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

Chapter 172 "Ice Queen"

On the same day, in the capital of South Korea, Seoul, South Korea Chess Institute.

In the evening, a tall, short-haired woman in her twenties walked out of the game room after finishing her afternoon training. She went to the personal belongings storage area to take out the lunch box she had prepared long ago, and prepared to unpack it and eat it in the rest area as dinner.

She looked cool and aloof, like a pool of still water. There was a sense of distance between her brows, and a faint icy aura, giving people the feeling that she was difficult to approach.

"Ice Queen" - her nickname is very appropriate.

But just as she started to act, she heard a panicked voice following the owner, running towards her very quickly:

"Sister Youen! Something big happened——"

The cold and aloof woman named Kim Youen looked up slightly and saw who was coming. It turned out to be Kwon Sun-jin, a female staff member in her early twenties at the chess academy and also her fan.

"Sunzhen, what's wrong?" Jin Youen responded softly.

Quan Sunjin ran to the idol and stopped, and said hurriedly without even catching her breath:

"Just now, China announced the list of players participating in this year's 'Wu Yue Cup'! Neither of the two wild cards were given to us, South Korea!"

Jin Youen didn't know what to say for a moment, and could only look at the other person dumbfounded:

Well... it's a bit regrettable...

But isn't this a very normal thing?
After the two sides stared at each other for several seconds, the young female staff member in front of them seemed to finally realize that she seemed to have said some useless nonsense, and quickly added:
"Aaaah! That's not the point!

"The point is, China gave both wild cards to its own people this time!"

"That's it..."

The first South Korean woman frowned slightly, but quickly regained her cool expression and continued to unpack the lunch box.

Staff member Quan Shanzhen couldn't help but get a little excited when she saw this:
"Sister Youen, aren't you angry at all? They are so stingy!"

Uh... let’s just compete with China and forget about everything else.

You can say that people are stingy...

Hmm... Yeah.

Jin Youen reluctantly began to correct his fangirl's thoughts:

“Sunjin, don’t get so excited.

"You know, compared to the Fan-Air Battle, the Wu Yue Cup is already pretty good - even if China gave me both wild cards."

"Ah? Ah..."

Kwon Sun-jin had nothing to say now.

As the only world-class competition (and a women's competition) for the self-contained Japanese Go, the Fan-Air Battle is its last fig leaf in international Go competitions.

But even this last international competition can be said to have brought the spirit of self-cultivation to its extreme.

The 24 places for this tournament are allocated as follows: 3 from China, 3 from South Korea, 2 from Pan-Asia (including China, Hong Kong and Taiwan), 2 from Europe, 2 from America, and 12 from Japan.

The champions and runners-up of the previous competition can also enter this competition directly, but they need to occupy the corresponding regional quota.

Actually, it is not intolerable that Japan occupies half of the places - after all, in some major competitions in South Korea and China, the proportion of their own players is close to 50%.

But when China and South Korea each only have three places, what's the point of giving so many places to Pan Asia, Europe and the United States? !
Three years ago, when the Fan-Air Battle was upgraded from a medium-sized competition to a real world competition, many people in the Go community thought that the allocation of quotas could not be too extreme this time, right?

Later I found out that the current problem is not too extreme, but seems to be too diverse...

The Japanese are really full of clever ideas!

...

Seeing that Kwon Sun-jin was motionless for a moment, the Ice Queen smiled very lightly.

The Wu Yue Cup is coming soon. As the defending champion, it is most important for her to adjust her own condition and she does not want to waste time on unimportant things.

Although she is recognized as the world's number one female player and has won three consecutive women's world championships and a stunning world championship runner-up in the past three years, Kim Woo-eun knows that she is not as dominant as the male player Ryu Se-hyun.

When the form is good, the top male players can compete, but when the form is bad, the women will perform poorly - this is a true reflection of the Golden Queen's competitive form.

Therefore, in domestic women's competitions, she would sometimes make strategic sacrifices to ensure she was in good shape during crucial matches.

The Wu Yue Cup is a key competition that requires intensive preparation.

