Go: The live broadcast queen launched a gorgeous rebellion against the dog

"Oh……"

Although it can be heard from the tone that it is difficult to say how satisfied the main pillar of the station is with this arrangement, Xiao Hanhan still expressed his acceptance and tried his best to ensure that this press conference can be held smoothly in South Korea according to his expected process.

--Yes.

The reason why the press conference for this amateur competition was held in South Korea was actually largely due to Rui Zhao's suggestion.

It was clearly a competition organized by the Chinese, but the press conference was deliberately held in South Korea - in Ai Jianan's opinion, this was actually a decision that was more likely to be gossiped about.

After all, [Go Xiao Zhao]'s base must be in China, and the Korean sports world has always left a very bad impression on Chinese people.

But according to Rui Zhao, she hopes that South Korean Go, which has been declining recently, can continue to develop. Holding this press conference in South Korea may be able to contribute more popularity to South Korean Go.

However, although Ai Jianan did not support Rui Zhao's idea at first, it seemed to be a good idea after careful consideration.

First of all, compared with China, South Korea is indeed a more internationalized country as a whole.

Holding a press conference in South Korea on the occasion of the opening of the Samshuang Cup will help attract the attention of mainstream media and further expand the influence of the event.

Secondly, what Rui Zhao said is indeed correct - if a sport is dominated by one company, it will be extremely difficult to promote it into the Olympics, no matter how influential the hegemonic country is.

The most typical example is rugby. Although this sport is regarded as the national sport in the United States of North America, rugby sevens has only been temporarily included in the Olympic Games in the last two sessions because this sport is not popular enough in most other countries.

Including China's national sport, table tennis, the "Wolf Raising Plan" a few years ago was also to avoid the embarrassing situation of the country becoming the only dominant sport and being swept out of the Olympics.

Of course, the story of how the "wolf-raising plan" later turned into "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" is another matter.

Just like now, it seems that Nie Yunyi cannot defeat Xiao Shangban, which is quite worrying...

Well……

But with Xiao Zhao around, we should be able to suppress that little Uesaka for a few more years, right?

Thinking of this, Ai Jianan couldn't help but look at his own pillar, only to see that the beauty who had just been talking to him had taken out a tablet and started swiping:
"Huh? Xiao Zhaomiao, what are you doing again?" Ai Jianan couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Ah! Hurry up and memorize two more recent chess records of Liu Jiudan!"

Rui Zhao continued to swipe the screen and replied, not thinking there was anything wrong:
"This way I can review the situation in my head when I go upstairs later!"

"Review in the brain?"

Hearing this word, Ai Jianan seemed to see Rui Zhao sitting on the stage not long ago with his eyes empty and clear, and couldn't help but complain:

"...No, are you really that serious?"

"As for that!"

Rui Zhao continued to move his hands as he answered:

"Time is a precious thing, no matter how much money you spend, you can't buy it back! And practicing chess can only rely on time!
"It is a simple truth for chess players to find ways to make use of their precious time!"

"...

"……Well……"

Ai Jianan was speechless for a moment when looking at her own pillar.

Miss Ai was speechless about this statement which sounded full of complaints but was "truly the truth"...

...

...

“Um… okay!
"Today, all the chess players' matches and replays for the round of 32 have ended. The draw for the round of 16 will begin soon!"

It is March 3, the first competition day of this Sanshuang Cup.

In a studio of the Hua Xia Chess Academy in Dajing City.

Song Jin, who had just finished explaining today's competition, was enthusiastically leading the audience to the next link.

However, it would take some time to prepare for the draw on site. At this time, Song Jin still skillfully talked about today's game as a transition:
“I have to say that in this competition, China has continued its hot form in the past six months and remains very strong!
"Among the twelve players participating in the competition, except for Zhuang Zheng who was eliminated by Liu Shixian in advance, the remaining eleven Chinese players all advanced. Among the next sixteen players, there are only five non-Chinese players: Liu Shixian, Li Tingyan, Shen Qingrun, Ueno Torachiro, and Ichijo Takuya.

"It is a foregone conclusion that the round of 2021 will see three Chinese civil wars. If we are lucky in the draw, we may even be able to achieve the feat of sweeping the top eight again since the Mengli Lily Cup!"

"Well... Song Jin, you shouldn't open the champagne so early!"

The "foreign teacher" Cheng Zhiyang, 9th Dan, who came as a guest today, made a small joke:

"After all, Liu Shixian is still here!"

“So I want to have good luck!”

Song Jin smiled and replied:

"I feel like if Rui Zhao draws Liu Jiudan, he'll have a pretty good chance!
"Like today, Rui Zhao's performance was also very, very good. She played slowly and quickly, and it didn't even seem like she was exerting much strength. She just kept testing An Mingjiao through her moves in the lower right corner when both sides were in a big situation.

"It was obvious that the not-so-young An Mingjiao still had not stood the test and failed to determine the appropriate direction to protect the air. Rui Zhao easily dealt with the white chess pieces that had penetrated into his opponent's space.

“And then… nothing happened.

"Rui Zhao then easily controlled the game all the way, and finally defeated his opponent in just two hours and twenty minutes, a total of 188 moves! His excellent competitive state is really amazing!"

“Well…indeed!
"Rui Zhao's competitive state and speed of improvement are really amazing!"

As the first world champion of fermented bean curd in Zhaotian, Mr. Yang nodded and said with emotion:
"I remember when I lost to her for the first time in the Weiqi League two and a half years ago, she was only a 6th dan! "At that time, I was defeated by her... no, that is, I was defeated by her. I was very depressed! Because that was the first time I lost to a female chess player since I became a professional chess player!
"As it turns out, Rui Zhao is not only the best female chess player in history, she is even competing for the best in the world! Hmm...

