But to his disappointment, Chihara Hiroshi was obviously not moved and refused:

“My family is in a special condition and it is impossible to waste time joining a club.

Sorry, you should look for someone else.”

Shirakawa Katsuhiko gritted his teeth and refused to give up: "Even if you join the Go department, you don't need to come to participate in club activities every day!"

I received credits when participating in club activities, but Chihara Hiroshi's situation was special, so the school allowed him to work outside.

However, the boss of the construction site also needs to confirm with the school to obtain community credits.

Shirakawa Katsuhiko's approach is actually taking risks.

It will not only arouse discussion among the officials, but also bear corresponding responsibilities if the school knows.

"But you have to participate in the competition, right?"

Hiroshi Chihara was not interested in such so-called high school leagues. Winning the championship was just an honor. At most, he gave a trophy and didn’t even have a prize.

"But, haven't you signed up for the Go competition held by Osaka TV?"

"How do you know?"

Hiroshi Chihara's expression suddenly became cold, thinking that he was still following him after leaving the school gate.

"I saw your closed registration form before."

Shirakawa Katsuhiko did not hide it, but instead was a little surprised by the reason for his sudden change in expression.

Hiroshi Chihara's face calmed down a little, and he answered his previous question:

"I participated in Osaka TV's competition and won the money. Will there be any high school league you mentioned?"

Shirakawa Katsuhiko didn't expect it would be the answer, and said blankly: "It's because of this?"

Hiroshi Chihara nodded.

Shirakawa Katsuhiko breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled on her face: "Chenhara, you misunderstood. Although there is no bonus in the high school league, the school has it!

Five years ago, in order to motivate the enthusiasm of the Go Department to participate, the school board allocated 300,000 yuan. As long as you can win the top three in the league, you can get this reward!

But so far, the money is still on the school’s funding account.”

Three hundred thousand yen, not much!

Five years ago, it was still in a period of economic prosperity. Even the drivers who went out to get 10,000 yen ignored it and even had to bid for the bid before they could get on the bus.

Therefore, at that time, it was entirely possible for the school to spend such a sum of money to motivate students.

Chihara Hiroshi's eyes shone with brilliance, and he confirmed again: "You said that I only need to participate in the competition, don't worry about anything else!"

“Yes, only participate in the competition!”

The two reached a consensus.

...

Saturday at 8 a.m., Osaka Chuo District.

There are crowds of people in front of a three-story building.

This is a temporary rental venue for Osaka TV to host Go competitions.

The amateur Go competition held by Osaka TV has been in seven sessions. The full name is Osaka TV's Go Challenge Cup, and the abbreviation is the tvo Challenge Cup.

The door has not been opened yet.

Many people have gathered in front of the door, including teenage elementary school students, middle-aged students in their thirties and forties, and elderly people in their twenties and forties.

Today, they only have one identity, which is the chess player participating in the competition.

Registration was conducted on Friday - yesterday.

Hiroshi Chihara was also standing inside, and the discussions around him came to his ears from time to time.

"There are many fewer people in this competition than last year! I can still see Kyoto and Kobe people coming here in previous years, but I haven't seen them this year."

"Absolutely, the TV station does not reimburse transportation and accommodation fees, so where are the people from other places willing to come? Only our local friends from Osaka come and support the scene!"

"Yes, the economic situation has not been good in the past two years. Miyazawa, who is in the official residence of the Tokyo Prime Minister, is really a fool. He actually lowered the interest rate to zero. He thought about it. If a monkey from Mount Fuji is better than him in that position!"

...

"Hey, have you heard of it? Last year's champion Mr. Ping Chi did not come to participate in the competition!"

"Hey, don't we have a chance? I haven't heard of any famous amateur chess player coming here this time!"

"Swish! Are you dreaming? Without Mr. Ping Chi, those college students are not absent. After all, they are the former college students! The chess skills are much better than those of us ordinary people!"

...

"Yo, Haozhi."

The shoulder was suddenly patted, and Chihara Hiroshi was startled and looked back.

It's Katsuhiko Shirakawa.

"Don't call me so intimate.

I remember you said you didn’t participate in this game, why did you come here to do?”

He took a step back, his face full of disgust.

Shirakawa Katsuhiko didn't care and still smiled: "Since you have joined the Go department, I am still the minister. It is my responsibility to come to cheer for the staff on the spot.

Come on, don't dislike it so much!"

Chihara Hiroshi avoided his hand that came out.

Shirakawa Katsuhiko had to give up and his face became slightly correct: "Actually, I'm here to convey information to you this time!"

Seeing that Chihara Hiroshi's eyes were over, he continued: "This year's game is much easier than last year, and the champion of last year was not here either, but there are two people you need to pay attention to:

Makoto Kojima and Chieko Kiji.

They were all former students of Kansai Chess Institute, especially Chieko Kiriji. If it weren't for the fact that she was the only daughter in the family and needed to inherit the family business and could not have spared time, she would have passed the vocational exam long ago!"

This is not information that ordinary people can find.

Hiroshi Chihara was not curious about the source of the information, but asked: "What is the student in the hospital?"

As others were talking just now, he seemed to have heard this word vaguely.

Shirakawa Katsuhiko widened his eyes: "You are from Osaka after all, but you don't even know the senator?

Oh my God, how did you learn your chess skills with such a high level?”

Then, he didn't talk nonsense and began to explain.

There are two chess academies, namely

Chess Academy and Kansai Chess Academy.

The school student system is actually a training class for the chess school to train chess players.

There will be recruitment four times a year, namely one, four, seven and October.

After entering, five to ten groups will be divided into each other according to the level of chess skills. Each year, only members of Group A are eligible to participate in the professional chess test of that year.

Hiroshi Chihara felt clear and asked again: "Then why do you say that they were all 'used' college students?"

"Generally, if you are over 17 years old and have not passed the vocational exam, it means you do not have the talent in this area.

This is about the second year of high school, and there is still one year before college enrollment, so it’s better to go to school honestly.”

Shirakawa Katsuhiko shyly touched her nose: "Actually, I used to be a college student, but when I was in my first year of high school, I knew that I was not talented enough, so I quit voluntarily."

He would not say that it was because he suffered a series of losses and was reduced to the lowest-level group.

Scream-

The iron door opened, and two middle-aged men in suits walked out and shouted: "Take out the qualification certificate, line up, come in one by one!"

There was also a videographer next to him carrying a long spear and cannon, sweeping through the crowd, and then pointing the camera at a female reporter.

"Spectators in Osaka Prefecture, this year's tvo Go Challenge Cup was held as scheduled!"

"What we just saw was the chess players participating in this competition. It can be seen that everyone is still very enthusiastic about the competition held by our TV station!"

"The information we obtained from the preparatory group shows that a total of 128 amateur chess players participated in this competition, divided into eight groups: a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h. The single-elimination system is adopted..."

Shirakawa Katsuhiko patted his shoulder.
Chapter completed!