Movie: Get Alpha Dog at the start

Chapter 1112 Five Joys
"Dad, no need. I have enough living expenses. You can take it back to grandpa and grandma."

Zhuang Chaoying stretched out his hand and froze it in mid-air: "Tunan, this is a little gift from Dad. From now on, Dad will send half of his salary to you every month..."

"Dad, I can earn money as a tutor now. If you really want to, just give the money to Xiaoting." Zhuang Tunan still had no intention of picking it up. Before, when the family didn't have enough money, his mother often asked his father to go to his grandparents to get the money back, but what they ended up with was endless quarrels. He couldn't believe what his grandparents would do if his father went to them to get half of their salary back for him.

What's more, they were in such a mess before the Chinese New Year.

"Tunan, I..."

"Brother Tunan, come quickly, The Legend of the Condor Heroes has come to an end."

Zhuang Tunan hesitated for a moment, then slowly said, "Dad, you should keep this money for yourself. Save some money and buy a house in the future. Living in the school dormitory all the time is not a good idea."

It was not until Zhuang Tunan entered the room that Zhuang Chaoying came back to his senses. His hand holding the envelope kept shaking and he even choked up on the spot.

Zhuang Xiaoting was about to leave when she saw this, but was stopped by Huang Ling: "Your father cares most about his reputation. If you go to comfort him, it will only make him feel more embarrassed."

"But, Mom, is face really that important?" Zhuang Xiaoting asked puzzledly.

Huang Ling glanced at Zhuang Chaoying, who was sobbing silently in the yard, and said quietly, "For some people, face is worthless, but for your father, face is more important than anything else. He lives his life on the praise of others. One compliment to him makes him happier than a year's salary."

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Early the next morning, Qin Hao and Zhuang Tunan rushed to the train station and started their journey under the reluctant gazes of Song Ying and the others.

After school started, it was the senior year. The course load in this half year was quite heavy. It seemed as if the teachers had agreed to leave many important courses in this half semester, so that the students were wailing. Every night in the study room, the bitter faces of the students from the Department of Architecture could be seen.

In the words of Professor Sun, "Students, don't complain about the hardship or tiredness. Our architecture major is different from other majors. In other majors, if you make a mistake, it's nothing more than a deduction of bonus, but if we make a mistake, it's the collapse of buildings and bridges. Just think about the lives that are being taken under your pen, and you won't feel the hardship or tiredness."

During the past six months, Zhuang Tunan had to work as a tutor to earn money to supplement his living expenses while also preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination. He squeezed every minute to the extreme, which also led to him developing a habit of attaching great importance to time awareness. Sometimes he would go to class and leave immediately after teaching, which made some parents very dissatisfied. Fortunately, Zhuang Tunan's tutoring was quite effective, and most of the children he tutored had significantly improved their grades.

Li Jia was busy trying to get a spot in the Planning Bureau, running for vice president of the Student Union, and building a good relationship with the Dean of Studies. Finally, at the end of the semester, she secured an internship spot in the Planning Bureau, and she could go directly to the Planning Bureau for internship after reporting for school the following year.

After sharing the good news with Qin Hao, Li Jia did not forget to ask: "What about you? Didn't you say you wanted to join the Planning Bureau too?"

"Me? Forget about the internship. I'll use my connections to get in later." Qin Hao replied casually.

Li Jia frowned: "It's not that easy to get into the Planning Bureau. Besides, if you don't do the internship, who will give you the internship certificate?"

"The chess academy will get me the internship certificate. Besides, the third China-Japan Tournament is about to start, and I don't have time." Qin Hao spread his hands.

In the blink of an eye, it was midsummer. Before Qin Hao had time to return to Suzhou, he followed the Chinese Go team to Japan to participate in the 3rd China-Japan Go Challenge.

This time, the Japanese team sent out the strongest lineup they could, including six top-notch chess players, as well as powerful players such as Kobayashi Akira and Lin Haifeng.

In the words of the Japanese media, this will be a battle of revenge for Japanese Go.

At the beginning of the game, the Japanese team sent out Lin Haifeng, and sure enough, they gave the Chinese team a warning with a 6:0 start.

It was not until Ma Xiaochun came on the field that Lin Haifeng's winning streak was ended with a narrow advantage of two and a half points.

However, Ma Xiaochun was defeated by Kobayashi Koichi shortly afterwards, and only Qin Hao and Nie Weiping were left on the Chinese team again.

This time, Nie Weiping served as the deputy general, while Qin Hao served as the main general. This was not because Qin Hao had outstanding performance in the previous two competitions, but because Nie Weiping took the initiative to volunteer. In two consecutive challenge matches, he did not even have a chance to fight. It was a pity that he missed such a good opportunity to compete with the top Japanese chess players.

