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It's raining lightly in Tokyo on weekends.

Pedestrians on both sides of the street hurriedly walked with umbrellas, and outside a chess hall, several black cars stopped.

"Teacher He Xi, watch out for the stagnant water on the side of the road..."

As soon as the vehicle stopped, some people who had been waiting at the entrance of the chess hall helped to open the door, and then held up umbrellas for the guests who came out inside. These were generally older guests, but there was a fairly young one in the middle. Figure-Meng Huo.

Around the street, a girl immediately recognized him, and she couldn't help but screamed: "It's Mr. He Xi!"

As soon as her voice rang, other people also noticed the situation here. Some people asked curiously who He Xi was, but more people screamed in surprise, followed by a series of mobile phone camera sounds.

Meng Huo smiled at the girl who led the scream, but didn't say anything, turned around and walked into the chess hall with the others.

"Teacher He Xi, it really is Teacher He Xi! He smiled at me, this must be the luckiest day of my life!"

"It's incredible. It's the first time I saw Teacher He Xi himself. How could he come here!"

"Chess Museum, it must be for the "Go" business...hurry in and have a look!"

Some young people were very excited. When they saw Meng Huo entering the chess hall, they also wanted to walk in. However, they were stopped by others at the door. It was the staff of several chess halls who stopped them. They said with apologetic faces. : "Sorry, we won't pick up new customers during the visit of Mr. He Xi."

The chess hall is open today, but the power of ‘He Xi’ should not be underestimated. During his time in the shop, the manager of the chess hall requested that no one enter.

Meng Huo is visiting the chess hall. This was the second thing he did after returning to Tokyo. After Ning Hai finished dealing with "ad", he turned around and came to Tokyo, but the animation of "Mobile Suit Gundam 00" went smoother than he expected, and Meng Huo did not ask for overtime.

He was invited by the Go Association, and he also wanted to see what chess halls in this world look like on the spot. So he agreed.

But Meng Huo didn't expect the formation to be so big. He turned around and saw the passerby who was blocked outside the door and frowned, "Is this all right? What I want to see is the normal chess hall. What would you do to stop the guests..."

He wanted to make the comics closer to reality, so this time he came to an ordinary chess hall, wanting to see the real Go atmosphere.

"It doesn't matter. This is what the chess hall usually looks like." The chess hall store manager smiled: "Normally, not many people come to play in a day. Old customers can recognize it. If it is a regular customer, it will be released outside the door."

"This is what your chess hall usually looks like?"

Meng Huo was amazed, the area of ​​this chess hall seemed to be large. About four to five hundred square meters, there are a lot of chess tables, but there are only a handful of people playing chess, only twenty people at a glance, and they are all old men.

"Isn't it because it's raining today?" Meng Huo frowned, the number of people was too small.

"No, it doesn't affect us if it rains or not." The manager sighed. The chess halls in China are not much different from here. The guests are basically old people, and there are very few young guests, which also symbolizes the decline of China Go.

But this cannot be said that the young people who learn Go are gone. In fact, the number of young players is still within the tolerance of the Go circle. However, these chess players often play at the chess school where they learn chess, on the computer, or at other chess players' homes, and do not come to the chess house.

The "chess hall" here refers to places where ordinary people play chess like Internet cafes and coffee shops. Such a bleak situation also means that Go is too far away from ordinary people and no one comes to play.

"In that case. Why build such a big chess hall?"

Meng Huo frowned slightly. He had investigated the chess hall when he was preparing for "The Soul of the Game." The average area of ​​the chess hall is relatively large, but such a dismal performance. There is no point in maintaining such a large chess hall other than to advance money.

"Teacher He doesn't know something, there are historical reasons for this." The store manager did not answer, and a professional chess player who accompanied Meng Huolai said: "In the past, the Weiqi Association has also undergone a radical change to develop league games and related industries. The idea of ​​rejuvenating the skill of Go, the chess hall only appeared at that time-and before that, there was no folk chess hall in China."

The chess player explained the reason to Meng Huo. In the past period of great change, the Go Association was full of confidence and made requirements for chess halls. Almost all chess halls were prepared according to professional standards. However, due to some changes later, their plan was not successful, but the requirements for the chess hall were retained.

Although Huaxia’s chess hall is open to the private sector, there are actually no ordinary people doing this business. All chess halls are the industry of the Go Association, similar to official chain stores, and their poor performance has not been banned.

"...You guys are really rich."

Meng Huo looked strange.

"This...not that we have money..."

