Chapter 29 This is clearly looking down on people!
Chapter 29 This is clearly looking down on people!
Since the Qing Dynasty, the development of Go in Peking has not been as good as that in the Jianghuai, Anhui and Zhejiang areas. Before and after the Opium War, famous players in the late Qing Dynasty such as Shen Jiezhi, Pan Kejian, Li Zhanyuan, Qiu Hang, etc. successively traveled to Beijing with their skills, promoting the development of chess in the north. However, By 1863, Qiu Hang died of illness, and there were only a few second- and third-rate chess players left in the Peiping area.
The country's overall strength is declining, the society is in depression, and without the support of dignitaries, the lives of chess players are difficult. Due to the pressure of livelihood, they have to move to "chess halls" to perform, mainly relying on "gambling" and "helping lottery" "And playing guided chess to earn a meager income.
But this phenomenon, due to the strong support of two people around 1910, the living environment of Go has been greatly improved. The "North and South Guardians" in the Go world are the Tigers of the North - Lao Duan, and Zhejiang Provincial rich man Mr. Zhang Danru.
Although Lao Duan is known as the "Tiger of the North", if you think that he is a rough and arrogant green forest hero, you are totally wrong. In fact, Lao Duan is a quiet and profound man who can write poetry and write. Go is a notoriously bad game.
Moreover, when Lao Duan plays chess, he pays attention to big openings and big closings. He is quite like the ancient generals galloping on the battlefield. However, because his chess skills are too poor, he often flips the table in anger. As time goes by, everyone knows it and deliberately uses a flaw to lose. Therefore Lao Duan became a victorious general on the chess field and was nicknamed "Dian Xiangqi".
"Dianyangqi" is the name in the Japanese Go community, and it means that one is the only one to dominate. For this ridiculing nickname, Lao Duan not only didn't mind it, but often felt complacent about it.
Duanfu is located in the back pit of Dongrong Elephant Trunk (this place name, the author found out after inquiry, is true. It originated from the fact that this place was the elephant workshop where the emperors of the Ming Dynasty bathed their elephants. After the 1960s, it was called Chunyu Hutong. I don’t know. Have your friends in Beijing heard of it?)
There is an endless stream of Go masters coming and going in the mansion, and it feels like "a visit to the dragon gate is worth ten times the price". Regular customers of the Duan family will receive a monthly allowance, which is not much, but is enough to maintain a normal livelihood.
Every Sunday, when Lao Duan doesn't go to work, Duan's house is even more crowded, which is very popular for a while. Anyone who knows a little bit about Go will know that Duan's house is famous for its flourishing chess style.
Even so, the threshold of Duan Mansion is too high for ordinary people to enter. If ordinary people want to admire the chess style, they have to find an approachable place, and they can only go to Wujin Hall's "Xinyu Yi Club" and Xuan. At the "Haifengxuan" outside, most second- and third-rate chess players gathered in these two places.
He Qi and the others walked out of the shop and walked towards "Haifengxuan" with long strides. It only took ten minutes to walk there. Looking at the backs of several people leaving, Zhao Deyi couldn't help but reveal a trace of regret, and then his heart welled up. There was a hint of heart-cutting pain, and he told Li Yan: "There is no need to buy meat."
"Do you want to buy the fish yet?" Li Yan asked timidly.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Deyi became irritable for no reason. He glared and scolded: "The meat flew away, who are you buying fish for?"
Li Yan was silent and hurriedly walked away, thinking: If I had known this, why did I do it in the first place?
"Hai Feng Xuan" is divided into two parts, front and back, with tea on the second floor outside facing the street and chess games on the first floor in the inner courtyard. If there is a celebrity battle, someone will record the score in the teahouse outside, so that the players can not be affected by the environment. Secondly, it is a distraction for everyone to watch and communicate with, and there are people on site to analyze the chess game.
Today's "Hai Feng Xuan" is extremely lively. The teahouse has been filled with people for a long time. You can hear the noise in the teahouse while standing on the street, because there is a chess game played by the famous Gu Rushui, which is really rare for ordinary people to see.
When He Qi and the others arrived at "Haifengxuan", Gu Rushui had not yet arrived. Big names always have to be the last ones. Xi Ziqiao and Gu Weixian stood at the door and greeted each other with smiles.
At this time, He Qi felt very heavy because he had learned something, and felt that his dignity had been trampled on. He only said a few complimentary words and then remained silent. He just wanted to lose the game quickly and take the money to leave.
people.
While chatting, He Qi thought about it and couldn't figure out why the two of them had delayed their trip and had to make do with this situation.
Is it to avenge yesterday's losing streak?
Not so!
Both of them are very wealthy people, so they don't care about such trivial matters.
So why is it such a mobilizing move to insult people?
