Chapter 533 Correcting Typos in Journey to the West

The feeling of Yuzhou for Chen Shuren is not much different from that of Qingzhou, except for his hobbies.

On the second day after arriving in Yuzhou, Chen Shuren got up early and went out for a walk.

As soon as we arrived at the park, we saw groups of people playing chess everywhere.

If Chen Shuren hadn't known about the situation in Yuzhou, he would have thought it was the kind of street stall that gives ten yuan to a winner and five yuan to a loser.

Chen Shuren was curious and joined in the fun to have a look.

Most of the uncles play Go, and a small number play Xiangqi. From this, it can be seen that Yuzhou is biased towards Go.

However, Chen Shuren can only understand chess. If backgammon is considered Go, then Chen Shuren is proficient.

After watching it for a while, Chen Shuren continued walking because he couldn't understand.

"The air in Yuzhou is pretty good, much better than in Jizhou."

Compared with the reinforced concrete in Jizhou, there is much more green here in Yuzhou.

A small park has a natural river passing through it. This can only be seen in specific projects in Jizhou.

Breathe in

After taking a few deep breaths, Chen Shuren was about to walk back when he suddenly heard a voice.

"Hey boy, are you okay?"

Chen Shuren turned around and saw an old man sitting next to a small stone table, looking at him.

"Uncle, did you call me?"

"Yes, are you okay? Come and play two games if you have nothing to do?"

The old man pointed at the black and white chess board on the stone table and asked with a smile.

Chen Shuren smiled awkwardly: "Uncle, I don't know how to do it."

The uncle was obviously stunned after hearing this.

Won't?

Shouldn’t playing Go be a compulsory course for Yuzhou people since childhood?

Even if you have been a gangster since childhood, you can't say you can't play.

The old man thought that Chen Shuren just didn't want to make an excuse, and he suddenly became unhappy.

"You are so unkind, just don't do it if you don't want to. How could you find such a weak excuse?"

When Chen Shuren saw the old man's unhappy look, he immediately knew that he had misunderstood.

"Uncle, I'm not lying to you, I just came from another state."

"ah?"

The uncle was dumbfounded.

This early in the morning, his old rival got up late and hasn't come yet.

I wanted to invite someone to play with me, but I ended up recruiting someone from out of state who didn't know how to play Go. This was really bad luck.

"Oh, that's right. I misunderstood it. I'm sorry."

The uncle nodded.

"fine."

Chen Shuren smiled, turned around and prepared to leave.

"Hey, young man, are you okay? If not, I'll teach you how to play chess!"

Chen Shuren didn't expect the old man to be so persistent and insisted on forcing him to play Go, which he didn't understand.

I was about to refuse, but when I thought about it, "Run Together" was originally intended to promote the culture of each state.

The cultural symbol of Yuzhou is chess. If you can play chess, you may be able to add some Go elements into your future planning, so that you can convince the Yuzhou management.

It was impossible to come to Yuzhou to film "Run Together". In the end, it was all about running around, visiting scenic spots and so on. This way the publicity effect would be too poor.

So Chen Shuren turned around and walked towards the uncle.

"Uncle, then don't bother me."

Seeing Chen Shuren agree, Li Shuheng's face lit up.

"Wherever, it would be great if you could accompany me."

Little did they know that Li Shuheng's favorite thing was to teach people to play chess.

Otherwise, no one would know about his amateur eighth-dan strength.

After Chen Shuren sat down, Li Shuheng thought for a while and decided that he should learn a little bit about Go first. Otherwise, if this kid doesn't understand what my amateur eight-dan level is, wouldn't it be like playing the piano to others?

"Boy, let me tell you about Yuzhou's Go rankings."

When Chen Shuren heard this, he also expressed that he could listen to it.

"In Yuzhou, the atmosphere of Go level is both amateur and professional. There are nine levels of professional chess players, with the first level being the lowest and the ninth level being the highest."

"Amateur chess players are graded into different levels, from level 25 to level 1, from beginner to eighth level, from weak to strong."

Chen Shuren nodded and asked curiously: "Aren't there no ninth-dan amateurs?"

"No, this is to distinguish it from professionals, and to give respect to professional chess players. Otherwise, if you, an amateur, sound like you are on the same level as professionals, wouldn't it mean that professionals lose face?"

Li Shuheng explained with a smile.

Chen Shuren nodded. If he thought so, he would understand.

Professional chess players have nine levels, which means that the upper limit of professional chess players is higher than that of amateurs.

If you are really strong, you can participate in professional competitions.

"How does amateur eighth-dan compare to professional eighth-dan?"

Chen Shuren asked.

Li Shuheng coughed dryly.

