Ling Zhi had made up his mind from the beginning to help Liu Zixuan torture Peng Peng. As for whether he could drive him away, that was not something Ling Zhi could decide.
After all, although Liu Zixuan often brags, he still says a lot of nice things to him openly. Therefore, when Liu Zixuan and Peng Peng have conflicts, Ling Zhi naturally sides with Liu Zixuan. Besides, Ling Zhi doesn't like Peng Peng's style either.
In the end, Ling Zhi came up with a plan and wanted to see if he could try not to miss opportunities to his opponents when he couldn't score. He also wanted to see how Peng Peng would respond in this situation.
The result was obvious. Peng Peng's mentality quickly exploded, but Ling Zhi actually felt a little fun from this one-hour fierce battle.
Because Peng Peng's purpose is to attack, and if he can't score, he will naturally be frustrated. Lingzhi had no intention of scoring in the first place. His main purpose was to control the white ball to fall to a safe position, so in this hour he gained
Quite a lot.
"By the way, Brother Ling, I heard from my dad that there will be a former British billiards professional player playing an exhibition match at Xingyu Billiards tomorrow night. It seems to be Senior Jin Zhen. Brother Ling, you and Sister Shi Yan can go over and take a look when you have time. I'll go first.
Went to live broadcast."
"Okay, you get busy first."
Ling Zhi thought about it carefully, Jin Zhen... was it? There seemed to be some impression, but it felt very strange.
Lingzhi took out his mobile phone and briefly searched for Jin Zhen's personal information:
Jin Zhen, male, 36 years old.
He started practicing football since he was a child and turned professional at the age of 16. However, after only playing professional games in Eagle Country for 5 years, he retired and returned to China to play exhibition games full-time.
Career-high ranking of 56th in the world, highest single score of 130 points.
Career best result: Top 4 in ranking competition.
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This information passed by Ling Zhi's eyes line by line, and he was constantly thinking about the meaning of this information:
Ranking 56th in the world is, of course, unattainable compared to Lexus. But in the professional Taiwanese world 20 years ago, ranking 56th in the world was on the verge of relegation.
At that time, only 128 professional players could participate in British billiards, and the bottom 64 players would be demoted every year and could only return to the profession through other channels.
Therefore, the highest world ranking of 56 is not an eye-catching result. But this is also normal. Not everyone can be like O'Sullivan, who won the championship within a few years of entering the professional game and got soft.
Unfortunately, Jin Zhen seemed to be unable to stick to his career path and left the professional arena in just 5 years.
Is it because of unsatisfactory results? Or lack of money? Lexus doesn’t know the specific reason.
However, since there was an opportunity to watch former professional players up close, Ling Zhi naturally didn't want to miss it, so he might as well ask Zhao Shiyan to go and see it together.
After making up his mind, Ling Zhi put away his phone and continued his practice.
Although his shot is now very standard, and he is more confident than before after adding a new aiming method, he knows very well that this alone is not enough. He needs to practice again and again to develop muscle in his arms.
Memorize it so that your shots can be more stable under any circumstances.
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The next day was Saturday. In the evening, Ling Zhi and Zhao Shiyan came to Xingyu Billiards together.
He came here today. Firstly, he wanted to see senior Jin Zhen’s exhibition match. On the other hand, Chen Lizhong had previously asked him to play a 21-game, 11-win game. He had been chasing Chen Lizhong for a long time, so he came here today to fulfill his promise.
Ling Zhi looked around and found that Uncle Li and Xingchen were not there, and there was no one who looked like senior Jin Zhen. Instead, Chen Lizhong and Wang Siheng had already gathered around a table and were sparring.
Ling Zhi had already made an appointment with Chen Lizhong to play a game today, so after he walked over, Wang Siheng quickly stepped aside, leaving space for the two of them.
Two hours later, Chen Lizhong won the game with a total score of 11:7.
In these 18 games, Chen Lizhong shot 3 shots to blow up and 2 shots to clean up. His state was terrifying.
Lingzhi also shot 2 shots to clear and 1 shot to clear. Although it was slightly inferior to Chen Lizhong, compared to itself, it was already a superb performance.
After the fight, Ling Zhi calmly shook hands with Chen Lizhong without feeling too frustrated. After all, he had tried his best.
And Chen Lizhong won this game, so he deserved the title of champion of the first Xingyu Billiards Chinese Billiards Competition.
"Oh! How's it going? Senior brother, are you satisfied this time?"
Wang Siheng joked from the side.
Chen Lizhong ignored Wang Siheng, packed up his clubs, turned his head, and said to Ling Zhi expressionlessly:
"You are making rapid progress."
After that, he picked up the rod box and left Xingyu.
"Hey, senior brother, aren't you going to watch the exhibition game?"
Wang Siheng hurriedly chased out. Ling Zhi and Zhao Shiyan behind them looked at each other, wondering what happened between them.
