Chapter 43 Is there such a happy thing?!
Chapter 43 Is there such a happy thing?!
"No... Lao Yu! What is this?!"
May 5rd is the last day of the May Day holiday.
Lei Jingming sent his son to Caiqiao Railway Station early in the morning and arrived at the Muhu Dojo in the afternoon, ready to start teaching Rui Zhao.
But who would have thought that as soon as he entered the temple, his bad friend gave him two documents that had been prepared in advance and asked him to sign.
"Hey, how come you don't even recognize the characters? This is a labor contract!"
Yu Qingguang rolled his eyes at Lei Jingming.
"Didn't Lao Shang say in the group chat at noon that Xiao Lei is doing much better? Then as a father, stop worrying and get down to business!"
"No...why do I have to sign a contract to sell myself to you?"
"What is a body-selling contract? Does such a thing exist in our new era of harmonious society?!"
Yu Qingguang expressed a small condemnation for the behavior of his bad friends who wantonly stigmatized legal documents.
“This is a labor contract. I’m only selling my labor, not my body!
"Don't you want to be Rui Zhao's teacher? If you want to be one, you have to sign it!"
"???What is the logic?"
"Ahem! Didn't we agree yesterday that you would be Rui Zhao's teacher, and I needed Rui Zhao to be a student in my dojo? But if these two points need to be achieved at the same time, then I can only reluctantly sign you as Rui Zhao's temporary teacher..."
"Hey, wait, wait!" Lei Jingming quickly stopped him: "Can we not make it so complicated? I can just come to your place on time to teach Rui Zhao chess!"
"That won't work!" Yu Qingguang was immediately unhappy: "Our dojo is a regular company that abides by the law. We must have a contract to hire a teacher. Otherwise, it would be a violation of the labor law!"
"Then why didn't you ask me to sign a contract when I occasionally came to help teach before?"
"You volunteered! I never asked you to come here!"
"Then why can't I volunteer this time?"
"You can volunteer! But if you do that, you can't call yourself Teacher Rui Zhao anymore!"
Yu Qingguang explained in detail.
"I have just signed an exclusive training contract with Rui Zhao for a symbolic tuition fee of one dollar. The teachers who teach her Go must have a contractual relationship with our dojo. Otherwise, it will not only violate the contract, but also the law and regulations! Do you understand..."
……
Three minutes later, Lei Jingming could no longer resist the repeated deception of his bad friend and finally signed the agreement.
Although he had some objections to the one-dollar labor fee, Yu Qingguang refuted it with reason and evidence:
"How come you forgot what we said yesterday so quickly! Didn't you say you would teach people for free? I only charged one dollar for tuition!"
Although Lei Jingming always felt that there seemed to be something wrong with the contract, he could not refute it and finally had to sign it obediently.
After Lei Jingming signed, Yu Qingguang put away the contract with satisfaction, then suddenly his joy faded and he began to speak seriously:
"...Old Lei, do you understand the troubles ahead?"
After Monk Chaotian made the call this morning, Yu Qingguang immediately told Lei Jingming that Rui Zhao did not have an amateur rank certificate.
Of course, this also includes the situation of the monk communicating with the sky.
Upon hearing this, Lei Jingming put away his confused expression:
"Well, I never thought that this girl would not even take the amateur rank exam to get a rank!"
"Then Lao Lei, do you think Rui Zhao can defeat the 'Four Heavenly Kings'?"
Hearing this question, Lei Jingming, who had just been tangled up, suddenly became serious. After thinking for two seconds, he answered truthfully:
"I think if we only compare strength, Rui Zhao, Gu Mingqing and Wang Zhen are roughly evenly matched."
"Only comparing strength?" Yu Qingguang raised his eyebrows: "Does that mean there is a 'but'?"
"Hmm..." Lei Jingming groaned, "But in terms of competition experience and the opportunity to play against strong opponents, Rui Zhao is probably far behind them!"
“Oh, I think so too…” Yu Qingguang shook his head, his expression quite serious: “They are both in their thirties or forties. They have probably played more games than Rui Zhao. If they really meet in a game, Rui Zhao will probably perform worse.”
"Then what are you going to do?" Lei Jingming couldn't help but look at his bad friend.
"It's better to let Lao Shang do it. He's just an amateur! Why are you pretending?"
When saying this, Yu Qingguang just lowered his head and looked at the contract in his hand without any other movement.
"...But you know how stubborn Lao Shang is." Lei Jingming's answer was also very brief.
"This is not something I can control!"
Yu Qingguang sighed softly.
"Anyway, Rui Zhao won't be able to play in this year's qualifying tournament, so it's not me who will bear the pressure from Rui Guoquan...
“All I can do is try my best to help my students win as many games as possible.”
"Let's go! Let's go talk to Rui Zhao. I have some preliminary ideas..."
...
...
"Teacher Yu, Teacher Lei!"
Seeing the two people enter the room, the beautiful and well-behaved girl sitting in front of the computer immediately stood up and greeted them.
"Okay Rui Zhao, don't be so polite!"
Yu Qingguang pressed his palm and motioned for her to sit down.
"From now on, you and us will be seeing each other every time in the dojo. Isn't it troublesome to do the same thing every time...Have you registered online?"
"Ah! Submitted right away!"
"Well...um, Rui Zhao, listen to me."
Yu Qingguang continued after careful consideration: "As I just said, this 'Urban Cup' competition is just one of the various ways for you to advance to Industry 5. You should try your best, but don't feel any pressure. If you can't win the championship, Chairman Shang will always find a way to get you a backdoor..."
"Ah! Don't open the back door for me... This is not good!"
Rui Zhao shook his hands repeatedly when he heard this.
