After all of us are reborn, who plays Go?

“Isn’t that a lot of pressure?”

Hao Qiang was a little surprised to hear this. Fang Yuan often said in interviews that he was under a lot of pressure and that chess fans had high expectations of him.

Now the same thing happened to Zhan Lang, but Zhan Lang said that the goal set by chess fans seemed a bit low.

"Because the overall strength of Chinese Go is actually quite far behind that of Japan, everyone's expectations under this standard are relatively low. Many people expect me to become top-notch.

To be honest, I think the goal you set is too low. Goals should at least be set at a level that is difficult to achieve, requiring a lot of effort to achieve, rather than something that is certain to be achieved. "

Hao Qiang was speechless when he heard this. Zhan Lang's words seemed to imply that being top-notch was inevitable for him.

But if you think about it carefully, it seems to be true.

Zhan Lang is not even eighteen years old yet, but he is already at the ninth level. Even if he perseveres for twelve years, he should have top-notch strength by the golden age of thirty.

Just like in 2020, everyone will not have any doubts about Lao Ke's double-digit world championships. He has eight world championships at the age of 23! He will win one in the next three years, and he will be a world champion at the age of 30. It is impossible that he will not win a world championship in three years, right? No way, no way?
Expectations are all based on previous actual conditions. For example, the reason why Chang Ritian had not been recognized by everyone before was because there was his master's iron curtain of the ring in front of him, killing the top-notch ones was like slaughtering dogs.

There was also Ma Xiao’s two championships in one year and the excitement in the world series.

What do you mean by taking all the runner-ups? Especially since even Lao Cao can say that, don't say that he sang in the finals, make such excuses!

But in fact, the overall strength of Chinese Go has not developed as fast as everyone thinks. Just like in the previous life, when Nie and Ma Huihuang played, the overall strength of Chinese Go was not particularly strong.

It was not until Chang's generation that, with the decline of Japanese Go, the backbone forces excluding the high-end forces of China, Japan and South Korea reached a similar level.

Until Gu's generation, the core forces of Go in China and South Korea were of similar number and began to share equal strength.

Of course, the backbone here refers to the chess players who can compete in world competitions, and publicity outlets can also be considered.

It was not until the 1990s that the depth of Chinese Go was fully covered. At that time, basically the top 20 Chinese Go players could go to Japan and slap the number one player in the face.

Your name is Jingshan?
Lao Pu was suppressed and couldn't win the championship for several years. He even broke down mentally under tremendous pressure from home and abroad and resorted to some tricks in the game, which became a black history in his career.

So in the current situation, no one will have too "excessive" demands on Zhan Lang.

Just like the requirements for chess players in South Korea during the Dark Ages, when Jiang Zi was eliminated from the world championship, the Koreans celebrated, and when Jiang Zi won a world championship, the Koreans cried, because that was the light of hope for South Korea!

The same is true for Chinese chess fans now. If Zhan Lang can reach a top-notch level, he will win!
Hao Qiang was a little surprised: "Isn't this request high enough?"

Zhan Lang smiled when he heard this and said, "Not very high, after all, there are more than six top-notch ones in Japan.

So I am not interested in the so-called top-notch. If I want to be direct, I want to be unique. "

"The only one, the best in the world?"

Hao Qiang was silent for a moment after hearing this. He didn’t expect that the young man sitting in front of him was so ambitious.
"It's hard to have a recognized world number one in Go, right? Is there a world number one in Go right now? Or who do you think is the strongest player right now?"

And most importantly, how do you determine this? It's not that you are the best in the world just because you say you are the best in the world.

Record, strength, and various factors need to be taken into consideration. Especially now, it is even more difficult for a Chinese to become the best in the world.

Zhan Lang took the tea handed over by the secretary next to him and said thank you: "Thank you, it is indeed difficult to have a recognized world number one, because now the high-end forces of Go are limited to Japan. In the eyes of the Japanese, Japan's number one is the world's number one.

However, with the development of Go strength in other countries, the power of Go is not limited to one country, and world-class competitions will inevitably emerge.

