Chapter 1091: China-Japan Go Tournament

Qin Hao and Li Jia walked in the messy alley one after another.

"I have lived here for several years, but in fact I have always wanted to escape from here. You should be able to understand the feeling of being dependent on others, that is, the feeling that others don't say anything, but you always feel that they dislike you." Li Jiayouyou said.

Qin Hao pointed to the sky in the narrow alley: "Since the day you were admitted to college, your body has left here. You have to learn to let your heart go out too."

"How can you let your heart go out? How do you do it?" Li Jia paused.

Qin Hao said seriously: "You care too much about other people's attitude towards you. In fact, many times if you look carefully, you will find that others may not have time to pay attention to you at all, just like those aunts in front of you who are doing laundry. They may be thinking about you. Have something to eat for lunch, or go somewhere to watch TV in the evening.”

"I'll teach you a secret. Whenever you feel that others are paying attention to you, just say silently in your heart: They are all wood."

Li Jia rolled his eyes: "Isn't this deceiving others?"

"No, to be precise, a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water."

"You think everyone is as shameless as you."

"So I won't worry about these things. When I have all this time to think about, I might as well think about how I can ask you to go to a movie or have a cup of coffee."

Li Jia wrinkled his nose slightly: "Who wants to watch a movie and drink coffee with you?"

"So, I have my own personal troubles. Don't look at me being careless all day, but it's actually very painful."

Qin Hao's pitiful look made Li Jia chuckle. The two looked at each other, and a strange smell spread in the air.

However, at this moment, the weather was not kind and it started to rain lightly.

Raindrops fell on his face, and Li Jia woke up suddenly, running towards the stairs like a frightened deer.

"What are you doing standing there in a daze? Come on and catch up."

A burst of crisp laughter instantly revived Qin Hao, who was still annoyed that God was not being kind, with full blood.

It was rainy in the south of the Yangtze River in March. In the narrow stairwell of the alley, Li Jia stretched out her hand to straighten her somewhat scattered hair. Qin Hao was only an elbow away from her. This time, Li Jia did not avoid it. Perhaps the space was too closed. , or perhaps for some other reason.

"Quickly draw, I won't be able to hand in my homework later."

Li Jia set up a drawing board and began to draw the alley in the rain. Qin Hao was also drawing, but what he drew was a sketch.

At first, Li Jia didn't notice anything strange about Qin Hao until she glanced at Qin Hao's drawing board. Although the painting was not completed yet, she was sure that those eyes were of hers.

But this time Li Jia did not expose it, but continued to lower his head and complete his homework.

I don’t know how long it took, but the rain stopped.

Li Jia suddenly said to Qin Hao.

"Can you give that painting to me?"

"No, I will go abroad to participate in a competition soon. I have to take it with me."

Li Jia's pretty face turned red: "How could you do this? It's so bad for people to see you."

"It's okay, I'll watch secretly."

"That's even worse. What should I do if people misunderstand me?"

Qin Hao spread his hands: "What's the misunderstanding?"

"Huh, I'm too lazy to care about you. Give me the painting quickly." Li Jia frowned and stretched out his hand.

"Then why don't you take a photo?" Qin Hao said shamelessly.

"I...I don't have a single photo."

"Then take one photo, or a group photo."

"Who wants to take a photo with you?" Li Jia spat.

"You have to cherish this opportunity, otherwise when I come back from Japan, you might have to queue up if you want to take a photo with me." Qin Hao said half-jokingly.

"Who cares?"

At this moment, several female classmates were walking towards this side, and they saw Li Jia from a distance.

"Li Jia, have you finished painting? Let's go back, otherwise we won't be able to catch the last bus."

Li Jia waved to several people: "Right away."

After walking a few steps, Li Jia suddenly turned back: "When are you leaving?"

"On March 15th, the visa application process is already underway."

Li Jia nodded slightly, then ran away quickly and merged into the group of female classmates.

The Sino-Japanese Go Tournament has been finalized after several months of preparation. The schedule is to hold six games in Japan first, and the remaining games will be held back in Beijing.

According to the most conservative estimate, this competition will take at least two months. The most difficult thing for Qin Hao is not the competition but convincing the head teacher to grant him two months of leave.

