After all of us are reborn, who plays Go?

Chapter 65 65. Momentum and Betting

"Fujii Hideaki 9th Dan, there have been voices questioning your support for Chinese Go recently.

This kind of unremitting behavior, even your help to Chinese Go has exceeded that of Japan, this is aiding the enemy, what do you think? "

"This kind of closed-minded and foolish behavior will only make Japanese Go more and more sluggish. Only when our opponents become stronger will the strength of Japanese Go be meaningful. Go has no national boundaries. As long as we practice Go, we are all one family."

Fujii Hideaki answered without even turning his head, then he and Takenaka Heizo got into a taxi.

After getting on the car, Fujii Hideaki finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"These guys are just like dog-skin plasters."

Hearing this, Takenaka Heizo smiled and said, "After all, you are the Japanese Go Saint, the absolute focus.

But some reporters are really annoying. They don’t do regular interviews on games, but they love to expose gossip, dig into other people’s privacy, or even make up half-truths.”

Heizo Takenaka had encountered this once before and felt so disgusted. I can only say that this was caused by studying journalism.

If we really have to say who suffered the biggest victim, it should be the chess master Fuji Yi Xiuming next to him. After all, he generates gossip every day and really supports countless reporters.

Gambling, alcoholism, chaotic private life, this life can be said to be very stupid.

Just like the destinations of this taxi are all Fujii Hideaki's other homes.

"Those who study journalism are better than those debt collectors. When I got off the plane and saw so many people coming, I thought someone was looking for me to collect debts again."

Upon hearing this, Fujii Hideaki said helplessly that reporters are at most scoundrels, and debt collectors will not reason with you.

Hearing this, Takenaka Heizo didn't know what to say: "How much do you owe now?"

"Not much, just lost a little bit in gambling."

"a little……"

When Heizo Takenaka heard this, he didn't believe it at all. Fujii Hideaki had won the chess championship for several consecutive years and received extremely high prize money, but he couldn't pay off his gambling debts. This shows how much money Fujii Hideaki owed outside.

Even when he was flying to China, Fujii Hideaki complained: "I wish the plane would fall into the sea right now."

"You owe so much money, and you still paid for the exchange trip to China. I really doubt your motives."

Hearing this, Takenaka Heizo said somewhat helplessly that if Fujii Hideaki really had money and wanted to promote Go, or follow the official action to promote it, Takenaka Heizo could understand.

Heizo Takenaka could never understand why he used his own money to help develop Chinese Go.

It's not only aiding the enemy but also pleasing to both sides.

"Who said that? I made fifty dollars on this trip."

As Fujii Hideaki spoke, he took out the fifty yuan RMB that he had won from Fang Yuan, the number one Chinese player, from his pocket, although this money could not be spent in Japan.

"That's my strategic vision. I have a feeling that Chinese Go will soon enter a period of rapid development.

Japanese Go must pay attention to Chinese Go, but there are too many conservative people in the country who think they are invincible. With this mentality at this turning point, Japanese Go is in danger.

And I am also blowing the whistle. Once the Chinese Go machine starts to work, I don’t know how fast it will improve.”

He didn't take this to heart at all. Instead, he thought Fujii Hideaki was worrying too much: "The strongest Chinese Go player is not as good as me, so how can we surpass Japan?"

I can't even rank among the ninth dan in Japan, and even the strongest player in China is like this, let alone those who come later.

"Potential, you will find it very quickly if you go to China a few more times, and there are so many children with potential. Zhan Lang, Li Yiran who I met before, Wang Teng in the national team, Fengshan, there are many children with potential.

Moreover, the Chinese national team has been continuously promoting the development of Go competitions. How terrifying it will be if the potential of these children is realized? What will happen to the next generation of Japan?
As for the next generation of Japanese Go players, apart from Tojiro, I really don’t see many who can compete with China.”

"More importantly, those kids have no sense of crisis. Just because they win domestic competitions, they think they can be at the top of the world Go world in the future.

I completely forgot that the world of Go is not just about Japan, there is a vast world outside of it.”

"Japanese Go has now reached its peak, with great success and prosperity, but everyone has overlooked the potential crisis underneath."

"In Chinese idioms……

If one cannot govern the family at home and offend his people, and has no enemies abroad and faces external troubles, the country will always perish. Only then will one realize that one is born in sorrow and dies in comfort.

Japanese Go, which seems to have reached its peak, is slowly dying in comfort.

Because once it reaches a high point, people relax and then it will slide down endlessly.”

"I just want Chinese Go to put pressure on Japan, and use external motivation to force Japanese Go to continue to improve."

“Just like Zhan Lang, that kid is like a catfish. I want to use him to stir up the minds of those Japanese students who think they are the best in Japanese Go and are so-called invincible.

Let them know that Go is not as comfortable as the internal environment. The wild wolves outside are ready to eat them alive at any time. "

“So I have to help Zhan Lang build momentum, find more media outlets to do some interviews with him, and make him a Go star in Japan.

This not only puts pressure on those children, but also can reduce the pressure on the waves, forcing the child to improve faster.

I also want to know, for a child who has reached this level in less than a year, how much more progress can he make in the next three months?!"

Fujii Hideaki really admires Zhan Lang. Geniuses are the kind of people who can always succeed no matter where they are.

Especially for people in the same field, she is even more precious than a peerless beauty.

“That being said, at the World Amateur Go Championship, players of Zhan Lang’s level may not necessarily meet each other.

Whether it's Zhan Lang or Hu Jilang, I don't think there's much hope that they can beat four guys in this kind of competition."

Although Heizo Takenaka felt that Fujii Hideaki's purpose was good, this kind of amateur competition was not only participated by these later geniuses, there were too many old Deng.

With so much time accumulation and competition experience, students at the level of academy students (Japanese teenagers striving for Dan Dan) may not necessarily be able to beat the amateur four kings.

It is very likely that the amateur superstar will fight against the young emperor.

“Let me make a bet. Whether it’s Zhan Lang or Hu Ji Lang, I bet they can beat everyone else in this competition, and then these two will meet in the final battle.

Do you want to gamble or not?

Hearing this, Takenaka Heizo felt that Fujii Hideaki was just playing tricks: "I don't gamble. I quit a long time ago."

Fujii Hideaki didn't say much, just sat quietly aside. He knew that someone had taken the bait.

Sure enough, after a moment of silence in the car, Takenaka Heizo spoke up: "How much do you want to bet?"

"hey-hey."

(End of this chapter)