"Well, I know. I'll make a call. You guys should go back first."
Qin Hao walked straight to the newsstand nearby: "Boss, can this phone be used for long distance calls?"
"Okay, 60 cents a minute for long distance calls, 10 cents if you don't get through."
I have to say, making phone calls these days is really fucking expensive.
However, Qin Hao reluctantly picked up the phone and dialed the number at the alley entrance of the cotton spinning factory.
"Hi, hello, I'm Qin Hao. I'm looking for Song Ying. If she's not at home, Lin Gong can do it. Okay, thank you."
At the same time, Song Ying's family was having dinner in the small courtyard.
Lin Wufeng saw Song Ying looking worried, so he comforted her: "Don't worry, Haozi is much more mature than children of the same age. He will take care of himself."
"I know, but after all, this is my first time traveling far away, and it's still so far away from the capital. I don't know what's going on now." Song Ying said in a panic.
Lin Dongzhe also sighed: "Brother Hao doesn't know if he will remember to bring me something."
Song Ying glared at her son angrily, and suddenly heard someone shouting outside the yard: "Is Song Ying at home? There is a long distance from the capital."
"Here, I'm here." Song Ying didn't bother to teach Lin Dongzhe a lesson, threw down the bowls and chopsticks and ran out.
Before Lin Wufeng opened his mouth, Lin Dongzhe quickly chased after him.
"When I am on a business trip, are they like this at home?" Lin Wufeng said to himself sourly.
Huang Ling from the next door opened the door and came out, curiously asking: "Why did Song Ying get so startled?"
"It should be a call from Haozi, from Beijing."
"No wonder."
On the other side, Song Ying ran all the way to the state-owned store. Before she could catch her breath, she picked up the phone and said, "Hey, Haozi, is that you?"
"It's Aunt Song. Long-distance calls are expensive, so I'll keep the story short. I'm fine in the capital. You don't have to worry. Also, I won both preliminary rounds today. The main competition will start tomorrow. Besides, you don't need a TV."
I saved up money to buy it. The second prize in this competition is a TV set. I will bring it back."
Song Ying listened to Qin Hao's words, feeling happy and sad at the same time. This child was so sensible, and she was still thinking about her saving money to buy a TV so far away.
"Kid, second place is not something you can just win. Just compete well and don't put too much pressure on yourself. It's already great to be able to enter the main competition. I'm proud of you."
"And me, Brother Hao."
Hearing Lin Dongzhe's voice, the corners of Qin Hao's mouth raised slightly.
"Aunt Song, please tell Lin Dongzhe that I will bring him a gift, and bring one to Uncle Lin for me. I will hang up now and I will go back after the competition is over. You don't have to worry."
"Okay, please pay attention to your safety."
After Song Ying gave the money, Lin Dongzhe kept complaining on the way back: "Mom, why did you hang up so quickly? I haven't even talked to Brother Hao yet."
"Haozi promised to bring you a gift. What's there to say? The long-distance phone charges are so expensive. If you just say a few words, your money for buying gifts will be gone."
Hearing what Song Ying said, Lin Dongzhe had no choice but to shut up in anger.
By the time the two returned to the small courtyard, Huang Ling's family had finished eating and were taking some fresh air in the courtyard. Although the weather was not hot in April, there was a lot of rain in Jiangnan, and the house was small and very humid, so it was not as comfortable as staying outside.
"Hey, Song Ying is back. How is Haozi?"
"It's good. Haozi said that he has passed the preliminary round and the main competition will start tomorrow."
Zhuang Chaoying was a little surprised when he heard this: "Have you passed the preliminary round?"
"Yes, Haozi also said that there is an extra prize in this competition. The second place is a TV set. He said that he wants to bring the TV set back." Song Ying said with excitement. In her opinion, this is
Regardless of whether the child's filial piety can be fulfilled in the end, she is already very satisfied if she has this heart.
Suddenly, Wang Yong's wife's sour voice came from the yard next door.
"Oh, if this is really the case, that would be incredible. Song Ying, you are so lucky. Your biological son has not even begun to show filial piety, but your adopted child has already repaid you."
Song Ying was not happy when she heard this. She was about to fight Wang Yong's wife for 800 rounds when Huang Ling saw this and quickly changed the subject.
"Haozi is really a good boy. He is more sensible than our Tunan. He knows how to be grateful at a young age."
Song Ying's nose became sore when she heard this, and she held Huang Ling's hand: "Sister Ling, this child is so sensible. I don't have much money with me, so I was worried that I would spend so much money to come here. Sister Huijuan taught this child
It's great, but it's a pity that she is not lucky..."
Huang Ling hugged Song Ying and comforted her for a while. When Wang Yong's wife next door saw this, she had no choice but to stop.