At first, the head teacher was unwilling to give Qin Hao a leave. Later, he had no choice but to ask the Chinese Chess Academy to communicate directly with the principal of Tongji. The head teacher was forced to give him a leave.

When the students learned that Qin Hao was going to Japan to compete, their first reaction was not how high Qin Hao's Go level was, but envy that he could go abroad. Some students even asked him to help buy things from Japan, which made him feel like he was going abroad. Same as traveling.

The night before leaving, Qin Hao was packing his luggage when suddenly Zhuang Tunan walked in.

"Li Jia asked me to give this to you."

Qin Hao opened the envelope, and inside was a color photo. The girl in the photo was wearing a light blue long-sleeved shirt, with two black braids hanging on both shoulders, and a smile like a flower.

Turning around, Qin Hao rushed to the airport to join the rest of the chess academy, only to find that the team this time was much larger than he imagined. There were not only chess players like Nie Weiping, but also many official people, including There were quite a few reporters.

"Xiao Qin, come here for a moment."

This time the leader of the Chinese Chess Academy is Chen Zude, who is also a familiar face.

"Let me introduce you to Qin Hao, the youngest player in our Go Academy with the highest winning rate. So far, no one has been able to score even a small point against him."

The reporters immediately pointed their cameras at Qin Hao.

"Qin Hao, 6th dan, you have won the National Go Championship, the National Games, and the Children's Go Championship so far. You can say that you have won the domestic Grand Slam. What do you expect from this overseas competition?"

Qin Hao said casually: "Of course, I want to defeat my opponent and win the championship."

When these words came out, the whole audience was shocked. The Chinese Go Academy had a bitter look on their faces. Chen Zude secretly regretted that he had not explained a few words to Qin Hao before letting him be interviewed.

After the reporters came to their senses, they immediately picked up their long guns and short guns and aimed at Qin Hao like sharks smelling blood.

"Qin Hao, 6th dan, as far as I know, Chinese players have never won against several top-notch Japanese players. Are you sure your goal this time is to defeat them and win the China-Japan Go Challenge?"

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Qin Hao said casually: "Of course..."

Before Qin Hao finished speaking, Chen Zude quickly tried to smooth things over: "Ahem, Qin Hao, 6th dan means that he will do his best to fight for the honor of his country."

However, the reporters ignored him at all and continued to question Qin Hao.

"Qin Hao, 6th dan, can I publish your words directly?"

"Whatever."

Chen Zude's eyes went dark, and he quickly took Qin Hao away under the pretext of checking in.

"Xiao Qin, you've made a big mistake." Chen Zude smiled bitterly and patted his forehead, saying in annoyance: "It's my fault that I didn't tell you before. You should try not to accept interviews from reporters in the future."

After getting on the plane, Qin Hao learned from Chen Zude that the goal set by the chess academy this time was to invite Kobayashi Koichi, which would be considered a pass, to defeat Kobayashi, which would be considered a victory, and to defeat Kato Masao, which would be considered a big victory. As for defeating the Japanese team's main player Fujisawa Hideyuki, the chess academy didn't care at all.

Chen Zude continued, "The lineup of the Japanese team this time is: Yoda Noriki, Kobayashi Akira, Awaji Shuzo, Kataoka Satoshi, Ishida Akira, Kobayashi Koichi, Kato Masao, Fujisawa Hideyuki. Among them, Kobayashi, Kato, and Fujisawa are all top-notch players in Japan, and the other five are also top-notch players."

"According to historical records, so far, none of us has ever defeated Japan's top-notch players. Even when facing their top-notch players, except for Nie Weiping, the others are very inferior."

"It's not about boosting others' ambitions and destroying our own prestige, but about recognizing the gap between the two sides. Our original plan was to deal with it coldly, try to reduce everyone's psychological pressure, and then go all out..."

However, before Chen Zude finished speaking, Qin Hao's light words made him stunned on the spot.

"A top-notch Japanese chess player, is he very good?"

"This..." Chen Zude couldn't help but smile bitterly. Although he knew that Qin Hao's chess skills were very strong and no one in China could match him, he was young after all, had no experience in international competitions, and had never really faced the top Japanese chess players. It was difficult to determine his true fighting power.

