After all of us are reborn, who plays Go?

The second game of the first Ying Cup final. After the first game, everyone moved from Hangzhou to Ningbo, the hometown of the sponsor Mr. Ying Changqi.

Although Hangzhou and Ningbo are a little apart, there is no distance between us.

Because the two cities had the same goal, they even signed a non-aggression treaty between Hangzhou and Ningbo, although Shaoxing in the middle did not understand why they had to sign a non-aggression treaty even though they did not border each other.

Of course, the first thing I did when I came here was not to compete, but to accompany Mr. Ying Changqi to visit his hometown.

The old man was naturally very happy. Although it was not his first time back, returning home in glory was always a happy thing.

Even someone with a strong mentality like Liu Bang, who almost disregarded life and death, all he wanted to do before he died was to go back to his hometown and show off.

Just like Xiang Yu himself said, if one does not return home in splendor, it is like traveling in splendid clothes at night!
Who can resist the temptation to return to their hometown to show off after achieving success? No one!

Mr. Ying Changqi was naturally no exception, especially when there was a group of people surrounding him, he felt extremely satisfied in his heart.

The preparations for the second game have also been completed, and the game will be held normally at the agreed time.

As usual, Cao Mingxun arrived at the competition venue early in the morning, and some things were still being set up at the venue.

But as soon as Cao Mingxun walked into the competition venue, he couldn't help but be stunned when he saw several small electric fans placed under the table.

Although the weather is still a little hot, there is no need to prepare so many electric fans, right? And it seems that these electric fans can't blow air to people, and basically blow air under the legs of the table.

What is this for?
What does this imply? !

This is a slide that cannot be touched!

Cao Mingxun couldn't help but frown. If these electric fans were turned on normally, the ventilation effect under the entire table would be excellent.

Forget about taking off your shoes. Even if you put some pickled cabbage underneath, it probably wouldn't work because all the smell would be blown away.

Isn't this targeting me?!
It can’t even be said to be intentional or accidental!
It was definitely intentional! Absolutely!
Thinking of this, Cao Mingxun couldn't help but ask the Korean team leader accompanying him to negotiate with the organizers and ask them to remove the electric fans.

Discrimination! This is naked discrimination against oneself!
I just took off my shoes because I had nothing to do. Aren't there many Japanese players who do the same? Why are you targeting me?

Is it because my feet smell a little bit because I wore my socks for a few days longer?

The smelly socks of minority groups should also enjoy equal rights!

"What should I say? I can't..."

The South Korean team leader seemed to know Cho Myeong-hoon's plan, but there was no way to tell the organizers about this.

Because I want to take off my socks and stink people up, so you can't use an electric fan to blow away my smell, otherwise I won't be able to stink people up.

Don’t say this kind of thing in public, and don’t even say it in private!

Even if you want them to remove the electric fan, at least you need a plausible reason so that you can at least say it.

Cao Mingxun also knew that this kind of thing could not be said openly. After all, some things could only be done but not said, otherwise he would lose all his people.

After thinking for a while, Cao Mingxun said, "Let's just say I caught a cold and can't stand the wind.

Using an electric fan will affect my condition, so I asked them to take the electric fan away. The weather is not very hot now, so just provide us with some fans."

The Korean coach nodded when he heard this, but after speaking a few words, he returned with a bad look on his face.

"what happened?"

Cao Mingxun felt that removing a few electric fans should not be a big problem, because there was no such thing in the first place. Could it be that the organizer still wanted to worry about this issue?

This is really disrespectful to the contestants! Didn't we agree that the contestants should be the most important thing?
I have given you suggestions and you didn't accept them?! I don't even dare to imagine what you are going to do next?!

The Korean team leader said with a grim expression, "They said they didn't turn on the air conditioner because they were worried about someone's poor health.

If you can’t stand the wind, the fan won’t blow towards you, and you don’t even have to turn on the fan on your side, but the person on the other side has the right to turn on the fan, so it won’t affect you! It can also help cool down other people.”

It won't have any impact on me! It's affecting me and others!
Cao Mingxun knew that he had to raise his own opinions and let the organizer know that he, as a contestant, had strong opinions!

