Chapter 111: Yi Zhao Qi Yi

"… Rui Zhao, did you understand what I just said?"

Yu Qingguang finished explaining the situation to the students while making final preparations at the podium. He confirmed it again.

Rui Zhao nodded quickly: "Yes! I understand everything!

"I was originally wondering what to say in this speech, but after you said this, I suddenly understood!

"Just... Chairman Shang and Vice Chairman Lu really don't want to mention it?"

"No, do they need a little thanks from a little girl like you?"

Yu Qingguang directly helped the chairman and vice chairman of the chess association to make the final decision:
"Okay, that's all I have to say. Just perform well on stage later."

After saying this, Yu Qingguang wanted to turn around and go back, but was stopped by the students.

"...Teacher Yu, please wait a moment!"

Yu Qingguang looked back at the student:
"Why? Is there anything else?"

Rui Zhao bit his lip and hesitated for a while before saying:
"What do you think about Bai Yinhua's incident this time?"

Yu Qingguang frowned: "Why do you suddenly ask this?"

The girl stammered, "Teacher Yu, I, I always have a feeling.

"Although Bai Yinhua did something wrong, he... doesn't seem to be a person with such bad intentions.

"During the semi-finals and the finals, he gave me live broadcast suggestions twice. And the subsequent... well, my friend also said that his suggestions, in terms of live broadcast alone, were actually quite sincere...

"But why would he do such a thing..."

Yu Qingguang was stunned for a moment, then the corners of his mouth curled up slightly:

"You're actually thinking about something like this? I thought you only had chess on your mind!"

Rui Zhao blushed, but still nodded:

"Yeah. His surrender yesterday...actually, it made me feel a little uncomfortable."

"That's it..."

Yu Qingguang sighed, turned around and said to the students:
"Rui Zhao, Bai Yinhua... is just an ordinary person after all.

“When an ordinary person finds out that he has devoted half his life to something and paid countless efforts for it, but it cannot bring him enough returns, it is normal for him to feel emotionally shaken.”

"But if I encounter this situation, I will definitely continue to persevere!" Rui Zhao answered firmly.

"I believe you. But you can only take care of yourself, not others."

Yu Qingguang's tone couldn't be more calm.

"Although Bai Yinhua did many things wrong this time, if we simply think that all the problems are his own and there are no objective reasons in the Go community, then I dare say... there will definitely be another Bai Yinhua soon.

“For most people, passion alone is not enough to persevere.

"Rui Zhao, I know you are an exception. But you, as an exception, also need to understand this - just like me.

"Otherwise, even if you persist in playing Go until the end of time with your passion, when you look back, you will find that there is not even one person who can play Go with you. At that time, will you really be able to experience the joy of Go?"

Rui Zhao was silent for a moment after hearing this.

To be honest, she was not good at thinking about things outside the game. But Yu Qingguang's words seemed to touch upon something very important, and she couldn't help but try to understand and think about it.

Seeing that his silly student seemed to be really thinking about what he said, Yu Qingguang couldn't help but feel a little surprised. He continued:

"'Flowers may seem pure and beautiful, but they also need soil to grow.'

“Go is very interesting, but there must be various ways to make people feel that it is interesting. And when Go encounters problems, it also needs people like us who love Go to solve various problems.

"Some of what Bai Yinhua thought about this time was actually very inspiring to me. "Take the matter of running a dojo to teach chess for example. I originally thought that it would greatly ease the employment pressure of professional chess players in the circle, which is a good thing. But now it seems that who dares to say that this is definitely not digging the roots of what I love?
"But unfortunately, I really can't stop for the time being. Otherwise, who knows if the brothers you teach chess in the dojo will follow in Bai Yinhua's footsteps..."

Rui Zhao still kept his head down and remained silent.

Yu Qingguang could see that it was undoubtedly difficult for this Go player to think about these things.

But he could also see that... he, the last student to join, was indeed thinking to the best of his ability.

"...Okay, Rui Zhao. We can think about these things later."

Yu Qingguang spoke to comfort him.

"Get ready to receive your award! Look, the host, Ke Mulan, has already come on stage!"

"Ah."

Rui Zhao responded simply at first, but what she added after looking up surprised Yu Qingguang.

“…Teacher Yu, although I am a bit stupid, I can’t think of any good solutions to many things other than playing chess.

"But I will definitely work hard to let more people know that playing Go is really a very happy thing!"

Seeing the student say this with such a serious attitude, Yu Qingguang couldn't help but shake his head and laugh.

Oh, he is really a stubborn fool!

Actually, you have helped us a lot...

"...Okay, I'll be counting on you from now on...

"Miss Yi Zhaoqiyi."

...

...

"...Okay, the award ceremony is over. Next, let's invite the champion of the Dongjiang Division of the 'Sincerity·Metropolitan Cup', Rui Zhao, to give a brief acceptance speech! Please give him a round of applause!"

At the closing ceremony, as soon as Ke Mulan finished speaking on the stage, the audience immediately burst into extremely warm applause, far overshadowing Qian Sitao and Lu Wenjie who had just given a speech.

After all, Rui Zhao is not only a local athlete from Dongjiang, but also the only daughter of a senior executive of a sponsor, and she has a particularly good appearance and temperament.

Not to mention that she had just blocked Bai Yinhua and helped the entire Go community vent its anger.

With all the buffs stacked up, Rui Zhao was undoubtedly the most shining person in the entire hall, and almost no one present did not give her face.

The girl stepped forward a little nervously and tried the microphone cautiously. It was obvious that she was a little nervous about such an occasion.

However, after taking a deep breath, she slowly began her acceptance speech.

Just when everyone thought that this pretty girl who looked a little introverted would say some words of thanks and leave the stage, Rui Zhao's speech did not follow the fixed routine:
"Hello everyone! I am Rui Zhao!
“Because I haven’t participated in many public competitions before, you may not be familiar with my name.

"However, you may have heard a little about my other two identities...

"One is a streamer and UP host on Bilibili, [Go Xiao Zhao]..."

At this point, no one present was surprised.

Because Ke Mulan asked all the official live broadcast rooms of the "Urban Cup" to help attract traffic to [Go Xiao Zhao], almost everyone present now knows that Rui Zhao is not only a chess player, but also a well-known anchor and UP host.

Although this matter is very popular, but with the example of Lin Da internet celebrity before, people are not too surprised about it.

But the next sentence caused the whole place to explode instantly.

"...The other one is an online chess player who has recently disturbed many professional high-level teachers in the chess country...

"…My nickname is [Yi Zhao Qi Yi]."

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