After all of us are reborn, who plays Go?

Chapter 119 118. Once upon a time there was a mountain, and there was a competition on the mountain [3200 additional chapters]

"Fuck, if any bastard wants to come down the mountain, I know I will scold him to death!"

"These leaders are such a jerk... they just make decisions on the spur of the moment."

“I really don’t know what’s in their heads.”

"I'm so tired. Does anyone have any water so I can have a drink?"

"Don't hit me in the mouth!"

Listening to his companions cursing beside him, Zhan Lang looked at his nose with his eyes, his mouth with his nose, and his heart with his mouth, pretending to know nothing. He climbed up while cursing with them.

Curse yourself together...

It was Zhan Lang who suggested that the competition be held in a scenic area on the mountain.

Zhan Lang originally wanted to do something special. He couldn't just play chess in the hotel every day without any competitions. This was really too boring.

Just like in my previous life, most Go games were held in conference rooms of commercial hotels, and after the game, we would go back to our rooms to sleep.

It's too urban and there's no fun at all.

Even if there are occasional competitions such as King of the Southwest held in Du Fu Thatched Cottage, they are simply held in that place and nothing else is done.

There is not even a trace of Go as a traditional culture.

Japan has done relatively well in this regard. They would arrange games in various religious institutions or some places related to Go, and also film the tours and introductions and do some reports.

Although this is a rather troublesome thing for the contestants, it is very good for promotion.

For example, if Lao Ke made it to the finals and wore a dragon robe to play chess with others in a scenic area, do you think it would become a hot topic?

Being able to attract people's attention is already a success for most competitions.

Who cares whether you attract people through competitions or emoticons, as long as you attract them, you win.

Therefore, Zhan Lang also believes that Chinese Go should embrace nature, cooperate with some scenic spots, play in the scenic spots, and even better, do something more lively.

What's the point of staying in a hotel guesthouse every day?
In particular, we will cooperate with some regions with Go history, and help them apply to be the hometown of Go to enhance their cultural soft power.

Taking photos and writing reports can help promote Go better.

It not only promotes local scenic spots, but also promotes traditional culture, killing two birds with one stone.

Moreover, after they have established a good relationship with the Go community, when they become wealthy in the future, they can give back to the Go industry.

After all, you are the hometown of Chinese Go. Would it be reasonable for you not to hold a competition?

Don’t just tell me that you have several Chinese Go hometowns, just tell me whether you will do it or not?

Even decades later, when commercial competitions became popular, many Go competitions were supported by local governments.

Shenzhen, an important economic city, has supported countless Go competitions, and it is only one step away from hosting a world championship.

The latest world championship, the Langke Cup, is also officially organized by Quzhou, the hometown of Go.

Chen Long and the others nodded when they heard this suggestion. After all, some things should always be tried, just in case they work.

As for the others?
It's good enough that we have a game for you, and you still dare to complain? Do you think it's troublesome?
However, Zhan Lang overlooked a problem. In the previous life, China experienced an era of large-scale infrastructure. No matter which tourist attraction there was, there was a cable car. There was no need to climb mountains at all. You could just sit on the mountain and it would take only ten to twenty minutes for the cable car to reach the top of the mountain, no matter how high the mountain was.

But now there are no cable cars in many places. The cable cars at many tourist attractions will not be built until the 1990s. Now these people have to climb the mountain for an hour to get to the competition venue.

Climbing a mountain for an hour is a test for many people, especially when there is a competition soon. It is hard to say whether it will affect the competition.

You have to do strenuous exercise before the competition, and then go down the mountain exhausted after the competition.

Just thinking about it is an extremely torturous thing.

Zhan Lang finally realized how stupid it was to make decisions without doing any research.

"It's actually quite good. It helps to exercise. The air in the mountains is quite fresh."

Hearing the cursing from his friends nearby, Zhan Lang wanted to tear off the mouths of these bastards, but he thought that if he was exposed, they might just throw him off the mountain and kill him, and then say that he fell down the mountain accidentally.

Zhan Lang could only put on a serious expression, then took a breath of fresh air and explained.

Although I know I did something wrong, you shouldn't scold me!

I have to force an explanation to save my reputation.

"Bullshit! We have to climb the mountain so early in the morning without being able to sleep. I think that must be what that bastard Fang Yuan was thinking. Isn't he the one in charge of this competition?

MD, I am a local and was born and raised here, but I have never climbed this mountain, not even once. Now I come here to climb the mountain for a competition.

If this gets out, it will be a joke!"

Yin Chuan felt extremely angry. He was in a place that even locals had never been to, and his first visit was for a competition.

What's so fun about this rotten mountain? Why come here to hold a competition?

