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

Chapter 170 Apology
October 7th, Thursday.

Early that morning, the Chinese Go Association announced the penalty decision against Lei Jingming, 9th Dan:
Lei Jingming, 9th Dan, recently exhibited obvious extreme behavior in public. Although it did not ultimately lead to serious consequences, it has already caused adverse social impacts. Therefore, it has been decided to ban Lei Jingming, 9th Dan, for half a year.

However, Rui Zhao didn't pay any attention to this matter that day.

She has never liked to know about things outside the chess game. It would be impossible for her to understand the news sent by the chess association early in the morning if no one told her.

Today she still came to the dojo to practice chess, and she was in a very happy mood:

Because her great teacher is back!
Yesterday at noon, Lei Jingming contacted her and said that he would come to the dojo today to practice chess with her.

In addition, after finishing chess practice in the afternoon, Lei Jingming also made an appointment through Rui Zhao to visit the Rui family, saying that he had good news to formally inform them.

But for Rui Zhao, it doesn’t matter whether it’s good news or bad news.

I just hope Lei Jingming comes back safely!
After all, she was actually quite worried that Lei Qi's incident would leave a bad impression on Teacher Lei.

But now it seems that what Chairman Shang said before he left was not wrong!

Thinking of this, Rui Zhao's pace became more excited.

...

Although Rui Zhao has now been promoted to a professional martial artist, in order to facilitate training, she is still accustomed to living in a rental house next to the dojo, so she can go to the dojo very quickly.

Her main plan during this period is to practice chess while waiting to participate in formal professional competitions. The first professional competition she can participate in will be the national championship qualifiers at the end of July, and she has already signed up.

However, when she arrived at the dojo that day, she did not run into Lei Jingming first. Instead, she ran into another acquaintance whom she had not seen for two or three days:

"Cheng Yuyang! You are here today!"

Seeing the tall and thin young man, Rui Zhao greeted him.

"Ah! Rui Zhao, good morning!"

Cheng Yuyang smiled and simply replied:
"Yes, I'm here today to collect the things from the dojo! After entering the profession, I will also start my own new journey.

"Oh, by the way, Rui Zhao, you...should be participating in the national team competition preliminaries, right?"

Rui Zhao nodded without hesitation: "Of course!"

"I knew it!"

Cheng Yuyang smiled and shook his head: Over the past few days, he has figured out Rui Zhao's stupid personality when it comes to chess.

"Then see you in Central Plains Province! But I have to start working during this time!

"These past two days, Mr. Yu used his connections to help me arrange some chess lectures and coaching jobs.

"I also plan to start saving money: I'll need travel expenses to participate in the qualifiers for various competitions!"

Hearing this, Rui Zhao immediately understood the situation.

Originally, China's five major title tournaments and many other domestic competitions originally only invited the top 32 players in the domestic rating to participate. If the title holder was included (which was almost certain to be included) or there were abstentions, they would be replaced later.

However, since Shang Chaotian and Lu Wenjie came to power, in order to improve the predicament of low-ranking chess players who often have no games to play, they changed the title tournament to allow the top sixteen in the rating to directly enter the tournament, and the remaining sixteen places need to be decided through a single-elimination preliminaries.

The national tournament qualifiers are open to all professional chess players, meaning as long as you have a rank, you can sign up to participate.

But in fact, among the more than 300 active professional players, generally only 40%, or about 100 people, will participate in the competition.

The reason... is also very simple.

There are no match fees, transportation or accommodation subsidies for the qualifiers (or there are subsidies, but they are very small and cannot cover the cost of participation at all).

To put it bluntly, people have arranged the venue and the stage. You can come if you want to, or forget it if you don't want to.

This "paid competition" model has made many low-level players lose interest - the possibility of entering the competition is slim anyway, so why spend the money?
Of course, for Rui Zhao, there was no need to hesitate at all to sign up.

Not to mention that her family is not short of money at all, she still has 16,000 yuan left out of the 96,000 yuan prize money for the "Metropolis Cup" after tax!
This did not even include the income from the live broadcast, which she had never even looked at - Ai Jianan seemed to have mentioned it once, but she didn't pay attention to the amount at all and simply said to leave it all to Ai Jianan to manage.

But for Cheng Yuyang, whose family is not well off, losing money in the competition will really test his love for Go and his determination to continue to climb.

I'm a professional chess player, but I have to pay money to play in the game...

Thinking of this, Rui Zhao suddenly understood better why Shang Chaotian was so persistent in wanting to expand the number of core Go enthusiasts.

It is true that only when more people are willing to learn more about Go and pay attention to Go competitions and activities, will the ecology of the entire professional circle gradually improve.

Although I can’t spend more time on the live broadcast, since I have promised Chairman Shang, I must put my heart into it!

Rui Zhao made up his mind secretly.

...

After chatting with Rui Zhao, Cheng Yuyang continued to pack his things inside.

When Rui Zhao was about to go to the classroom, she suddenly heard someone calling her from behind.

"Rui Zhao! Congratulations on your promotion! Haven't seen you for a while!"

Rui Zhao's face immediately revealed an expression of surprise: she was naturally familiar with Lei Jingming's voice.

Looking back, I saw that Lei Jingming still looked energetic, as if he was not affected at all by Lei Qi's defeat in the chess saint battle.

"Teacher Lei! Long time no see!"

Rui Zhao greeted them warmly, and then something naturally occurred to him. He lowered his head and asked:
"That... Lei Qi Jiu Duan..."