The expression of a professional chess player is also very complicated. He doesn't know much, but there is a big consortium behind the China Go industry to support it. This is the consensus of many people. If it weren't for that consortium, the Go Association would have long been unable to function and shattered.

The failure of the previous major reform was also due to an accident in that consortium. But despite this, their financial support for Go has not diminished. The large number of chess halls of the Go Association can be maintained because of their confidence.

But this is actually an unethical thing, and chess players will naturally not mention it. If the Go Association had no selfish intentions, they should have taken the initiative to change the requirements and lower the scale and standards of the chess hall.

At this moment, Meng Huo is a bit disappointed. During this period of time, the media has been chasing "Hire of Go", and chess players have also respected him. He thought that its effect has already been revealed, but now, when I look at it, this comic still has a lot of attention. A long way to go.

The guests of the chess house are the best evaluation scale. If there are no more guests playing chess here, then "Hire of Chess" cannot be said to have shown its effect. The previous life of "The Soul of the Game" had a positive effect on the Go industry in several countries, and Meng Huo felt a failure.

"Is there a charge for playing chess here?" Meng Huo asked.

"Yes, but it's cheap." The chess player nodded, "Ten yuan per hour."

Meng Huo was dumbfounded: "Ten yuan? Are you kidding me? It's cheaper!"

He suddenly felt amused. The Go Association's framework is too big. The fee is ten yuan per hour. If Go is a popular activity, it is naturally worthwhile. But now Go is half dead, who is willing to pay ten dollars for it?

Especially for young people, ordinary Internet cafes cost only four or five yuan an hour. You told him that Go Hall costs ten yuan an hour. Can the attractiveness of the two be compared? Besides, there are so many places to play in this world, and the price of chess halls is nothing short of death. No wonder it can't develop.

Although Meng Huo doesn't go out often, he knows that in China's first- and second-tier cities, and even third- and fourth-tier cities, people can basically find suitable places for everything they want to play. The social life in this world is much richer than in his previous life, and this can be seen from the prosperous degree of the Internet.

China's Internet is no worse than in the previous life, but the obsession of netizens is far away. The reason is that the real society has abundant resources and many entertainments are quite cheap, so that people do not need to rely on the Internet to pass the time.

"Is there a chess hall now?" Meng Huo asked, "how much is the chess hall?"

"Chess hall?" The chess player frowned, "There are not many chess halls, but the price is a bit more expensive than ours, about twenty yuan an hour."

Meng Huo was dumb. He had forgotten that chess is different from Go. In fact, he also investigated chess. The popularity of chess is high. The objects of chess hall are basically some more powerful chess masters, not very common people-where ordinary people play chess. It costs money and you can play everywhere in the streets.

"Forget it, let alone chess, what about other chess cards?"

Meng Huo continued to ask.

"Teacher He Xi, our Go is the cheapest." The chess player seemed to understand what he meant and frowned, "The mahjong shop also costs 20 yuan."

"Okay, I understand..." Meng Huo was helpless, and said nothing. China has very few chess and card games with such things as'chess hall', and some of them are not popular without exception. Only when it is popular can there be shops for ordinary people to play.

Go is an exception. It is not necessary to establish a ‘chess hall’ for ordinary people, because no one will come to play at all. But they still built it, and after it was built, they spent huge sums of money to maintain it. They really responded to the old saying-if you have money, you can be willful.

Meng Huo changed his view of the Go Association a bit. This association looks weak, but it is rich and weird~www.ltnovel.com~ Teacher He, do you think the price is high? "The store manager looked at Meng Huo's speech and asked cautiously: "Then what price do you think is better?" "

"Three yuan can only be less than this, not more..." Meng Huo was a little disappointed, and said, "I don't believe that ten yuan can make others come in. If you really want to develop Go, this price is your biggest obstacle. , I can’t make money anyway, why not let go?"

Meng Huo didn't really care about the price of the Go Hall, but since he drew "Go", he didn't want to see it and just go on like this.

The price of the chess hall is too expensive. This is enough to affect the effect of "God of the Game". No wonder there are no new guests. Even if someone is interested in watching the comics, they should turn around and leave after they come to the chess hall and ask for ten dollars an hour.

There are not many people who can play Go. The chess hall should serve as a place for ordinary people to learn chess. Its price should be lower than other activities, or even lower than Internet cafes. Not to mention ten yuan, even three yuan. He thinks it is too much, and he even thinks free is the best, but this seems unrealistic.

However, Meng Huo didn't notice, and the other chess players who accompanied him showed a look of approval. (To be continued)