At night, as soon as Huang Ling lay down on bed after washing, she saw Zhuang Chaoying thinking about something, quite entranced.
"What are you thinking about?"
Zhuang Chaoying looked at the room outside and lowered her voice: "I'm wondering why Haozi broke into the main competition."
"Look at what you said, why can't Haozi break into the main competition?" Huang Ling rolled her eyes.
Zhuang Chaoying quickly explained: "That's not what I meant. I heard Lao Wang say about this National Children's Go Competition that the competition is very cruel. Think about it, young geniuses from all over the country gather together to fight. The winner will be determined by the first game.
You have to win two games in a row to qualify for the main draw, which is equivalent to being eliminated by three-quarters at once. Lao Wang’s son has been learning chess for so many years, but he didn’t even pass the preliminary round.”
"No matter how talented Haozi is, at his age, he has never learned Go systematically, and he has no guidance from famous teachers. How did he break into the main competition?"
Huang Ling didn't think so: "The reason why that genius is a genius is that he is different from ordinary people, just like the top students in your school. Maybe they just have this talent and can become very good through self-study.
"
"Can a genius really be so unreasonable?" Zhuang Chaoying expressed doubts. Although he has seen many smart students, they still need guidance from teachers and books. Self-study alone can be better than hiring a famous teacher to guide you.
Isn’t that too disappointing?
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Speaking of which, Haozi is a really good kid. Didn't Lin Dongzhe go to Grandpa Zhang's house to watch TV before and was disliked? Song Ying said that she wanted to save money to buy a TV. It happened to be
The prize for second place in this Go competition is a TV set, and Haozi said he would bring it back." Huang Ling said with some emotion.
Zhuang Chaoying shook his head when he heard this: "In such a national competition, it is rare to be among the top ten. The second place is not something that can be won. I guess it is just to make Song Ying happy. Please tell Song Ying too."
, tell her not to put too much pressure on the child."
"Don't worry, Song Ying won't care about this. As long as Haozi has this heart, it will be fine. Finally, Song Ying has lived up to her efforts."
Zhuang Chaoying's face changed slightly. He always felt that his wife's words seemed to be accusing his family of being ungrateful.
He had a feeling that since the house was divided, his wife's temper had become worse and worse.
"Is it because this house has bad feng shui?"
The next day, the news about Qin Hao's entry into the main round of the national competition spread among the families of the cotton spinning factory.
"Oh, this Haozi is amazing. At such a young age, he represented our Suzhou Children's Palace in the national competition."
"Yes, that child has been smart since he was a child. I watched him grow up."
"It's just a pity that such a good child's parents passed away too early and he met such uncles and aunts."
"I also heard that the prize for second place in this competition is a TV. Haozi said he wanted to win the TV back to Song Ying."
"Tsk, tsk, you said that if Haozi really wins the TV back, his second uncle and aunt's family will be furious."
After Qin Jianjun and his wife learned about it, they dismissed it: "Humph, it's true. Just because he finished second, he's not afraid of blowing his cover. I think the second place from the bottom is pretty good."
"That's right, I haven't seen him play Go since he was a child, and I don't know what method he used to sneak into the Children's Palace. I still expect him to get a good place in the national competition. It's a dream!"
The emotions of the Qin family couple are much more complicated. Originally, this was an honor that belonged to their Qin family, but in the end, because of their second son, they and their eldest grandson were on the same level. But after their eldest son died, they still counted on their future pension.
As for the second son, he could only pretend not to hear it. When he went to bed at night, he hid in the bed and sighed helplessly.
…
The next day, early in the morning, Qin Hao and his party took the bus to the Beijing Children's Palace.
As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the Children's Palace, Wu Yue was surprised to find that a group of people were surrounding Nie Weiping and Chen Zude for interviews.
"Oh, if I can have this kind of treatment anytime, even if it's just for a day, it would be worth it if I died."
Liu Hong laughed and scolded: "Look at your potential, instead of daydreaming here, you might as well play chess later and try to get a good ranking."
Wu Yue scratched his head and chuckled: "Teacher Liu, I will do my best, but the top ten is probably not enough. If you can make it to the top 24, you will be considered a victory."
The group of people came to the rest area chatting and laughing. At nine o'clock, Liu Hong was arranged to draw lots. From the beginning of the main game, there were no distinctions between provinces and outside the province. Therefore, Liu Hong was in a complicated mood during the draw. On the one hand, he hoped that Wu Yue would follow
Wang Yang didn’t want to be drawn together, but on the other hand, he felt that at least someone could take a step forward if they were drawn together.
