Peng Fei suddenly felt as if he had lost his faith.

He looked at the chess players around him who were beaming with joy after hearing the reward, he clenched his fists, but in the end he couldn't say anything.

He seemed to feel that at this moment, the ideal he had built up after studying chess for 18 years collapsed in an instant.

He also seemed to be at this moment, all that echoed in his ears was a sentence he had heard when he was in the chess junior team.

The saying is, "What's the point of learning chess, he can't make you money." ”

He couldn't help but let go of his fist again.

Yes, what's the point of learning chess? Anyway, in today's society, isn't everything about money? The teacher said that you must study hard, otherwise you will not make a lot of money in the future; When you sign up for an interest class, the teacher of the interest class also requires that you must take the exam at what time and at what age, otherwise he will say how you are worthy of your parents' cultivation of your money. Even children who are six or seven years old now know the importance of money and want to do some jobs that make money quickly.

If this is true for everyone, then does this country, the chess he has insisted on for 18 years, have a future?

Peng Fei suddenly felt cold hands and feet, and he was the first to leave the conference room in silence, and at this moment, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Brother Zheng, I really envy you for not being a professional chess player."

……

Peng Fei's departure did not extinguish the fiery atmosphere of the chess players.

The new president was still stirring up the emotions of the top players from the North in the audience, and perhaps in his mind, he had decided to use this method to motivate the competitive spirits of the Southern players he was about to meet in a few days.

In a corner where the new president was not looking, the ghost hand also secretly left.

He walked out of the gate and caught up with Pengfei.

He also took out a long cigarette and handed it to Peng Fei, who had never smoked and took it for some reason.

When the cigarette was lit and the smoke filled, the ghost hand suddenly asked Peng Fei, "Are you disappointed in us?" ”

Peng Fei shook his head and tried to take a puff of cigarette, the irritating nicotine echoed in his mouth, and when he was about to enter Peng Fei's throat, chest and even lungs, the strong physical discomfort made Peng Fei spit out the cigarette that had just reached his throat with a violent cough.

"You say, everyone knows that tobacco and alcohol are bad things, even if even our bodies reject tobacco and alcohol for the first time when everyone smokes and drinks, but do you know why most men can't do without tobacco and alcohol in the end?" The ghost hand looked at Peng Fei like this, he smiled and snatched the cigarette from Peng Fei's hand, and slammed it on the ground, and then he raised his head and asked himself: "Because cigarette is the sugar of the old man, and wine is the sleep of the old man." ”

"I know you're definitely disappointed in us. I also feel that there is no future in the current chess world. But I can tell you responsibly, chess died twenty fucking years ago. Ghost Hand smiled bitterly and said, "You know what? Thirty or forty years ago, it was the fucking golden age of chess. At that time, chess was known as the quintessence of the country, and any event was a special face-saving thing if you could invite a few professional chess masters. But 20 years ago, due to the emergence of computer chess software and the rapid development of business, chess has long since fallen into an inconspicuous corner because it has no commercial value. ”

"Now when it comes to the quintessence of the country, Go is actually higher than chess. Obviously, this country plays chess dozens or hundreds of times more than Go, but why has chess always been inferior to Go in the eyes of the Chinese people? ”

"Is it because there are too few changes in chess? Or is it because chess is not as valuable as Go? ”

Ghost Hand also lit a cigarette and laughed: "Actually, to be honest, it's mainly because there is no real leader in chess. Perhaps, chess does not have a bloody leader who can really change the status quo. A famous chess master in the past, take President Wang Buregret Wang as an example, he is obviously already famous and advantageous, but why should he complete a challenge that he can't complete at all before he dies? To put it bluntly, don't you want to use your last days to find a bloody chess leader who will not admit defeat? ”

"In this day and age, I actually don't like it very much, because everyone sees money in their eyes. It is obviously an egalitarian world, but today's businessmen and the media always like to use money to divide class and success. Do you know? As long as money is used to divide success, that person will be anxious, and he will give up his blood and dignity because of the word money. Although the world, and even people's lives, are inseparable from money. But those of us who have lived almost a lifetime in old age also feel that some things can be more important than money. ”

"For example, ideals, such as the spirit of never admitting defeat, and perhaps there is a more important thing, that kind of thing is called never bowing your head."

"Over the years, there are too few people who can never bow their heads. Your uncle and grandfather, Sun Dasheng, is actually a person who never bows his head. Because he lost to the computer, he would spend a lot of time studying chess games and endgames, and constantly beat the computer in the endgame, becoming one of the strongest '258' nuclear human computers in the world. ”

"For example, the master of the chess nerd of the Huajia Chess Club, that is, the former chess grandmaster Wang Dong, he will directly give up the million prize money and abandon the game because of the unfairness of the referee of the game 20 years ago. He will also lose to the computer and spend time in the global battle against the computer. He was once also favored by President Wang to be the leader of the next generation of chess. After all, he, like your uncle and grandfather, will not treat computers as omnipotent gods because he loses to them. Although his ending was to leap into the sea, his spirit of never bowing his head told the entire chess world that there is still hope for chess. ”

"Now there are fewer and fewer young people who are willing to learn chess, and I am afraid that after your generation, there will be no leader in Chinese chess. I don't think it's just me, almost all chess players think the same way. That's why they look at the copper-smelling chess association in your eyes, and their eyes are full of hope. ”

"After all, we don't have the ability to change this world where there is only money, so it's better to adapt. Because only in this way will the root of the continuation of chess not be broken. After the ghost hand finished smoking the cigarette in his hand, he smiled again: "As I just said, cigarettes are the sugar of the old man, wine is the sleep of the old man, no matter how hard life is, there is no hope, as long as people smile more and sleep well, they may be able to see hope tomorrow." ”

"I actually want to see if in my lifetime, this chess association full of copper smell can keep its roots again, and at the same time, there will be a few more young people who will never bow their heads, so maybe the king will not regret President Wang, and he will also show the bright smile that he only has when he regrets chess in his long sleep!"