But before Rui Zhao could finish his question, Lei Jingming, ninth dan, frowned and scolded:

"Hey hey hey! Why do you worry about such a thing every day, little girl? Didn't your teacher Yu tell you that Lei Qi is fine!
"But you, Lin Ruixin, even dared to block the door and challenge him to a fight! Are you too arrogant? Come, let me try you in two rounds!" Seeing Lei Jingming's aggressive and aggressive appearance as always, Rui Zhao's worries just disappeared in an instant:

"OK, all right!"

...

That day, Rui Zhao and Lei Jingming played a slow chess game each in the morning and afternoon.

In the morning game, Rui Zhao lost by three and a half points, but in the afternoon game... Rui Zhao won!
In the chaotic battle in the second half of the game, Rui Zhao withstood the test, keenly grasped the key points, and finally successfully bit off the tail of Lei Jingming's big dragon and successfully turned the game around.

This is not the first time that Rui Zhao has defeated his own teacher.

As the teacher with the highest chess skills among the three and the one who values ​​this student the most, Lei Jingming has been Rui Zhao's main offline "chess partner" for a long time.

Although Lei Jingming is better at chess than Rui Zhao, it is impossible for him to never make mistakes when playing so many games, so he still lost two or three games to Rui Zhao.

But Lei Jingming was quite surprised by the game this afternoon.

Because in his opinion, his mistake was not obvious yet - or the opportunity in front of Rui Zhao was not easy to seize.

But this time Rui Zhao actually managed to seize this small opportunity and turned the tables in one fell swoop, which made Lei Jingming, who lost the game, feel a little emotional:

"Hey! Now that we have decided on the level, I feel like you have improved your skills again!"

Being praised by the teacher, Rui Zhao naturally smiled.

To be honest, Rui Zhao himself felt that his strength had improved a bit compared to before the qualifying tournament.

However, this has little to do with Lei Jingming - after all, she hasn't played chess with Lei Jingming much in the past half month.

There are two main reasons.

One is that after the qualifying tournament, his long-standing mental demons were broken, which made Rui Zhao's confidence rise to a new level.

On the other hand, these past two days...

Hmm... isn't it inappropriate to tell this to Teacher Lei?

Weiqi Hanhan suddenly realized that something was wrong, and decisively gave up the idea of ​​telling Lei Jingming everything, and changed the topic:

"Hehe! It's mainly because you, Mr. Lei, taught me well!"

"Haha! That's it!"

Upon hearing the student's compliment, Lei Jingming immediately expressed his approval.

But Rui Zhao didn't notice that his teacher's smile was a little bitter at this moment.

...

After playing chess in the afternoon, Qin Xiaoxue had already been waiting outside the dojo in his car. The three of them drove directly to Wanyuan Times Community.

The teacher and the student were talking and laughing. Especially when they talked about the scene when Lin Ruixin was forced to retreat by Rui Zhao, Lei Jingming was even more proud. If you didn't know, you would think he had won another game against the current chairman of the chess association!

Soon, the car drove into the Wanyuan Times Community and parked. Rui Zhao then took Lei Jingming and his wife directly to their doorstep.

Rui Guoquan and Li Xinyin, who had been informed by their daughter, were ready to welcome the guests. After the two sides met, there was another round of polite greetings.

Rui Guoquan and his wife thanked Lei Jingming for his selfless guidance over the past two months. Lei Jingming and his wife kept praising Rui Zhao, making the daughter of the host family beside them feel a little embarrassed.

Soon, the polite words were almost over, and Lei Jingming, as the head of the family (in name), saw that the time was right and started talking:

"Mr. Rui, Ms. Li, do you still remember the Wu Yue Cup wildcard thing my wife mentioned to you earlier?"

"what!"

Rui Guoquan couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard the other party suddenly mention this matter:

“I remember…I remember, but this is still too much trouble for your family.

"Since Zhao Zhao has already been promoted, we should just take it step by step! There is no need to rush."

But Lei Jingming laughed and said:
"No, no, no! Rui Zhao is such a rare talent. I think she should gain more experience as soon as possible - after all, she was indeed promoted a little late!
"Well, Chairman Shang has already promised me! Rui Zhao will be given a wild card for this month's Wu Yue Cup, and it will be officially announced tomorrow! Rui Zhao, you have to work hard too!"

"what?!"

Rui Zhao was overjoyed!
She had already been feeling a little disappointed because there were so few competitions for new first-dan players, and suddenly she was told that she could directly enter the main tournament of the Women's World Championship and compete with the world's top female professional chess players. How could she not be happy!
But besides being happy, she was also a little flattered:
"But, Mr. Lei, I'm only a new beginner... Is it appropriate for me to enter the main tournament directly?"

“What’s inappropriate about this!
"If the female chess player who scared Lin Ruixin away is not suitable, then who is suitable?! Right, Mr. Rui?"

"Ah! This is all because of your good training! Thank you, thank you so much!"

Rui Guoquan and his wife were also overjoyed at this time.

When they heard Qin Xiaoxue mention the wild card, they didn't think much of it.

For people like them, it is common sense to treat anything that the other party has not said will never happen.

But who would have thought that Lei Jingming actually did it now!
Their daughter is about to participate in the highest level women's Go competition just half a month after she was promoted to professional Go. How can they not be excited!

But just as the couple was thinking about how to express their gratitude, Qin Xiaoxue changed the subject:
“You’re welcome!
"Actually... this can be considered as an apology from our family..."

"apologize?"

Rui Guoquan was confused for a moment.

Lei Jingming's smile faded at this time, and he slowly explained:
"Ah, here's the thing:
"From now on, I may not be able to be Rui Zhao's teacher anymore."

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