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

Chapter 275 Need to win!

"Would you like some Coke? I have a few cans here."

"Ah, thanks."

After entering the room and sitting down, Lei Qi took the Coke handed to him by Lu Wenjie, and then put it on the coffee table without any intention of speaking first.

Lu Wenjie understood that Lei Qi knew that he had called him in just to have a good chat, so he gave him the initiative to take charge of the topic.

The vice chairman of the chess association was not polite when he saw this. He opened the iced cola he had just taken out of the small refrigerator, took a sip to moisten his slightly dry throat, and then asked:
"Today... when Takuya Ichijo made his 45th move, you should have seen the pieces in the corner, right?"

"Yes." The boy's answer was clear and concise.

"I said...you still thought about it for more than ten seconds."

Lu Wenjie said helplessly:
"Then why did you stick to that piece in move 46? Since you saw there was a piece, it would be safest to just rush down!"

Lei Qi answered very honestly:
"Because if I rush down at this time, the black chess piece can directly choose to attack and capture the outer white pieces to recover the loss, and the profit is not enough...

"Since Black played 43 moves and 45 moves, I felt that Takuya Ichijo definitely didn't see the pieces in the corner, so I decided to bet that he would make a mistake after I rushed down, and he would probably lose another three or four points - and my bet turned out to be right.

"If I want to win this game by a large margin, I need to take advantage of his mistakes in the early stages to build up as much advantage as possible, so that I can force him to keep making unreasonable moves in order to win.

"It's not easy for a top professional chess player to make a big miscalculation, so I want to take advantage of it as much as possible."

"Then your strategy for playing chess was sometimes aggressive and sometimes defensive..."

"Yes, it is also because when you have the upper hand, you constantly tempt the opponent to make unreasonable moves to win, thereby expanding your advantage."

Hearing this, Lu Wenjie sighed lightly and asked another question that he basically already knew the answer to:
"Then why do you have to win so big? Isn't it still a win whether you win more or less?"

Lei Qi smiled bitterly:
"This... you should have the answer in your mind a long time ago, right?"

"Because Rui Zhao just won forty or fifty points against his opponent this morning?"

The boy nodded: "Well, I don't want to be inferior to her."

After saying this, Vice Chairman Lu fell into a long silence.

It's really pitiful... He was shot for no apparent reason while lying down.

But it was also his own fault for not considering that there was a chess piece in the corner.

If he really wanted to get down, how could this young man dare to play such a big game...

After a while, Lu Wenjie continued to speak:

"Lei Qi, you are a very smart child.

"It's been more than three months since the incident. You should understand by now that Rui Zhao is really an excellent girl, and she didn't have any subjective malice in the chess saint contest!"

Lei Qi responded in a deep voice:

"……I see!

"Objectively speaking...she's really amazing."

"Then why do you have to compete with her? Can't you just live in peace?"

Lei Qi took a breath after hearing this and said slowly:

“Uncle Lu, everyone longs to be valued and favored.

"I... am no exception."

"But Brother Tian and your father both value you and love you very much!"

"probably……"

Lei Qi sighed softly:

"I can understand this rationally, but my subconscious mind will always have doubts about it - especially after the incident of the Chess Saint Tournament.

"It's the same thing as acrophobia... People with acrophobia know intellectually that they are safe when they are at a height, but why can't they control their fear?

"Every time I tried to convince myself, I would subconsciously think of the chess saint competition, and how I was completely outdone by a peer in Chairman Shang's eyes - even though I had spent much more time with him than Rui Zhao had.

"I don't even dare to think about whether he would still stand by me if I were not his son but just an ordinary relative."

Lu Wenjie was silent for a while before he said:

"Is this why you can't use 'flow' anymore?"

Lei Qi smiled:

“Who can say for sure about psychological matters?

“But I feel now… it’s probably true.

"So I thought... maybe I have to prove that I am better and more indispensable than Rui Zhao, so that I can truly reconcile with myself and completely overcome this hurdle.

"Let me tell you something...very mean!
"I came to you and Rui Zhao after the competition today. When I saw Rui Zhao was so shocked that he didn't know how to answer my joke, I felt that this was the most comfortable moment I had ever had since the Chess Saint Tournament. No doubt about it."

"That's it..."

Lu Wenjie sighed once more, then took two sips of the Coke in his hand, and then said:
"In fact, Brother Tian and your father both think highly of you, but one of them is a little too patriarchal and the other is too careless."

"Ok, I know."

Lei Qi simply responded without saying anything else. Seeing this, Lu Wenjie knew that the deep-seated issues had been discussed and it was time to talk about something more practical. He changed the subject and said:

"Okay, but there is one thing you should pay attention to..."

