Chapter 179: The Prince of Billiards

Although these two young people are not professional players, they are also the top masters among amateur players, and this match was originally contested by Peter to challenge Qiu Shao to compete for the "title of Jianghu" of the prince of snooker in Nancheng.

Unexpectedly, he was halfway to bite the gold, and was occupied by Lin Yunque's nest, robbing Peter's qualification as a challenger, Peter was already angry in his heart, and let him contribute the club, wouldn't it add fuel to the fire!

"The project that your company is going to bid for is still in the hands of my father!" Qiu Shao said without resisting that in this world of the jungle, people with more resources can often occupy more voice.

Hearing Qiu Shao say this, Peter immediately put away his arrogance, slowly took out the cue box from behind, and took out the cue in front of Lin Yun.

Lin Yun was not polite, reached out and took the club, wiped it twice in his hand, and immediately realized that this maple club was well-crafted and should be expensive, no wonder Peter was reluctant to take it out.

Everything is ready, the two of them each hold their cues and come to the billiard table, where the competition is not snooker, but American billiards, which is commonly known as Black Eight.

The rules of American snooker are simple, there is a total of one white ball on the table, and fifteen colored balls.

Of these balls, the number eight ball is black, and there are fourteen left, which are divided into two categories, full color and half color, depending on the number.

After the start of the game, whoever hits the ball first in the net bag belongs to him/herself, for example, if a player scores a panchromatic ball first, the panchromatic ball belongs to his target ball.

In the following matches, whoever first hits all his colored balls into the net bag, and then hits the black ball No. 8 into the net bag, is the winner of the game.

In addition, before hitting the No. 8 target ball at the end, you should declare which net bag the No. 8 target ball you want to hit into, and when hitting the ball, you must hit the No. 8 target ball into the designated net bag to be valid.

According to the rules, if a team hits the number eight target ball into the net bag with the first shot, then that side wins immediately.

However, if the first shot fails to hit the eight ball into the net, and one team mistakenly puts the eight ball into the bag before hitting all of their target balls into the net, that side loses.

Lin Yun understood these rules, so the two didn't need to go into detail, and directly entered the game.

A girl took a tripod, put all 15 balls away, and then picked up the tripod and moved away from the billiard table.

Qiu Shaorao had a gentlemanly demeanor and let Lin Yun kick off first, Lin Yun lifted the cue, leaned over to swing the ball, and pulled the cue back and forth a few times at the tiger's mouth, and struggled to hit it out.

Just after a crisp "click", I saw Peter's face as dead as death, and his face was full of astonishment, forgetting his anger, as if there was a sound of his heart being torn apart, cutting through his body.

At the same time as the white ball was hit hard, the front section of the special maple club also broke, like a rifle with a blown breech, and instantly turned from a fine product to a scrap.

"Fuck, you guy did it on purpose, I must beat you all over the ground today!" Peter reacted, and when he saw that his beloved club was scrapped, he rolled up his sleeves and was about to find Lin Yun desperately.

Lin Yun spread his hands regretfully, and said helplessly: "This club is too sturdy, I'd better use those bargains." ”

At this time, Qiu Shao's face was pale, although he was able to force Peter to lend the club to Lin Yun, but this was somewhat bullying, and now Lin Yun had done such an excessive thing, which made his face a little unbearable.

This club has been destroyed, and there is no point in saying anything now, but the game will continue, and seeing Lin Yun holding the cheap public club, Qiu Shao frowned unconsciously.

In this way, even if Qiu Shao wins, he also has a feeling of not being able to win, but there are no other good clubs around, even if there are really any, Qiu Shao does not dare to borrow them at will......

On the shot just now, Lin Yun used too much force and knocked the white ball directly out of the table, which made Qiu Shao inevitably regret a little, he knew that this guy was a layman, so why did he bother to accept his boring challenge?

Now, he can only fight hard, Qiu Shao got up and came to the billiard table, this time it was his turn to tee.

Unlike the ridiculous scene where Lin Yun used brute force to knock the ball directly away, Qiu Shao's force was also very strong, but it was still under his control, and the white ball hit the ball pile heavily, and while the ball was scattered, two panchromatic balls fell into the net bag in response.

Immediately afterwards, Qiu Shao scored two more panchromatic balls, and when he played the fifth panchromatic ball, he encountered a little trouble, the colored balls hit the edge of the bag mouth and shook both sides, and finally stopped at the side of the case, and did not fall into the bag.

Obviously, the unexpected incident just now affected Qiu Shao's mood, otherwise it would not be difficult for him to hit the ball with such a simple stroke.

After waiting for a long time, it was finally Lin Yun's turn to play again!

Lin Yun first looked down at the situation and saw that most of his half-colored balls were concentrated around the black balls, and it was very difficult to shoot them down one by one.

