Maqiao asked in surprise.
"The chess game you reviewed just now is very similar to Li Liuyi's game," Jin Ming said.
"Are you so familiar with Li Liuyi?" Liu Muqiao asked.
"Of course I am familiar with him. He is also my apprentice. He has learned Go from me for half a year. Of course, half a year refers to one night a week of coaching," Jin Ming said.
Liu Muqiao couldn't help but say "ah".
Win him?
Win wool!
"I haven't heard from Li Liuyi for a long time. He is said to have disappeared." Jin Ming asked, "You are on the same trip as him. Do you know his current situation?"
Liu Muqiao shook his head and said, "I only met him a few times."
This chapter has been completed!