Not long after Chen Lizhong and Wang Siheng went out, Uncle Li and Coach Xingchen walked in, followed by a man in a black professional vest with dyed brown hair and leather shoes. He looked around with a smile and commented:
"This decoration is quite nice. Thank you for your hard work, Lao Liu. But these star posters are a bit outdated. You can put up more of our stars. Also, you can install more cameras to record some wonderful moments.
, it doesn’t cost much money…”
Xingchen was smiling beside him, while Uncle Li walked to an English pool table that had been vacant for a long time, minding his own business with the balls.
Ling Zhi walked to Uncle Li and asked:
"Uncle Li, this should be Senior Jin Zhen, the one who went to Eagle Country to play professionally."
Uncle Li nodded and replied:
"That's right, Xingchen and I invited him to play an exhibition match today. It's purely for entertainment, not that formal. Don't expect too much."
"No, no, it's already rare to be lucky enough to watch the game."
Zhao Shiyan said from the side.
Although this girl once said that she had no interest in playing professionally, after hearing from Lingzhi that there was a chance to meet former professional players who had played in Eagle Country today, she immediately excitedly decided to come and have a look.
While they were talking, Jin Zhen and Xingchen were already in their seats, each picked up their own clubs and started the game.
Since it was an informal exhibition match, many people were not notified in advance to come and watch the match.
Although Liu Zixuan told Ling Zhi about the exhibition match today, he was also busy with the live broadcast and did not come in person. He just asked Ling Zhi to take pictures of the wonderful moments for him if he had a chance.
Although it was an informal match, one could tell from the way Jin Zhen was dressed that he was no ordinary person, so gradually, many golfers gathered around, wanting to catch a glimpse of the star.
Coaches Jin Zhen and Xingchen didn't do much defense. They basically attacked whenever they got the chance.
Although the accuracy of the two players on the long table is not very good, they can score 20 or 30 points every time they play the ball on the half table, which makes some golfers nearby who have difficulty even scoring goals look envious.
When the game was in full swing, Jin Zhen said to coach Xingchen:
"Are all the people who play here so old? There are not many children playing. This is not good. If you don't start practicing billiards from a young age, how can you play well?"
"Haha, ours is a purely entertainment ball room, not a training base, so there are basically no children coming to play."
As coach Xingchen explained, he lay down and aimed at a red ball. However, Jin Zhen did not stay quiet, but continued to ask:
"Oh, I heard that you and Coach Li have accepted some disciples. How old are they?"
Coach Xingchen finished the shot in front of him, but the ball did not go in. He straightened up with a little annoyance, and replied with a forced smile:
"They are all young people, in their early 20s, not very old."
After saying that, Coach Xingchen looked around, glanced at Ling Zhi, then pointed at Ling Zhi and said to Jin Zhen:
"No, this kid has been practicing with me recently. His name is Ling Zhi, and he plays the ball quite well."
After all, he is his student. Although Ling Zhi is still in the stage of building basic skills and is not very good at playing snooker, he will not lose any hair if he praises him.
Jin Zhen turned to look at Ling Zhi, nodded slightly, and said to Coach Xingchen with interest:
"How about inviting him to play a game with me?"
Coach Xingchen was stunned and quickly explained:
"Then it's not necessary. He's still in the stage of mastering basic skills. If he fights with you, he'll be overpowering you."
"It's okay, just have fun. It's not interesting for the two of us to keep fighting, right?"
"If you want to insist, why don't you two compete with each other for 5 points? If it's 5 points, he's pretty good."
"That's okay, I'll listen to you."
Just when coach Xingchen breathed a sigh of relief and thought everything had been arranged, Lingzhi stood up next to him and said to Xingchen:
"Coach, forget about 5 points. I want to ask Senior Jin for a round, a complete round, is that okay?"
Coach Xingchen was a little surprised. In his impression, Lingzhi had always been very stable. Why did he make such an abrupt request today?
There is no need to even guess what the outcome will be if a complete amateur player competes against a former professional golfer.
Xingchen frowned for a rare moment, and just as he was about to advise Ling Zhi not to be reckless, Jin Zhen next to him had already put the cue on the table, stroking his hands and smiling:
"Okay, okay, it's our responsibility to support the younger generations. Come on, come on, your name is Ling...Zhi, right? Let's play a round. You can play any way you want, don't be nervous."
"Thank you for giving me this opportunity."
"Little things, little things."
Jin Zhen had already started to take the initiative to pick up the ball. The coach Xingchen next to him saw that it was a done deal and it was not easy to stop him. While urging Jin Zhen not to take it too seriously and to hold back a little, he secretly decided to ask Ling Zhi after the game.
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Half an hour later, Jin Zhen looked at the game in front of him with a livid face, and said to Ling Zhi bitterly:
"Are there any players like you?! Do you know how to play snooker?"
"If you play like this, if you enter the pros in the future, you will be a cancer among professional players!"