"Actually, there is still a gap between amateur chess players and professional chess players. After all, they specialize in this field. We can't compare our hobbies with other people's careers, right?"

Seeing Chen Shuren nodding, Li Shuheng continued: "So the level of amateur 8th dan is roughly the same as professional 3rd dan and 4th dan."

"Of course, this is just a normal situation. It does not mean that there are people who are talented but don't want to be professional chess players. Their amateur 8th-dan may be as good as professional 5th-dan, 6th-dan, or even 7th-dan. "

"There was such a person in Yuzhou. At that time..."

Li Shuheng seemed to be interested, and talked a lot to Chen Shuren, but before he finished speaking, his chess friend came.

"Well……"

Li Shuheng's voice stopped abruptly. He looked at his chess friend Zhang Zhongyi and then at Chen Shuren, and suddenly his face was embarrassed.

"Old Zhang, wait a minute, I'll teach this young man to play two games, and then we'll play again."

Zhang Zhongyi looked at Chen Shuren in surprise, and sat down next to him.

"Well, then I have to keep an eye on you, and I can't let you mislead the students."

Zhang Zhongyi's words made Li Shuheng unhappy.

"How did I mislead the students? My son is a professional fifth dan, and my grandson is a professional second dan. Aren't they all taught by me?"

Seeing Li Shuheng's glaring look, Zhang Zhongyi smiled and replied: "Ah, right, right, teach me quickly."

When Li Shuheng heard this, he wanted to smash the black chess in his hand into Zhang Zhongyi's face.

With a belly full of anger, Li Shuheng began to teach Chen Shuren how to play chess.

Fortunately, although Chen Shuren didn't know how to play, he had a good understanding and quickly mastered some basic knowledge, which made Li Shuheng enjoy the fun of teaching people.

After playing for an hour, Chen Shuren looked at the skill [Beginner's Guide to Go] on the panel and smiled.

"Uncle, I think it's getting late. You can play with this uncle. I have to go back."

Li Shuheng originally wanted to teach a few more moves, but after hearing what Chen Shuren said, he said with some regret:

"That's fine, but if you have time, I'll be here every morning. By the way, there is also a Yuzhou Go platform on the Internet. If you have nothing to do, you can also go and have a look."

"Got it, thank you uncle."

After Chen Shuren finished speaking, he nodded to Zhang Zhongyi next to him and turned to leave.

After Chen Shuren left, Zhang Zhongyi sat in Chen Shuren's seat.

"Who is that young man, where is he from?"

"We met by chance. He said he was from another state. I guess he will leave in a few days."

Li Shuheng said.

"Oh? From another state, then Lao Li, you have contributed to the popularization of our Yuzhou Go, hahaha."

Zhang Zhongyi laughed.

"That's true, but that kid has a high level of comprehension. If he had learned since childhood, he might have become a professional first-dan or second-dan player now. What a pity."

"Okay, no matter how good his comprehension is, in the Go atmosphere of other states, no one teaches him chess, and his growth is limited."

Li Shuheng thought about it and felt that it made sense.

You can't become a professional ninth-dan player just by thinking about it.

Even the current artificial intelligence chess master in Yuzhou can defeat all the opponents in Yuzhou based on the big data of Yuzhou's chess games over the years.

Thinking of the artificial intelligence chess master, Li Shuheng sighed.

"I don't know what people think nowadays. They have to have artificial intelligence chess players. Can this person's brain compare with a machine? Isn't this a blow to the enthusiasm of Yuzhou people to learn chess?"

Zhang Zhongyi agreed with Li Shuheng's point of view on this matter.

"Who said it wasn't? It is said that since the artificial intelligence chess master came out, there have been fewer children learning Go in the past two years. Some people also said that learning to play chess is not as good as learning computers..."

"Ah!"

Li Shuheng sighed.

"But I heard that Ke Bai, 9th Dan, is going to challenge the AI ​​chess master again recently."

"Oh? He is determined."

Li Shuheng nodded.

Ke Bai, 9th Dan, is the strongest chess player in Yuzhou. Two years ago, when the AI ​​chess master first came out, he defeated all professional chess players below 9th Dan. It was Ke Bai who defeated the AI.

But who knew that only one year later, when Ke Bai played against the AI ​​chess player again, he was no longer his opponent.

At that time, Ke Bai just won the first place in the Yuzhou Professional Chess Player Competition and became the most recognized 9th Dan.

But it was this person who played three games against the AI ​​chess player and lost all three games.

It was at that time that the AI ​​chess player changed his name to AI chess master!

Since then, Ke Bai has challenged the AI ​​chess master once a month.

