After all of us are reborn, who plays Go?

Chapter 2 2. Genius
"Xiaoer! Believe me, times are changing very fast, so you need to take a long-term view.

When you have money in the future, people will beg you to sponsor Go competitions. You should have a broad mindset."

Looking at the somewhat anxious Wang Xiaoer, Zhan Lang said indifferently while flipping through the sports newspaper.

[China, the United States and other countries refused to participate in the 1980 Olympic Games and boycotted...]

[Genius girl, 14-year-old Xiao Leyan won the National Tennis Youth Championship and was selected for the national team]

[The 35-year-old Chen Longsheng Fangyuan is still in good shape, and he won the National Men's Individual Go Championship again! The competition for the top Chinese Go player is getting more intense! ]

【China's major track and field reform adds new impetus to preparations for the next Asian Games! 】

Looking at Zhan Lang, who was one year younger than him but looked so old-fashioned, Wang Xiaoer didn't know what to say.

Zhan Lang read the newspaper slowly. They had already agreed to have dinner at Wang Xiaoer's house tonight. There was still some time left, so he might as well take some time off.

In this age where even game consoles cannot be found, Zhan Lang really has no entertainment activities and can only read newspapers to kill time.

For an internet-addicted teenager to become a veteran cadre, he doesn’t need Professor Yang, he only needs the simplest time travel.

After a while, Wang Yaozu came back, looked at Zhan Lang lying on the recliner reading a newspaper, and knocked the ground with his crutch.

"Boy, you didn't figure it out, so just go back. Learning Go requires talent.

Without talent, you won’t be able to learn no matter how hard you try.”

As he spoke, Wang Yaozu couldn't help but turn his head and glance at his grandson who was sitting next to him.

The one next to it is the most typical example. He has been taught this since he was a child, and he still has this bad behavior.

Ugh……

Maybe geniuses really only appear there...

Is there still hope for Chinese Go to return to its heyday?

"Isn't it quite simple?"

Zhan Lang couldn't help but say something when he saw the old man who insisted on coming over to show off.

Originally I didn't want to learn and you didn't want to teach, but you put a question there and left it there. If you didn't say anything, I wouldn't say anything either, so I'd just take the opportunity to back off and we'd let the matter go.

Why do you have to come over here and show off?

"Simple? Then show it to me."

Wang Yaozu laughed when he heard this. Not to mention how difficult the problem he had come up with was, it was impossible for someone who hadn't studied it for a long time to solve it.

Young people can't stand listening to anything you say. With this impatient attitude, there is no way they can learn Go well.

Looking at the old man with a look of disbelief, Zhan Lang couldn't help but shook his head and took a few steps casually.

"That's it."

"You...this..."

Wang Yaozu originally wanted to ask what the heck you were saying, but after taking a closer look, he realized that it was indeed the correct answer.

Then he couldn't help but look at his grandson who was sitting next to him.

Wang Xiaoer felt his grandfather's gaze and simply spread his hands.

What does it have to do with me? I didn't do anything!
This shouldn't be the case. My grandson once said that this kid has only studied for a few days, so how could he solve such a problem?

"Boy, how long have you been studying?"

When Zhan Lang heard this, he raised a finger.

Seeing this finger, Wang Yaozu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief: "It's not surprising that I can make it after learning it for a year. I can only say..."

"One week."

Learning Go for a year? I still have to study hard and think about which university to get into and whose senior I would like to be.

"One week?!"

"I can testify to this!"

Hearing this, Wang Xiaoer immediately raised his hand. He could definitely testify because he was the one who taught Brother Lang how to play Go.

To some extent, I can also be considered Brother Lang’s teacher.

"you shut up."

Hearing this, Wang Yaozu couldn't help but look up and down at Zhan Lang who was standing in front of him, and then posed a life and death question.

"see this!"

Looking at the old man who was acting like a child with him, Zhan Lang sat down indifferently. It was not time for dinner yet anyway, so he just tried to make the old man happy.