You must take measures to reduce the impact on me!
Although Cao Mingxun said it harshly in his heart, he immediately smiled when he arrived at the venue: "Chief Referee, it seems that there were no fans at the competition site before? Can these fans be removed?
The noise of this fan will definitely affect our game! Because when we are thinking, we are most afraid of being disturbed by noise. In order not to affect the normal progress of the game, I strongly suggest that this fan be removed!
This will ensure that we can play higher quality games and avoid making mistakes.”

Cao Mingxun glanced at the chief judge Chen Long in front of him and said something with a very reasonable reason.

When Chen Long heard this, he glanced at Cao Mingxun. Although no one knew much about Cao Mingxun before this competition, after all, Cao Mingxun had competed from the preliminary round to the finals this time.

There was also the last Fujitsu Cup World Go Championship. Although Cao Mingxun was eliminated in the first round, he still got the job done.

Although there were only a few victims of this act, it is impossible that no one would speak out about it.

Therefore, to some extent, Cao Mingxun has become famous in the global Go circle through the two world championships.

It's just his anger that makes many people feel sick.

Naturally, Chen Long had also heard about some of Cao Mingxun's "heroic deeds" and knew what Zhan Lang was preparing this for.

Although Cao Mingxun did not do anything out of the ordinary in the first game, and although there were some minor moves, they were all within the range that everyone could tolerate.

But as the saying goes, be well prepared for everything, just in case it comes in handy?

Especially when facing a repeat offender like Cao Mingxun, you really don’t know what he will do, so it’s better to be prepared.

Therefore, Chen Long didn't know what to say in response to Cao Mingxun's high-sounding words.

Why exactly should we do this? Don’t you really have any idea?
And if you don't plan to do anything out of the ordinary, why would you be afraid of a mere electric fan?

The fact that you are willing to come to me now proves that you are already prepared to do some of the things you have done before, doesn't it?
You are already a thousand-year-old fox, why are you still talking about Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio?

But we are all adults, so it is impossible for us to lose face right away. That would be too irrational.

Since Cao Mingxun pretended to be stupid and gave high-sounding reasons, Chen Long naturally had his own set of rhetoric to deal with him.

All these years of administrative work have not been in vain, so this little thing can be solved.

"The fan makes some noise, right? But the noise is very low, so theoretically it shouldn't be a nuisance."

"President Chen, as a former professional Go player, you should also know that when a Go player is thinking, even the slightest sound will..."

Hearing this, Chen Long looked as if he had suddenly realized something: "You can't be disturbed at all? I didn't expect you to have such strict requirements. During the game, we will ask both sides to keep quiet this time!

If anyone makes some bad comments, we must stop them immediately and strictly follow the rules to create a good game environment for you!"

Hearing this, Cao Mingxun was choked. He knew that Chen Long was referring to him.

Although Chinese rules, including the Yingshi Cup rules, have made certain requirements on the players' behavior, the enforcement is not strong.

Apart from obvious behaviors such as smoking, the enforcement requirements for other behaviors are not particularly strict.

In other words, even later on, the rules of Go were relatively loose, and in fact it was the same on the chessboard. The main principle was that if the people did not report, the officials would not investigate.

If a player does not take the initiative to point out that the opponent has committed a foul, it is rare for the referee to take the initiative to make a penalty.

Just like not being able to interrupt the opponent's game, this rule itself is very broad.

If a player keeps burping after eating something bad, can the opponent directly report him for disturbing them and declare him the loser?

Theoretically, it is feasible, but in reality, no one would do it.

After all, the Go community is so small, and we all see each other every day. As long as it is not intentional, no one will be ruthless.

For example, some players would pout and stir the chess pieces when faced with adversity, some would play with collars and fans, and Japanese and Korean chess players also like to take off their shoes. Basically, many top chess players have this habit.

Even in 2024, some people took off their shoes and stung others. As opponents, everyone would generally endure it a little. As long as the opponent was not the kind that could be seen at a glance that it was intentional, there would be no quarrel.

Even for obvious fouls such as shooting with both hands, some chess players simply remind their opponents not to do so again, and do not directly ask the referee to declare them the loser.

On the one hand, it is a good idea to leave a way out for the future meeting.