As for Qin Hao, Liu Hong never worried about what kind of opponent he would draw. What he should worry about was whether the opponent would be made to cry.
The final result of the draw was that all three of Qin Hao were drawn opponents from other provinces.
From the beginning of the main match, it is a best-of-three game system, with a certain amount of room for error.
Nie Weiping and Chen Zude each held their battle lists on the podium.
Chen Zude suddenly turned to Nie Weiping and said: "There seems to be no strong dialogue in this round today."
"Well, the seeded players have basically avoided it, but there is one game that is still worthy of attention." Nie Weiping said slowly.
"Oh? Which one?"
"Do you remember the one who made your subordinates cry for fifteen minutes yesterday?"
"I have an impression, it's called Qin Hao, right?" Chen Zude looked at the battle list in his hand.
"Hey, yesterday I just said that my opponent was too weak, and today I have a litmus test."
Nie Weiping smiled and took a sip of tea: "The strength of this touchstone is not low. Let's see if he can chew it off."
A breeze blew by, and the top page of the battle list was turned over, revealing the player information on the lower page.
Zhou Tao, male, was born in January 1963. He has participated in three National Children's Go Competitions and his best result was in the top 16.
In the competition area, after reaffirming the rules of the competition, the referee announced that the main game had officially begun.
"Zhou Tao, please give me some advice."
"Qin Hao, let's start."
Qin Hao directly grabbed a handful of chess pieces from the chess box and placed them on the chess board.
Zhou Tao frowned, a little dissatisfied with Qin Hao's "arrogance", hesitated for a moment, and took out a chess piece from the chess box: single.
Guessing wrongly, Qin Hao got the right to go first in black.
"Point thirty-three."
Facing Qin Hao's somewhat weird first move, Zhou Tao chose close combat: "Three out of four, post!"
On the rostrum, Chen Zude and Nie Weiping have been observing the game between Qin Hao and Zhou Tao. In the first thirty moves, both sides played very fast, but after thirty moves, Zhou Tao's speed obviously slowed down.
After fifty moves, more and more time will be spent in long exams.
Chen Zude said to Nie Weiping: "It seems that this child's understanding of Go is much better than we imagined."
There is actually no direct connection between the speed of the move and the chess power, but in the middle game, he can still make the move almost without thinking. Either he knows nothing about Go, or he has enough confidence in his own strength. Obviously, Qin Hao is the latter.
Sure enough, just as Chen Zude and Nie Weiping expected, when the 120th move was reached, Zhou Tao was sweating profusely and chose to give up and admit defeat.
After the referee records the chess game, he announces the start of the second set.
Chen Zude and Nie Weiping approached the referee and asked for the game.
"This kid's chess game is so murderous."
"I feel some sympathy for Zhou Tao now. This is his last year, but he has encountered such an opponent."
Nie Weiping frowned: "Who do you think this child learned his chess skills from?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "It doesn't look like anyone, it's hard to say." Chen Zude shook his head.
"Furthermore, have you noticed that although this kid always starts with three-point three, his setup is different in every game? In other words, he doesn't use any setup at all."
"It's possible that it's such a formula, we haven't seen it before."
While Chen Zude and Nie Weiping were studying Qin Hao's chess moves, his second game with Zhou Tao had also ended.
Zhou Tao's eyes were red with tears in his eyes, and he placed a handful of chess pieces on the chessboard with great reluctance.
"I surrender."
After the referee announced the victory and promotion, Qin Hao was about to leave, but was stopped by Zhou Tao.
"Kid, how old are you this year?"
"Ten years old in five months."
Zhou Tao laughed sadly when he heard this: "Less than ten years old...do I really have no talent?"
Qin Hao thought for a while and gave up his plan to comfort the other party. Unless he is a genius, there is no way to go on the Go track. The other party seems to be quite old, and he only has this chess ability, which means that he is not suitable for this bowl of rice. It is better to just leave it alone.
If you change your career, you may be able to get better opportunities in the wave of reform and opening up.
As the first player to be promoted, he also attracted the attention of many off-court coaches and teachers. However, they asked many people, and all of them were unfamiliar with the name Qin Hao, let alone their understanding of his chess style.
Already.
The reporter from the Beijing TV station looked like he was idle, so he found Qin Hao.
"Can you do a quick interview?"
"Um."
"What's your name, kid? How old are you this year? How many times is this the first time you have participated in the National Children's Go Competition?"
"Qin Hao, he will be ten years old in five months. This is his first time participating in the competition."
"Wow, it's amazing that you can enter the top 48 at such a young age. What are your expectations for this competition?"
"Let's get second place."
The reporter asked doubtfully: "Why is it the second place and not the champion?"
"The second place prize is a TV set, and our family happens to be short of one."