Nie Weiping played very well. After defeating Kobayashi Koichi, he won three games in a row until he met Takemiya Masaki and lost in the middle game.

Just when the Japanese media began to promote that Masaki Takemiya would break the "Qin fear curse" of Japanese chess players, Qin Hao not only defeated Masaki Miyamoto, but also won four consecutive victories again, with his sword pointed directly at the Japanese main general Kato Masao.

As a result, the Japanese media began to promote that Kato Masao was the last hope of Japanese Go.

As a result, Kato Masao lost again by 5.5 points. After the game, Kato Masao said helplessly that this was the best game he had ever played in his life, but he still lost in the end.

Qin Hao suddenly became an indelible dark cloud hanging over the Japanese chess world. All Japanese chess fans wanted to tear this dark cloud apart, but they were helpless.

"Who can defeat him?"

This headline appeared on the cover of the Tokyo Evening News. The photo above showed Qin Hao holding the gold medal. This scene deeply hurt the hearts of Japanese chess fans.

There were even media reports calling on every Japanese citizen to donate 10 yen as a reward to the Japanese chess player who defeated Qin Hao.

The news quickly received an enthusiastic response from the Japanese people, and some people even came to Tokyo TV with bags of money.

You have to know that Japan during this period was extremely rich, and the "10 million middle class" was no joke. Let alone 10 yen, even US dollars was a small amount for most Japanese people.

In this atmosphere, Japan's Fujitsu Ltd. was the first to step forward and say that they would offer a total prize of 1 million yen to host a World Professional Go Championship.

This news instantly set off a sensation in the world Go community. This was in 1987, when the Japanese yen continued to appreciate and its exchange rate with the U.S. dollar had risen to 123:1.

1 million yen is equivalent to 81.3 US dollars. What is even more shocking is that Fujitsu said that the champion will alone receive a prize of 5600 million yen, or 45 US dollars.

All of a sudden all the professional Go players went crazy, even the players from the Chinese team were furious.

You have to know that their monthly salary is only about 4400 yuan. Even if they don't win the championship, the remaining million yen is still a considerable sum.

Therefore, everyone unanimously decided not to return home for the time being, but to stay in Japan and wait for the exact news of the Fujitsu Cup.

Fujitsu did not make them wait too long. Just three days later, it came up with a detailed competition schedule and announced the audition plan.

There were only 24 places for the final competition, including seven from Japan, five from China, five from South Korea, one from Europe, one from North America, and one from South America. As for the remaining one, it was Qin Hao who did not need to participate in the auditions.

Fujitsu is well aware that the reason why this competition has become so popular is entirely because Qin Hao has aroused the foreign psychology of the Japanese people. If he did not participate, he would have lost the 100 million yen prize money.

As if fearing that Qin Hao would not attend, Fujitsu even sent its president to personally deliver the invitation.

Qin Hao pretended to decline and finally accepted the invitation.

In fact, this China-Japan competition has no appeal to Qin Hao. Not only is the prize money low, but it also requires a long journey. If it were not for the promotion of "BBK", Qin Hao would have not wanted to participate long ago.

This time, the Fujitsu Cup not only offers a huge prize money, but you can also win the honor of being a world champion. Why not?
However, since auditions will be held in various regions, the main competition is expected to start until next year, so Qin Hao boarded the flight back home with the Chinese team.

Compared to being enthusiastically surrounded by reporters and chess fans at the Shanghai Airport, the neighbors in the Cotton Mill Family Lane had long been accustomed to Qin Hao's victory.

Grandpa Li was sitting on a rocking chair in the store. When he saw Qin Hao, he just gently waved his palm-leaf fan and said, "Haozi is good. He won the championship again."

"Those Japanese are going to die!"

When Qin Hao returned to the gate of the courtyard, he found two red silk ribbons hanging there. One read "Warmly congratulate Zhuang Xiaoting for being admitted to Shanghai Jiaotong University", and the other one had exactly the same content, except that the name was changed to Lin Dongzhe.

"Brother Hao, haha, I passed the exam, I was admitted to Jiaotong University." Lin Dongzhe spotted Qin Hao at once with his sharp eyes and rushed over excitedly.

Qin Hao patted him on the back and said, "Well, not bad. Finally, all my efforts over the past few years have not been in vain."

Lin Dongzhe chuckled foolishly, his eyes drifting towards Zhuang Xiaoting's direction from time to time.

Before anyone knew it, Zhuang Xiaoting had grown into a graceful young lady. When she saw Qin Hao, she smiled reservedly and turned her eyes away.

