Chapter 1014: Return to Ninghai

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In May, Meng Huo received an invitation letter.

The red paper signed "Huaxia Go Association" sent an invitation to Meng Huo with a handwritten brush, inviting him to participate in this year's entry award ceremony for Huaxia Go professional players, and by the way, invite him to compete with the person who has just become a professional Go player and ranks first .

The invitation letter was written sincerely, but Meng Huo had no reason to accept it.

"Teacher, are you going?" Qin Ya asked him during working hours—she also received the invitation letter, thinking that if Meng Huo was going, she would join in the fun.

"...Do you think I should go?" Meng Huo didn't answer directly, but asked Qin Ya's opinion first.

Qin Ya pondered for a while: "Well, I think you can go there if you have time. Recently, there are media rumors that the relationship between you and the Go Association has broken, Teacher. I think the reason why they invited you has something to do with this. If you can play, it will be a good thing for them. help."

Meng Huo had also heard rumors of a breakdown in the relationship with the Go Association, mainly because of the suspension of "Soul of Chess". Not long ago, Phoenix Company had announced the suspension of several comics in advance, which resulted in many bad rumors.

"Soul of Chess" is a popular long-form comic, and many people with ulterior motives have taken advantage of the suspension of publication this time, saying why "Shakugan no Shana" and "Detective Conan" continue to stop, and "Soul of Chess" was selected as one of the comics to be discontinued , maybe it's because He Xi and the Weiqi Association had a stalemate

The media can say that black is white, and white is black—although it is just nonsense, "Soul of Chess" involves the interests of many people, especially some people who were not able to get the material from He Xi's comics this time. Especially targeted. The readers of "Soul of Chess" have also been greatly impacted.

"Teacher, if you are willing to come over and support me, these rumors will be self-defeating." Qin Ya said.

Meng Huo thought about it. In fact, regardless of whether it is for the Go Association's face or not, his appearance can also comfort some readers of "Soul of the Game", proving that this comic is temporarily suspended, and it is not the end of the manga.

"I see. For the sake of their sincerity, let's go and have a look..." Meng Huo said, the invitation letter was written to him by the president of the Go Association himself, and this sincerity is enough.

Of course there was another reason why he would agree. It was just a coincidence that the location of the entry award presentation was in Ninghai, and he was planning to go back to Ninghai.

The entry awards for Huaxia Go professional players are actually a ceremony for amateur players to pass the competition and assessment and officially become professional players. Huaxia holds several rounds of professional selection competitions every year.

The entry awards are arranged in the final competition city, and the last round of this year is in Ninghai.

Meng Huo wanted to go back to Ninghai because he planned to meet Alice. Li Qin had been home for two weeks, and Shen Jie was in Tokyo at the moment—but Alice hadn’t come to him for a long time. go to her.

Although Li Qin said that there was nothing unusual about Alice. It's just that he's busy with work, but Meng Huo doesn't put all his hopes on Li Qin.

Alice's behavior is out of character. She wanted to establish a relationship with Meng Huo early in the morning, but now there is no movement. What happened, or what she was thinking, Meng Huo believed that he was the easiest to understand in the past.

A few days later, on Saturday, Meng Huo took Qin Ya on the train to Ninghai. The Weiqi Association didn't announce his affairs, but in Ninghai, the Huaxia Weiqi professional examination site, there are still many sensitive media waiting.

At 9:30 in the morning, before the vocational exam was over, Yu Feihang drove to the scene, and the two low-level editors in charge of interviews from the newspaper ran over immediately: "Minister, why did you come here in person?"

After several years of hard work, Yu Feihang is now a department head of the newspaper, and the editorial department responsible for comic news reports has also changed from an editorial department to a business department. Today, Yu Feihang generally does not interview in person up.

"I'm here to take a look." Yu Feihang said: "Recently, many newspapers have been discussing the matter of "Soul of Chess". I think the best response for the Go Association is to invite Teacher He Xi to come here to show up—it seems that there is such an idea. It's not just me."

