Li Guohua, once a famous figure in Chinese billiards circles, although he never won a national championship, he once reached the top 10 in the national ranking of Chinese billiards.
Although he has retired now, he was invited by the China Taiwan Association and accepted the title of senior coach officially certified by the China Taiwan Association, and his coaching career began.
Coach Xingchen took the trouble to count Lao Li's achievements, and Ling Zhi became more and more surprised the more he listened.
He didn't know Uncle Li before because he didn't care too much about the domestic rankings of Chinese and English billiards.
Occasionally, we can see the top two players in the national rankings of English billiards obtain two-year professional qualifications and go to the Eagle Country to play, but these are mainly young players.
In addition, when Uncle Li retired, Ling Zhi had not started paying attention to billiards, so he did not know that the amiable old man next to him was actually a big shot.
Although Ling Zhi was frightened, he did not change his view of Uncle Li because of this. Although he and Uncle Li had not known each other for a long time, he could feel the old man's love and persistence for billiards. Ling Zhi respected Uncle Li very much, which he had created with him.
How much honor, it doesn't matter.
After Coach Xingchen finished speaking, he smiled and added:
"Harm, forget it, you young people probably don't know what Lao Li's achievements are, and you don't have a deep understanding of it."
So at the suggestion of coach Xingchen, the four of them started a 2vs2 game of English billiards.
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the other side.
"What is that kid's origin? Do you know him?"
A young man wearing a peaked cap and a hoodie similar to O'Sullivan's Thousand Rods and Breaking Hundreds asked with a frown.
"I don't know, senior brother, I have never seen him come to this ball room. Maybe he is not a student from a nearby university."
The boy next to him wearing lace glasses, looking elegant and plainly dressed responded casually.
"You often come around here, don't you know, Siheng. It seems that he is not a student from Linhai or Nanjing Normal University, maybe from Hua University or Huawai..."
The peaked cap was lost in thought.
"Oh, that's not necessarily the case. Maybe there's a master hiding somewhere who suddenly appears and makes a big splash."
The boy named Siheng said with a smile, looking at Ling Zhi's back in the distance, shaking his head slightly, and murmuring a "tsk tsk" sound in his mouth.
"Is there any way to find out the news? This kid is absolutely extraordinary. I don't believe that a person who hasn't practiced golf for ten and a half days can score more than 20 consecutive 5-pointers as soon as he comes here. No. 8 near Huada University
"Youth," there may be news about him at the "White Wood Pavilion" near Huawai."
"Senior brother, what you said reminded me. I heard that guy Bai Ming caused trouble again last week in 'Youth No. 8'. It was said that he had a date with a couple and lost."
"He became so angry that he even had conflicts with others. Fortunately, the coach was there at the time, so the matter didn't become a big deal. Thanks to this incident, I haven't seen him much during this time."
"However, although the incident did not become a big deal, it spread a lot in nearby schools, and some people even posted it online. However, looking at the photos, no one could clearly capture the faces of the couple."
Siheng paused, raised his chin towards Ling Zhi's table, and continued.
"You just mentioned it, I really think they are quite similar to that couple. Otherwise, without any strength, Bai Ming would not be so embarrassed and dare not show his face for several days. But senior brother, why do you care about him so much? He
If you are not from a nearby school, you probably won’t be able to participate. Although it seems to have good strength, even if you want to compete for a wild card, you probably won’t be your opponent.”
The peaked cap chuckled lightly and continued:
"You are still well-informed, but the coach has also taught us that if you dare to underestimate your opponent, you will be punished. So it is better to regard him as a potential opponent. Well, by the way, there is also his girlfriend, which cannot be underestimated.
, maybe he taught it."
Siheng suddenly looked like he had seen a ghost, looked at the peaked cap with wide eyes and said:
"Haha? It's not like you, senior brother. Don't you usually look down on everyone? Even the coach can't beat you, but you pay so much attention to an ordinary college student?"
The peaked cap snorted and said sarcastically:
"Tch! What do you know? Do you think the coach can score 20 consecutive 5-pointers? He might have been able to when he was young, but now... he doesn't have that much energy anymore, so winning the coach doesn't mean much. Look at him
From his movements and eyes when he takes the shot, you can be sure that he must be an amateur master. Even if he doesn't practice golf often, he must have good talent."
Siheng nodded and said:
"That's true, don't tell me, after your compliment, I think they are a good match. I have never seen such a combination."
The peaked hat looked at Ling Zhi's table and did not answer. Seeing this, Siheng looked at his senior brother and suggested:
"Since you care so much, today is also a good opportunity. Would you like to go over and get to know me?"
Hearing the words, there was no movement in the peaked hat. Siheng sighed softly, turned his head and walked over first.
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Ling Zhi felt that he was extremely irritable playing today. He usually doesn't play English very much, so his accuracy was impressive.
Next to me, coach Xingchen and his elder brother were chatting animatedly. They exchanged words with Ling Zhi and Zhao Shiyan from time to time, but they didn't have much of a good fight.
Zhao Shiyan is not much better, she is just more biased than him. What's more, Zhao Shiyan is shorter than all the men present. Although she doesn't have to worry about the big ball hitting the small ball, it will still be more strenuous to lie on the table.
