Chapter 45

"I don't agree!"

Ma Wangfei slammed the teacup on the table to express his dissatisfaction.

Everyone present looked at each other and was not surprised by Ma Wangfei's attitude.

I heard that Ma Wangfei had invited Lin Mian to join the Beicheng Go Team as early as when she was promoted to the second dan in Beicheng, but she refused.

Everyone knows that Ma Wangfei is a man with a very high self-esteem. He visited Lin Mian three times but failed to persuade him. Since then, they have been at odds with each other.

"Neon has already recruited Jingxia Jingming to participate in this competition. Who do you want us to send? Hu Qi is the youngest, already 22, and an adult. Sending him in will not be a good result no matter what."

Wang Zhengde advised that he did not think much of Lin Mian, but the chess player from Japan named Jingming Jing was really too hyped. He was selected by Japan to participate in the Star Moon Cup at the age of fifteen. This age really made them feel a little embarrassed.

It can’t be that Japan has young geniuses, but they don’t, right?

Given Japan's current trend of creating stars, and having never played chess with Jingming Jingming, they really don't know her strength, but she does have a certain level. As a fifth-dan player, she defeated the seventh-dan player Satosuke, which made them have to be wary of her strength.

"But she has no respect for Go and doesn't have the right mindset. How can we trust her with the knowledge?"

When Ma Wangfei recalled that the reason why Lin Mian rejected him was that she could not train on time and she had a piano competition to participate in, he felt so angry that his teeth itched.

It was precisely because he valued Lin Mian's talent that Ma Wangfei went against the majority's objections and invited Lin Mian to join the team when he was only 9 years old.

But the other party couldn't come yet, which made Ma Wangfei, who valued talent, angry.

He originally wanted Lin Mian to stay in the North City Go Team for a year, and when her performance became more stable, he would recommend her to the National Youth Training Team. She would have a smoother journey than any other player.

Besides being angry, there was also a sense of contentment that could not be explained to others.

Many people were skeptical, fearing that he was a Zhongyong-type chess player. After all, there were many such chess players at that time who were very good at a young age but not necessarily very good at it.

But Ma Wangfei had reviewed Lin Mian's chess game, so he certainly understood this girl's talent better than anyone else.

She is someone who was born to play chess and knows how to play chess.

You see, those people who were not optimistic about Lin Mian before were as surprised as Ma Wangfei when they heard that Lin Mian was promoted one level a year.

He wanted to be that mentor, but the other party just didn't want to.

However, Ma Wangfei is still happier that the three visits to the thatched cottage, which was once laughed at by others, has now become a famous story that affirms his vision.

This girl lived up to his expectations of her.

Ma Wangfei played the good guy, so Wang Zhengde had to play the bad guy.

"How can people not have awe for Go now? How many players can reach her level now? She only advances one dan a year, or is it because of the rule that only one dan can be advanced per year? Otherwise, I think this little girl would have advanced two dans in a year! If this is called a bad mentality, how many of you here have achieved such results in your youth? A twelve-year-old fifth-dan player, looking around the world, how many can do that? I think even Jingming Jingming can't compare to her."

This is exactly what Wang Zhengde values ​​most, especially Lin Mian's age. No matter whether she wins or loses, she will not lose in public opinion when facing Jingxia Jingming. Maybe this girl will bring surprises to everyone.

These two people, one saying good and the other saying bad, have said everything that everyone else wants to say, and they said it so thoroughly that it's hard not to agree.

"So, everyone here who agrees with Lin Mian joining the team, please raise your hands."

In an instant, hands were raised one after another. Those who had been wavering followed the crowd when they saw Ma Wangfei, who had been arguing the loudest and refused to agree, raise his hand.

"In that case," Wang Zhengde decided, "then there is no objection to inviting Lin Mian to join the team."

With a stamp next to Lin Mian's name, Ma Wangfei handed the invitation letter to Lin Mian's teacher Wang Changfeng.

Wang Changfeng is a chess player who is devoted to his country, otherwise he would have agreed when Neon offered him a high salary to be a coach.

He chose to train his own students because he couldn't stand the teaching methods of some current dojos. He was confident that he could teach students who were many times better than theirs.

But he didn't know at that time that there were so many things that students' parents wanted to see. What he could give, the dojo could also give, and what he couldn't give, the dojo could also give.

What else can he use to compete with the dojo for students?

Even though he was once a very famous chess player, in reality, he needs to bow his head.

Of course, he did receive students, but the qualifications of these students did not satisfy him.

Just when Wang Changfeng wanted to give up, he met God's favor - Lin Mian, who was extremely talented and able to endure hardships.

He watched this girl from a wealthy family rise to become a fifth-dan player, and the pride in his heart was self-evident.

Who can compare with Lin Mian’s brilliance nowadays?

Although Lin Mian was unwilling to join the North City team, he felt that Lin Mian did not put Go first.

But this is a good thing for him, because it means that he is Lin Mian's only Go coach.