……

"It's time for dinner! Xiaoer! Dad!" Wang Xiaoer's mother couldn't help but feel a little strange after shouting for dinner in the yard but seeing no response, she pushed the door and walked into the room.

Seeing three people, one big and two small, gathered together, I couldn't help but say, "The meal is ready, let's eat quickly!

Xiaolang, you should stay here when it gets dark, otherwise it will be unsafe to go back at night."

Hearing this, Zhan Lang raised his head and said, "No need, Auntie. I'll come here by bike. If I don't go back at night, my aunt will probably be worried."

"Let's not talk about this for now, let's eat first! Dad, Zhenhua said he has to work overtime tonight, so let's eat first."

"dad?"

Looking at Wang Yaozu who was sitting at the table staring blankly at the chessboard, Wang Xiaoer's mother shouted again in surprise.

"Oh, let's eat."

"Dad, we're eating outside, why are you going back to your room?"

After hearing several calls, Wang Yaozu slowly came to his senses, but he still walked out with a dazed look and almost took the wrong road.

Zhan Lang didn't have any special reaction. After all, he couldn't solve half of the questions that Grandpa Wang had asked just now, and it was obvious that his performance was not very good.

Go is quite difficult.

Although most families in this era were not well off, they still had to serve some meat dishes when guests came home.

Wang Xiaoer was very happy while eating. After all, it was a rare opportunity to eat meat except during the Chinese New Year, so he was lucky enough.

Zhan Lang has begun to adapt to the current all-natural and pollution-free meals, although due to the lack of seasoning, the taste is indeed quite different from future meals.

But at the dinner table, Wang Yaozu still looked dazed and hadn't come back to his senses. Even after Zhan Lang left, he sat on the recliner in the middle of the yard, not knowing what he was thinking.

Looking at his grandfather sitting on the lounge chair in the yard, Wang Xiaoer approached quietly.

"Master, let's discuss something... I did a little poorly on the test... How about you sign for me?"

Wang Yaozu didn't seem to react to what his grandson was saying. He just muttered, "Genius... a rare genius..."

"Ah? Master... you can just scold me..."

Looking at his test paper with a score of over 40, Wang Xiaoer listened to what his grandfather said and wished he could dig out a three-bedroom apartment from the ground with his toes.

What you said is more unpleasant than scolding me!

"Ah? I was talking about your classmate, a genius..."

Wang Yaozu seemed not to have heard what his grandson had just said. He spoke to himself and then couldn't help shaking his head and sighing.

Wang Xiaoer immediately perked up when he heard this: "Of course! Brother Lang has always had good grades, and the teacher said he has a chance to be admitted to a university in the capital."

"That's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about Go."

Wang Yaozu sighed as if in pain, and couldn't help but speed up the rhythm of the banana fan in his hand.

Wang Xiaoer nodded when he heard this and said, "Brother Lang seems to be really good at playing chess, and his progress is quite fast.

I don’t think I’ll be able to beat him if I continue to study for a while.”

“Very impressive, his judgment of life and death is very accurate, and he also has some ideas on some details.

What a pity, what a pity..."

After hearing what his grandfather said, Wang Xiaoer was a little puzzled. He was such a genius, so what was there to regret?

"If I had met him ten years earlier, maybe there would be one more player in Chinese Go... What a pity..."

"Pity……"

Wang Yaozu walked back into the house, shaking his head and fanning himself, as if sighing because some beautiful jade had been covered in dust.

If you want to achieve something in Go, most national players have already started learning the game at the age of five or six.

By the age of fourteen, many people have already begun to show their potential, or even shine.

During the eight or nine-year gap, any talent would have been wasted.

Meeting the right person at the wrong time.

Oh, vast heaven, how unkind of you must be to me!

Watching his grandfather leave with beating his chest and stamping his feet, Wang Xiaoer looked at the paper in his hand with a confused look on his face.

"No, sir, please sign my paper first!"

"What paper?"

Wang Xiaoer's mother, who had sent Zhan Lang out, had come back at some point. She looked at Wang Xiaoer holding the test paper in his hand and smiled kindly.

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