It should be noted that He Qi adheres to the principle of knowing yourself and the enemy and winning every battle. On the way here, he had already learned the details of Gu Rushui from Ruyi, and he immediately wanted to quit and almost cursed her in anger.
Gu Rushui, who was already invincible at the age of 16, later went to Shanghai to be mentored by the famous Zhang Leshan. Last year, he was invited by Lao Duan to come to Peking and defeated famous players Wang Yunfeng, Yi Yaoqing and others.
It immediately caused a sensation in the northern chess community.
This year, Gu Rushui was invited by Xi Zique, Gu Weixian, and Zhang Danru to go south to Shanghai to play against the undefeated Takabe Dohei. This battle was hailed as the last blow of Chinese Go after the defeat of the 32-national player Yangzhou, attracting attention from all sides.
The clouds move, attracting worldwide attention.
It is a pity that Gu Rushui was unable to reverse the decline of Chinese Go in the end and lost three games in a row. When the Northern and Southern chess circles heard the news, everyone wailed in pain. Even so, it also confirmed Gu Rushui's strength as a famous player, because Takabe Michei
There is no handicap in this battle.
According to Mr. Zhang Danru later, Takabe Dohei was a fourth-dan player when he came to China, and now has the strength of six-dan. He believed that based on the Japanese Go standard of one piece for two dans, Gu Rushui already had the strength of fifth-dan, although this level was at
He is nothing in the Japanese Go world, but in the Chinese Go world, he is enough to stand out among the others.
Look at these two grandsons, they found such an awesome person and did what they did was simply unreasonable.
It's even more blatantly looking down on people.
Why do you say that?
Xi Zique and Gu Weixian felt that He Qi's chess skills were superb and wanted Gu Rushui to test them out, so they played a game at "Haifengxuan".
So, they both felt so, so they did it without even thinking about it.
But for He Qi, it was a huge disrespect.
First of all, He Qi does not think that he is a superb chess player.
Secondly, when facing a world-famous master like Gu Rushui, anyone would want to give up. This is the most normal psychology.
Therefore, the two of them were afraid that He Qi would not dare to challenge him. Knowing that He Qi was short of money, they deliberately set up a "treasure offer" that He Qi could not refuse.
Let me ask you, if you really want to find out He Qi's true level, there are many ways to do it, wouldn't it be okay to invite He Qi to play against Gu Rushui in private?
Why bother to mobilize troops and make the battle so big?
Perhaps, thinking about it on the bright side, for wealthy young men like Xi Ziqiao and Gu Weixian, "they just do it if they feel it" is a common behavior, even if it hurts people invisibly, it is said to be an unintentional mistake
It's not a bad idea either.
But in He Qi's view, this isn't looking down on people, what is it?
Just when He Qi was about to turn around and run away, Brother Xun said that even if he didn't win, there would be an appearance fee of 10 yuan, and He Qi's legs wouldn't obey his brain.
As the old saying goes, a penny beats a hero.
At the same time, as the old saying goes, if you have money, don’t make a bastard.
He Qi is now extremely poor, with only a few ocean dollars in all his possessions. The 10 ocean appearance fee became the last straw that broke the camel's back. It also successfully made He Qi throw away his dignity and had to succumb to reality.
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Therefore, when He Qi walked to the door of "Hai Feng Xuan" and saw Xi Ziqiao and Gu Weixian greeting each other with smiling faces, she had a thousand words in her heart, "Mom sells batches", and she didn't know whether to say it or not.
If you ask people, which one is more important, face or food?
I believe that with Qian Xuan's style, he would choose face without thinking.
But Brother Xun and He Qi will definitely choose to eat.
Discussing which is more important, face or eating, with a person who has no fixed abode and who has had one meal before the next, is like talking with a prostitute about morality and ethics, which are related to social harmony.
Therefore, He Qi deliberately ignored the enthusiastic Xi Ziqiao and Gu Weixian, and once again confirmed the appearance fee of ten yuan with Brother Xun.
When you are surrounded by hypocritical people, once a frank and unpretentious person appears, this person will become a "white moonlight". Brother Xun did not look down on He Qi's "money-loving" style because of this, but understood it very well.
He patted his chest and said, "Brother Qi, you can rest assured."
He Qi was about to stop talking and pursed his lips and said: "Let's just say it first, I don't want it from you. I sold my dignity to get it. It's natural and logical."
Brother Xun was stunned when he heard what he said. He immediately understood the meaning of He Qi's words. He felt very uncomfortable. He thought of how similar he was to working in the Education Bureau, licking his face. They were not just for a bowl of rice.
, abandoning dignity.
"Deqian, please let me take care of it first. Brother Qi and I will find a place to have something to eat and come over quickly." Brother Xun made an agreement with Qian Xuan over there, and took He Qi to find a place to stay.
I went to the nearest breakfast stall and ordered two bowls of noodles.