As Lin Mian's fame grew, Wang Changfeng also met talented students, but he only accepted one.

He wanted to focus more on Lin Mian before he joined the national team.

Wang Changfeng can distinguish between good and bad. Students like Lin Mian are hard to come by. The more steadily Lin Mian walks, the more talented students Wang Changfeng, as a teacher, will have.

There are so many talented people in this world, but they are not Lin Mian after all.

So Wang Changfeng knew that Lin Mian would join the national team sooner or later, but he didn't know it would be so early!

If Lin Mian agrees, she will become the youngest chess player to participate in the Star Moon Cup!

Ma Wangfei felt relieved after handing the invitation letter to Wang Changfeng.

He knew Wang Changfeng very well, and they had even participated in competitions as teammates.

He believed that with Wang Changfeng around, Lin Mian would agree.

In fact, when Wang Changfeng brought it up, Lin Mian agreed without any hesitation.

Wang Changfeng was a little worried. In order to facilitate teaching, Chen Xiaoqiu gave him Lin Mian's schedule.

This summer, after Lin Mian reaches the karting level, she will participate in the youth group of the CES International Karting Competition. This is the qualification she obtained after winning the Dutch Karting Championship.

Lin Mian will also become the first Chinese citizen to participate in the CES International Karting Race. The youngest participant in the youth group of this competition is 13 years old. Once Lin Mian participates, she will break the new record.

But the time of this event overlaps with the Star-Moon Cup, so Lin Mian can only choose one.

But Lin Mian chose the Star-Moon Cup without hesitation.

"I've already broken enough records. Besides, didn't I also break a record by participating in the Star-Moon Cup? And the CES only records the age of the contestants at 13, but there's no champion at 13. It'll be the same next year."

She sounded a little arrogant, as if she would win the championship by participating in CES, but this made Wang Changfeng, who always adhered to modesty and prudence, very pleased.

If a young man is not arrogant, then when will he be?

Since she has the capital to be arrogant, why not express it while she is still young? It will make her even more likable.

Moreover, Wang Changfeng knew that Lin Mian put national interests before personal interests.

It was just that Ma Wangfei was stupid before. He only knew how to persuade Lin Mian to join the Beicheng team, and did not tell her clearly that she would join the national youth training team later.

Lin Mian doesn't care much about representing a city and competing with chess players from another city, but it's a different story when it comes to the national level.

Now that she heard the original intention of inviting her to join the team, Lin Mian was not angry.

She said to Wang Changfeng, "Doesn't this prove that I'm so talented that I was invited as an exception?"

"Yeah, whose students are better than mine."

Wang Changfeng laughed out loud. He was always satisfied with Lin Mian.

Who could blame a twelve-year-old girl?

——In order to prevent chess player Jingxia Jingming from breaking the age record of the Xingyue Cup, China actually came up with a surprise move?

——Is this twelve-year-old fifth-dan Go player a god descending to earth or is he doing it intentionally?

——A huge success! China is already afraid of Jingming Jingxia, so they specially sent a 12-year-old to compete!

When Lin Mian just got off the plane and bought a Neon Sports newspaper, he saw this news headline.

For a moment, Lin Mian closed his eyes and refused to look anymore.

Because he had held several solo recitals in Neon and participated in the JPSP International Youth Piano Competition hosted by Neon, Lin Mian taught himself Neon for convenience. Although he was not proficient in it, he could understand what was written in the newspaper.

In Neon, Go is regarded as a traditional art and cultural treasure that cultivates the body and mind and develops character, rather than just a competitive sport.

This cultural supremacy is deeply rooted and has a broad mass base, with major companies sponsoring Go competitions.

Under such national conditions, Lin Mian understands their persistence in Go.

So Lin Mian could understand the messy things written in the newspapers.

But, isn't it a bit too much to say that she is a puppet pushed forward by China because it is afraid of being defeated by the fifteen-year-old Jingxia Jingming?

Lin Mian sneered. This guy really thinks he is so important. After throwing out the difficult problem, China took it up. Does he still think that China’s response is not good enough?

However, this country has always been a bit exaggerated, and after the economic crisis, the country as a whole has turned to a mode of seeking comfort and escaping reality through entertainment.

Their reporting was so exaggerated that when Lin Mian won the JPSP International Youth Piano Competition, the news headlines the next day scared her, a person who was used to being praised.

When the praise was directed towards Jingxia Jingming and the malice was directed towards himself, Lin Mian was not sad about it.

What's so sad about this? If the identities were reversed today and Jingxia Jingming came to China to compete, the news would be similar.

What is shocking is that they do not cherish their own chess players but cherish chess players from other countries.

At this time, Lin Mian could not predict what the Japanese news would say after the game, nor did she know that this country actually admired the strong team. That was why she showed a rare expression of helplessness when faced with overwhelming praise.