On the other hand, chess players would rather defeat their opponents in terms of content and on the chessboard, rather than forcing their opponents to lose through rules.

Although such words are reasonable, they are still bound to be mentioned by others.

They say something like you didn't get the championship legitimately.

So in the first few games, although Cao Mingxun used some small tricks, most of the players did not say much. Occasionally, some players called the referee to stop Cao Mingxun from committing fouls.

But if the referee is serious and accumulates the times according to the rules, it will be hard to say.

The number of times Cao Mingxun had accumulated in previous games was enough to directly declare the opponent the loser.

And does Cao Mingxun dare to say that he couldn't make any sound during the competition?

Cao Mingxun said something a little embarrassed, expressing the difference between humans and machines: "It is inevitable that there will be some noise in a six-hour game. We can't just sit there all the time. Zhan Lang is also moving around.

But this machine sound can be avoided, so why not avoid it?"

Chen Long smiled and said, "Don't worry, this fan was specially equipped in advance, and the noise is very small, definitely not louder than the normal sound you make.

If you can't even bear this sound, then we will probably have to strictly enforce it..."

"It's okay, it's okay. It's good to have a fan. Even though I'm not using it, someone might feel hot, haha."

Before Chen Long could finish speaking, Cao Mingxun waved his hands and smiled awkwardly.

He also sensed that the Chinese organizers had a tough attitude on this issue, and no matter how much he said, it would be useless unless he just lay on the ground and rolled around.

But this kind of thing should be done by other people, not by yourself, otherwise it will easily affect your image.

However, Cao Mingxun was also a little puzzled. Aren’t Chinese people known to be easy to talk to? Why are they so tough today?

Looking at Cao Mingxun who was ready for the game, Chen Long couldn't help but shook his head. The staff next to him couldn't help but feel a little strange: "Mr. Chen, your attitude today is really tough."

"Zhan Lang arranged ahead of time to place the electric fan here, and told us not to retreat. This thing was made to target him, so how could we retreat just because he said so?"

If the other party applies to remove the electric fan simply for the purpose of cooling off, the organizer will not care and will just remove it.

But this thing was made specifically for you, how could it be removed just because you say something?

Then wouldn’t we have done it in vain?
"But I think this guy was pretty honest in the last game, so he shouldn't do anything weird."

Chen Long shook his head when he heard this: "Who knows? Anyway, it's better to be prepared. Put the things there and decide whether to open them or not when the time comes.

The Japanese side complained to us before leaving... Anyway, for the sake of Zhan Lang's physical and mental health, let's just follow his arrangements.

Otherwise, even if you win, being disgusted is not something worth being happy about.”

It would not be good to win the championship and still have some unpleasant memories.

"Too."

Cao Mingxun, who was sitting in the seat, couldn't help but feel a little angry. When you are under someone's roof, you have to bow your head!

It is because I am competing in China that I am checked and balanced everywhere. I never suffered such injustice when I was in Korea!

Just like what the team leader said, the players who made it to the finals were obviously from China and South Korea, so why are all the finals held in China?
The remaining three games should all be held in South Korea, that would be fair!

While Cao Mingxun was daydreaming, Zhan Lang also walked into the competition venue carrying the bag.

Looking at the bag in Zhan Lang's hand, Cao Mingxun also felt a little puzzled. Why was he carrying a bag to the competition?
Although he didn't know what was inside, Cao Mingxun, who was already a little unhappy this morning because of the fan incident, always felt that there was something inside that was targeted at him.

hateful!

It's really a malicious attack on me! If I were in Korea, I would never be treated like this!

It is imperative to bring the subsequent games to Korea! If not, I will give up the game!
Thinking of this, Cao Mingxun couldn't help but nodded. If he threatened to withdraw from the game, the other party would definitely agree.

After all, you don’t want something bad to happen in the final of the world championship you organized, right?
"Cao Jiudan looks a little unhappy today?"

Seeing Cao Mingxun's face looking a little bad, Zhan Lang probably guessed what had happened, but he still said something deliberately.

Hearing this, Cao Mingxun laughed dryly twice: "Nothing, I just miss my hometown a little bit, and by the way, I miss the food cooked by my wife.

Next time you come to Korea, if you have the chance, come to my house for a meal. My wife’s cooking skills are absolutely amazing!”