She has always been upright, otherwise she wouldn't have struggled with the idea of using the system to guarantee a bottom line in the qualifying tournament for an entire night.
"Just follow the rules and regulations! It's nothing to participate in the qualifying tournament a year later!
"As long as I can continue to train with masters like the teachers, my strength will improve!"
"what?"
Yu Qingguang couldn't help but be surprised when he heard Rui Zhao's statement.
He said that the purpose of what he just said was, firstly, to allow Rui Zhao to relax and prepare for the "City Cup", and secondly, to stabilize Rui Guoquan behind Rui Zhao.
But who would have thought that Rui Zhao would actually say that she didn't need to use any backdoors and that it didn't matter if she came a year later?
Don’t you really want to be promoted?!
However, what Yu Qingguang didn't know was that although Rui Zhao really wanted to get promoted, under the current circumstances, she was not in a hurry to get promoted this year.
The reason behind this is not difficult to understand.
Although being promoted to a professional rank is considered a "leap over the dragon gate" for young players, it is not a game buff. It does not mean that you are a loser before being promoted and become stronger without thinking after being promoted.
The reason why the Go community has always emphasized early promotion is that, firstly, early promotion shows the player's talent and potential, and secondly, after entering the professional field, players can get plenty of opportunities to review games with high-level players and get sufficient training early on. This is the biggest "benefit" for players after promotion.
A person who learns Go can be truly regarded as a member of the professional Go circle only after he has truly become a professional Go player.
Otherwise, if you want to hire a professional chess player to play against you to improve your skills, it will cost a lot of money - even if you have already reached a professional level.
Hiring a low-level professional, a normal game plus a review will cost more than one thousand yuan, which is difficult for an average family to afford. The cost of a master is even more times higher.
But in fact, the improvement of chess players' chess skills is based on thousands of high-level games and review - especially the review, which is completely irreplaceable by AI.
This is why many chess children who originally had similar abilities when learning chess become drastically different in abilities a few years later depending on whether they have been promoted to professional chess or not.
For Rui Zhao in her previous life, she had suffered from this.
After her parents passed away in her previous life, she was unable to enter the professional field and the number of her high-level games dropped sharply, which directly affected her subsequent improvement in chess skills.
She clearly felt that although she worked very hard, she reached a bottleneck too early.
But for Rui Zhao now, there is no such concern - because Yu Qingguang and Lei Jingming had already made it clear yesterday that they would do everything they can to ensure that Rui Zhao can play chess with as many professional chess players, even professional masters, as possible.
In this case, it is not so important for Rui Zhao to catch up with this year's qualifying tournament.
Anyway, I have obtained professional-level resources, and being promoted one year later will not affect the normal improvement of my strength.
Even if she delays it for another year, her strength will be further improved, and the live broadcast system will be more fully prepared. She will have more confidence in facing her "nightmare"...
……
"Uh... don't worry about that. We adults will take care of it anyway! Just focus on practicing chess and competing!"
Yu Qingguang was confused by Rui Zhao's answer, but after a few seconds of silence he finally managed to say something.
My dear aunt, you don't need this one year...
But we may not be able to explain to your father!
"Let me ask you one question: Do you really want to participate in this year's qualifying tournament?"
"Yes! Of course I do!"
Rui Zhao expressed his opinion immediately.
For her, being promoted to the professional professional league a year later is just “not unacceptable”.
But if there is any chance, she would definitely like to make another attempt this year.
"That's all!" Yu Qingguang clapped his hands and said, "According to what you said to me this morning, a little hardship is nothing, right?"
"Of course!" the girl answered firmly.
"That day there will be three slow games plus a review game, one each in the morning, afternoon and evening... Can you play?" Yu Qingguang asked tentatively.
"Ah! Three games!" The girl's eyes flickered with something strange: "All against professional chess players?!"
"Yes." Seeing the student agreed, Yu Qingguang immediately gave a shot of defense: "To be precise, he must be a professional chess player with at least three dan strength. You may lose a lot during this period, but don't be afraid of difficulties..."
"Oh my god... is there such a happy thing?!" Rui Zhao's eyes almost sparkled after hearing this: "I'm going to ask my dad to rent a house nearby!"
Yu Qingguang: “…
"...Okay! I like this kind of student!"
He then instructed Lei Jingming:
"Lao Lei, I just played a game of chess with Rui Zhao this morning. She has no obvious weaknesses in any aspect now, and her foundation is very solid. What she lacks is enough high-level games to hone her skills.
"In the afternoon, play a game with her and then review and explain the game. Don't play too fast! Improve the quality of your chess! In the evening, I'll ask Zhou Mingming to replace you..."
"Oh, good!"
Lei Jingming agreed immediately, but then felt something was wrong.
"Eh? Why do you order me around so naturally?"
Yu Qingguang raised the contract in his hand with great pride, and his every move and gesture showed the demeanor of a landlord before the founding of the People's Republic of China.
"…The indenture I just signed is here in black and white!"
Lei Jingming: “???”
Three thousand words chapter~
I updated three times yesterday, and today I updated nearly 6,000 words. If I round it up, I can be considered the author of "Half a Step to Three Updates"! (laughs)
Yesterday afternoon, I successfully came to test the water and promote the station. It turns out that Bacon is kind to every little loser. He really is. I cried to death! I would like to express my gratitude to him again!
Of course, with the two debuffs of [Niche Project] and [Female Lead], I guess I will be eliminated in the first round, but I still hope that everyone will try not to keep the book next week. If you are lucky enough to enter the second round, I promise to update four times a day~
And if you don’t get in…
Just finish writing the book honestly, what else can you do?
(End of this chapter)