Once the world of Go enters a situation of fierce competition among many players, the world's number one will naturally emerge.

If you ask who is the strongest player now, if you look at the content of Go, Mitsuba Kenichi is the best I have seen among the top Japanese players, and the other top Japanese players are slightly inferior. "

"Isn't it Takenouchi Katsuya?"

Hao Qiang was a little surprised to hear this name. After all, Takenouchi Katsuya's seniority and strength among the top six made him known as the leader of the Japanese chess world.

Hearing this, Zhan Lang slowly shook his head: "On the contrary, I think that Takenouchi Kyudan's content is not good among the top six, and some of his theories have even completely led Japanese Go astray.

The beauty of Go has long been discovered to be the most efficient shape that allows people to win. Abandoning its essence and pursuing "beauty" is essentially putting the cart before the horse.

In a sense, this is a wrong path that may lead Japanese Go to decline or even destruction."

When Hao Qiang heard this, he couldn't help but swallow the tea leaves in his mouth. Japanese Go is already the authority in the Go world, and almost no one would question what Katsuya Takenouchi, the leader of Japanese Go, said.

However, Zhan Lang directly said that they had taken a wrong path and even wanted to destroy Japanese Go.

Forget it, we can’t talk about this in detail anymore. If we continue, I don’t know what outrageous words Zhan Lang will say.

Hao Qiang couldn't help but put the cup down, fearing that his shaking hands would knock the cup over.

When a reporter is interviewing, he or she still hopes that the interviewee can say something explosive, and he or she even needs to add some explosive flavor to some ordinary words.

But your words are a bit too aggressive, and I feel like I need to add some water.

"Can other countries compete with Japanese Go? It seems like it will take a long time, right?"

“It’s not necessary for the overall strength to be at the same level, just top strength is enough.

For example, when I defeated the top Japanese players in a row and they couldn’t beat me in a single match, I would keep holding world-class matches until they despaired and thought they couldn’t beat me at all.”

Just like in the previous life, the China-Japan Go Tournament was only intended to be held once, but because the Japanese Go team could never beat Lao Nie, they kept holding it.

"We beat the top-notch Japanese team in a row... and we couldn't win a single match..."

I don’t know if it was because the heating in the room was a little too high, but also because he had drunk some hot tea, but when Hao Qiang heard this, he started wiping the sweat from his head.

After all, everyone is now thinking about how to make China have a top-notch player, but Zhan Lang actually thinks that all the top-notch players in Japan cannot beat him, so they will naturally fight him to the death.

And since the opponents were powerless after trying their best, he naturally became the number one in the world.

Hao Qiang could only say that this idea was quite counter-intuitive... and inspiring.

"So your goal is to be number one in the world?"

"I can't say that there is no one before and there will be no one after, but at least he should rule for ten years."

Zhan Lang said it indifferently.

Lao Ke had ruled for less than six years and was considered premature, so I had to rule for at least ten years.

Bride, otherwise it will affect the historical evaluation. "It seems that there are very few players like this. It seems that there has never been a world number one in Go."

After all, Go has always been confined to each country in the past, and the top players from each country have never met each other.

When Japan was strong in Go, it was generally believed that the ancient Japanese national players had already surpassed China. After China's rise, many ancient Go schools began to say that the ancient Japanese national players were not worth mentioning.

Just like Guan Gong and Qin Qiong, these people who left behind many legendary stories but never met each other gave everyone enough room to expand their imagination.

“It will come naturally when I come here, but it is also the development of the times. Now we live in a global village, and with the frequent exchanges between countries, almost any project will become international.

Whether it is the times that create heroes or heroes that create the times, this is left for future generations to judge."

Topics like this will definitely be debated in the future, but it doesn’t matter now.

Hao Qiang was quite interested in another term Zhan Lang mentioned: "Global Village, this is a very interesting term."

This word is already a term from the Internet age. When Zhan Lang was just discharged from the hospital, it was considered an ancient term from eight hundred years ago, and it even had a sense of history.

But now, it sounds new.

