At 8 o'clock in the evening, I found a location in the lobby on the first floor of the hotel and the four of them sat down.

Chihara Hiroshi looked at the two blonde young men and asked:

"What do you want to talk to me?"

When the three of them came to look for him, he already knew that one of them was William and the other was James.

The two of them looked at each other, and William spoke first, but stood up and said while bowing:

"Mr. Chihara, thank you for your contribution to IGS. If it weren't for you, IGS wouldn't have attracted so many people!"

Last September, the match between Chihara Hiroshi and Zhao Jixun on IGS really made IGS feel a lot of presence.

Not to mention that in the first half of this year, he played chess on IGS for a long time, and gained a wave of popularity for IGS.

Hiroshi Chihara helped the other party up and said:

"If your website is not done well, I won't play chess on it. The root cause is your own, so if you want to thank me, thank you yourself."

James seemed to be very straightforward, and scratched his head, not knowing what he muttered.

William pulled the corner of his companion's clothes and said:

"Actually, in addition to coincidence, we came to Korea this time for one purpose."

The other party finally started talking about the main thing:

"Mr. Chihara, we want to build another new website!"

Hearing this sentence, Hiroshi Qianyuan was slightly stunned and then repeated:

"New website?"

"Yes," William said with excitement when talking about his new plan, "This website is different from the existing IGS. It is only for professional chess players. Ordinary people can only watch the game. In this way, the overall level of the new website will inevitably rise to a higher level!"

At present, his biggest regret is that although there are many registered people on IGS, there are few professional chess players.

Even with Qianyuan's aggregation effect, the most attractive people are ordinary chess fans.

It has been his long-standing idea to build a platform for professional chess players to play.

However, Hiroshi Chihara seemed a little confused and asked:

"Do you think this will succeed?"

The other party nodded confidently and said:

"As long as Mr. Chihara is willing to support it, this website will definitely be established, and this is also the purpose of my visit to you!"

However, to his somewhat disappointment, when he heard this sentence, Hiroshi Chihara did not respond immediately, but asked:

“What do you think is the biggest obstacle to building a new website?”

William calmed down, thought for a moment, and replied:

"It should be recognized by chess academies of various countries?"

In fact, he had met with senior executives of the China, Japan and South Korea Chess Academy before. At first glance, he was the founder of IGS, and the other party showed interest, but when he heard about his purpose, he was evasive and evasive.

Therefore, when he came to find Qianyuan, he had no choice.

But Hiroshi Chihara shook his head and said:

"Before you get the recognition of the chess academy, there is another condition that binds your thoughts."

"What is it?" William couldn't help asking.

Chihara Hiroshi stared at him without blinking, and said:

“Personal computer popularity.”

Seeing that the other party opened his mouth subconsciously, as if he wanted to say something, but he still couldn't speak out, he continued:

"Not to mention professional chess players, for most ordinary people, the current computer is just an expensive toy. If there is no higher penetration rate, how many chess players do you think will be willing to accept your new website?"

Mike Raymond, who was standing beside him, couldn't help but turn his head to look at Qianyuan. This sentence was really a sharp point. Indeed, if it weren't for the people who were following, there would probably not be many people who knew about computers.

James next to William said:

"The computer penetration rate of ordinary people may be very low, but professional chess players should not be considered ordinary people, right? The new website is only aimed at professional chess players. As long as all professional chess players are equipped with a computer, isn't that good?"

Hiroshi Chihara laughed:

This idea is really naive!

So he said:

"You may have overestimated the economic level of professional chess players. At the current price of computers, not all chess players can afford it, and conceptual innovation is also a problem."

In the Japanese chess world alone, there is a group of conservatives. It is so difficult to let them accept the "Qianyuanliu", let alone move the chess table to the computer directly.

James wanted to continue, but William interrupted him in advance:

"Stop talking, James!"

"But……"

William gave his companions a look. Both sides worked together for many years. James immediately understood what he meant and had to shut up for the time being.

The former pondered for a few seconds, and then said:

"Mr. Chihara, I understand what you mean. Indeed, all the difficulties you mentioned are objectively present, but even if there are these difficulties, my goal is still there!"

His face once again exuded American confidence, and the meaning was simple and concise:

These difficulties did not hinder his determination to achieve his goals!

"So, Mr. Chihara, are you willing to help us?" William looked at Chihara, his eyes regained his previous firmness.

At this moment, Chihara Hiroshi was a little troubled:

The other party’s idea is correct. In fact, if it succeeds, it may become an amazing platform in the Go world.

But there are many shortcomings, including the one he just mentioned.

Of course, compared to shortcomings, or the word "limitation", this era has not yet entered the era of large-scale popularization of computers.

Do you really want to give up?

He looked at the two blonde young men in front of him. Since these two people were able to build websites, they were obviously both Internet technology masters of this era.

He had never heard of the website mentioned by the other party in later generations.

I don’t know if it was his butterfly who made the other party think this way, or if it had already suffered failure and was obscured in history.

If he participates, can it really succeed?

...

William was not in a hurry and waited quietly for the reply, while James was obviously much more impatient. He wanted to open his mouth several times, but was stopped by the former.

Finally, ten minutes later, Chihara Hiroshi said:

"I agreed."

William's eyes suddenly opened wide, and he was still in a surprise. Unexpectedly, the other party really agreed to his request:

"Thank you, Mr. Chihara, I promise you, as long as..."

Hiroshi Chihara made a gesture to stop the other party’s next guarantee and said:

"But I have the conditions."

"Are you going to do it?" William said dismissively, "this is what you say!"

Chihara Hiroshi smiled and said slowly:

“For the new website, I hope to have some decision-making power.”

He just figured it out that he had a vision that surpassed the modern times for nearly 30 years. Since he had the opportunity to enter this uncultivated industry, how could he be afraid of something boring?
Chapter completed!