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

Chapter 238: Five Years Without a Crown
Just as the two exempt players from the Chinese Lakeside Cup had already boarded the car bound for the 13th and 14th rounds of the Women's Go League, their three newly-selected Lakeside Cup teammates (and three other losers) were also on their way to Changbai Peak.

Yesterday, the news that Rui Zhao successfully won the first championship in his career occupied the front pages of all major media outlets, while another piece of information that was actually more important was squeezed to a relatively inconspicuous position.

The Huaxia Lakeside Cup Trials have ended, and the remaining three contestants, except for Queen Zhaotian and the Little Witch, have all been selected! They are:

The captain of the Dongjiang team is Zou Yang, 8th dan.

The captain of the Su Hu team is Liu Yuhong, 8th dan.

The captain of the Chengdu team is Wen Xuefei, 6th dan.

These three people finally passed the qualifiers and entered the final five-man list for the Lakeside Cup.

At this point, all five Chinese contestants have been selected.

As expected, the women's duo, a sheep and a bird, were successfully selected.

However, the two of them did not feel the joy of being selected at this moment, and could even be said to be indescribably tired...

"That, Liu Yuhong.

"You don't have any competitions recently, except for the next Lakeside Cup qualifiers. Do you look that bad?"

On the first flight from Qiantang City to Bincheng, the female celebrity who happened to choose a seat next to Queen Mulan couldn't help but ask.

Liu Yuhong glanced at his old rival speechlessly, pursed his lips and said:
"If Rui Zhao asked, I think she might not really know the reason.

"But you and I don't know yet? You are asking even though you already know the answer!"

"Even if you know, you still need to confirm it..."

Zou Yang said softly:

"So... the rumors in the group are indeed true?"

Liu Yuhong did not respond - but this was already an answer.

"I really can't believe you care so much about your junior brother!"

The female celebrity's words are still elegant.

“…Of course!”

Liu Yuhong sighed:
"Xiao Lei has been a very well behaved boy since he was young! He is really the kind of cute and obedient little boy. There were even many times when I secretly asked him to take the blame for me and he did it, without me having to find any handle on him...

"Well... but he doesn't seem to have any leverage - he's not Monkey King!"

After speaking ill of the Immortal Chess Queen behind his back again, the little bird fell silent again.

Zou Yang nodded and agreed:

"Well...he does give people this feeling usually. But how did he end up in such a mess with Chairman Shang?
"I heard that Mrs. Wu said that before she came to Changbai Peak, she heard that the leaders of the Dongjiang Sports Bureau went to Lei Qi's house to comfort him."

Liu Yuhong lowered his eyelids, thought for a moment and replied:

“Even though I wouldn’t tell you even if I knew, I really don’t know—the teacher doesn’t intend to let more people know the inside story.

"When I asked Xiao Lei, he just said it was his own problem and didn't reveal any more details. But he..."

"What's up with him?"

"Well, nothing..."

Liu Yuhong shook her head and decided not to tell anyone that Lei Qi had changed his name to "Sister Yuhong".

Having said that, Zou Yang knew that there was no need to continue this topic.

But just when she was about to keep silent, Queen Mulan asked:
"But... Zou Yang, what's the matter with your expression? Don't tell me that Monkey King's autism after the national championship game has affected you?"

"No, I'm already numb to that monkey thing."

Zou Yang sighed and said:
“It’s still Rui Zhaona!

"I was already exhausted after beating Sister Wang from your team yesterday, but she dragged me to play online chess again in the evening.

"I'm also convinced. She just won her first championship and she didn't celebrate?!"

Liu Yuhong smacked his lips:
"Tsk tsk...Zou Yang, I have to remind you:

"Don't think that getting Rui Zhao into the team this time is a good move. If things go wrong... you will only be the captain of the Dongjiang team for two years!"

The female celebrity raised her eyebrows and counterattacked on the spot:
"If you want to put my position as the commander in chief at risk, then you should worry about your two titles!"

"Oh, if anything, the first one to die will probably be your [Female Celebrity]!"

"Okay, come and see us then!"

Just as Shuang Bi's voices were getting louder, Wen Xuefei, who was sitting in the back two rows and had medium-length hair, poked her head out and reminded him:
"Hey, hey...Zou Yang, Yu Hong, why are you two arguing again?
"Now that the list of players participating in the Lakeside Cup has been finalized, no matter how you argue on weekdays, don't argue in front of me, the nominal captain, okay?"

"Uh...ok."

"I understand, Sister Xuefei."

They both calmed down at the same time.

Although Wen Xuefei cannot compare with the two great players in terms of honor and strength, as one of the two leading figures of the previous generation of Chinese women's Go, the 31-year-old Wen Xuefei still has enough qualifications to speak in front of the two younger generations.

After she was selected, she was immediately appointed as the captain of the Chinese team in the Lakeside Cup.

