Chapter 18: The world of genius is so unreasonable
Early the next morning, Liu Hong rode his bicycle to Song Ying's house, but he always felt a little awkward along the way. What's this?
A message? Or a challenge?
Help Nie Weiping issue a challenge to a ten-year-old child, no matter how absurd you think.
In the small courtyard, Qin Hao was having breakfast with Song Ying and the others, and was stunned when he saw Liu Hong.
Song Ying quietly said to Lin Wufeng: "Isn't this Teacher Liu unable to pay the job when he returns home and wants to fight with us?"
"Don't talk nonsense." Lin Wufeng turned to Liu Hong and greeted warmly: "Teacher Liu hasn't eaten yet, let's have some together."
Liu Hong waved his hand quickly, and then said in a strange tone: "Teacher Nie wants to play a game of chess with Qin Hao."
"Which Teacher Nie? Is he the Go teacher from the Children's Palace?" Song Ying asked.
Liu Hong's face turned red from holding back: "It's the national player from the Chinese Chess Academy, Teacher Nie Weiping."
"Nie Weiping? The Nie Xuanfeng who defeated the Japanese nine-dan chess player?" Lin Wufeng said in surprise.
In the Sino-Japanese Go Tournament in 1976, Nie Weiping led the Chinese Go delegation to visit Japan. In that tournament, he defeated Yoshio Ishida, the top player in Japan at the time, and achieved 6 wins and 1 loss. In Japan, the "Go power" at the time
He received the title of "Nie Xuanfeng", and this title has been talked about even in China.
Liu Hong nodded: "Teacher Nie said that if you beat him, he will help you get a place to participate in the Go Championship."
Liu Hong felt very awkward after saying this. He couldn't believe that a ten-year-old child could be Nie Weiping's opponent. Let alone win, he was already very powerful if he could avoid being tortured to pieces.
"Okay, but I have to go to school today and won't have time until after four in the afternoon." Qin Hao said calmly.
Liu Hong almost rolled his eyes on the spot. That was Nie Weiping, the current number one Go player in China. But to Qin Hao, it was not as important as a day of elementary school lessons. He really wanted to crack open this kid's head and see what was inside.
After Liu Hong left, Song Ying came back to her senses and said worriedly.
"Lin Wufeng, that Nie Weiping won't bully our Haozi, right?"
Lin Wufeng shook his head: "Teacher Nie probably wants to give Haozi some advice, so I guess he should be advised to go to the Go Youth Class. It will be fine."
"But Haozi is only ten years old, and Nie Weiping is at least thirty, isn't he? Isn't he bullying the younger with his elders?"
"Uh~~~" Lin Wufeng was speechless for a moment.
For this reason, Nie Weiping was classified as "persona non grata" by Song Ying.
"Oh, Brother Hao wants to play chess with Nie Weiping." Lin Dongzhe didn't care how famous Nie Weiping was, he had an almost blind admiration for Qin Hao.
On the way to school, I kept shouting at the top of my lungs, and almost everyone in the cotton mill family alley heard me.
Of course, the adults in the cotton mill didn't pay attention to Lin Dongzhe's "crazy talk". Just kidding, who is Nie Weiping? He is a famous figure who can only be seen on TV and newspapers. Qin Hao is ten years old.
What qualifications does a little brat have to play chess with others?
When they arrived at school, Lin Dongzhe's words also made the classmates suspicious. The reason was that one of his classmates had seen Nie Weiping on TV. In the simple concept of children, those who can be on TV are not ordinary people. They are completely different from the people around them.
world.
Qin Hao didn't care and continued to do his homework. Lin Dongzhe could not bear this and rushed to the podium.
"Everything I said is true. I don't believe you went to the Children's Palace with us after school, where they competed."
The school bell rang, and as soon as the teacher entered the door, he saw Lin Dongzhe standing on the podium, pulling his neck and shouting.
"Lin Dongzhe!"
With a roar of a lion, the whole world became quiet. Lin Dongzhe returned to his seat and stood up with his head hanging down.
The time of primary school students always passes quickly, and in a blink of an eye, school is over in the afternoon.
Lin Dongzhe did not forget to invite his classmates to the Children's Palace to watch Qin Hao play chess to prove that he was not lying. However, most of the children were taken home by their parents. Only three or four students were originally going to the Children's Palace for classes.
Make an appointment and walk to the Children's Palace.
Walking on the road, Lin Dongzhe stood in front of Zhuang Xiaoting like a little adult. When a bicycle passed by, he would stop Zhuang Xiaoting and wait until the bicycle passed by before putting it down.
"Lin Dongzhe, you don't have to block me, I will look after the car." Zhuang Xiaoting said in a sweet voice.
Lin Dongzhe responded, but every time a bicycle passed by, he would still stop Zhuang Xiaoting, making Zhuang Xiaoting stare at him.