He found that there were many reporters gathered at the meeting place. Besides those who came to cover the Go game, there were also many acquaintances from the comic newspaper. These newspapers are very smart. The induction ceremony for new chess players is the most important event of the Weiqi Association in the past few months. If He Xi wants to appear, it can only appear today.

Because there was a competition in the venue, except for a few Go media, other reporters had to wait in the outer room. On the wall of the outer room was a list of players participating in the professional game. Yu Feihang walked over to have a look, showing a surprised expression.

"The contestants are so young!" The name, gender and age were written on the list, as well as their photos. At a glance, Yu Feihang found that the players' ages all started with 1, all of them were between 15 and 18 years old, and only three of them were over 20 years old.

Among all the professions in China, the profession of chess player is too young.

"This year's No. 1 seed player is only eleven years old." The editor next to Yu Feihang said enviously: "He hasn't graduated from elementary school yet. I heard that the salary of a professional chess player is high. If he passes this exam, his parents will be very happy." You must die!"

Yu Feihang nodded. China has never been short of talents. Last year, he also heard about several eleven or twelve-year-old prodigy chess players. These talented children appeared one after another after "Soul of Chess" was released.

After passing the professional assessment, they don't have to worry about survival for the rest of their lives, and they can wholeheartedly pursue the highest skill of Go-this kind of life is very enviable to Feihang.

"Ms. He Xi is also like this?" He couldn't help thinking, in fact, He Xi, like these children, found his talent and dream when he was too young, and then he could work hard for it for the rest of his life.

"Maybe I can let my children learn Go..." Yu Feihang thought about it, he should also let his children try their talents in various aspects since they were young, maybe they are also a young child prodigy!

Of course, this is just an expectation. At ten o'clock in the morning, the professional competition ended. The unselected chess players walked out of the venue with loss, unwillingness and regret. But the people who stayed inside accepted the reporter's interview with excitement on their faces.

Discovered by Feihang. Among the youngest professional chess players, 80% of them started to learn Go because of "Soul of Go". After two years of training, they became professional players - it can be seen how much influence "Soul of Go" has had.

And just as he was sighing, there were suddenly pictures and bustling sounds from outside. Before Yu Feihang could react, he found that the reporters around him suddenly ran out.

"Teacher He Xi, it's Teacher He Xi!"

"Camera, bring it!"

"Damn it. You guys are rushing to reincarnate!" The two editors beside Yu Feihang also ran out immediately: "Editor-in-Chief, hurry up, Teacher He Xi is here."

Yu Feihang was stunned for a long time. He didn't come out for an interview for a long time, and he found that he couldn't keep up with the rhythm.

As soon as Meng Huo and Qin Ya got out of the car, they screamed. Many reporters ran over, and the security guards at the venue couldn't stop them.

"Teacher, Teacher He Xi, please accept our interview!"

"Mr. He Xi, did you come here today to defend the Go Association?"

"I heard you're going on a trip?"

The reporters who rushed over rushed the security guards away. They approached Meng Huo and others in one fell swoop, and someone accidentally bumped into Qin Ya. Qin Ya yelled, Meng Huo's expression changed slightly, he reached out to stop her, and said, "Follow me."

Qin Ya immediately shrank behind Meng Huo, secretly angry in her heart, how could the Go Association do such a bad job of security.

The faces of some adult chess players who ran out turned pale. In fact, it was not that they did not do well, but that today's events were not announced to the public at all. Normally, as long as He Xi appeared at this ceremony and was photographed by a few media, his goal would be achieved.

The security of the venue is prepared to deal with a small number of media, and too many arrangements will make people suspicious. However, the Go Association did not expect that there would be so many media outlets without any news being announced. It is too late for them to change the arrangement.

"Give way, let go, don't crowd here, make way for Teacher He Xi!" Chess players from the association took the initiative to run to block Meng Huo. They drove back with a shake of their hands, but even so, they still couldn't move forward smoothly because they were surrounded by too many people.

Meng Huo became a little impatient, and said, "If you want me to answer questions, make way for me first, and I will accept your interview later."