Although there is no such statement about the position of captain of the challenge match, the chess association will appoint one after each list is confirmed, so it is always useful. The situation of the Lakeside Cup this time is very typical - if there is no captain to mediate, who knows whether the two women who are always fighting openly and secretly will be dissatisfied with each other and affect the arrangement of the challenge match.

Wen Xuefei, the eldest sister, became prominent in her role as captain.

By the way, the captain of the Lakeside Cup can be determined almost as soon as the list is released, but... it is not always possible to determine it so quickly.

——For example, the captain of this Nongshim Cup has not yet been determined.

Seeing that Shuangbi had calmed down, Wen Xuefei thought for a while and decided to take this opportunity to explain everything that needed to be explained:
"that……

"Although China has only won two women's tournaments, the last time we won a trophy was five years ago, which is even longer than the last time the men won the Nongshim Cup. So... we really have to work harder!"

"Yeah."×2
The sheep and the bird both responded honestly.

The reason why Wen Xuefei said this is because the women's ring competition was originally held by China until 2019.

In 2020 and 2021, the event was not held anymore because no one took over. It was not until 2022 that Lakeside Group began to try to take over and held the first Lakeside Cup Women's Tournament.

The last time China won the cup was in 2018: the Chinese team composed of Zou Yang, Liu Yuhong, Wang Haocheng, Wen Xuefei and Wu Yueyun successfully defeated the Ice Queen, who had not yet emerged as the best, and won the championship in one fell swoop.

But the good times did not last long. As the queen gradually left all her competitors behind, the pressure on the women's side of the competition also increased sharply.

Like last year, although the Little Witch had a perfect start as a pioneer with a five-game winning streak, the Chinese team, with Wang Haocheng, Zou Yang, and Liu Yuhong playing three against one, was still successfully defeated by the Queen.

But... there's nothing we can do about it to a large extent.

It is an indisputable fact that the Queen's dominance in women's Go is even stronger than Liu Shixian's dominance in men's Go.

On the men's side, China has not been able to defeat the young master of the Liu family in the Nongshim Cup for three consecutive years. Who has the nerve to blame a woman who has only failed to win the championship twice in a strict sense?

However, others can think so, except the girls who are actually selected for the Lakeside Cup lineup.

Because we haven’t won a championship in five years… This is also true.

At this time, Wang Haocheng, who was standing by, also heard the conversation and interrupted:

“Actually… I think we are still optimistic this time.

"Compared to last year, Xuefei, Zou Yang and Yu Hong are still as strong as ever, and Jingjing is definitely even stronger. And Rui Zhao's level is also completely acceptable... At least I think he is definitely stronger than Jingjing last year.

"With such a lineup, the chances of winning are always greater."

But Wen Xuefei sighed:
"Old Wang, whether it's the men's or women's team, you know the real problem when we play against South Korea!
"It all comes down to the same question: How do we get rid of the other team's main general?

"Could it be that we put Rui Zhao as the main general, hoping that she would have a chance to play another 'famous game'?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone fell silent.

Everyone has analyzed the games played by Queen Zhaotian after she entered the professional ranks: she is indeed very strong, and is completely at the level of the second tier of Chinese women.

But if we talk about that "famous game"...

Uh……

All I can say is that Rui Zhao really performed beyond his level at that time.

Wen Xuefei continued:

“So… Zou Yang, Yu Hong.

“I don’t care how you two fight in the league and in individual competitions, but since you’re on the list for the tournament, you both need to be more restrained.

"The game will start soon, you must be serious. Especially...

“The second phase of the competition at the end of November.”

Hearing Wen Xuefei's extra emphasis on this point, the two women's expressions suddenly became serious.

As for the reason...they both knew it.

After the 13th and 14th rounds of the Women's Weiqi League are about to begin, the Women's Weiqi League will usher in a long "off-season". The last four rounds of the last sub-station competition will be completed until early December to decide the final champion!

This "offseason" is not an offseason in the official sense, but it is just the actual situation.

The reason for this arrangement is actually because the chess association does not have enough staff and manpower, so many competitions have to be staggered.

This is the reason why there are no men's go league matches scheduled in August, when the women's go league is very busy.

Therefore, this so-called "off-season" is essentially the Women's Go League making way for other competitions.

In the past, similar arrangements were used without any problems, but this year is a little special.

This year's Lakeside Cup will be co-hosted with the Nongshim Cup!

This brings up a problem:

The second stage of the Nongshim Cup has always been scheduled for the end of November, which is very close to the final round of the Women's Go League!
Now that the Suzhou, Huzhou and Dongjiang teams are fighting fiercely in the league, Wen Xuefei, the captain of the tournament team, is very worried that the two teams will devote all their energy to league preparations and delay the tournament that concerns national honor!
After all, except for herself, the other four people in the team all came from these two teams. So Wen Xuefei felt that she needed to give a reminder in advance.

After a moment of silence, the female celebrity who was chasing after her spoke first:

"Don't worry, Sister Xuefei. It's all about the honor of the group, but I won't confuse the priorities."

"Me too."

Queen Mulan also expressed her position immediately, without any hesitation or hypocrisy.

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