Some.
The short-haired girl was in high spirits at the beginning. After all, she had never played English billiards before, and she even had the time to tease Ling Zhi.
"Oh, Ling Zhi, take good aim. Look, you're even 1 meter off."
Ling Zhi was dissatisfied, curled up the corners of his mouth, pointed lightly at the table, put on a strange smile and said:
"You are worse off than me, believe it or not."
"snort!"
Half an hour later.
"Hey, when will this ball be cleared?"
The girl with short hair had a drooped face, showing no interest at all, and her eyes couldn't help but look at the middle eight ball table around her.
Ling Zhi is similar. Although he can occasionally score some goals, even difficult goals, he is generally not proficient in judging the separation angle of goals on this stage, so he can't get excited.
"Oh, it's already so late. I can't do it anymore. I have to go back. The game is about to start."
Coach Xingchen looked at his watch and hurriedly packed up his rod box. Ling Zhi and Zhao Shiyan did not feel the suddenness, but breathed a sigh of relief and said goodbye to coach Xingchen. When they walked past the two of them, Xingchen seemed to think of something,
He patted his head and said:
"Look at my memory, I almost forgot. There will be a competition organized in this ball room in half a month. Anyone can sign up. You two are pretty good. If you are interested, you can come and play."
After saying that, he waved and left.
Ling Zhi and Zhao Shiyan looked at each other. Although it was a bit sudden, both of them could see the light in each other's eyes.
"Go to the front desk later and ask?"
Lexus suggested.
"Yeah."
Zhao Shiyan hurriedly agreed. Ling Zhi turned to his elder brother and asked:
"Brother, are you interested in participating?"
Brother Xu, who was making strokes by the table, stopped when he heard this, raised his head and responded:
"Me? I'll see what happens. It would be nice to come and play if you have time."
Ling Zhi smiled and expressed his understanding. Brother Xu is also a mysterious figure. Sometimes he will ask him to play ball at 10 o'clock in the middle of the night. Sometimes Ling Zhi will ask him to play ball on weekends, but he will say that he is not available, or he will go back to his hometown for a while, and he does not know the nature of his work.
What is it? But even if Brother Xu doesn’t say it, Ling Zhi won’t ask.
It just so happened that someone was leaving the Zhangzhong eight-ball table next to him to pay. Ling Zhi quickly obtained the consent of Brother Xu and Zhao Shiyan, and hurriedly prepared to go to the front desk to occupy this table. At this moment.
"Hey, brother, I just watched your 5-point challenge, and you played well. Are you interested in adding us on WeChat? Let's make appointments more often in the future."
A boy wearing lace glasses stood aside, holding a rod box in his hand, and stopped Ling Zhi with a smile.
Ling Zhi was stunned for a moment, then reacted immediately, and said quickly and embarrassedly:
"Um... I'm sorry, the three of us want to play at a small table. Let me go to the front desk and occupy that table."
As he spoke, he pointed at the table that was about to become empty, and made a gesture of taking a step forward.
"Don't be in such a hurry. My partner and I have been waiting for a long time. We have already occupied this table. If you don't mind it, how about playing a small table together?"
The boy held Ling Zhi's shoulders calmly and said with a smile.
Oh, yes. Today is Friday. There are many people playing golf. I forgot that there are many people queuing behind me. While thinking, Ling Zhi saw a man in a peaked hat coming over to the small table. He took out the clubs in his box and was about to start.
Practice ball.
Ling Zhi thought that it was no longer possible to monopolize this table, but he felt a little embarrassed. He turned back and looked at Zhao Shiyan and his elder brother, but hesitated to speak.
The eldest brother saw his embarrassment and said with a smile:
"It's okay, you go ahead and play. I just happened to be practicing by myself for a while, and I can't feel the aim of this little ball at all."
After saying that, he lay down and continued to aim.
Ling Zhi was a little embarrassed, but in comparison, he wanted to get away from this irritable table with Zhao Shiyan as soon as possible.
"Then how many rounds should we play with them?"
Ling Zhi suggested to Zhao Shiyan softly. After learning from last time, Ling Zhi was afraid that the short-haired girl would be very resistant to people other than himself playing ball. However, he seemed to have overthought it. The short-haired girl agreed simply and with a smile.
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Ling Zhi breathed a sigh of relief, and the two of them each picked up the pole boxes and placed them near the small table.
"Brother, do you mind if I invited them to play two games?"
The boy with lace glasses smiled and patted the cap on the shoulder. The cap shook his head and expressionlessly took the white ball in his hand and put it on the teeing area. He looked up at Ling Zhi and then concentrated on rubbing it with powder.
Come on.
Since he was invited, Ling Zhi just went along with the guests and said to the peaked hat with a smile:
"You go ahead."
Ling Zhi didn't think there was anything wrong. When it comes to playing ball, it doesn't matter who plays. If you care so much about leaving opportunities for your opponent after kicking off, or worry about your opponent scoring directly after kicking off and clearing the table with one shot, then I'm afraid, billiards
Not suitable for you.
However, unexpectedly, the man in the peaked hat slowly stepped aside and continued to rub powder on his hands. He simply raised his head, looked at Ling Zhi, and said coldly: