After all of us are reborn, who plays Go?

"Ying's Cup!"

"World Series... World Series!"

"This is a naked conspiracy against Japanese Go! A conspiracy! No! An open conspiracy!"

When Japan Go Association Chairman Tanigawa looked at the plan submitted by Oeda, who is a director of the Japan Go Association and secretary-general of the World Go Federation, he felt his blood pressure rise.

This is the official invitation letter for the Ying Cup submitted by Ying Changqi to the Chinese Go Association and the Japan Go Association on behalf of the World Go Federation.

He wanted to host a world Go competition and specially invited Japanese players to participate, and at the same time invited Chinese players to participate through the World Go Federation.

"Baodao is an ungrateful wolf that can no longer be tamed! We have helped them train so many Go talents! How dare they stab us in the back!"

Over the years, the Go community in Taiwan seems to have been actively integrating into the Japanese Go community. Japan has even trained some top-notch Go players for Taiwan, including more than one ninth-dan player.

It can be said that China's treasure island has always been a reserve talent pool for Japan, and occasionally some good talents will appear and become active in the Japanese chess world.

Unexpectedly, the younger brother who he thought was loyal and dedicated to carrying his shoes stabbed him in the back at the critical moment.

After all, some time ago, the Japanese Go community felt that without the Japanese Go stage, Chinese Go players would have no place to perform.

After all, Go does not have international competitions such as the Asian Games and the Olympic Games, and China does not have the money to host world-class competitions. Once the China-Japan Go competition disappears, it is only a matter of time before Zhan Lang, who is only in his twenties and at his golden age, goes to Japan.

After all, China cannot stay in such shallow waters forever. Without a dazzling stage, it will end up being unknown.

Even the defeat in the China-Japan Go Challenge was considered a bait to lure the other side into a trap.

Treat them to guests, behead them, and accept them as dogs!

This is not a failure for us! This is a strategic failure!
The world's Go center is always Japan! It will not change just because of one person's strength!

But now there is such a world competition!
World Series!

What do you mean?
Aren’t we Japan the entire Go world? !

Our Japanese competition should be the world championship!

Hasegawa once again felt that Japan's Go hegemony was facing a strong challenge. The holding of this world championship was because some people believed that Japan's dominant position in Go had been shaken.

Otherwise, no outsider would have such an idea.

Five years ago, if anyone wanted to organize this competition, everyone’s first reaction would be that they were giving us money.

but now……

"It probably has little to do with the Go community in Taiwan. It was Mr. Ying's idea. It is said that many people in the Go community in Taiwan are against this competition."

How can I not object? The money is earned by others. If you eat more, we will eat less.

And even if the chess players from Taiwan can participate in this competition, anyone who goes up will be swimming naked, and will be slapped in the face by others.

Moreover, according to rumors, no one in the Taiwan Go community can participate in this competition.

Because Mr. Ying believed that no one in the Taiwan Go community was qualified to participate in this competition, the Chinese players invited from Taiwan were all players living in Japan, and no one from the real local Go community could participate.

Of course everyone was very dissatisfied. We have only been working as chess players for a few years. How could you be so cruel to abandon us?
“This World Championship…”

"Should we refuse?"

When Hasegawa heard this, he slammed the table without thinking: "How can we refuse! What reason can we give to refuse?!"

If the game fee given by the other side is not enough, the Japanese side will naturally have reasons to refuse. If they don't even have money, it's like our chess players playing chess with you. What do you think of our chess players? Are they begging for food on their knees?

But things are different now. The champion prize of this tournament, US$400,000, is higher than all the prize money of Japan's seven major chess tournaments. You can't say that your country's top players are not interested in such a high prize money, right?
This kind of thing is unacceptable, not to mention that if I oppose it, domestic chess players will also have strong opinions.

What do you mean? You people in administration are afraid of Zhan Lang, but we who play chess are not!
A prize of US$400,000, we, the top-notch ones, must win it!
Not allowing chess players to participate in a competition of this level with prize money is a huge internal problem alone.

These chess-playing creatures have no brains, they just need to concentrate on playing chess. But we leaders have a lot of things to consider.

It is definitely not possible to refuse to accept it. This kind of thing cannot be hidden at all. After it was exposed, it dealt a huge blow to the prestige of Japanese Go. There is no reasonable reason. Everyone knows that Japanese Go is scared.

"I can't refuse..."

Hasegawa felt like he had a huge headache. Now that he had been set up, he had no right to refuse. He could only go ahead and do it!

"Many of us are not familiar with the Ying family's rules..."

"The World Championship! This is going to tear a hole in our Japanese Go monopoly!"

"The world championship held by the Chinese... doesn't it mean that the Chinese are going to take over the banner of the Japanese Go Kingdom?"

"no!"

"When are they going to hold this competition? Is the specific schedule out?!"

Hasegawa felt a terrible headache, and everything he did now would be wrong.

Although I feel that if in this kind of knockout match, Japan's top-notch team will not necessarily lose to Zhanlang. But what if they lose?
The Chinese took on the responsibility of hosting the World Series, and the Chinese won the championship?
What do Japanese chess fans think?
Has China assumed the rights and obligations of the world's Go kingdom? Has the center of world Go moved westward? Are we no longer the world's Go center?