The most feasible way is to hide the white ball behind the half-colored ball, create a safe world, block the opponent's urgent space, and then think long-term and look for opportunities.

This trick was originally used more in snooker games, because after the white ball hits the target ball, it must touch any side of the case, otherwise it will be judged a foul and stop hitting once.

Therefore, in order to be safe in American billiards, it is very important to grasp the strength, not to mention that Lin Yun is now using an unfamiliar cue that has never been used, which invisibly adds a lot of difficulty.

Lin Yun glanced at the side of the case, directly aimed the direction of the shot, and gently pushed out the club, the white ball was like an obedient little pet, after slowly hitting the side of the case, it bounced back, just obediently hiding behind a half-colored ball, and happened to touch the side of the case again.

Seeing this scene, the anger in Peter's heart did not hit anywhere, it was obvious that Lin Yun was not the kind of rookie who came into contact with billiards for the first time, this ball was perfect from estimation, to stroke, to strength grasp, which is definitely not something that beginners can hit.

But when he served just now, Lin Yun clearly used too much force and cracked the club, needless to say, it can be seen that this must be his deliberate revenge!

There is nothing more heartbreaking for someone than to destroy the things he loves the most, which is the thinking pattern that those old guys have instilled in Lin Yun since childhood......

In the face of Lin Yun's master-level defense, Qiu Shao was also a little at a loss, and circled around the billiard table several times, but finally didn't think of a suitable way to solve the ball.

At this time, Lin Yun suddenly asked, "Is our game a one-game winner?" ”

"Of course......" Qiu Shaogang wanted to say of course yes, but seeing the current situation, he was very likely to lose, so he immediately changed his words, "Of course not, best-of-three system!" ”

Lin Yun let out a depressed "oh", he wanted to end the game early and look around for Tangtang's whereabouts, but now he doesn't know how long these three games will drag......

Qiu Shao was entangled for a long time, and then decided to solve the ball through the side of the case like Lin Yun just now.

In terms of billiards experience, Qiu Shao is indeed a lot higher than Lin Yun, the reason why Lin Yun has a high accuracy of hitting the ball is mostly due to the credit of breath control, he usually plays billiards, but he is not as obsessed as Qiu Shao and Peter.

After pulling the club back and forth a few times, the white ball was pushed out by Qiu Shao, and after hitting the three sides of the table in a row, it accurately touched a full-color ball.

But what Qiu Shao didn't expect was that after the colored ball was hit again, it hit the black ball in the center of the table one after another, making the black ball slowly roll towards the hole, and also raised everyone's hearts to the limit.

Everyone around them stood on tiptoe, holding their breath and concentrating, watching the direction of the black ball, and the girls covered their mouths and noses, lest their breathing be a little louder and bring a boost to the black ball......

In this way, the black ball slowly rolled towards the hole entrance, and when it was only a few centimeters away from the hole, the speed became slower and slower, and finally it was difficult to move, half of the ball rolled into the mouth of the bag, struggled twice, and finally did not hold on, and fell.

"!" Qiu Shao cursed a swear word, and the gentlemanly demeanor just now was gone.

Lost to a little-known kid in the first game, Qiu Shao's face was gloomy, and before the girl stepped forward to rearrange the ball, he personally picked up the tripod, put all the colored balls into it, and prepared to start the second game.

Lin Yun came to the billiard table unhurriedly, aimed at random, and sent the ball out.

The white balls rushed into the pile of colored balls, making a crisp sound, and all the balls were scattered apart, and two half-colored balls fell into the pocket, giving Lin Yun the opportunity to continue attacking.

This time, Lin Yun seemed to be full of confidence, and the speed of his shot was also very fast, and after five shots in a row, he cleanly cleared the half-colored balls on the table, leaving only a black ball, lying alone in a group of all-colored balls.

Before Lin Yun hit the ball, Qiu Shaoxian squatted down and looked at the white ball's hitting route.

Qiu Shao found that although the white ball had a chance to hit the black ball into the bottom pocket on the right side, it needed to pass through a small gap, surrounded by so many colored balls, and the distance was too far, and the success rate of non-professional golfers like Lin Yun was usually quite low.

But there is also a shadow in Qiu Shao's heart, the ball skills that Lin Yun showed just now are already very professional, can the difficulty of this ball really stop him?

Not surprisingly, Lin Yun really chose the bottom pocket on the right side, seeing that he was aiming in front of the white ball for a long time, Qiu Shao secretly prayed on the side that Lin Yun's ball must not go in again......

After determining the hitting route, Lin Yun leaned down and clenched the club, every time he pulled and gathered momentum, it was terrifying, and finally after a crisp sound, he hit the ball out.

Seeing Lin Yun knock the ball out, Qiu Shao's heart almost jumped out of his mouth, until the white ball hit the black ball accurately, a touch of coolness flashed in his heart, and he knew that he had lost.