"Really? They are a loving couple, unlike me who is still single."

When Zhan Lang heard this, he couldn't help but lean back in his chair and shook his head. Facing the pursuit of a large number of female athletes and even art troupes, he had a terrible headache.

People are afraid of becoming famous just like pigs are afraid of getting fat. After Zhan Lang became famous in the past two years, the issue of marriage has become the focus of many people's attention. He was even asked when he was going to get married when he was playing cards with others.

Zhan Lang could only say awkwardly that he was not yet of legal age for marriage and was not in a hurry to find a partner.

But I didn't expect that someone would show affection in front of me today?

FFFFFFFFFFFFFF!

"Since you miss your wife so much, I will send you back to reunite with her as soon as possible."

I’ll get you by 3-0 and won’t waste any of your time!
Cao Mingxun smiled slightly when he heard this. He could naturally understand Zhan Lang's hidden meaning, but now everyone was testing each other's temper, and whoever was really angry would be fooled.

“I also want to meet her sooner, maybe she can come to cheer me up during our next competition.

If that happens, I will be more motivated! Because I also want to give her the trophy as a gift. "

When Zhan Lang heard this, the corner of his mouth twitched. I had already eaten enough breakfast this morning, and you still want to stuff dog food into my mouth!
Hey!
I'd be sorry if I don't kill your dragon today!

Seeing Zhan Lang's somewhat unfriendly eyes, Cao Mingxun smiled happily instead. Sorry, as long as the family is happy, you can do whatever you want!

Because Zhan Lang got the black pieces in the first game, the black and white pieces were rotated in the second game according to the rules, with Cao Mingxun playing black first.

After the game started, Cao Mingxun did not hesitate and directly placed the piece at the small eye in the upper right corner. Zhan Lang also immediately called the clock.

Star position in the upper left corner.

Something unexpected happened. Theoretically, in the first four moves, everyone would occupy the four corners first. However, in the third move, Cao Mingxun played 3-3 on the white piece that Zhan Lang had just placed in the upper left corner.

Zhan Lang was quite familiar with this move. After all, he often played this way when he had nothing to do in the past. The same was true for chess players in the era of artificial intelligence.

But Cao Mingxun was indeed a "forgetful traitor". The fact that others were willing to bet on Zhan Lang's 33 was already against the decision of their ancestors, and Cao Mingxun actually chose 33 in the third hand just like Zhan Lang.

To be honest, Chen Long has only seen some players who have just joined the national youth team dare to do this, and even most people don't dare to do so.

Because those who can enter the national youth team must have undergone systematic computer training and have a fixed set of thinking in their heads. Except for a few individuals, most people have not fully embraced Zhan Lang's advanced ideas.

This is only because of Zhan Lang's invincible performance in the past two years. Otherwise, if there is anyone who can fight Zhan Lang to the same extent, there will probably be only one or two imitators at most.

It was really unexpected that Cao Mingxun, a chess player who had completely formed his chess style and had already reached the ninth level, could make such a change!
"In terms of acceptance, Cao Mingxun is indeed ahead of the rest of us."

Chen Long also had to admit this. Even many Chinese Go players have not yet fully accepted all of Zhan Lang's moves. Even those that he himself has not figured out are not enough for him to let his students learn casually.

Fang Yuan couldn't help curling his lips when he heard this: "Who said that? I don't want to play something like this? And as the saying goes, to know a man you must know his reason. Does Cao Mingxun know why he has to point to the corner right at the start?"

snort!
I don't know how many times I've played with Zhan Lang in private! But I've heard him explain a lot of knowledge, and it's obvious that I miss him the most!
Even his disciples can't compare to him!

Ritian’s style is too rigid, Xiaozhu’s main character is lazy and gluttonous, and it is hard to say whether Xiaomeng’s upper limit can reach the same level as the other two.

In the end it has to be me!

Thinking of this, Fang Yuan couldn't help but straighten his back. I am the one who is most like Zhan Lang!

When Fang Yuan was thinking about this kind of thing, he probably forgot that he was more than ten years older than Zhan Lang.

Facing Cao Mingxun's corner attacks, Zhan Lang had already learned a complete set of coping methods. After all, he learned all of them from himself.