Nie Weiping's voice also came from the seat behind: "Old Chen, the incident has already happened. It's useless to say these things now. Don't worry about it anymore. I absolutely believe that Xiao Qin's chess skills will never be lower than Kobayashi Koichi and others."

"Alas, now we can only hope that the domestic side will not hype this competition too much, otherwise..." Chen Zude shook his head. As the leader of this chess academy, he has a great responsibility. The more attention the domestic people pay to this China-Japan Go Challenge, the more he can't bear the consequences of failure.

However, what you fear will come true. As soon as the chess academy arrived at the hotel where they were staying, Chen Zude received a call from the leader of the Chinese Chess Academy for accountability.

The domestic coverage of the China-Japan Go Challenge can only be described as overwhelming, not only because of Qin Hao's words, but also because after the reform and opening up, the domestic people have been exposed to a lot of foreign information from various channels. They only then realized that the gap between the mainland and the international community is so large.

After five years of accumulation, such emotions urgently need an outlet, and the authorities also understand that it is better to release than to block. It just so happens that this China-Japan Go Challenge is such an excellent outlet. Winning can boost national morale, and losing is just a folk competition, and Go has no mass base, so it is harmless.

What makes Chen Zude even more headache is that not only domestic reports, but even Japanese media have reported on Qin Hao's remarks. For a time, Japanese media were full of ridicule for the Chinese Go team, and Qin Hao was naturally pushed to the forefront.

You know, in the 1980s, Go in Japan had a very high level of attention. The Go population reached 12 million, and there were hundreds of high-level players. You should know that the total population of Japan at that time was only 116 million, which means that one out of ten people played Go. It is hard to imagine that a niche sport like Go can have such a terrifying mass base.

Under such a terrifying mass base, many strong players have naturally been cultivated. In the eyes of the Japanese, Go is their absolute advantage. Any Japanese player sent out is enough to sweep the world chess world.

Players from other countries have to bow down to Japanese players, but Qin Hao, a young and unknown player, "clamored" to defeat Japan's top players and win the championship.

For a time, many Japanese players also jumped out to say that they wanted to teach Qin Hao and the Chinese Go team a lesson.

The main player of the Japanese team, Fujisawa Hideyuki, said in response to reporters' questions: The game will end when Ishida Akira is defeated. If not, I will shave my head and apologize.

No one thinks Fujisawa Hideyuki is arrogant. After all, according to the past records of Japanese players, they do have the strength.

The organizers are naturally very satisfied with the popularity of the game. In fact, many media reports are also written by reporters at their expense. In the eyes of the organizers, the Japanese team will definitely kill the Chinese team in this game.

In such a fanatical atmosphere, no one investigated Qin Hao's domestic record. Even if a reporter noticed it, he would only think that the Chinese players were really bad and were killed by a teenager.

Seeing that the competition was getting more and more popular, the organizers made a prompt decision to move the original competition time forward by three days, and ignored Chen Zude's protest. After all, they funded the entire competition, and even Qin Hao and his team's air tickets and hotels were paid for by others.

The competition venue was arranged at the Japanese Go Institute. On the day of the competition, the outside of the Go Institute was surrounded by Japanese reporters early in the morning. Of course, there were also sporadic Chinese reporters squeezed into the corner.

A minibus slowly drove into the Go Institute and immediately attracted a crowd of Japanese reporters.

"Kobayashi, if you meet that Chinese boy in the game, you must give him a taste of color."

"Mr. Fujisawa, do you think you will play in this competition?"

The Japanese chess players were full of confidence in answering these questions. Kato Masao even said that it would not be his turn to play at all, and the Chinese team would be defeated.

Not long after the Japanese team entered the Go Institute, Qin Hao and his party also arrived at the gate of the Go Institute. The Japanese reporters immediately pounced on them like sharks smelling blood.

Chen Zude quickly asked everyone to surround Qin Hao in the innermost part, on the one hand to protect him, and on the other hand to prevent Qin Hao from saying anything shocking again.

However, just as the group was about to squeeze into the Japanese Chess Institute, a Japanese reporter shouted something in Japanese to Qin Hao.

Qin Hao immediately stopped, picked up a Japanese reporter's microphone, and said in Japanese.

"I will use my strength to let you know what despair is!"