“There is not much news yet. The specific actions are relatively large, but no obvious progress has been seen.

After all, it involves China's cross-strait issues, so it is inevitable that it will be carried out cautiously. It is said that he also wants to hold the competition in the capital of China, which is even more troublesome.

However, this competition is no longer a secret in the Go community, but it is just a lot of noise but little action. It will take at least a year or so to actually organize it. "

Ying Changqi had to consider a lot of issues when he wanted to hold this competition, such as the venue, nationality issues, etc. It involved more than just issues of Go and funding.

So it is very difficult and there are many challenges.

Hasegawa couldn't help knocking on the table when he heard this. After thinking for a moment, he suddenly asked Oeda who was reporting to him, "A year or two? Yusuke, if we want to hold a world competition, how long will it take?"

"us?"

When Director Oeda heard this, he was obviously stunned. He didn't know why the chairman's mind suddenly worked so quickly. Why did he suddenly want to host the world championships?

"Yes, how long will it take!"

"If the prize money is around $400,000, then it would be a bit troublesome..."

Hearing this, Hasegawa couldn't help but twitch his lips. The prize of 400,000 US dollars was really too high, and it was indeed very difficult to find a sponsor.

After all, even after the Hiroshima Agreement was signed a few years ago, the Japanese yen has appreciated wildly in the past two years, and the highest prize money for Japan's Go Saint Tournament of 42 million yen is only more than 300,000 US dollars when converted into US dollars.

If it was before the Plaza Accord, the amount after the exchange would be only about half.

You know, the Go Saint Tournament is the title with the highest prize money in Japan. If it were so easy to find sponsors to hold a competition with the same prize money, the Japan Go Association would have done it long ago. Why are you waiting for this crappy world championship?

"The prize money doesn't need to be that high. Under 20 million yen, maybe a little lower. It's fine..."

That’s enough!

God knows what the guy named Ying from Baodao is crazy about, setting the bonus so high!

"In this case, it shouldn't be difficult to find sponsors. If we hurry up, it shouldn't be a problem to hold the competition within half a year."

If the Japan Chess Association wants to hold a world championship, there will naturally be no obstacles. In fact, if they push forward with all their strength, it can even be done faster.

"Can we get ahead of them?"

"I can definitely get ahead of them!"

Upon hearing this, Dazhi nodded affirmatively. To some extent, the other side was still just a concept. Although everything was ready, it was difficult to take action.

It's different here. As the world Go center, we have a lot of support. As long as we negotiate with the sponsors and issue the quota, it will be easy to organize a competition.

For the Japan Shogi Association, the most difficult thing is actually finding sponsors who are willing to provide financial support. Everything else is simple.

"But, are we going to hold this competition?"

When Oeda heard this, he said uncertainly, "Have you forgotten what happened to the China-Japan Go Tournament that we organized?"
How dare you hold a world championship?
They say every failure makes you wiser, so you can't always suffer losses!

Looking at Oeda who didn't understand, Hasegawa couldn't help but shook his head: "It's not what I want to do, but this matter has developed to this extent and is no longer under our control.

Instead of waiting to die, we should take the initiative! When it comes to hosting a world championship, the first word of honor cannot be drunk by others! Otherwise, it will be a big blow to our Japanese Go!"

Hasegawa knew very well that the only things that could not be lent to others were fame and status.

If China really succeeds in hosting the first world championship, they will slowly steal the reputation of Japanese Go in this increasingly globalized field of Go!

This is absolutely not allowed!

"And since the World Series is already a foregone conclusion, it would be better if we participate in a World Series controlled by Japan than if someone else controls the World Series."

"At least the rules, competition system, etc. are all made by us! We can adopt the rules that our Japanese players are most adapted to and help our players to the greatest extent within the rules."

"By the way, the handicap for black players in this competition has been adjusted to 6.5 points! Hasn't it been said that 5.5 points is too light a burden? Hasn't the Chinese chess player Zhan Lang performed very well?"

"I just don't believe it. Is he really invincible? Our top-notch players all came out of the knockout rounds and round-robin tournaments. How can they not lose every time?!"

Zhan Lang, who had just arrived in Hong Kong, looked at the computer on the chessboard in the system space and fell into a long silence.

With only seventy-two hands, Zhan Lang no longer had any mood to go on.

You dog! What a dog!

PS: The prediction was not wrong at all! But it is too abstract that the prince could misjudge Zhengzi, right? Dayou is not such a waste, right? !
The situation is exactly the same as last year. The bully who saved his life managed to stumble into the final to face Shen Zi!

I say the same thing as last year, Shen Zi cannot fail!
It's impossible that with this winning rate, he can't even win one world championship in a year? ! (Although last year's Yingshi Cup is a legacy...if it weren't for this legacy, he wouldn't have won the championship last year)

Anyway, in a nutshell, there is pressure on you to apply!
Last day, please give me a monthly ticket~
(End of this chapter)