Grow up and fly!
After a simple formation above, Zhan Lang occupied the star position in the lower right corner, and then Cao Mingxun immediately placed the three threes in the lower left corner.

The small three-three in the diagonal corner, plus the three-three in the upper left corner to obtain the real field, Cao Mingxun directly took away the three corners at the beginning. It was obvious that he was going to fish first and then wash, and by the way, not give Zhan Lang the opportunity to point out his own three-three.

It is a good thing to catch the fish first and then wash them!

However, if you sit opposite me, you will probably have to fish first and die later!
Zhan Lang directly placed a small eye in the upper right corner. Cao Mingxun did not rush to respond. Instead, he started from the upper left corner, exchanged with Zhan Lang, and then started from the upper left corner.

In the normal pointed top pattern, after Zhan Lang has grown up and Cao Mingxun has jumped, Zhan Lang should remove it from the side.

However, because there were Cao Mingxun's chess pieces next to him, Zhan Lang subconsciously felt that this piece was not very big, and instead moved to the lower left corner and forced it directly.

Cao Mingxun flew out directly from the third-and-third position to guard the corner, while Zhan Lang immediately continued to attack from the right.

Looking at Zhan Lang who provoked the attack this time, Cao Mingxun also did not hesitate at all. If you want to fight, then I will fight!
Cao Mingxun didn't hesitate at all and scored directly from the left!

Cao Mingxun has always known that what he is best at is winning in chaos. Even though Zhan Lang is also good at this, it is always better to attack the opponent's strength with his strength than to attack the opponent's strength with his weakness.

Therefore, facing Zhan Lang's provocation to fight, Cao Mingxun readily agreed.

Because only in a chaotic fight will you have a chance!
This has always been the strategy that Cao Mingxun was 100% sure of and formulated. Even though this strategy failed miserably in the first game, Cao Mingxun did not change it.

Zhan Lang was naturally less afraid of the battle. After all, I have seen all kinds of combat players, and there were many crazy guys who killed me.

Zhan Lang jumped out without any hesitation and attacked the two black pieces in the lower left corner of Cao Mingxun.

Facing Zhan Lang's attack, Cao Mingxun had no intention of defending at all, and directly came out to counterattack! Faced with the attack head-on!

Facing Cao Mingxun's tit-for-tat counterattack, Zhan Lang also used his strongest means.

Move 24, White, click!

Zhan Lang forced his way in directly. Since there were white pieces on the left and above, Zhan Lang could both crawl back from the bottom and communicate from the top, and cut and surround the small black piece in the corner.

Cao Mingxun naturally had no intention of peace, so he flew out directly, hoping that Zhan Lang would respond. In this way, he could return to the lower tiger and directly form an encirclement around the seed that Zhan Lang had shot.

Although Cao Mingxun was playing chess with his hands, his feet were not idle either. He took off his shoes silently.

Although there is an electric fan to blow away the smell, some smell is always better than no smell.

I put on these smelly sweaty socks that I had worn for several days and left them there without washing for several days.

I'm used to the smell and don't care about it anymore, but the smell of the marinade can always affect others.

Zhan Lang seemed to have smelled something vaguely and knew roughly what had happened.

So after Cao Mingxun made his move, Zhan Lang did not rush to make another move. Instead, he opened his bag and took out a small bottle.

As soon as he opened the lid, Cao Mingxun felt a smell rushing into his nose.

Holy shit! What does this smell like?
So aggressive!

PS: There are no competitions next month. Of course, the most important ones are the first two games of the Yingshi Cup final and the final of the Langke Cup.

However, one of the problems is that the schedule of Japan's Ishida Ryo's title match seems to conflict with the Yingshi Cup. I don't know whether Japan will make changes or what to do.

Theoretically speaking, the schedule of the World Series will be announced in advance, and other national competitions will make concessions to the World Series, unless there is absolutely no way to avoid it.

But Japan is more serious. No matter whether there will be conflicts or not, they will often clash with each other. If there is a conflict, even if the contestants have been selected, they will be forced to give up the competition and participate in domestic competitions.

I don’t know if we can continue the tradition if we make it to the finals, Le.

(End of this chapter)