As soon as he said this, the reporters immediately gave way. Compared with such messy questions, it is obvious that He Xi's promise can better guarantee their news topics today. Qin Ya wiped her sweat, looked at Meng Huo's lowered arm, and murmured in her heart, "Mr. He Xi's strength is too strong, it's more effective than security guards."

She just saw Meng Huo dismissing all the reporters who approached lightly. She just thought that this teacher was as powerful as a hero in a martial arts novel. There were so many security guards around that no one was more capable than him.

The two walked into the venue. Because of the accident just now, Meng Huo's performance at the award ceremony was not very enthusiastic, and he also refused to play against a newly recruited chess player.

"I still have to be interviewed, and I don't have time to play chess." As he said this, the players of the Go Association were speechless. Meng Huo had limited time, so he agreed to the reporters' interviews. He really didn't have time to play with other people at the moment. game.

However, Meng Huo was only temporarily annoyed. He was not really angry with the association. In the subsequent interview with reporters, he also gave the association enough face-he also explained clearly the purpose of this time. The suspension of "Soul of Chess" It has nothing to do with the Chess Association.

And when he was being interviewed, some reporters wanted to interview Qin Ya, but Qin Ya was hit by a bump just now, and it is conceivable that she was annoyed by the reporter in her heart. She simply took Meng Huo's job and ran to meet with him Chess players played against each other.

By the end of Meng Huo's interview, it was already eleven o'clock, and his sullenness disappeared.

The last person to interview was Yu Feihang. Meng Huo remembered him. Yu Feihang had always given positive reports to Phoenix Company and was one of their very good newspapers. Meng Huo didn't even mind telling him when he left.

"This month?" Yu Feihang was taken aback: "Leaving so early?"

"The original plan was a little later." Meng Huo said with a smile: "Originally, it would take two months, but now things are almost arranged. It should be sooner rather than later. I will leave at the end of the month. I have wanted to go away for a long time. It might be a little longer."

Yu Feihang nodded, the news of He Xi's trip caused a great stir when it first came out, and some media once made a big fuss about it, but soon everyone found that the readers didn't buy it - they viewed it very positively thing.

Not only readers, but many critical critics have nothing bad to say about it.

"Creators should have traveled more, Mr. He Xi went out to collect materials, and there will be better works when they come back!"

"Proper rest is necessary for Mr. He Xi. His creative efficiency is too high - so high that even if he leaves for half a year, it is actually much faster than other cartoonists and novelists. In this case, He Xi's popularity will not be affected."

——Because of such generally positive views, Yu Feihang did not question Meng Huo's advance plan, but wished him a smooth trip.

"Ms. He Xi, after returning from a trip, can you give us a chance for an exclusive interview?" Before the interview ended, Yu Feihang asked.

Meng Huo nodded: "Of course, if there are any interesting experiences from the trip, I will bring them back."

Yu Feihang was very satisfied with today's results. After thanking Meng Huo, he left with two editors.

When Meng Huo stood up, he realized that it was already half past eleven. He asked about Qin Ya's situation. The female cartoonist was already playing against a third chess player, and the first two ended in complete defeat.

"I don't believe I can't even win against a child!"

Qin Ya's temperament was aroused, but Meng Huo was not optimistic about the result of the third game. He knew Qin Ya's situation-although Qin Ya had the guidance of a famous player from the Go Association, in just two years, It's hard to match her chess skills with these talented newcomers.

In fact, most of these newly recruited professional chess players have two semesters, but the vast majority of them discovered their talents soon after learning chess, and then made it their goal——Qin Ya on Go It takes far less time than them.

Anyway, Qin Ya's job is also a cartoonist, so she's usually busy enough. It's hard to compare her chess skills with real professional players, and these professional players are younger and more talented than her.

Meng Huo came to Qin Ya's game scene. It was a wing room. Qin Ya and a girl of cardamom age were sitting opposite each other. Next to them were adult chess players who recorded the game records, and there were many chess players around them silently. Watching their game loudly.

Go needs to be quiet, Meng Huo looked at the game record, the game is almost over.

Just as he expected, Qin Ya was about to lose again. (to be continued...)