"Who said it wasn't? But I think it's better for Ke Bai to challenge once a year. After all, the more he plays against the AI ​​chess master, the more it knows Ke Bai."

"Ah, there's nothing I can do."

The two of them started the game.

...

After returning to the hotel, Chen Shuren talked to Tang Yingcheng about Yuzhou Go, and wanted to add Go elements to the planning.

Unexpectedly, Tang Yingcheng knew a little about it.

"There are two popular Go directions in Yuzhou now, one is artificial intelligence and the other is traditional chess players."

"If you want to plan in this area, I think you should choose a direction to see whether to support artificial intelligence or traditional chess players."

Chen Shuren was stunned.

"Artificial intelligence?"

"Yes..."

Tang Yingcheng told Chen Shuren some things about the Yuzhou Go industry.

After listening, Chen Shuren also fell into deep thought.

It stands to reason that artificial intelligence, as an emerging industry, must be popular. If it is added to "Run Together·Yuzhou Chapter", it will definitely get a lot of attention.

But Chen Shuren felt that compared to the cold machine, people were warmer.

Just like the old man I met in the park this morning.

If it was a machine, it would definitely not invite Chen Shuren.

"Well, I know, I'll learn about it first."

Chen Shuren said so.

After returning to his room, he turned on the computer and entered the Yuzhou Go platform that the old man told him.

"Well... are all the newcomers amateur level 25?"

Chen Shuren was curious, and then clicked on the match.

A morning passed, and it was not until Tang Yingcheng came to call Chen Shuren for lunch that Chen Shuren took his eyes off the computer screen.

Then he looked at his rank.

Amateur level 22, ten games, seven wins and three losses.

Chen Shuren was a little dissatisfied.

After lunch, Chen Shuren quietly upgraded [Go·Beginner] to [Go·Master].

Another afternoon passed.

Chen Shuren's rank went from amateur level 22 to amateur level 15, with a record of ten wins and zero losses.

Seeing this record, Chen Shuren nodded with satisfaction, and then closed the Go platform page and opened the coding interface.

Originally, Chen Shuren was going to code "Journey to the West" today, but once he entered Go, he couldn't stop.

Fortunately, he didn't lose a game in the afternoon, otherwise Chen Shuren might have reached [Go·Mastery] tonight.

In one night, Chen Shuren coded twenty chapters.

After thinking about it, he sent it to Chen Shuangxue directly.

"Journey to the West" can be divided into volumes according to the plot, so it doesn't have to be written all at once.

...

In Qingzhou, when Chen Shuangxue was about to go to bed, she received a message from Chen Shuren.

She looked at the time, eleven o'clock.

"Just read it for an hour, and continue reading tomorrow."

Chen Shuangxue thought so.

Then, when Chen Shuangxue put down the computer and looked out the window again, the sky was already white.

After a moment of silence, Chen Shuangxue washed up and went to the company.

"Mengmeng, call Qingyu."

"Okay!"

Li Mengmeng looked at Chen Shuangxue strangely, as if Sister Xue was not in a good state today?

"Editor-in-chief, are you looking for me?"

Qingyu walked in and asked.

He had been in Wan Gu for two days, and through previous resources, he had signed two books for Wan Gu, but compared to the situation where an editor would sign at least ten books a day, two books was too few.

Even if Chen Shuangxue said he was not in a hurry, Qingyu was still a little anxious.

"Well, the manuscript of the book I told you to follow last time has been sent over. Take a look today and correct the typos... It's a bit difficult, take your time."

"Well, okay..."

Qingyu sighed in his heart.

Just correct the typos?

Sure enough, even if he came to Wan Gu, he had to start from the beginning.

Back to his workstation, Qingyu opened the email sent by Chen Shuangxue in the internal mailbox.

"Journey to the West? Isn't it said to be a story about a monkey? Is it written from the perspective of a monkey?"

Qingyu didn't understand, so he clicked on the email without the author's name and started reading.

"The first chapter: The spiritual root nurtures the source and flows out, the mind cultivates the Dao"

Looking at this title, Qingyu felt much better. At least it is indeed a fairy tale, not a realistic one.

So he continued to read.

"Poem:"

"Before the chaos, the world was in chaos, and no one could see it."

"Since Pangu broke through the chaos, the world has been clear and turbid."

"All living things rely on benevolence, and all things are good."

"If you want to know the merit of creation, you must read Journey to the West."

"Well, it's a bit good..."

Qingyu's back straightened a little.

When he looked down again, sweat began to break out on his forehead.

Chen Shuangxue's words "It's a bit difficult, take your time" echoed in his head.

"How is this a bit difficult?"

...(End of this chapter)