However, before Lu Wenjie finished speaking, the young man added:
"Don't worry, I won't do this again in future Nongshim Cup matches..."

"Uh... I'm not just talking about you beating up Ichijo..."

"And there are also cases of deliberately taking risks during competitions, right?"

The young man immediately answered again:

"After a while after the game, I calmed down a bit and felt that what I did today was indeed wrong - after all, it was a matter of national honor, so I should have played it the safest way.

"I will submit a self-examination for this matter after returning home. And if we win this time, I will not take any of my bonus and will hand it all over to the association as a punishment.

“As for the following matches…please rest assured.

“In this Nongshim Cup, I may want to win more games even more than the association leaders.”

After hearing what Lei Qi said, Lu Wenjie was stunned for a moment, then he couldn't help but shook his head and smiled bitterly:

"Ah... OK then!
"Since you won today, I won't do it again! And what's wrong with being a little harsh on the Japanese?

"However, tomorrow South Korea will play with Xu Xiangheng, are you okay with that?
"You also know that Sun Yi has lost three consecutive matches against him before!"

Lei Qi blinked twice and answered very seriously:

"If Rui Zhao wins tomorrow morning, I will naturally win too.

"And if Rui Zhao loses...

"Then I need to win even more!"

...

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"We need to win this game tomorrow, Xiang Heng!"

At 7pm on the same day, in South Korea’s capital city, South Korea Chess Institute.

Li Junyan, who was holding a combat meeting for the Nongshim Cup, also spoke very seriously to the second person on his side who had arrived at Chunzhuang Hotel through a video conference.

"You should have watched the game between Lei Qi and Takuya Ichijo today.

"Although this big victory was essentially due to a miscalculation made by Ichijo early on, resulting in a big loss in the corner, which was snowballed by Lei Qi.

"But Lei Qi managed to keep the situation under control despite making many aggressive moves in the second half of the game. This already explains a lot! We must not be careless!"

At this time, Xu Xiangheng looked at the team leader and the world's number one in the conference room. There was no dissatisfaction in his tone about being sent to Japan in advance. He said cautiously and solemnly:

"Okay, Li Ge, he won the World Championship by stepping on me, so I naturally understand how powerful he is better than anyone else.

"Since the team has decided to let me come, I will do my best to take it down tomorrow! Please rest assured, Xiao Liu!"

"Ah, thank you for your hard work, Brother Xiangheng!"

Hearing Xu Xiangheng mention him in such a polite way, Young Master Liu, who was a junior at the side, immediately stood up and bowed his head in return to show his respect.

Seeing this action, Li Tingyan couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly.

To be honest, South Korea is also a country that attaches great importance to etiquette and seniority.

But in competitive sports, the winner is king. As the undisputed world number one, Liu Shixian has every qualification to be a little arrogant.

However... ever since his sudden rise three years ago, his words and deeds have remained the same as usual, humble and respectful, and he has not overstepped the boundaries in front of seniors in the circle.

Even if he didn't do anything, his status as the young master of the Liu family was enough to make him arrogant and domineering...

"...Brother Li?"

"Ahh...what's the matter, Xiao Yanagi!"

Li Tingyan, who was suddenly called by the other party, quickly came back to his senses from his thoughts.

The first person in the world showed a very gentle smile:
"Nothing... I just saw you staring at me, and I thought you were thinking about making me the next one..."

"How is that possible! You can only be the main general!"

Li Tingyan treated Liu Shixian's words as just a joke.

For the current South Korean team, Young Master Liu is the ironclad general who absolutely cannot be moved!
In the previous two Nongshim Cups, facing the depth of China's top players, the rest of the South Korean players were eliminated early, and it was all thanks to Koyanagi who turned the tide.

In the previous session, Lieutenant General Liu Shixian participated in the battle - but in that session, Li Tingyan believed that if there was no Xiao Liu, he would definitely not be able to withstand the four people of Ichijo Takuya, Zhu Yuanjun, Shindo Hiroaki and Lin Ruixin.

Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that the South Korean team is now suppressing China entirely due to the strength of Young Master Liu.

With such a "Tsar" in the team, the task of the other four "Sand Soldiers" in their team is naturally to play a good supporting role and let their own big players conserve as much physical strength and energy as possible.

Therefore, any behavior that pushes Young Master Xiao Liu to the front row will definitely be pulled out and beaten to death by domestic chess fans!
"Really? That's a shame."

Hearing Li Tingyan's words, Liu Shixian's tone was a little disappointed.

"To be honest, I really want to meet the Chinese pioneers in advance."

Perfect attendance again in April～
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(End of this chapter)