"It is my great honor to be the first world champion fermented bean curd in the Queen's World Championship!"

“So, two and a half years is really a magical time!”

Although Cheng Zhiyang obviously swallowed back the harsh words that were about to come out of his mouth, Song Jin was used to this kind of situation and continued the conversation as if he didn't notice it:

“But you don’t have to make a fuss!
"You know, according to reports, Rui Zhao also only taught himself Go for two and a half years before he was promoted to the top of the promotion tournament! In just two and a half years, he went from a beginner to the top of the promotion tournament!
"Compared to such an outrageous learning efficiency, isn't Rui Zhao's progress in the past two and a half years relatively more acceptable?"

Song Jin's words were originally meant to tease the guests and liven up the atmosphere. But after hearing this, Cheng Zhiyang's tone suddenly became serious:

“Well… to be honest, Song Jin.

"I think Rui Zhao's progress in the past two and a half years is more jaw-dropping!"

"Eh?"

Hearing this, Song Jin was slightly stunned - because this statement was quite contrary to the common sense of Go.

The game of Go emphasizes "slow accumulation and gradual development". The overall learning progress is bound to be slow in the early stages and fast in the later stages. It will only slow down when it gradually reaches the bottleneck of human upper limit.

Typical examples include Lang Haishen, Ni Jue, Dai Ran, Lin Ruixin, Lei Qi... They all suddenly exploded in a very short period of time, rising from the middle and low ranks to the ranks of top chess players.

But it was unheard of for a beginner to become the top scorer in the dan ranking in just two and a half years! As a result, people were highly skeptical about Rui Zhao's statement for a long time.

In other words, this incident did not have any practical impact, and over time everyone just treated it as a half-true anecdote.

Hearing Song Jin's puzzled voice, Teacher Yang knew what his partner was wondering about, so he explained:
“You have to know that although most professional chess players need at least six to seven years to be promoted to the rank of professional chess player, that is based on the assumption that they started learning at the age of five or six.

“If you start learning chess at an older age, even though the upper limit is obviously lower, the learning speed in the early stages is definitely faster than that of children of a few years older!

"Well, let me say something a bit boastful!

"I was considered a young genius. I thought to myself: if I had started learning at the age of 16, it would not be impossible for me to reach the level of a female champion in two and a half years.

"Oh, of course! I think what Rui Zhao calls 'self-study' is just for reference!

"She must have hired a teacher, but the famous teacher didn't want to reveal the reason for some reason."

After hearing this, Song Jin finally understood Cheng Zhiyang's meaning and the logic behind it.

Indeed, what Teacher Yang said is not wrong.

It is a well-established fact that older beginners progress faster in the early stages than five or six-year-olds.

Rui Zhao's talent is beyond doubt. It is not impossible for her to jump from a beginner to the top female player in just two and a half years.

Seeing that Song Jin did not raise any objections, Cheng Zhiyang continued:

"...But Rui Zhao's progress in the past two and a half years is what makes her truly terrifying!

"You know, two and a half years ago, she had already won the Bay Area Masters Championship, and even won consecutive victories over Little Lamb and Little Bird in the first three rounds of the Women's Go League. She was clearly the top female player in China! Not to mention that she also had an outstanding appearance that was almost unfair!
"If she wanted to find an opportunity to enter the entertainment industry or marry a rich man at that time, I guess there would be no problem!
"As a result... I can only say that Crazy Little Chess really lives up to his reputation. He has continued to win until now! This is way off the mark!"

"Ah, Mr. Yang, that's not too outrageous, right?"

Seeing Cheng Zhiyang sighing with emotion, Song Jin hurriedly helped to smooth things over and said:

"We professional chess players are always very hardworking..."

But Mr. Yang, who was addicted to talking, couldn't stop at all and interrupted directly:
"Hey, Song Jin! You are also an insider, don't you know?!

"Go is something that can be practiced diligently for a while, but it can't withstand practicing day and night like this!
"In my opinion, there are many more interesting things in this world than Go!
"Don't even mention Go. I heard that professional e-sports players rarely play the game during the off-season.

"I also feel that I lost my passion for Go a long time ago. It's just a job to make a living...

"Song Jin, can you still be passionate about Go?"

"Uh……"

Song Jin's expression instantly became awkward:
“It’s alright…”

"That's why!"

Cheng Zhiyang clapped his hands and said:
“This girl is really outrageous!

"She became famous very early, but it seems that nothing else can attract her! She is always reviewing homework with a tablet on her back! It's like she never gets bored!
"Compared to the so-called 'becoming the top scorer in the dan dan after studying for two and a half years', this is the real terrifying thing about Rui Zhao!

"As we all know, the essence of Go is accumulation and persistence. But for professional players, especially top professional players, these two points may seem simple, but they are an incredible test of human nature!
"So why is it said that after Lin Ruixin won his seventh championship at the age of 23..."

“Ahhh, that foreign teacher!

"We can see that the draw is already underway! Two matchups have even been announced. Let's take a look at the draw!"

Seeing that Cheng Zhiyang was getting more and more excited and his words were becoming more and more outrageous, Song Jin interrupted him quickly to prevent him from saying more content that could stir up trouble.

However, Song Jin didn't expect that sometimes the rhythm couldn't be interrupted just by saying so...

"...Ah! Rui Zhao has already drawn the lot!
“We can clearly see that Queen Zhao Tian’s next opponent is… eh?

"Actually...

"...Is it Lin Ruixin?!" (End of this chapter)