Zhuang Tunan handed Qin Hao a piece of iced watermelon and said, "I have passed the postgraduate entrance examination interview. I didn't inform you when you were in Japan."

"So, our courtyard has three good things coming to it. Shouldn't we celebrate it properly?" Qin Hao took the watermelon with a smile and took a big bite.

Lin Dongzhe shook his head and said, "It's not triple happiness, but quadruple happiness. Brother Hao, you won the championship again. We saw it on TV."

"Yes, it's a happy occasion. How about having a meal at Deyue Tower? It's my treat."

"Oh, now we can have a feast."

Lin Dongzhe and Zhuang Xiaoting were very happy, but Zhuang Tunan was a little hesitant: "Is it too expensive?"

"Money is meant to be spent once earned. If it's kept in the bank, it's just a number. It's a rare occasion when everyone is so happy, so don't spoil the fun."

Zhuang Tunan was very tactful when he heard this and stopped trying to persuade him. Qin Hao made the decision, "Then let's wait until Aunt Song and the others get off work, and then we can go together. I'll go reserve a seat first."

After saying that, Qin Hao suddenly realized: "By the way, where is Pengfei? Why can't I see him?"

Speaking of this, the smiles on Zhuang Tunan and the other three's faces froze.

"Pengfei returned to Guizhou. He didn't do well in the college entrance examination. Aunt Zhuang wanted him to repeat the year, but he didn't want to study anymore, so Aunt Zhuang called him back." Lin Dongzhe is most familiar with Xiang Pengfei, and he knows more about Xiang Pengfei's affairs than Zhuang Tunan and his sister.

"Aunt will definitely let him repeat the year. However, with Pengfei's attitude towards study, he may not be able to pass the exam even if he repeats the year." Zhuang Tunan sighed.

Zhuang Xiaoting said quietly, "Brother Pengfei said that his uncle bent over to clean up the gravel under the sleepers under the scorching sun every day. He worked for half a day and couldn't even straighten his back when he got home. He could only fall asleep after applying medicated wine. This was to earn more overtime pay and send it to him as living expenses. He didn't want his uncle to work so hard. If he failed to pass the exam after repeating the grade for one or two years, he was afraid that his uncle would be exhausted. Besides, university also lasts four years..."

Qin Hao thought for a while and said, "Everyone has his own luck. It is not necessary to go to college to have a bright future. When Pengfei comes back, if he really doesn't want to miss me anymore, I will find him a job."

"But Pengfei has no professional knowledge. What kind of job can he do?" Zhuang Tunan hesitated.

Qin Hao laughed: "Zhuang Tunan, have you been brainwashed by Teacher Zhuang? Only a few people can get into college, and many people have graduated from high school. Now many people have not even finished elementary school, but they are working now, right?"

Zhuang Tunan thought about it carefully and it was true. Both Song Ying and her mother Huang Ling started working after finishing junior high school, so it seemed that there was nothing they could not do.

"Then let's wait until Pengfei comes back. What if he decides to repeat his studies?"

Qin Hao did not refute. For Zhuang Tunan, studying to change one's destiny was his personal experience. People always firmly believed in what happened to themselves.

Not long after, the clear sound of bicycle bells was heard in the alley. Song Ying and Huang Ling had returned from their early shift.

"Haozi."

"Haozi is back."

After a round of greetings, Qin Hao stopped the two people who were about to cook.

When Huang Ling heard that they were going to Deyue Tower for a banquet, she subconsciously wanted to persuade them not to spend money recklessly, but Song Ying hugged her arm and said happily.

"It's a rare occasion that Haozi is hosting today, so I have to eat something good. To be honest, I almost vomit after eating the food I cook every day."

Huang Ling looked at Song Ying with envy. She was not envious of the fact that Song Ying had someone to respect her, but she was envious of the fact that she could not hide her joy, anger, sorrow and happiness.

But she seemed to have lost the ability to make herself happy. She didn't know when it started, but all her likes and dislikes had to be derived from her two children. She was happy as long as they were happy.

In the afternoon, Qin Hao and his group went to the gate of the compressor factory to wait for Lin Wufeng to get off work.

While Lin Wufeng was happy, he also announced a good news. He had been nominated as "deputy factory director". Although the official appointment had not yet come down, the factory director had already talked to him, so it was almost certain.

Song Ying's first thought was: "How much salary increase can the deputy director get?"

Huang Ling teased him, "Look at how money-hungry you are. Are you working as a deputy factory director just for that little salary?"

"What else? Is it to serve the people?" Song Ying said righteously.