"It seems like you are very confident that you will become the world's number one."

“No, I am number one in the world.”

"Our interview will be published in a magazine. If you publish these words, aren't you afraid that some people will say you are arrogant?"

“I feel like everyone has always thought of Go as a gentlemanly sport, but it’s actually not the case.

For Go players, the desire to win and the intensity of the competition are no less than those in the fist-fighting boxing matches that you see.

If someone doesn't even have the most basic desire to win, it will be difficult for him to go far on this path.

Just like many times in the game, we were able to come back from 2-0 to 3-1 and 3-1 to 4-1. All of these were miracles that could only be created by the players’ determination to win.”

It seems that everyone always hopes that a person is both powerful and a humble gentleman, just like before Zhan Lang traveled through time, people often liked to flatter Shen Zi.

They say he never shows off and is very humble.

But in fact, when Shen Zi first debuted, he liked to show off. I think that although Lao Ke is the world's number one, he is not very good. I am afraid of him. I must unconditionally become a world champion this year. I really don't understand how some people won the world championship.

But he was always slapped in the face later.

After being beaten many times, Shen Zi began to control his mouth, but he still liked to talk later.

For example, they won all the games in this year's World Series, but were eliminated in the first round of the first World Series that year.

It is not terrible to fail in pretending to be cool, especially when you are at your peak. Such a small episode will soon be covered up by other strong achievements.

There were many cases where Lao Ke failed in his pretense during his peak period, such as the "I still have to do it" incident, in the end he was directly picked up by Prince Jin. But what everyone can remember is that he succeeded in pretending to be cool.

But when a career starts to go downhill, people will start to look back on the past.

Then after being completely invisible for a few years, when the hot spots are put on other people and need to be promoted, they will be pulled out again for worship.

For the Internet, a person's reputation is based on needs.

Hao Qiang felt as if today was the first time he had met the Go-playing boy in front of him, or perhaps he was not very familiar with him before.

“Or let’s change the topic. Aren’t you afraid that you won’t be able to achieve this goal in the future and this report will be dug up and ridiculed by others?
Now everyone seems to like to set a more achievable goal and work hard to achieve it step by step.”

Zhan Lang raised a finger when he heard this: "If you are afraid, you have already lost! The most taboo word in Go is fear.

Well, then help me write another sentence. I hope that friends who read this report can dig up the grave again ten years later to see what I and Chinese Go will look like then. "

Hao Qiang glanced at the young man in front of him. He didn't know whether Zhan Lang could do it or not, but at least he dared to say it.

This seems to be the best interview subject for reporters.

However, I don’t know if this mouth will cause great harm to his career.

“Finally, let me ask a few questions submitted by readers.”

"it is good."

"Some people ask me if I lose a lot. Does losing mean I will become stronger soon? Or have I reached a bottleneck?"

The first question didn't seem very friendly. When Zhan Lang heard this, he felt as if he had thought of some unpleasant memories, especially the laughter of a certain big-faced man.

Zhan Lang rubbed his temples: "I don't know if defeat will make me stronger, but defeat is indeed the only way to become a strong person."

"Some people think your new Go theory is very good. When do you think it will become mainstream?"

"Is it too early? It will take at least ten years."

"You are very confident in your ability and believe you can become the best in the world, but it seems that it will take a little longer for your theory to become mainstream?"

“It can’t be helped. Strength is something that only requires a big fist.

But theories are rooted in people's hearts. If a new theory wants to defeat an old theory, it is not because the old theorists have modified the new theory, but because the old theorists have all died of old age.

So I will be a pioneer of new theories, but I am afraid it will not become mainstream until the next generation.”

Hao Qiang nodded when he heard this and turned the card to the last one: "Last question."

"After Fang Yuan Jiudan lost to you last time, he said before the Tianyuan deciding match that he would not fail again in the face of your challenge this time. What do you think?"

Zhan Lang pinched his chin when he heard this: "What time is it?

The first one, I will definitely win.

Second, he will definitely lose.

The third one, he is the challenger. "

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