Qin Hao couldn't help but secretly laugh when he saw this scene. Lin Dongzhe had really loved his wife since he was a child.
A group of people arrived at the entrance of the Children's Palace. Liu Hong had been waiting for a long time. When he saw Qin Hao, he pulled him inside. Lin Dongzhe was about to pull Zhuang Xiaoting and the others to follow, but Liu Hong stopped him.
"Don't you still have class? Stop following me and go to class quickly."
Lin Dongzhe shouted unhappily: "No, I want to watch Brother Hao play chess with Nie Weiping."
This voice alarmed all the parents who were sending their children.
"Nie Weiping? Which Nie Weiping?"
"Is it Nie Weiping who plays Go?"
"Teacher Nie has come to our Children's Palace? Where are you?"
Liu Hong had a big head. Originally, Nie Weiping was playing chess with Qin Hao. If he won, he would be suspected of bullying the younger one. If he lost, it would be even more embarrassing. Although Liu Hong thought that Nie Weiping had no possibility of losing, how could this matter?
The director told him to keep it a secret, but Lin Dongzhe shouted loudly and the whole world knew about it.
"No, it's just the same name. This child doesn't understand." Liu Hong accompanied the parents with a smile and perfunctoryly approached. Because he was worried that Lin Dongzhe would continue to "propaganda" at the top of his voice, he could only take Lin Dongzhe and the others to the chess room.
"You can only watch from outside later. You are not allowed to speak loudly or make any noise, otherwise you are not allowed to stay inside. Do you understand?"
Along the way, Liu Hong did not forget to educate Lin Dongzhe and others about the rules of watching chess.
Lin Dongzhe patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I know how to watch chess without saying anything. Brother Hao taught me this."
Zhuang Xiaoting and others also nodded obediently like chickens pecking at rice.
Not long after, Qin Hao and his party arrived in front of a wooden pavilion. Lin Dongzhe pulled Qin Hao's arm and whispered: "This place looks so high-end."
Liu Hong raised his eyebrows proudly: "Of course, this place once held the trials for the Suzhou Division of the National Go Championship. The venue was built in accordance with international standards."
As he spoke, he did not forget to say to Qin Hao: "The environment at the Chinese Chess Academy is better than here."
As a result, Qin Hao didn't respond at all, which made Liu Hong feel frustrated.
Arriving at the attic, Nie Weiping was already sitting in front of the chessboard. He gently shook his folding fan and smiled at Qin Hao: "Come on, take a seat. I've been waiting for you for a long time."
"Is he Nie Weiping?" Lin Dongzhe asked Liu Hong quietly.
Liu Hong ignored him. A classmate beside him woke up from his shock, pointed at Nie Weiping and muttered to himself: "It's really Nie Weiping. I saw Nie Weiping alive."
"Shh, you need to be quiet when playing chess. You are not allowed to talk later, or you will go out." Liu Hong said seriously.
Lin Dongzhe and the others then sat aside obediently.
Qin Hao walked slowly to Nie Weiping and got straight to the point: "Guess?"
Just when Liu Hong thought that Nie Weiping should let Qin Hao take the lead with black, Nie Weiping reached into the chess box, grabbed a handful of chess pieces and buckled them on the chess board.
Qin Hao randomly picked up a white piece, but he guessed wrongly.
Nie Weiping took the lead with black, and the first sunspot landed directly on the star in the upper right corner. This was also Nie Weiping's usual pattern of taking the lead.
Without thinking, Qin Hao found the white piece at point three and three.
There was silence in the chess room, except for the sounds of Qin Hao and Nie Weiping's moves. Liu Hong held his breath, as if his breathing louder might affect Qin Hao and Nie Weiping's thinking.
Lin Dongzhe and Zhuang Xiaoting were still looking at the chess board attentively at first. After a few minutes, Lin Dongzhe couldn't sit still. He didn't know how to play chess at all and couldn't understand it. The reason why he came here was mainly to prove that he didn't know how to play chess.
lie.
"Zhuang Xiaoting, why don't we go back to class? Go is not fun at all."
Zhuang Xiaoting also felt that playing Go was not interesting. Just two people sitting face to face, you playing a chess game and I playing a chess game, it was not as fun as her being in the chorus.
"Well, let's go out quietly."
The other children couldn't bear the loneliness and left one after another. Liu Hong couldn't help but smile bitterly. The reason why Go is difficult to promote is that in addition to the great emphasis on talent, the difficulty of getting started is also a problem. Ordinary people will not notice the vertical and horizontal chessboard at all.
The alternation between black and white contains what kind of dangerous game.
Unconsciously, it had reached 50 moves and entered the middle stage. Liu Hong was surprised to find that at this moment, the black and white sides on the chessboard were evenly matched.
What surprised Liu Hong even more was that just after entering the middle stage, Nie Weiping fell into a long test.
