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

Chapter 220 [Emergency Relief Clauses]

“【Emergency Relief Clause】?!”

While the chess association was holding a meeting, a "small meeting" was also taking place in a rather old but tidy house in Dongjiang City.

Wu Yueyun couldn't help but feel puzzled when she heard what Zou Yanggang had told her.

"Shao Hui, Zou Yang, what is this [Emergency Relief Clause]? How come I have never heard of it in all these years of playing in the Women's Go League?"

"Mr. Wu, this is it."

As the captain of the Dongjiang women's team who first proposed the whole idea, Zou Yang naturally started to explain.

“In fact, this thing is not written in the annual women’s go rules.

"But after Chairman Shang and his team came to power a few years ago, in order to clarify the way to deal with some special situations, they issued a temporary measure for extremely special situations in the long-term operation of the league. The [Emergency Relief Clause] is the content of it.

"In fact... this clause has never been used in men's and women's leagues at all levels."

"Oh, I've never heard of this!"

Elder Wu's frown finally relaxed slightly:

"So...what does this thing say?"

"This clause doesn't say much else. It mainly talks about what to do when a team is unable to gather all the players they need due to some objective emergencies."

"Aren't there substitutes?"

Wu Yueyun asked naturally.

According to the Women's Weiqi League rules, each team must register four players, and three of them must play. The remaining player is a substitute.

Zou Yang continued to explain:

"Normally, this is definitely the case. But this clause is to take into account the extremely special situation where, due to objective and sudden reasons, it is impossible to gather all the players, including the substitutes.

"According to the terms and conditions, if this happens, the coach is allowed to compete on behalf of the team - but our coach is a man, so he can't play even if he wants to.

"If that doesn't work, the interim measures allow the team to select players from the latest batch of new shodan players and sign temporary contracts to compete on their behalf - this is the so-called [emergency relief]."

"New first dan?"

"Correct."

Zou Yang explained in detail:
"At that time, the Chess Association considered that directly judging the team as losing by absence would reduce the viewing experience and dampen the enthusiasm of the team that encountered the accident, so this loophole was left.

"As for the special rule that you must get a new first dan... on the one hand, it is to prevent teams from taking advantage of this clause to temporarily transfer strong players and destroy fairness, and on the other hand, it is also intended to give more opportunities to newcomers who have just entered the dan."

At this point, Wu Yueyun already understood what Zou Yang meant:
"At that time, Chaotian and Wenjie must have thought that everyone who learned chess these days would get promoted as early as possible, so it was already quite good for the new first-dan to reach the second-dan level...

"But they never thought that there would be such a special case as Rui Zhao!"

"Yes." Zou Yang continued, "...and it just so happens that we have reasons to do so."

Shao Hui, who was standing by, took over the conversation:
“As you know, the Nanying family is also a Go family, and they have quite a few connections in the South Korean Go Academy.

"She told us that the South Korean Chess Association has basically confirmed that the South Korean Lakeside Cup qualifiers will be held from August 8 to September 27.

"Although Yinan Ying is not ranked high in the rating points, she definitely has a chance to compete in terms of her strength! So she must go to this trial and prepare!"

"From August 8 to September 27..."

Wu Yueyun murmured and repeated:
"But the 13th and 14th rounds of the Women's Weiqi League are at the end of the month!

"Besides, those two rounds were played together, so we couldn't adjust the time individually!"

"Yes." Shao Hui nodded: "So Xu Nanying came to me last week and told me about this matter."

"Then...what did Guiyi say? Is he really unwilling to fight?"

Gui Yi was the third chess player of the Dongjiang women's team last season. But due to poor performance, she was transferred to the bench this season.

"I don't want to fight."

Shao Hui answered very straightforwardly:

"As you know, Guiyi was very dissatisfied with our decision to demote her to a substitute player. She wanted to terminate the contract at that time, but she was a native of Dongjiang and didn't want to join another team, so she wanted to stay with us first.

"But now that this has happened, she has made it clear that she would rather terminate the contract and pay the penalty than play for our Dongjiang team. She responded to the game notice we sent her yesterday morning."

"Oh, you're worthy of being a local girl from Dongjiang! You're really tough!"

Wu Yueyun couldn't help but smile bitterly:
"That is... She might have thought that she had made things difficult for you, but she didn't know that her statement actually helped you a lot...

"Shao Hui, you just handed over Gui Yi's official reply to the Chess Association, right?"

Manager Shao pursed his lips and nodded slyly.

"I understand……"

At this point, the old lady on the second stage of the Dongjiang women's team finally had a preliminary idea, but her tone was still far from optimistic.

“But… if we just let that little girl play for two rounds, it might not be very helpful to our championship bid, right?
"After all, the overall strength of the Su Hu team is still too strong."

In fact, this year's league performance of the Dongjiang women's team is quite good compared with previous years.

Now after nine rounds of competition, we are in second place in the standings.

Among them, Zou Yang performed particularly well, achieving an impressive nine consecutive victories since the start of the competition!

Especially in the strong dialogue with Liu Yuhong, Xiao Mian Yang won this extremely crucial game.

The Women's Weiqi League adopts a point system based on the table. The main player gets 2 points for a win, the second player gets 1.5 points, and the third player gets 1 point.