However, although she doesn't care much about "which region the wild card spot is given to", she still needs to know the key question of "who the wild card is given to":
"Since Huaxia gave me both wild cards, one must be Yang Manjing, so who did they give the other one to?"

Hearing Jin Youen's question, Quan Shanzhen remembered something and said quickly:

"Yes! That's what I was going to say!

"They actually gave the second wild card to a female anchor who was just promoted less than a week ago!"

Hearing this, Jin Youen's cold expression finally changed significantly:

"Hmm? You mean the newly promoted female anchor?"

Quan Shanzhen nodded vigorously: "Yes! The name is Rui Zhao!

"As soon as I saw the list, I searched it! I found out that it was a new popular female Go anchor in China in the past two months!

"But that's all we know for now... because she has never played a professional game before, there are not many reports about her in South Korea."

Go...female anchor?

When these two words are combined, Kim Woo-eun's first reaction is the "vase" female host that is a must in Go programs.

Although these female hosts are also professional chess players, their skills are generally weak.

There is no way, after all, Go is a very pure thing.

If you have to spend a lot of time on dressing up, then it would be difficult to become good at chess.

Thinking of this, Jin Youen couldn't help but ask:

"Then...is this female anchor very beautiful?"

"Oh, yes, yes! It's really beautiful! This is a picture I found on the Chinese Go forum!"

After saying that, Kwon Sun-jin handed over the phone.

Knew it……

Jin Youen looked at the photo on the screen and felt emotional.

This kind of pretty girl... should be able to draw a lot of attention to the event, right?

However, a beautiful female anchor was directly pulled in by a wild card...

Now even the Women's World Championships need to use such a simple and crude method to attract attention...

Jin Youen couldn't help but shook his head, but he expressed understanding to a certain extent.

After all, the popularity of this old game of Go in South Korea is decreasing year by year.

As a result, Liu Shixian, who is only 24 years old, has to add burdens to himself every day, for fear that if he fails, South Korean Go will suffer an irreversible decline.

presumably……

The popularity of Go in China isn't much better, right?

Jin Youen took a deep breath and continued to unpack the lunch box in his hand as if nothing had happened.

Seeing Jin Youen's look, Quan Shanzhen couldn't help but feel a little anxious:
"Sister Youen! If you meet this female anchor in this tournament, you must teach her a lesson! Let her know how powerful the greatest female chess player of all time is!

"You just rely on your good looks! You don't know how high the heaven is or how deep the earth is!"

Jin Youen's hand trembled slightly, and he corrected the fangirl:
"How can I be the 'greatest female chess player of all time'? At the very least, I'm definitely not as good as that old lady Wu from China..."

"How can we not compare!"

Quan Sunzhen rarely refuted her idol:
"Sister Youen, you are the only female runner-up in the world championship in history!"

"Then Old Lady Wu is also the only woman in history to hold an unrestricted title."

Faced with the little fan girl's disapproval, the queen felt a little helpless.

"And you have to know that I won the world championship by single elimination, which is very accidental. The national champion final is a three-game match.

“I reached the final of the LIG Cup last year, and Xiao Yanagi beat me in two sets almost effortlessly - I felt that this was probably the easiest final he had played in all these years.

"I really couldn't imagine beating someone of Liu Shixian's level in a three-game match...but that old lady did it."

After saying this, even though Kwon Sun-jin was extremely fond of her own daughter as the first, she had nothing to say at this moment. However, she felt a little unwilling in her heart, so her face was extremely conflicted.

Seeing this, Jin Youen changed the subject and said:

"As for the other female anchor, I'm afraid I won't have the chance to teach her a lesson.

"You forgot, I will definitely have a bye in the first round."

"Ah! That's right!"

Kwon Sun-jin, who rarely thinks before speaking, finally reacted.

Because the "Wu Yue Cup" has 24 participants, which is not a power of 2, eight seeded players had byes in the first round, including Kim Woo-eun.

"That's a pity..."

"What a pity! I don't want to play with such a person!"

Jin Youen shook his head:
“Besides, there’s no need to wait for the official competition.

"Just considering the public opinion in China before the game, I'm afraid she will have a hard time dealing with it, right?"

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