"Could it be that Teacher Nie feels the pressure?"
This speculation shocked Liu Hong even more. That was Nie Weiping. He could defeat Japan's ninth-dan professional national player. How could he be stressed when playing chess with a ten-year-old child?
On the other hand, Qin Hao made moves almost without thinking. If someone who didn't know chess saw this, they would probably think it was a child playing randomly.
But Liu Hong knew very well that there was nothing wrong with Qin Hao's every step. It could even be said that some of Qin Hao's steps were masterful that he had never thought of.
"Is this child really capable of defeating Teacher Nie?"
The possibility that did not exist in Liu Hong's mind was shaken at this moment.
"No, no, how could Teacher Nie lose to a ten-year-old child?"
Unknowingly, there are more and more black and white stones on the chessboard, and the game has entered the official stage.
By the 162th move, Nie Weiping had begun to sweat on his forehead, and the folding fan in his hand was beating faster and faster. This was a natural reaction caused by the rapid operation of the brain and the rapid consumption of energy, and it was also a true portrayal of his inner struggle.
After calculation, Nie Weiping realized that at this point in the chess game, he was already at a disadvantage because he was playing black first. According to the rules, he needed to post five goals. If he played the game step by step, the final result would be that he lost.
Nie Weiping suddenly laughed. Liu Hong on the side thought that Nie Weiping had thought of some magic trick to win with one strike, but in the end, he saw a scene that shocked him extremely.
Nie Weiping actually grabbed a handful of black stones and placed them on the chessboard.
He actually gave up and gave up!
"The next generation is to be feared, the next generation is to be feared!" Nie Weiping said with great emotion.
Qin Hao's expression remained as usual and he silently put the white pieces into the chess box.
"Teacher Nie, you..."
Liu Hong was about to say something, but Nie Weiping waved his hand and said, "Do you think I'm deliberately letting this child off?"
"I will give in to other things, but never give in to chess. His strength is far beyond your imagination."
After Nie Weiping finished speaking, he looked at Qin Hao: "You are right, we have nothing to teach you, but if you can go to the youth class of the Chess Academy, it will qualitatively improve the overall strength of our Chinese Go. How about thinking about it?
, if you are willing, I can apply to the Chess Academy and let you directly join the Chess Academy training team."
Liu Hong's eyes widened. If he hadn't heard it with his own ears, he wouldn't have believed it. Nie Weiping actually asked a ten-year-old child to skip the juvenile class and go directly to the training team. He knew very well what the training team meant.
That's the treatment for national players.
Thinking about a ten-year-old national player, I get chills down my spine. Is this child's talent really so terrifying?
Liu Hong suddenly remembered what Nie Weiping said: The world of genius is unimaginable by ordinary people.
"Thank you, Teacher Nie, but I still hope to live an ordinary life." Qin Hao said seriously.
Nie Weiping shook his head helplessly: "Okay, then I won't force it. I am willing to admit defeat. I will help you apply for a qualification to participate in the National Go Championship."
After saying that, Nie Weiping's mouth corners slightly raised.
"This Go Championship is interesting."
Nie Weiping's mind had already begun to reminisce about the scene where his colleagues from the Chinese Chess Academy met Qin Hao in a Go tournament, sweating profusely and finally giving up and admitting defeat.
It's interesting to think about it.
After rejecting Nie Weiping's invitation to play another game, Qin Hao left the chess room and went to the children's palace dance class to wait for Lin Dongzhe to finish class.
As a result, the sharp-eyed Lin Dongzhe stopped thinking about dancing after seeing Qin Hao. Not only did he fail to keep up with the rhythm, he also knocked down the child next to him and was severely punished by the teacher.
However, Lin Dongzhe was heartless and didn't care. He rushed to Qin Hao as soon as get out of class was over.
"Brother Hao, how did you win?"
Qin Hao slowly shook his head, not to save face for Nie Weiping, but because Lin Dongzhe's big mouth was so rude that the whole world might know about it.
"Ah, you lost. It doesn't matter, Brother Hao. You are still young now. He is already so old. If you practice for a few more years, you will definitely be able to beat him."
Seeing Lin Dongzhe acting like a little adult comforting him, Qin Hao couldn't help but feel happy.
Not long after, Zhuang Xiaoting also finished class. The three of them met and arrived at the entrance of the Children's Palace. Song Ying and Huang Ling picked up the three of them and rushed home.
Since they got a TV, they are much more active when they go home than before.
When we arrived at the entrance of the small courtyard, many neighbors were already waiting.
"Song Ying is off work."
"Song Ying, I went back to my parents' house a few days ago and brought back some dried vegetables. I fried them a little and simmered them until they were delicious."
Smoke was curling from the kitchen, Song Ying and Huang Ling were busy cooking. There was a TV in the courtyard, and the men in the neighborhood who didn't have to cook were watching TV and chatting about their work and life.