The second player Wu Lao has achieved seven wins and two losses so far, plus the third player Xu Nanying's six wins and three losses. The total score of the Dongjiang women's team is 34.5 points, which is already a very good result.

However, the champion Suhu team still has the advantage. The main player Liu Yuhong has eight wins and one loss.

Wang Haocheng on the second table had eight wins and one loss.

Yang Manjing from Santai even won nine consecutive victories!
With a total score of 37 points, it still ranks first!

Although it seems that the difference between the two teams is only 2.5 points, considering that the Suhu team is stronger overall, this 2.5-point gap is extremely difficult to make up!

Especially since the second round match between Dongjiang team and Suhu team was arranged in the last round, that was also the biggest opportunity for Dongjiang team.

If Rui Zhao only played temporarily in the 13th and 14th rounds, his role might not be that big.

however……

Zou Yang and Shao Hui seemed to have thought it through and smiled at the same time.

"Mr. Wu, if nothing unexpected happens... Rui Zhao will be our temporary player in the second half of the season."

"Ah?" The old lady couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Shao Hui coughed lightly, and then pretended to explain to Wu Yueyun:

"Ahem! Mr. Wu, this is it.

"We, the Dongjiang women's team, are a responsible team. How can we easily let the game face the dilemma of a blank window?

“So, after learning that Gui Yi refused to play as a substitute for our team, we immediately had an in-depth discussion with Xu Nanying, asking her to put the overall interests of the club competition first and give up participating in the Lakeside Cup preliminaries.

"We also stated seriously that if the other party really missed the 13th and 14th rounds of the game, we would terminate the contract on the grounds of serious breach of contract and require them to pay the full amount of liquidated damages.

"But what I never expected was that after we expressed our position, contestant Xu Nanying also showed an extremely tough attitude, and actually sent us a notice of termination of the contract and agreed to pay the full amount of liquidated damages!
"This unexpected result has directly resulted in our inability to gather all the players for subsequent competitions. We are helpless because of the twists and turns involved.

"In summary, we hereby apply to the Chess Association to use the [Emergency Relief Clause] to supplement temporary players until the end of this season."

After hearing this, Mrs. Wu, who had always had a kind and calm expression, widened her eyes for a rare moment:

"This...is this okay?"

"Why not? There are good reasons!"

Zou Yang smiled softly and said:

“If it weren’t for the sudden notification of the Lakeside Cup qualifiers, we would have planned to finish the season with the original lineup.

“After the incident, we tried hard to make amends, but it only made things worse.
"One thing leads to another. Now we can only apply for emergency relief from the chess association. What bad intentions do we have?"

Hearing this, Mrs. Wu didn't know what expression to make for a moment. After a long while, she asked again:

"So...what actually happened?"

Shao Hui answered truthfully: "In reality, we promised to pay Nanying half of the subsequent game expenses, and both sides broke up peacefully. It's nothing more than asking her to perform with us before she leaves."

"Great! I can't believe you two can come up with such a trick!"

Wu Yueyun praised slightly, but then asked with some concern:

"But... your actions are too obvious, aren't they? Aren't you afraid that the chess association will not approve of your statement?"

"I don't think there's anything wrong with it. Our reasons are reasonable."

Zou Yang said calmly:

"And for the chess association, they definitely hope Rui Zhao can join the league right now. As long as the reasons we give are reasonable, they have no reason to disagree."

"How do you mean?"

Zou Yang continued to explain:

"Rui Zhao has been designated as a contestant for the Lakeside Cup. Since she is definitely going to compete, it is always good for her to have more actual competition experience - especially after she was defeated by Jin Youen in the Wuyue Cup."

"...Well, you're right!"

After pondering for a while, Wu Yueyun could only sigh:
"Hey, usually I just focus on playing chess and I don't feel anything, but after hearing what you guys are doing... I feel like we chess players are pretty mean!"

"That's smart!" Zou Yang corrected slightly.

"Yes Yes!"

After responding with a smile, the old lady restrained her tone and said in a slightly serious tone:

"But... Zou Yang, do you really have to work so hard? Why not wait until next season?"

Upon hearing this, the female celebrity sighed softly:
"Mr. Wu, I'm already 26 years old this year, so theoretically I should be slowly declining.

"Up to now, I have won the Women's World Championship, the Rookie of the Year, the Ring Championship, the Asian Games Team Championship, and various domestic titles. I have won them all except for Mulan, but I have never won this league championship.

"Originally, I was a little bit discouraged. After all, the female players are in great demand, and most of them are already taken. It was not easy for the team to get Nanying this time.

“But the sudden appearance of Rui Zhao, I feel is an opportunity given to me by God - I have only been able to compete for the league championship as a main player for the past two years.

"So, if possible, I don't plan to wait until next season. Time is running out and every second counts!"

Hearing that Zou Yang, who usually had a calm temperament, had shown a strong fighting spirit, Wu Yueyun nodded approvingly:

"Okay, I understand. I'll work hard in the second half of the season and see if I can help you realize your dream!"

"Yes! Thank you, Mr. Wu!"

"But... there might be something before that."

"Ah, you say!"

"I'm afraid we still need to decide how Xiao Rui and I will divide the two or three machines."

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