Chapter 81: Indeed Became Stronger
Chapter 81: Indeed Became Stronger
Friday, May 5, Qiantang City, at Ni Jue’s home.
"Chairman Shang! That's not a big deal! I, I really didn't hide anything! Besides, this is not a matter of tuition!"
"Oh... You, that's not what you said! I'm not playing dumb! Oh, I suddenly remembered that I have to take the potatoes and beef I just stewed to the balcony to dry, otherwise it will go bad. Okay, that's it! Goodbye!"
After talking nonsense, Ni Jue, who didn't like dealing with people, hung up the phone quickly.
Weird... Why did Chairman Shang target me? He called me four times in the past week...
Ni Jue sat in front of the computer and couldn't help frowning.
Logically, he isn't the kind of person who likes to make trouble, so why is he trying so hard this time?
Moreover, I can really offer a price...
Although Ni Jue doesn't like fighting and dealing with people, it doesn't mean he doesn't know how to do it, he just doesn't have his heart set on it.
Although Shang Chaotian didn't say it clearly on the phone just now, his meaning was fully revealed.
If Ni Jue is willing to teach his research results to Rui Zhao, he is willing to help Rui Zhao pay the "tuition fee" equivalent to the prize money of the Celebrity Tournament.
The prize money for a celebrity match...
That’s five hundred thousand!
Although in this era, a prize of 500,000 is not considered a big sum by many people.
But Ni Jue knew that coming up with this amount of money was not easy for anyone in the Go circle except Lin Ruixin.
Although Ni Jue was not shaken by this - for him, keeping the two titles was much more important than the bonus - the fact that he was willing to pay this amount was enough to show Shang Chaotian's determination.
This... Chairman Shang had just tested me before, and there was no news after that.
But why have you become so positive this week!
Ni Jue was puzzled for a moment. After some thought, he called his master to ask about the current situation of his junior sister.
However, what surprised him a little was that, normally, after retirement, Li Wangyuan kept his cell phone at hand and answered the call immediately. But this time, it took at least twenty seconds before he heard the other party's voice on the phone.
"...Hey, Xiao Ni, what's going on?"
Li Wangyuan, who answered the phone, sounded very sleepy and didn't sound very happy.
Ni Jue was stunned: "Uh, Master, are you... still resting?"
"Well, that's right!"
Ni Jue couldn't help but look at the time: it was already 8:56 in the morning.
This made him a little confused - he knew that Li Wangyuan always went to bed at 11 o'clock and got up at 6:30.
But today...it's almost nine o'clock and you're still sleeping?
"Have you...changed your schedule recently?"
"Well, I guess so." Li Wangyuan's tone was still a bit grumpy after waking up: "Your junior sister has been playing online chess until 1:30 every day recently. The three of us old guys have to take turns to accompany her to review the game!"
"One thirty?" Ni Jue was stunned, and asked tentatively: "One thirty in the afternoon?"
But this made Li Wangyuan unhappy:
"What do you mean 1:30 p.m.? 1:30 a.m.!
"I have to go to bed after 2 a.m. for the past half month, otherwise I would not be sleeping just now!"
"what?!"
Ni Jue couldn't help but say.
"Why do you have to stay up so late? Let Rui Zhao get up early to practice chess!"
Unexpectedly, Li Wangyuan chuckled when he heard this: "Who told you that she gets up late? She arrives at the dojo a little before seven every day and starts looking for people to play chess with online. If you don't believe me, you can go and look at her recent game records on Yiguo.
"You are really something. You only know how to study every day. You don't even care about your junior sister at all!"
Ni Jue was shocked to hear the time Rui Zhao arrived at the dojo every day, and didn't even bother to pay attention to his master's criticism:
"No... He reviewed the game until 1:30 and then logged off, and then came back to play chess at just after 7:00?!
"Then can she sleep five hours a day?!"
"That's about it!" Li Wangyuan's tone was still lazy: "Okay! If you have something to say, tell me now! After that, I want to sleep for another half an hour!" "Uh, Master, this is what I want to ask!"
Ni Jue said quickly.
"Recently, Chairman Shang has been calling me, saying that he wants me to give some of my research results to Rui Zhao... He even said that he would help Rui Zhao pay for his tuition of 500,000 yuan, and seeing Rui Zhao's condition...
"You guys... do you really want Rui Zhao to defeat Bai Yinhua?"
"Ah."
There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, and then Li Wangyuan's helpless voice was heard.
"It's not just us who want to do this. The key is... Rui Zhao himself has a very strong desire, otherwise would we dare to use this intensity on the daughter of a senior executive of our sponsor?!
"Ever since she heard that Bai Yinhua had retired to participate in the 'City Cup', she seemed to be stimulated and has been practicing chess with all her might. She also took the initiative to suggest practicing a quick game every day.
"Originally, Old Yu didn't want to agree, but she insisted, saying that it was not unusual for a senior high school student to sleep only five hours a day while preparing for the college entrance exam. So she just treated this 'Urban Cup' as her college entrance exam!
"As for Lao Shang, although he hoped Rui Zhao could win, he was just trying it out. So after calling you once and getting rejected, he didn't force it.
"But last weekend, he couldn't sit still after seeing Rui Zhao's attitude. He felt that it was unacceptable for an 18-year-old girl who hadn't been promoted to a professional chess player to fight so hard to beat Bai Yinhua, while he, the chairman of the chess association, just sat there and watched. So he risked his reputation to pester you!"
Actually... is this the case?
Ni Jue's eyes widened at this moment, and he quickly logged into Yiguo. His tone of voice rarely lost its usual steadiness.
"Why are you doing this? You just let Bai Yinhua say some nonsense. You can explain it later!"
But Li Wangyuan sighed and replied:
“Xiao Ni, as a chess player, you may not need to think too much about things other than the competition. With your two titles, you can focus more on research.
"But for Lao Shang, what he has to consider is the development of Chinese Go as a whole, and even... its survival.
"Do you understand, Xiao Ni?"
After hearing this, Ni Jue was speechless for a moment.
At this time, he had opened Yiguo and found that the name [Yi Zhao Qi Yi] was prominently lit in the friend column, and it showed that they were playing chess.
Looking at his games in the past three days, he indeed played four games a day, from early morning to midnight.
Ni Jue narrowed his eyes, took a deep breath, and asked again:
"Chairman Shang, I can understand why he works so hard...
"But why is Rui Zhao playing with her life like this? Doesn't she know how difficult it is to defeat a professional player with her current strength?"
"I am not sure as well."
Li Wangyuan answered straightforwardly:
"When I asked her, she just said that she couldn't accept Xiao Bai's voluntary abandonment of his professional rank, so she would do her best to prevent Xiao Bai from getting what he wanted."
"What a reason!"
"Who says it isn't?"
Li Wangyuan's tone was full of helplessness.
"But now she is really working hard towards this goal."
"Does she know that I'm not going to help her?"
"Oh, you didn't even know Lao Shang was looking for you!"
"Then she's still playing with this life?!"
Ni Jue's voice gradually became louder: He really couldn't understand his junior sister's current behavior.
She was so gentle and well-behaved the last time I saw her, how come she suddenly became like this now!
"Doesn't she know that without some special means, it would be extremely difficult for her to defeat Bai Yinhua on her own?
"You can't expect her to become stronger by fighting like this for half a month!"
"Well, it is indeed extremely difficult for her to defeat Bai Yinhua by herself, that's true..."
Li Wangyuan said meaningfully.
"However, you didn't say one thing correctly: She has indeed become stronger in the past half month.
"If you don't believe it, you can try it yourself."
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