Now Lin Mian is full of confidence. She had undergone two weeks of special training before coming to Neon. Her opponent in this competition is mainly Jingxia Jingming, but not only Jingxia Jingming.

The competition mechanism adopted by the Xingyue Cup is a single-elimination system, and you will be eliminated if you lose a game.

If Lin Mian wants to fight against Jingxia Jingming, he must win and keep winning until he reaches Jingxia Jingming.

But this is difficult. If they are matched with a □□-dan chess player, although they lose, it is still an honor, but it goes against their ideas.

But it also gave a good answer to this invisible contest.

But everyone undoubtedly wants to see the game between the talented young chess players from China and Japan.

When the initial competition schedule was posted, the organizers were very generous and marked Jingxia Jingming's first opponent as Lin Mian.

They believe that such an arrangement will increase the ratings of the television broadcast.

And this is indeed the case.

From the very beginning, the outside world has been curious about the game between the two.

They want to know who can be called a more talented chess player.

After all, geniuses need to be compared to determine who is better.

In the eyes of outsiders, these two girls would fight to the death, but there was no tension when they met.

"Lin, I am Jingming from the well, the Jingming from Chun and Jingming."

This sentence was said in Chinese word by word. Although the tone was not very accurate, you could still understand what she said.

The fifteen-year-old Jingming Jingxia is not as scary or arrogant as the "new big devil of the Japanese Go world" as others say.

She looked no different from any other girl, but her calloused hands when shaking hands with Lin Mian revealed the hardships this girl had gone through to get to where she was today.

The stubbornness in his eyes reflects his unshakable dedication to Go.

"Hello, I'm looking forward to this game."

Lin Mian answered in Neon language, just like Jingxia Jingming would introduce himself in Chinese. There was not only hostility but also friendship between them.

Jingxia Jingming's eyes lit up, and he was obviously surprised that Lin Mian could speak his country's language.

"What? I was trying to be nice and ask for your autograph after the game, but it's so nice to be able to talk to you right now. Can you please sign for me? I'd really treasure it."

Huh? What?

Jingxia Jingming spoke too fast and Lin Mian could hardly keep up, but he still understood it roughly.

Want an autograph?

No, she asked her opponent for an autograph?

Is this okay?

Lin Mian pointed at himself and said, "You want my autograph?"

Jingxia Jingming was a little shy, but still nodded.

"Yes, I'm a fan of yours. I've been to every one of your recitals in Neon. It's just that I'm too insignificant, so it's normal that you can't remember me."

These words made Lin Mian feel a little guilty.

Once she starts playing the piano, she will be very devoted to it and will never care how many people are there or who they are.

"Sorry, how many autographs do you need? I'll sign them for you now."

Hearing this, Jingxia Jingming smiled and took out the paper and pen he had prepared long ago from his bag.

"I've been waiting for this day for so long. I never thought that my first official meeting with you would be in this kind of occasion."

To be honest, Jingxia Jingming is happy. Her favorite pianist is Lin Mian. She even writes "Lin" in the column of her favorite person.

Lin Mian is the person she respects the most. Rather than liking a pianist, she treats her like her own god.

Jingming Jingxia still remembers that when he got the ticket from his friend, he was thinking of supporting his friend's sister Suzuki Yuki.

But in fact, Suzuki Yuki only collaborated with Lin Mian on two songs in this concert.

Jingxia Jingming was indifferent and was stunned when Lin Mian played the first solo.

I was really stunned, both my body and soul.

Next, the body began to tremble. I don’t know whether it was the trembling of the soul that drove the body, or the body was moved spontaneously.

The depression and sadness caused by the strict constraints of parents and teachers in the past and the countless nights of reviewing things alone were released at this moment.

Is this happiness?

The happiness that she thought was hard to find in her life finally arrived at this moment.

As the tempo on stage got faster and faster, those emotions that normally had no one to express to also burst out.

When Jingming came to his senses in the well, his face was already wet.

The friend next to her was also moved, but not as deeply as she was. After all, not everyone has the fate of having to shoulder the responsibility of revitalizing the dojo at a very young age because there is no boy in the next generation of their family.

She simply said, "She's truly an internationally-awarded pianist. No wonder my sister treats her with such respect at home. She rarely shows respect to others."

And that day, there was another person named Jingxia Jingming in the world who respected Lin Mian.

She was moved by her superb technique and the touching tenderness that flowed from her piano music. How could there be such a person?

That day, Lin Mian was a perfect existence in Jingming's heart.

From then on, Jingxia Jingming would find a way to buy tickets for every performance of Lin Mian in Neon.

When she saw the outside world's speculation about the two of them in the newspaper, Jingxia Jingming was not angry at first, but surprised.

This is the first time the two names are linked together.

She could finally leave her name in her heart.

If she won, she would be more impressed, right?

Jingxia Jingming thought that she would defeat Lin Mian and make Lin Mian remember this name deeply.

As for Chun and Jingming, she wanted her gods to remember her.