It's simply outrageous.

However, although everyone was cursing, they still had to climb up. After climbing for a while and resting for a while, the large group finally arrived at the competition venue.

"Infrastructure determines productivity..." Zhan Lang sighed helplessly. It was too torturous that large-scale infrastructure had not been built.

For almost all chess players, it feels like they have completed a month's worth of exercise today.

"You guys are too weak, aren't you? Is this okay?"

Fang Yuan, who had arrived at the competition venue in advance to prepare, looked at the young people who were mostly lying on the railings and gasping for breath after climbing up, and laughed and mocked them.

Mr. Chen stayed in the guesthouse because he was unable to climb the mountain due to health reasons. As Fang Yuan was the person with the highest status among the remaining people, he naturally had to take charge of the work.

“When I think about having to climb up again tomorrow, I don’t want to come to the competition tomorrow.”

"You may not survive today. Don't forget that your opponent is me."

"If I win today, I will sleep on this mountain. I will never come down even if I die."

Many chess players simply didn't listen to Fang Yuan and simply collapsed to the ground with a look of giving up.

"Pay attention to your image! You are either from the national team or the provincial team. When you go out, don't make fun of yourself to other tourists."

Looking at the bunch of young people who were playing badly, Fang Yuan was a little speechless: "Hurry up and go in to rest, the game will start soon."

How could a group of young men under 20 be so weak?

After driving everyone inside, Fang Yuan patted Zhan Lang who was drinking water and said, "Next time, let's choose a scenic spot that doesn't require climbing a mountain."

I was almost exhausted when I climbed up here just now. It took me half an hour to recover and then I came out to show off.

Although I was as tired as a dead dog when I climbed up, you didn’t see it, so I just wanted to show off.

"Well, let's delay the game for half an hour to give everyone some time to recover."

When Zhan Lang heard this, he didn't say much, just nodded, and then decided to adjust the game time slightly.

I was forced to climb up with the physique I had trained since childhood, and I'm afraid it will affect the competition later, let alone others.

Next time, even if I go to the mountains, I must find a mountain with a cable car, otherwise it will be too torturous.

"But it looks like your suggestion failed."

Zhan Lang smiled indifferently when he heard this: "Failure is the mother of success. No matter what it is, we should always give it a try. It's just that the conditions are not particularly mature now."

Although we suffered a loss this time, it also taught us a lesson for next time, which can help us accumulate experience to better organize the competition next time.

Anyway, I will never stay in a hotel for the competition I organize myself.

"Drink water."

"Thank you, Sister Ye Qing."

As soon as he entered the competition venue and sat down, someone handed Zhan Lang a bottle of water.

There are very few staff members in the national Go team now, and many of them are even professional part-time workers in logistics and administration.

Yin Chuan glanced at Zhan Lang who was sitting opposite him and muttered, "Sister Ye Qing really takes care of you. She didn't even give us water."

"It proves that your relationship is not good. Unlike me, I will say a few nice things."

When Zhan Lang heard this, he said something indifferent. The other party was ten years older than him and had always taken good care of him, but Zhan Lang felt that it was the care of an elder for a younger person.

Ye Qing, 3rd dan, is one of the female chess players in the national team. She is 25 years old this year and is even known as the most beautiful woman in the national team.

How should I put it? Although she is in her twenties, she still has the charm of an older sister-in-law.

It is said that Fang Yuan once pursued the other party, but was rejected.

The draw was completed yesterday, and Zhan Lang’s opponent today is his roommate Yin Chuan who is in the national team.

"Brother Lang, you better be careful later."

"Forget it, you've lost to me so many times."

"At least I won one or two games during training."

"It's not one or two sets, it's only one game. We played at least 20 games, and you only won once. How dare you say that?"

Zhan Lang couldn't help but shook his head when he heard this. He had only won once during training, and that was when he had just entered the national team training as a member of the provincial team. He would remember this game for the rest of his life, right?

Yin Chuan was very confident: "Winning once means I still have a chance. How do you know that if I win this time, I won't be defeated?"

If being strong means you can win 100%, there is no need to hold Go competitions. You can just divide the rankings based on your strength.

After a short rest, the first round of the Rookie King Contest began directly.

Fang Yuan, who came over to supervise the competition, couldn't help but look around the competition venue. All the players here were professional chess players under the age of 20 from China and elites from various provincial teams.

It can be said that this is the future of Chinese Go for the next ten to twenty years. If a grenade is thrown here, Chinese Go will be directly interrupted.

Are the golden scales just a thing in the pond? They turn into dragons when encountering wind and clouds.

In Jinling, a place where dragons crouch and tigers lie, which real dragon will fly out?

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